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EVENING I'UBUIC 1EDaEH-PHlLABELPfiU, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1917
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; ASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE
HSBANDS; DE NERI TO PLAY
INDEPENDENT BALL AT PRESENT
.Will Also Try for Berth in Pennsylvania State
League American League' Opens Its
Season Before Good Crowd
THU Eastern Basketball Leaguo has
disbanded. This mas the action
taken by the magnates at a special moot
ing held last evening In which the sub
jects were discussed at length.
N'evcr In the history of the orgatilzu
tlon has It worked under such adverse
conditions. Tho season should never
have been started, as many of the mag
nates had little or no Interest In the
fame, nnd a bad move mado when llroy
Rtock was allowed to play nt Musical
Fund Hall contributed to tho doom of the
organisation.
At Inst night's RatherlnK thn JaFper
club presented Its reslirnallon and
dropped out Oreystock was In favor of
disbanding, but was willing to remain
with flvo teams, but considered thW a
poor move.
Trenton, Do Ncrl and Camden were
very much In favor of continuing, with
IUadlnc not voting. It was suggested
to withhold tho decision until another
meeting on Sunday, when Mr. liulT, of
Reading, would glvo his final decision.
This was considered n poor move, nnd
then Do N'orl and Heading voted to dis
band, and the motion was canicd. Man
ager Myers, of De Ncrl, stated that as
far as his club was concerned, It would
be kept Intact and there would bo games
everr Saturday night at Musical Fund
Hall. He anticipated playing Camden
this week, nnd will try for a berth In
tho Pennsylvania State league.
American Opens Season
The game of basketball has been
bumped pretty hard since last spring
nnd many of tho best players connected
with the sport are now In the 'ervlce
of Uncle Sam. And a still larger per
centage of the followers of tho Indoor
pastime are at the various cantonments.
Under these circumstances ono does not
anticipate as largo turnouts at the
games, but all expectations were eclipsed
Inst evening at Traymore Hall, Frank
lin street and Columbia avenue, where
the American I.enguo opened Its season.
In previous campaigns eight clubs hae
composed the circuit, but nt present six
teams ore enrolled. At the games last
evening tho hall was packed.
The contests are cageleM ones. It
would be an Impossibility to erect
one, as the floor Is used for dancing.
Play was Just as fast as If tho players
were In a cage and, furthermore, they
were minus many hard humpi nnd
bruises which they may otherwise have
received.
Prior to tho start of hostilities AVI1
Ilam J. Scheffer, president of the Eastern
Lenrue, nnd Ira Thomas, of the Ath
letics, made speeches. Scheffer praised,
the. oniclals for keeping tho organization
Intact under ndvers conditions. Thcmns
referred to our hoys tit tho front and
pointed out that the American soldier
has done his work so well In a measure
becau?o his Interest In athletics has been
a factor In his perfect physical condi
tion. He urged the joung men at home
o cnntlnuo In sports, to that when they
are called upon they, too, will faco the
foe In perfect shipe.
An orchestra livened matters with pa
triotic airs nnd dancing was a feature
after the gamcB.
Hancock and Girnrd Win
Hancock, champion of last year, de
feated T. M. H A. 2 to 17, and (llrnrd
Alumni won from St. Columba 29 to 17.
Tho players were handicapped a trlflo by
the slippery floor, but they will he better
prepared to meet conditions next week.
The lighting facilities are by far the
best of any over seen In this ctty
HC Columba had such seasoned players
aa "Ally" Fisher, "Midge" Moore and
McNomeo In action, while the Glrard ag
gregation was an entirely new combina
tion with the exception of Jamison and
White. Gallagher and Schaal, tho for
wards, gave as pretty an exhibition as
has been seen this season. (, Irani scored
nine field goals to four for tho Saints,
and they went to Schaal, I : Uallagher,
I; Fowler, 31 White, 1: Dietrich, 1;
Moore. 1 : Fisher, 1 : McXamee, 1.
The Hancock-Y. 31, II. A. game turned
out to be a rout In favor of tho cham
pions In tho final ten minutes of the
closing half. They registered eight field
baskets to five lor their opponents. They
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ORIGIN OF THE
TEXAS LEAGUER
Joyce, Rogers and Arthur
Sunday Brought It
North in 1888
SLANG IN BASEBALL
WILSON DEMANDS WAR ON AUSTRIA;
PLEDGES NATION TO FULL VICTORY
"Somewhere in France" this
young (icrmantown athlete, n
member of the Fifth IlcKlment,
U. S. Murine Corps, is sirviiiR
ii"d" (icnpril Pershing's com
mand. Wills pltied on tho
basketball teams of the Cennan
town Hoys' Club, Market Square
and West Side churches. He is
n son of Lieutenant John R.
Wills, of Kngine Company, No.
GO, and lives at 001 Locust
avenue.
went to Tmutwvln, 3; Herlolet, 2; Hop-
kins, l; luvla. 2; llunnlng,
dennin, -; SInltranslty, 1
Tho triteness of the baseball vernacu
lar has been the source of considerable
comment among sporting writers, uni
versity professors and others, whose
foremost aim In life Is tho uplift of
nanklnd. spiritually nnd mentally, hays
in eastern critic
Columns hae hem penned by learned
iien condemning the common ue of
what is generally termed slang; addi
tional columns have been written con
lonltig It. More than SS per cent of the
ewspapcrs of the country continue to
ervo out to readers repot ts of the Amerl
'an pasllinj and other stories pertaining
hereto which fairly bristle with the
mpular codo of baseball w rlters.
A moement was started dutlng 1908
'iy one of tho foremost of tho northern
mheriltles to uscertulu the Justification
'or re'ottlng to slang phrases or a
vholrsule slaughtering of llngllsh In re
torting baseball
After nn exhaustive Investigation, the
'MveiHlty announced that there was
lothlng discovered In tho baseball vcr--ocular
which peinux freyuentlng the
tnnds and bleacher" during tho teason
"d not unili-rstAnd fully and that the
"wjmlar demnnd for the me of hnseball
lang In published reports was so great
i to preclude Its tllinlnatlon.
And so, from that day to this, tho pub
e bus not been called upon to read any
'urthtr condemnation of baseball reports
is written by the overwhelming majority
f t-portlng writers
To ask a sporting writer of tho malor
"ague circuits If he Understood the play
would constitute nothing short of a
downright Insult, yet it Is more than
irob.iblp tint not rn,e of every ten of
theee exprls on the gam could give nn
sci-matf explumtlen of th, origin of the
nhriiKH "Teas le-icncr" or even satisfy
himself as to Its real fitness
After the Cone of the Texas League
season of 18SH Hill .lnycc. Kminctt lion
er ard Arthur Sunday, a trio of Hous
ton club swinges who had wrought
havoc .mil devastation to the hopes of
even- pitcher In the circuit, wero sold to
the Toledo cluli, of the American
not IVininlt, ns ho has been known to
tho basketball fans. Dehnert Is the
pivot man on tho tin .Verl the "Dutch"
Is ono of lh oungrst Il.isteru league
b.iskttball )il.iers. being only nineteen
years of age He has been In tho game
for less than a year. Ho began in New
Continued from Pare On
apply any standard of Justice so long an such forces aro unchecked and un
defented ns the present masters of Germany command. Not until that has
been done can right bo set up us arbiter and peacemaker among Iho nations.
Hut when that has been done as. Clod willing, It assuredly will be wo shall
at Inst bo frco to do on unprecedented thing, and this Is tho time to avow
our purpose to do It. Wn shall be freo to baao pence on generosity and
Justice, to tho exclusion of all selfish claims to advantage even on the part
of tho victors.
Let there bo no misunderstanding. Our present and Immediate task Is to
win the war and nothing shall turn u usldo front It until It Is accomplished.
Every power nnd tesouico wo possess, whether of men, of money or of mate
rials is being devoted nnd will contlnuo to bo devoted to that purpose until It
Is achieved. Tboso who desire to bring peace about beforo that purposo Is
achieved I counsel to carry their advices elsewhere. Wo will not entertain
It. We shall regard thn war as won only when tho German people say to us,
through properly accredited representatives, Unit they are ready to agree to a
settlement based upon Justice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers
hao done. They have dono a wrong to llelglum which must bo lepalred.
They havo established u power over other lands and peoples than their own
over the great empire of Austria-Hungary, over hitherto free Balkan States,
over Turkey and within Asia which must be relinquished.
!erm.uiy'.s success by skill, by Industry, by knowledge, by enterprlto we
did not grudgo or oppose, but admired, rather. .She had built up for herself a
real empire of tiado and Influence, securtd by tho peace of the world. We
wero content to nbldo the rivalries of manufacture, bdence and commerco thut
wero Involved for us In her success nnd stand or fall as we bad or did not
. huvo the brains nnd Initiative to surpass her. Hut at tho moment when she
had conspicuously won her triumphs of peace tho threw them away, to estab
lish lit their stend what tho world will no longer ponnlt to be established
mllltnrv nn,l TinllMrjit Hnnilnnltnn hv rn-rns. liv wMrdi In ntfnt vibern who nmilri
not excel the rivals sho most feared and hated. Tho peace we make must
remedy that wrong. It must deliver tho onco fair lands and happy peoples
of llelglum nnd northern Franco from thn Prussian conquest and the l'russlan
meuaco, but It must 'itso deliver the peoples of Austria-Hungary, tho peoples
of the Ittilkans and the peoples of Turkey, alllio In Kuropo and Asia, from the
Impudent and alien dominion of the Prussian military and commercial autoc
racy. Wo owo It, however, to ourselves to say that wo do not wish In any way
to Impair or to rearrange tho Austro-Hungurlan empire. It In no affair of
ours what they do with their own life, either Industrially or politically. We
do not put pose or deslro to dlctnto to them In any way. Vfn only desire to
see that their affair are left In their own bands, In nil matters, great or
small. Wo shall hope to Becuro for tho peoplo of the Balkan peninsula nnd
for the peoplo of tho Turkish empire the right nnd opportunity to make their
own lives safe, their own fortunes tecure ugnlnst oppression or Injustice
and from the dictation of foreign courts or parties,
And our attitude and purposo with regard to Uermany herself aro of a
like kind. Wo Intend no wrong against thn German Kmplro, no interference
with her Internal nffalrs. Wo should deem either tho one or tho other abso
lutely unjustifiable, absolutely contrary to the principles we havo professed
to live by nnd to hold most sacred thioughout our life ns a nation.
Tim people of Germany are being told , trinpornr.i , foundation for the pmr of
by thn nieu whom they now permit loth world und mint seek them rmndldly
decele them and to act ns their mas- and fearlesily. Ab always, the right will
ters that they are lighting for the xerylprove to bo the expedient,
life and existence of their empire, u. What shall we do. then, to push this
war of desperate Mdf-defenFO against great war of freedom and Justice to its
deliberate nggreislon. Nothing could rlghttous conclusion? We must clear
bo more grondy or wantonly false, andlawuy with a thorough hand all itnpedl
wo must seel: by the utmost openness ments to success and wo must mskc
nnu canaor Hi our rc.i. wmtn w ..., ony tiujununc-m vi mw mm win nicill-
ve Hre, In i tnte the full and free use of our wholo i
com neoemry bafor the presint
Conrrtst aialn adjourn In order to
effect the most efficient eo-ordlnntlon
and operation of the railway and other
transportation systems of the country;
but to that I shall, If circumstances
should demand, call the attention of the
Congress upon another occasion.
tVlN'-THK-WAU HESSION
"If I have overlooked anything that
ought to be done for the more effective
conduct of the war your own counsels
will supply rho omission. What I nm
perfectly clesr'about ! that In the pres
ent session of the Congress our whole
attention and energy should bo con
cerned on the vigorous, rapid nnd suc
cessful prosecution of the great task of
winning tho war.
"We can do this with nil the greater
eai and enthusiasm because we know
that for us this Is n war of high prin
ciple, debased by no selfish ambition or
conquest or spoliation; beciuso we
know, and all the world knows, that we
havo been forced Into It to save tho
very Institutions we e under from
corruption and destruction. The pur
poses of the Central Powers strike
straight at tho very heart of everything
we believe In; their methods of warfare
outrage every principle of humanity md
"f knightly honor; their Intrigue has
corrupted the very thought nnd spirit
of many of our people ; their sinister nnd
secret dlp'omacy has sought to take our
very territory away from us and disrupt
the union of the States, Our safety
would be ftt in end, our honor forever
sullied and brought Into contempt were
we to permit their triumph. They arc
striking at tho very existence of democ
racy and liberty.
IN JUST AND HOLY CAUSH
ion he entered the cnamner una,
mounted th rostrum was prolonged. The
members, standing-, burst Into repeated
cheers.
As the President reached the words
"our object Is to Vrtn the war, and
we 'shall not slacken or weaken until It
Is done," tremendous applause broke out.
Again when he referred to bntl-wnr
agitators, the applause became deafen
Ing. As he urged an Immediate war
declaration against Austria the mem
bers again rose In n wave of applnuso.
Allied diplomats Joined In the clapping
The President ceased speaking ut 1 :0E.
As he left the chamber ho was given a
tumultuous send-off.
CONGRESSMEN PRAISE
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
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(""v-. M'-i ". ,.UHTW .
"1 '- im
close touch' wrm
lhaf- thti trMltnMf isj
Philadelphia polios wouM,. n
a. ntflka.
"The men rtt'tlSS a
In eight-hour shifts." he eaM.
"If by any chance tho men
Director Wilson will call on
defense resertes." i
This ortlclal denied that tl
fiOO vacancies In tho force,
there were onlvfortv.ttro.
these bad been caused by deatM
Illness. tU.rl- 1
$iO,nVU JI1 I fAXtiULlU'J
INCREASE PROPOSED,
CIVIL SERVICE
Asso
Hchncl- ,, ti.v w'er.t imrtli wltli their
teputatlon as tenlllc sluggers preceding
Dehnert flnlv lMavinc n Year I them and their urrlal In Toledo was ac
uennert uni 1 lajmfc ",lar claimed by the newspapers of that city
'V.'ahnr.a.hke '""."T, '1 .'! .'J under generous'- large and black head-
earthed within the hiht week He 1h ,
none other than Henry "jmttn uenm-u, , . , ...., i,nl,lod tin
a ttln of terrible tanning gladiators, iuil.inP lh(.m a( ua fulconess.
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Wie piirnerN in umei ciult m ," .i..w- aP. nclltlllff r l"' .,,-.. .,. .-..., ,.,.i ,.j ..,,u ,u,.u ua a. iiKiniiuf unil j
lean Association were more or lean "1" from fesr, elong witn our own imm unn very emnnrraFsing ooitacie thai
mehensiVB as ta Just what tho oung- ,,,. ,.,.- - ,i ,t from the fact o I stands In our way Is that wo are at war
sters would do ugnlnst blg-tlmo hurlcrs. npj,,,! attack by neighbors ur rivals or with Germany but not with her ullles.
Ilhey felt them out rather cautiously, and, r,,fr after world empire. No one Is I, therefore, very earnestly recommend
It Is because It ts for us a war of
high, disinterested purpose, In which the
free peoples of the world are banded to
gether for the vindication of right; a
war for tho preservation of our nation
and of all that It has held dear of prln
elpto and of purpose, that we felt our
selves doubly constrained to propose for
Its outcome only that which Is righteous
nnd of Irreproachable Intention, for our
foes as well ns for our friends. The
canse being Jnt and holy, the rttte
ment mmt be of like motive and quality.
1'or tt.la we can fight, but for nothing
lens noble or less worthy uf our tradi
tions. For this raue we entered the
war and for tlds ennse will we battle un
til the last son Is Hretl.
I have spoken plainly because this
seems to mo the time when It Is most
necessary to speak plainly In order that
nil the world may know tint even In the
heat and ardor of the struggle and when
our whole thought Is of carrying the
war through to Its end, we have not for
gotten any Ideal or principle for which
the name cf America has been held In
honor among the nitlons and for which
It has been our glorv to contend In the
great generations that went before us. A
supreme moment of hlstorv has come.
The eves of th9 people have been opened
nnd thev see. The hand of God Is 'aid
upon the nations. He will show them
nvor, I devoutly bellee. only If they
I rtwe tn Iho rlenr heltrhts of TTIh own
Justlco and mercy.
WASHINGTON, Pec. 4 Members of
the House and Kenale were unanimous
In agreeing with President's Wilson's
statement of the war alms of tho United
States. They unstintedly praised his
whole message.
"It was magnificent," said .Senator
Ashurst, Arizona.
"A lino message," said Senator Lodge
Massachusetts.
"The voice of true statesmanship and
patriotism rang In that message," said
Senator Shafrotb, Col rado.
Senator Pomerene Ohio, said tho mes
sage "carries word to the rulers and the
people of Germany that ought to un
deceive them If they think America Is
not In tho war for victory."
"The message cclnes tho feeling of
tho American people," said Senator
Chamberlain, Ore., chairman of tho
Senate Military Affairs Committee.
"No comment can Improve It; and no
man can answer It," said Hepresentatlve
Adnmon, Georgia.
Tilting his cigar heavenward Uncle
Joe Cannon averred It wag a "great
message, which I fully Indorse und ap
prove "
"Ily far tho best messago the Presi
dent ever made on the wnr," Majority
rf-ader Kltchln said of the nddrcs
"It mora correctly Interprets the thought
of tho American people than any other "
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Cops Stand by City,
but Rap Mayor Smith
York with Parsons amateur IHe Th t
his playing drew- the attention of famt.
Among tho teams that noticed his work
was Do Ncrl
Manager Meers, having a weakness
at the ce.nttr position, began to look
around for a now pivot man He did not
have to hunt long, for he grabbed Deli
ncrt and algned him as one of
amateurs on Ids team
Dehnert reported Monda, November
:C. at Trenton fur his first tryout In
fast lompanv, Ho was pitted against
tho host center In tho Kastern League,
Tome, nnd gave un exhibition that was
worth while Hn held tho powerful Tome
to one field goal, and while he didn't
scoro In his Initial appearance at a "big
league game, his closo guarding and
teamwork enabled De Nerl to bent Tren-'
ton.
Saturday "Dutch ' played hU tlr-r
homo game at Musical Kund Hall, j
Highlit and Locust streets, being pitted ,
ngalnbt Jack "Jocco" Lawrence, of I
G re stocks "Dutch had the spectators
on their toes by his great floorwork and
his accurate shooting, both from the
Meld and the foul line.
Tho playing of Dehnert assures him
the regular center position, and Morn
lngrrd Is now forced to the sidelines
"Dutch" Is a native of New York city,
and Immediately after hl.s team finishes
a game he loses no time In packing his
, grip and returning to his homo city.
courso was
the advisability of such
Mien nppaiept.
None of tho three hit the ball like the
great Honus Wagner or thn classy Larry
l.a'ole or the ranowned Frank Haker,
of later years. They were not hitters of
that sort. Hut they did get on the bases
nnd they did It by hitting safely. Their
lilmfd hntiniir wero not of the "fence-
lno I busting." scrt.imlng Iner vailetv
The hits were the sort of tidy little
blngles labeled "one bnso only," such as
are now known as Texas leaguers.
It wns In a game at SrncuH s'ortly
after tho Texas romblnitlon joined To
ledo that Pltiher (Vllrlcu, after Sunday,
Joyce and lingers dropped :.afo hits over
thn Infield roared-
"All them darn chumps can do Is to hit
out them little old dinky Texas leaguers."
A general laugh went up from tho
bench and tho remark roon reached the
press box. The reportecs hopped on It
with a vengeance and tho phrase has
lived and thrived from that day to this
Joce, Hogers and Sunday continued
In bervlce for many years nnd were
known among their baseball acquaint
ances as tho originators of Texas
leaguers.
CHICAGO CUBS WILLING
TO PURCHASE IVY WINGO
PRINCETON FIVE
OPENS CAGE YEAR
Tigers Start Collegiate
Basketball Season With
Manhattan Tonight
HAVE STRONG TEAMS
The collegiate football f;n died less
than a week ago and tonight the basket
ball season will get under way when
the Princeton Tigers pry open the cage
year with tho Manhattan College five
In tho Tiger gymnasium
The Tigers have been practicing on
the floor for tho last week or more and
they aro going In for the sport with all
of the enthusiasm that has been storing
up during the fall months when there
was no football m which to expend It.
Th Intercollegiate League will remain
Intact and evon Yale will have a quintet
In the cage. Harvard will bo able to
support Its policy of no sports during
the war, for tho Crimson has not had
a basKetcaii team oi iaio mm w i
start the floor game this season.
Penn starts the basketball year Sat
urday night when the lied and lllue
lines un ncalnst the Urslnus quintet In
W'eightman Hall. Captain Lou Martin
is the only veteran remaining from last
year's squad and around him will be
Dullt tho 1917-18 combination.
noach Lon Jourdct held a hard scrim
mage last night and picked his varsity
lineup as follows: owecney aim aian
nard. forwards; Davis, center; Captain
Martin and Ivory, guards. These men
.r sent through a brisk practice game
with the second team and showed such
good form tnat tney pruuauiy wm nun
against Urslnus.
TWELVE TEAMS ARE LEFT
IN THE SIX-DAY GRIND
NBW YOltK, Dec, 4. Twelve teams
were struggling tor me ieau m mo
j.v hiva race at the end of the thirty
second hour this morning. Plercey, of
the Plercey-Orenda team, was setting
the pace, Madonna and Uello wero one
lap behind. -
The Bptncer brothers, Canadian riders.
quit the race at midnight. They were
, notified Hunday night of the death of
their father, but agreed to ride for
twenty-four hours.
Stop Fights In Cleveland
CLEVELAND. E
nounced today Iha
J JOHNSON AND HERRMANN
HOLD A BASEBALL TALK
1 Loaders of Sport Confer About
Problems tho Big League
Have to Kuce
j C'lIIiWrjO, Doc. I August Hen maun
nnd Han Johnson conferred today over
tho baseball situation Among other
things that they discussed were the
length of tho schedules for next fctason,
the limit of players to bo carried by
esch team, methods of dealing with
players' contracts made during the base
ball war, the handling of tho war tax
(ti admission tickets, and tho addition
of military features to the ball games.
Hoth believe It will not be necesaary
for the American and National Leagues
to hold a Joint session niter the baseball
meetings next week nnd that both
lenguoH can bottle tho various problems.
hat
intil thn desth of Ul
knocked out by Otto
.! at PUUlmrsh. at th Mooae club
ii Wednesday' night 1 thoroughly Invettl.
1 IrVi.d thr will be no mora boxing- permits
aiiia irvuy - iuiw ininii
out ror me noia
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Notes of the Holders
Tho II ticket I.racrufl utrlrm last nuhl. on
Caul no Alley, renulted In thf Owls wlnntnir
imrn Kdiiifu i rum MGoim, ritrrcHtt D-un
WuoJpeckrs In all three match' Dovet
wlnninc thret contest from frown nnd
Sparrows capturlnir two carries from Karleu
IVnn Mutual, leariem r( Trut anl In
ituruncH Kfiicuo, afUr loainc the tirnt ROtne
to rideltty TruMt by two plnnwoti th next
two 'game, Philadelphia HaUnw Kuml team
v.an three from tontlnntnl, Heal Kitttte
won two from Commonwealth, Provident
won two from Olrnrtl Trust und Iienncla
ISuvinc J'und won two from l)uikcr city.
TatmUl, of Frovldnt, got LMik jlnn In hU
second name. Keown, anchor on Quaker
City, rolled -04 In hln peeond cum Don
dt ro, of Philadelphia Savin, concluded with
!tl Uruel got wcores of L'on, ju: mid 139
for Philadelphia Saline,
Th Middle Western tournoy tin tlrat of
the Factional flxturea recently completed at
Vt Moines, reiultrd In the following cham
pions: Th A l arena tlve. of Chicago, with
h scure of -UJO, won tht ehuinplonslilp:
Mackln and Wlu, of Uubuque, with a total
of )'.'3 pins, are the doubles chamnlonsi
Al Toemmel, of Chicago. . le the slnrles
Under, with CAt, and G. Wllkle of MInne
ajMillu, Is the champlon-all-events man. with
1b52, The Windy City delegations' earn
Ingi In the entire tournament amounted to
I2M6.A3 out of IAO0O In prlae money. They
won IMOU In the team event, 1410 Ut In
the doubles, i50U 60 In the singles upd 00
In thu all nveiits,
Western Electric remains at the top of
the indue trial ieawue. l,i nient it won
three iramrs from Tryon TJudd outrolled
iteii Teiennono company in iuo games,
htaudard Holler Hearing won threw from
Supplee-lltddle team, and KeenKutter won
tho odi vumt in inree irom uaie - un
burn.
Zulker. of lludd. Knocked down IRt, HO
and ltt'j to help keep up with the Western
Electric S'tusd.
rindley cot 'S3 In his second game with
Standard. Parnwell. of Western Klcctrlc,
rolled 1UT. -Ul und '-'IV. The last effort of
Clarke, of Halo I ICllburn, was S2U In his
second gams.
Nell! Wins at 'wilkes-Barre
wii.Kr.s-iiAwtE, r., n.c. s in rt
t.u.ruund bout hro la.t night Youns Ntltl,
tt Allentoivn, d.f.ated Halph Bchrappct, tha
CIirCAflO III, Deo. A Garry Heir
mann, picsldent of the Cincinnati Club,
in In town ostensibly to confer with
President Wucghmnu reeardlni? a deal
that has been pending between them for
weelis Herrmann declared he came for
the purposo of seeing President Johnson,
i f the American League, retarding the
induction of the player limit to eighteen
men In botli major leagues, That Is only
u minor purt of his mission here. The
most Important is his conference with
the Cub magnate.
It Is known that the Cubs would like
to acquire the services of Catcher Ivy
Wlngo und ure willing to pay a large
sum for him. Manager Mltchtll would
like Wlngo and has urged Weeghman to
purchase him If he can, Iast season
Mitchell took a liking to the Cincinnati
backstop and asserted he was one of the
smartest In the league and one of the
boat to bieak up hit nnd; run plays and
to throw out runnern trying to steal.
There will be a Joint baseball meeting
between the American and National
Leagues tomorrow In Chicago. Two will
bo In attendance and nt the most three.
The two will bo Han Johnson and Garry
Herrmann. Should nn umpiro bo needed
President ComiBky, of tho White Hox
may Join tho others In the conference,
LEONARD-CLINE TICKETS
PLACED ON SALE TODAY
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.wll opt ba Utarfarad with,
arnrru
for the Boldlara1
today ,to iflnliU
Tickets for the Benny Leonard-raHy
Cllne bout to be held nt the Olympia
A. A. Wednesday, December 12. were
placed on sale today. The match Is one
qf the biggest that could be arranged,
and Is attracting country-wide attention
The great demand for seats caused the
early Bale.
WALTER ECKERSALL
DYING IN CHICAGO
-if Allentonn. d.f.ated Halph Kchrappat, tha tbe army in Datrolt y.ft.rday
leesl welterweight champion. .Neill hit J and Wlnnla . Noyea Jaln.d th
Hchrappat when and whera b sleaaad and tha kaaeba!) aaton was avtr.
had him all in at fh. flnlnb. Ntlil has ba.n
l JaeM
1
(JHICAOO. Dec 4. Walter Kckaraall.
sport writer of the Chicago Tribune and
former football btar vt the University
of Chicago, was said j.o be near death
here today from cancer of the stomach,
Thompson Called in Draft
'Pitehar Harry Thompaon, who was with
tha Toronto club or tha International
I.ainis laat aaason and who haa been ob
tained by tha Waahlntton club of tha
American Iiaasue, haa bean accepted for tha
National Army. Thompson was one of tha
nlayera whom Manager nrlfnth, of the N
tlnnal.. nlit.ln.d bv tha draft mule tt
m'i draft beat him to this secur
ing claim.
Walker Dartmouth Coach
WILMAMSTOWK. Dee. Kr.d Walkar.
who turned out an uiulffeaud football
l-en at Williams thla laat nn. will
maka hla ISaat.rn debut aa a baikatball
coach at Dartmouth. 11a returned yaiter
day from New York, whera arrant. manta
vera rompl.ted witn atniatio authorities
th tlanov.r cnllaie, for takln charj.
the Green flo thla winter.
Anderson Now in Service
The Ath.tlca hava ot anothar pitcher
to Uncle Sam's treat blf t.am, VValtar
Anderaen, the promlalna left handtr. Joined
tpe army in t'.irvn f..aur, .. .,
tha kaaebalj aeon waa v
(Ullxld aad Narlor. ita
Kantian, war quick to m
rday. Ray Bat.e I h
th calor baler I
var. then Plteker j U
t.rnnieninv thn existence or tne inue-
pendenco of the peaceful enterprise of
the German Kmplrc.
1'AUTNnilSIUl' OP NATIONS
The worst that can happen to tho
detriment of the German people Is this,
I that If they should still, utter tne war
i Is over, continue to be ohllged to live
I under ambltlout and Intriguing matters
I interested to disturb tbe peace of the
world, men or classes of men whom the
I other peoples of the world could not
I trust, It might bo Impossible to admit
them to tho partnership of nations which
I must henceforth guarantee tho world's
neace. That n.irtnershlp must be a
partnership of peoples, not a mere part
nership of Governments. It might bo
impossible, albo, In such untoward cir
cumstar.ces, to admit Germany to the
free, economic Intercourse which must
lneltubly spring out of the other part
nership of a real pence. nut inero
would bo no aggrrlon In that, and
such a situation. Inevitable because or
distrust, would In the very nature of
tlilrnrj Hnor.er or later cure liseu ny
processes which would assuredly 6et In
The wroiita, the try aeep wronica.
committed In thla war will hays to be
righted. That of ci,ure. lint they can
not anil inuat not be righted by the
eoninilaklttu nf almllar wrong, against
flrrmnny and her allies.
The world will not permit tho com-mlsbk-n
of similar wrongi as a means
of reparation and settlement. States
neu must by this time hae learned that
thu opinion of the world Is everywhere
wide uwalto and fully comprehend the
'ssues Imolied. No npreentatle of
any self-governed nation win uare uib
regard it by atttmptlng any such cove
nants of selilihncss and compromise as
were entered Into at the Congress of
Vienna.
D10CISION WITH TIJUN PIIOPLK
The thought of the plain people here
and cry where throughout the world,
tho people who enjoy no privilege and
have very simple and unsophisticated
standards of right and wrong. Is the air
all goerninents must henceforth breathe
If they would live. It H In the full dis
closing light of that thought that all
policies must be conceived and executed
In this midday hour of the world's life.
German rulers have been able to up
set the peace of the world only because
the German peoplo were not suffered
under their tutelage to share the com
radeship of the other peoples of the
world either In thought or In purpose.
They were allowed to have no opinion
of their own which might be set up as
n rule of conduct for those who exer
cised nuthority over them. But the Con.
gresa that ronelndat this war wilt feel
tbe nil strength of th tide that run
now In the hearts and consciences of
fre man everywhere. Its conclusions
will run with those tides.
All these things have been true from
the very beginning of this stupendous
war, and I cannot help thinking that If
hey had been made plain at the very
outset tho sympathy nnd enthusiasm of
the Ilusslan peoplo might have been
once for all enlisted on the side of the
Allies, suspicion and distrust swept
away, and a real and lastng union of
purposo effected. Had they believed
these thing at the very moment of their
revolution, and had they been con
firmed In that belief since, the sad re
verses which have recently marked the
progress of their affairs toward an or
dered and stable government of free
men might have been avoided. Th
ltussle.il people have been polsen.il by
th aery earn falsehoods that hnv
kept the German people In the dark, and
the poison haa bn administered by
the very tame hands. The only pos
sible antidote Is the truth. It cannot
be uttered too plainly or too often.
From every point of view, thertfore,
It has seemed to be my duty to speak
these declarations of purpose, to add
there specific Interpretations to what I
took the liberty of saying to the Senate
In January. Our entrance Into the war
ha not altered our attitude toward the
settlement that must coma when It Is
over, wnen i saiu in January mat tne
nations of the world were entitled not
only to free pathway upon tho sea, but
also to assured and unmolested access
to those pathwayi, I was thinking, and
I am thinking now, not of the smaller
and weaker nations alone, which need
our countenance and support, but alio of
the great and powerful nations, and of
our prtaent enemies as well as our pres
ent associate In the war. I was think
Inc. and am thinking now. of Austria
herself, among me nsei, u wu u or
Sarbla and Poland, Juitlca and equality
rtgnta ,on. D M Ml at great
ansae, aoi
Capitfl Stirred by
Wilson's Message
tol and occupied n seat In the executive
gallery with other members of the Presl.
dent's Immediate family.
Beforo the members of the Senate left
that body for the Joint session in tho
House, Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, In-!
troduced a resolution creating nn Amer- ,
lean legion of honor as a direct out
growth of the war. This new- body was
to be mado uu of 200 persons to be
designated by the President for extraor
ThVwararbo'sucesYf'ul1''''""1"611 to "' -".d" r 8Uch del
7n no o her way.BThe sa me i "r,' .T',,S """"''""'i W,hat
that the Congress Immediately declaro I
the t'nlted States In a state of war with , Continued from Pat One
Austria-Hungary Does It eem strango
to you that this should be the conclusion
of tho argument I have Just addressed
to you? It Is not. It Is. in fact, tho In
evitable logic of what I have said.
Austria-Hungary Is for the time being
not her own mistress, but simply the
vassal of the German Government. We
mut face the facts as they are and act
upon them without sentiment In this
stein business. The Government of
Austria-Hungary Is not nctlng upon Its
ov,n Initiative or In response to the
wishes and feelings of Its own peoples,
but as the Instrument of another nation
We must meet Its forco with our
own and regard the Central Towers as i
hut one.
conducted
logic would lend also to a declaration
of war against Turkey nnd Bulgaria.
They also are the tools or Germany.
But they are mere tools and do not yet
stand In tho direct path of our neces
sary action. We shall go wherever tno
necessities of this war carry us, but
It seems to ma that wo should go only
where Immediate and practical consid
eration lend us and not heed any others.
The financial nnd military measures
which must be adopted wilt suggest
tlumselves ns the war and its under
takings develop, but I will take tho lib
erty of proposing to you certain other
acts of legislation which seem to me to
bo needed for the support nf the war
and for the release of our whole force
and energy.
It will bo necesaary to extend In fur
ther particulars the legislation of the
Uht session with legard to alien ene
mies; and also necessary, I nencve, i , vhich
create a very dellnlte and particular con- , meets
Atrangcment of the working i
the Illectrlcal Bureau and a revVsisJ
salaries provldlnr a total Inc
536,800 was recommended by tha
Service Commission to Council"
Committee today. The new plan I
proper title, to each division of we
and puts each class on an equal
1iiiu, unuei uiu preaciii Byvicin iisBBiBr,
classes of labor are labeled tinder a 'is-''-
eral hcAd. and ner diem men are t iiiiiaasf
In n lump sum. ,)'""',
uu i i-uiiuiiciiuubiuiia uiu uio rouisaMt' I r
u wccit a aiuuy oi in neon ok insr jf
trlcal Bureau, based upon tha (act tl
this branch of. the city service haa a
iervu neavuy inrougn men quiiuac.iar'.l
more lucrative positions In the uorej
mah .......I... r.t.1.. T. V...T ..aU
ujiik ecl , ilc, v.iiirk .lames A.iuA4usseBBM ,. ,
of the I'.lectrlcal Bureau, has had; Ma A '
service crippled to the danger potatjVf.v.;
resignations, and the salary Increaaea l
ported by the commission are dwA,,(.1
Imperative If tho police and fire WarNTA 'J
nro to be kept up to their usual twaM ,wj
rour-nour emciency Dost. v'k.ij,
Pntehwnrk flnnnri to cflrrv t4tv mMi.
rolls over the end of th year ant! .faftf
provide funds most needed by dairt.i''j
mental hemli was resorted ta tOffaivJsV i
members of Councils' Finance CoraasTt-jj
tco The usual year-end scramblato.Cca
'111 ft funds will result In n lanrs I lain ' T
fee till! In r-ntinella nn Thnea,S. ' J"4
Payrolls are still short, deso'lt'-..
J 1,200,000 temporary loan nriritlaflajVr
esterday to make up depleted .Iteaie. 'i
Theu had llrst consideration today MM v'
the 1(100,000 and more shortage for offal J
will have to go over to be cared for eaftVjJ
of the balance said to remain aAaf.vfj
budget demands are taken fromttjev:I!
sources.
Controller Walton Is anxious thai any vjl
hrtTnne.ta ttn unlived tte-vta .Stall .a-7j1
so that, together with the? annual "wtrMi
imv inero may oe enougn money to vv
pay outstanding obligations that hveMJ
pueu up inrougn councils tailor to
provide enough money tho first of the' v
year.
.,1UMIIIIJ.II iiiiuuica ILL Ult C1PSO OI Bs w,1
year frequently show both a so-called tSl
surplus and u largo deficit .That thla M
win be the rase this year M certain.
Tt fACtllta ft-nm IhA ttiit tVin. ....j
-v ......, ..... ..u ., UH. WMM'WWVn
renuui riMtn'iiK me cuy Treasury nan;-,,.
ing l Hi 7 only become available for Use
next year. This creates the surplus.
The fact that many Items of expns."JJ
curred thW year will remain unnaldrat
the opening of 1918 accounts for ta. il
deficit "fif!
It Is the plan now to have the annual tyfi
appropriation bill for 1918 reported'ito idt
but I bhall remain In this no-, Common Council on Thursday that this Idi
n If I nm tired, I will come back, ( voluminous document may bo got out-f ft ;J
If I urn a nip van winkle i the way and the tracks cleared for a. (fa
, ,.t.l. M.I.I. . !.. . !.... .f. -.M
tui.,w iinicii ul mo jtarn jiiinccs Uf vm
pa&sagc of the councllmanlc loanf f
52. COO, 000 to take care of mandajMi-'tf!
Items. ii .ij
'W'Vi
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f-ii
Cont inueil from Tntre tine
protect both, but give us wages on
which our families can live
"It Is not the purpose of the assocla.
Hon to call a general strlko If we can
help It.
"We hae no desire to leave life and
property In this city unprotected. To
call a strike now would mean that the
publla would Ioo confidence In our or
ganization and wo do not want to art
hastily
"On tbe other band, many of our
members have become desperate and
many arc favoring u strike."
Harry It. Ulckerson, financial secre
tary of the association, announced that
a prominent corporation In this city was
prepared to gUe positions to any police
men who might be dlsmlsed from the
force, through the word of tome poli
tician. The r.amo of the corporation
wasn't mentioned by Mr. Plckersun Thli
announcement was cheered
"I have beta threatened," k.ild Pick-
erson
elation
even
The members were urged to elect dele
gates to the police pension fund to be
composed of patrolmen, Instead of elect
ing captains, lieutenants and sergenntH
as heretofore. It was also announced
that tho United Business Men's Asso
ciation had derided to support the po
licemen In their movement for better
salaries.
Hugh Creelman, a tlpstalf In tho
Municipal Court, another speaker, told
tho policemen not to permit politicians to
ftlnnrllv horn) Hervlp. In the tenr. The
same resolution also established a cross I extort money fiom them for election pur
of valor to be conferred upon persons ' poses He was cheered when ho told his
who distinguish themselves In tho war.
Senator Owen also would have sol
diers decorated by foreign governments
dec-
as
expected to be a "war day" had a good
effect on the members of both houses.
The members of tho Senate proceeded
In a body to the house chamber shortly
beforo. 12:30, headed by Vice Tresldent
Marshall and Sergeant at Arms Hlg
glns. The front row benches In the
House chamber had been reserved for
the Senators.
The United States formally will de
cl&re war on Austria-Hungary as soon
at the legislative machinery can be put
Into motion.
Immediately following President Wll
oii'h recommendation to the Joint session
of Congress that a stato of war be de
clared, a meeting of the foreign relations
committee was called at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning. It probably will at
once report a general resolution to carry
out the President's wish. This lesolu
tlon will be passed probably with very
little debate and sent to tho Senate,
will concur In It. The House
tomorrow, but the Senate has
trol over the entrance and departure of i recess until Thursday.
$
all persons Into and from the United
StateH.
Legislation should be enacted defining
ns a criminal offense every willful viola
tion of the preetdentlal proclamation re
lating to alien enemies promulgated
under section 4067 of tho revised statutes
and providing appropriate punishments;
and women as well aB men should be In
cluded In the terms of the acts placing
restraint upon alien enemies. It Is likely
that ns time goes on many alien enemies
will be willing to be fed and housed at
the expanse of the Government In the
detention camps, and It would be the
purpose of the legislation I have sug
gested to confine offenders among them
In penitentiaries and other similar In
stitutions where they could be made to
work as other criminals do.
Ilecent experience has convinced me
that the Congress must go further In
authorizing tho Government to set lim
its to prices. The law of supply and
demand, I am sorry to tay, lias been
replaced by the law of unrestrained
selfishness. While wo have eliminated
profiteering In several branches of In
dustry, It still runs Impudently rampant
In others. The farmers, for example,
complain with a great deal of Justice
that while th regulation of food prices
restrlota their Incomes, no restraints are
placed upon the prices of must nf the
things they must themselves purchase,
and similar Inequities obtain on all side .
It Is Imperatively necessary that the
consideration of the full use of the
water power of the country nnd alto
the consideration of thn systematic and
yet economical development of such of
the natural resource of the country as
ure still under the control of the Federal
Government should be immediately re
sumed and affirmatively and construc
tively dealt with at the earliest possible
moment. The pressing need of such
legislation Is dilly becoming more obvious.
AID FOrt IXJUEiaN TOADn
Tho legislation prepared at the last
session with regard to regulated com
binations among our exporters. In order
to provide for our foreign trade a more
effective organization of co-operation,
ought by all ineina to be completed at
this session.
And I beg that th members of the
House of Ilepresentatlvcs will permit
me to express the opinion that It will b
Impossible to deal In any but a viry
wasteful and extravagant fashion with
the enormous appropriations of the pub
Ho moneys which must continue to be
mtde, If the war I to be properly sus
tained, unless tha House will consent to
return to Its former practice of Initiat
ing and preparing all appropriation bills
through a single committee, In order
that responsibility may be cantered, ex-
nendltures standardised and made uni
form and waste and duplleitlon much
M paearete avoided:
. "Additional legiajatMB may aieo pe
After the President left the Capital
there were hurried conferences of the
various leaders, and It was decided that
the wish of the executive would guide
all action. In consequence, the declara
tion of war will be against Austria
Hungary alone, and Turkey and Bul
garia will be allowed to retain their
present ttatus, at least, for the time
being.
Vice President Marshall designated
Senator Martin, the majority leader,
and Senator Galllnger the minority
leader, to represent1 the Senate In wel
coming the President and In escorting
him to the Speaker's deBk. The House
committee for the same purpose was
made up of Majority Leader Kltchln,
acting Minority leader Gillette and Ilep
resentative Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn.
The first of th high entente diplomats
to reach the building was Ambassador
Jules J, Jusserand, of France, He es
corted the, members of his Immediate i
party to the diplomatic gallery, and
then he himself went to the floor of the ,
chamber where seats had been reserved
for leading diplomats. i
Sir Cecil Spring - nice, British Am-'
baasador; Minister Bran, of Denmark,
and the various I.atln-Amtrlcan am-1
bassadore) and ministers were nut long '
behind Ambassador Jusserand, and they
also took seats on tho floor.
The Hoube met as usual at noon and I
after the formal opening recessed until
12.:0 when the Senate arrived. The
Senate also' met at Its customary hour.
Virtually every diplomatic nttache of I
the State Department was on hand early ,
and, headed by Counselor Polk, were
glv.en seats In the executive gallery. i
As the President began speaking, his I
message, previously cabled to England, I
France, Japan In fact, to all countries '
with the exception of the Central I'ow- '
ers was released for publication to the
people,
There was a different spirit In the
halls of Congress today than that which
marked the gathering oi tne members
for the opening session yesterday. Then
there was evident only the spirit of
goodfetlowshlp, warmed by the welcom
ing of greeting colleagues. Today a
solemnity second only to that which
marked the aesslon that brought wa- to
America was apparent on every hand.
America, having put her hand to the
sword, heard from the executive how she
niuat wield It.
The applause greeting President Wll-
audience that he had refused to make
any political contributions.
The demands of the association mem
bers, which have been laid before Maor
Smith nnd Director Wilson, are as fol
lows :
First. Remove politics from police
duty.
Second rcrmlt policemen to elect
their own delerates to the Pension
Fund, as provided by law.
Third Abolish open voting for Po
lice Pension Fund delegates as
adopted to keep sergeants snd lieu
tenants friendly to the administra
tion In charge of the fund books
Fourth. Obtain a full accounting of
the Pension Fund nnd make publla
nil the accounts
Fifth. HecoKnltlon of the Patrol.
men's Benevolent and Protective Asso
ciation bv the Mayor and the Depart
ment of Public Safety.
Sixth. Increase of calary and the
establishment of a pay schedule giv
ing patrolmen H0O a year and ser
geants M600 a year.
Seventh. Abolition of the "ginks,"
or police spies, detailed to prefer
charges against patrolmen who refuse
to ablda by political orders.
Hlghth Abolition of all political as
sesamentb. N'lnth. Abolition of statlon-houc
assessments.
Tenth. Reorganization of the trial
system with full publicity of charges
nnd open Inspection of minutes of
trials.
lejenth Reorganization of Police
Pension Fund system to provide for
a president chosen by delegates from
the ranks of the department.
Twelfth. Retention In tho depart
ment of men nctlvely associated with
the organization of the Benevolent
Association.
An offlclal of the police department
said today that he did not fear a strike
of tho police. This official, who is In
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