Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, February 25, 1918, Final, Image 8

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EVENING PUBlilO LEiDEll-r-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,' EJD13IIUAEY i5, 1018
JORGE STALLINGS ALSO IS MASTER WRECKER OF WORLD-BEATING BASEBALL MACHINE:
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'! Boosts and Bumps
MICKEY BACKS BAKER IN PLAN
; 0 SUPPLANT MEN NOT WILLING
II r TO ABIDE WARTIME CONDITIONS
THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT
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Cardiiial Chieftain Declares Holdouts Posi
tively Will Be Replaced and Starts on
Extended Hunt for New Material
ITUIK warming up of tho forces for tlio titanic fray on tho xxcstetii front
''' In Franco has nothing on tho preliminaries to tho Impending baseball
, fracas In this country between managers and players. And Just as abroad,
oth sides nro lighting a dcfenslvo battle for existence; at least, such la
x .ma coiuemiou.
Tho players txho aro now holding out and who nro charged with framing
Srfr tin An lnffirm.i1 nine. 4.1 bm,iim 1a vaIma rt nrfrnnlred effort cliargO. and
aS- chargo freely, that their homo preserves xxcro Invaded with flro and sword
m in me torm or on understanding reached ny tno magnates wiring mo iuwr
!?'i that all baseball orlcos thin Kmnnii-exrentlne udmlsstons. wcro to bo revised'
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fajoxvnxvam. sucli an agreement, howover Informal, tney tteciurc, is ngninsi
tho codo of civilized warfare and corresponds to dropping bombs on women
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ZJ5' v IIIIUJUUCU Uy UranCU I.1CKC) Hill UlU IW)U1 im.iiii; ...w
tat, behlnd-tho newly reported player combine, this lmprcsMon perhaps growing
& out of tho fact that tho organization showed a flash of exlstenco by forcing
, mvui riiuiu w tuino across xviin mo pasv uuc buiuij uvuuvnu v hkihuv
jjr of tho now defunct ofder. This fact Is denied by Dao fultz; but this Is
& another story, as X'rlcnd Kip would say, and Is Incidental only to tho main
narrative.
In any event, whether the players formally haxe combined or not, it Is
nlnln hnt Ihov urn linMIrn? nut 111 individual croUDS at least, alld It nlsO
&ef 1 Plain that thoy consider such a Mop Justified In' tho gamo ( warfare
Jtf which they claim has been forced upon them. Tho clubs affected perhaps
l more tnan any otners are 111c uianis am- me i.aruinuis, ivireio mmuira
? holding out seems certain.
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I TMJSriTn optimistic reports .some time back, MtGiaxv has hi"
' J biggest stars yet to sign. Ills three loading pitchers aro an
nounced rebels, as Is Captain Hotelier and lSurns and Robertson,
tho remainder of his outfield It Kauff goes to war. Resides the
Ilornsby case. ltlckcy confronts .1 mutiny w hlch Includes hid entire
outfield, consisting of Cruise, Jack Smith and Long.
Rickey Follows Baker in Holdout Policy
BAKUR was tho first club chief to flatly unnounco a. policy of going
ahead dcsplto player salary objection and of supplanting thoso who
failed to adapt themselves to present-year conditions. Rranch Rickey now
comes out with a flat foot on the samo pUtform, mid his remavks are con
strued to mean Rogers Ilornsby and the rest of the unrogenorate. Ho de- 4
clarcs that ho will bo In a position by tho opening of tho season to flit any
gaps In tho mikc-up, and he backs tho assertion by starting on a visit to
Chicago and Cincinnati In a chase for new players.
The St. Louis highbrow stands upon plausible ground, which ho defines
In the following well-chosen language:
"I do not expect scleral of the 1017 Cardinals to bo with tho club
during tho coming season. As n result, 1 am trying to ilnd players to till
their places. I do not expect to get talent Just as good as tho players 1
refer to, but I will do tho best I can, and I am positive tho public will agree
with me in such a course,
"Casting aside all personal leferenccs, it Is plainly apparent that somo
of tho players do not appreciate tho extraordinary conditions existing In
baseball. This docs not apply alono to the Cardinals.
"I have tried to be fair with all parties. 1 have offered the best I felt
justified in paying and I can do nothing further In tho matter. If they do
not feel disposed to como In at a reasonable price under war conditions, the
next best thing to do Is to find substitutes for them."
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TI1R Card president states further that tho public seems to be In
tho samo boat with the players to this extent; it does not ap
parently realize the urgent necessity of retrenchment along ull lines
It the gamo is. to come through during wartimes. He ulo states
positively that Ilornsby will not be sold under any conditio!-.
StalliKs Also Is Master Machine Wrecker
ABOUT the onlytltlo that has bn handed Connie Mack of late is that
.of undisputed Champion In tho art of wrecking world-beating baseball
-outfits. AH accounts have It that nobody even was in tho class of tho
" astute "A" magnate for ruthlessness In tho respect named, torao having
gone so far as to say that Connie did the Job with the samo dogreu of glco
and eclat ns a German spy dropping a monkey wrench into a delicate
piece of machinery.
Candor compels the admission that t'onnio has 11 competitor and that
the samo is none other than your Cnclo Oeorgo Starlings, whose cataloguo
of faces for the coming season resembles tho celebrated 1914 outfit that
hazed tho Giants and then tho aiacumen luuy as mucn as a j.ustian unu
of the Vintage of 1914 does ono of the Bolshevik variety. Tho 118 cast, In
fact, Is minus all but two of tho notable visages that decorated tho onco
whirlwind squad. These aro the smiling countenanco of Red Smith and the
Wry face of Dick Rudolph, who declares that ho declines to accept a trading
stamp contract.
Tho noted team's line-up included Rudolph. Tyler. Cruther, IJavis,
Cocreham, Hess, Strand, Gowdy, Whaling, Schmidt, Rvcrs, JIaranvlllc,
Smith, Deal. Connelly, Gather, Devore, Gilbert, Mann, Moran. AVhlttcd,
Martin, Dugcy and James. One by one tho stars slipped through the
fingers of Stalllngs like tho sand that runs In the hour-glass. Some wcnt
X hy trade, others were sold and still others resigned.
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TIICRU is at Iast a chance of one more of the gloat squajf coming
back this jcar, according Jo report, which stafes that Bill James
has asked for a contract and is willing to como all tho way from
California to prove that ho yet has tho w ell-known game of his life
concealed In the old soup bone.
Pitcher Who Killed Johnny Dodge Holding Out
TjlRlTiJ MAISELi.ls reported to nave signed a Brown contract and word
has It that Fielder Jones s troubles ha 0 been reduced to worrying with
holdouts Hank Severeld, Leo Magce and Coast Outfielder Ken Williams.
This news docs not at all dovetail Into the reports from Gallatin, Tenn.,
the spot made famous as having perpetrated Hub Purdue. Xot that Hub
is among those seasonod players proposing another llfo on earth this season.
12 ! The original Gallatin Squash now is satisfied to ease himself down pitching
EA.i! on some Southern .League team near home, where ho can get back to tho
St t?jcalves and tho pigs on Sundays and somo whole week-ends.
'Ui0 Tho news relates to Hub's protege, soumern .ucaguo leading neiu-
diia. , ni n.uA .ntj tnfi-lAri ti tlin TlrftUTB laul R,a&nn hill linrl llttlrt
fc opportunity on account of an Injured arm. Rogers almost is as soro as
tPlng Bodle. lie, too, nnas inai jiioueru uiaiiuKcis nro weuriiin m casn
'register In tho wrong place. Rogers absolutely Is posltlo that with tho
encouragement of a nice contract this season ne would pucu tno game or
Jhls life.
One tragic event figured In Rogers s big season In tho Southern while
helping Manager Roy Rllam, Conshohocken boy, win a pennant for Xash-
fyville. Johnny Dodge, former Cincinnati nhortbtop, playing then for Mobile,
t stepped into one of Rogers's fast ones, received It In tho temple and died
Qthe next day.
IT WOULD seem as If the Browns would give the pitcher another
chance on 'his 1916 record, for that year the now holdout w on
twenty-four games. Last season he almost broke even with the
Browns, winning five and losing six games.
', L Hendricks Refused to Bltb on the Return Trip
Bft'ACCORDJNfJ to a Boston scribe, plajers In the Red Sox outfit aro In-
IrXXcilned to wonder why Jack Hendricks did not grab ntcher Dan Tipple,
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ItffCfDliy jei QUI UJT- W' .mmm. .rv. ....... ,u ...... .. .. ...- .-v. t.ini. iiiia
. jraicrly played for nenaricKs ai ipuiauBpoiis.
Thero probably were many gooa reasons wuy iienanciis xanca to Claim
is, former employe one of whlcli being tliat 110 disposed or film for J11.000
the said Tipple proved to be one of tno nnost little gold bricks ever
liased by tho Yankees, and that is putting tne proposition in stout
aruage.
Evers Family Shows Up With Brother Athletic Team
1 THE McJWchol family of athletes at Ronn, tho Itrlckleys at Harvard,
the -Lewises at Williams and others Is added the Evers family of Troy.
1 1 not a college outnt at aiv dui it is a last one ana can uowi some.
Quintet to composed of tho well-known John J., Joe, Tom, Mike and Ed,
1 ensemble they made a goou snowing ai tno iToy. liiiw viud a lew
an na In & tournament.
Jstoony U not the main works in the family athletic album Just, now,
lee) Qt 1116 JSJQOU OOjne-uuifc 10 una watu ill vuiiiicuiii viikif iiii
kte leWue'feoulract when It was supposed he was permanently in-
, x Isd, .the youngest, M in meiaviaiion service onu is prepuing 10
nt stuff on the Hun 'from varW , angles. It -Is needless to observe
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-By RODERT W. JIAXWELL-
Thc Jolly Good Fellow
lie's a Jolhi pood fellow to know,
.1 good ono to havo for a friend;
A man who can Uccp up a flow
Of stories and jokes utiiout cm.
llli spirits just bubbla like idtic
And rfrii'c vour "blue devils" aLay.
'I Ho best of companions In fine,'
A man von don't meet every day'.
lie's clever, unselfish and trur.
And really it pleases you when
Just out of pure friendship for vou--
11c permits vov. to lend him a "ten."
After that, though you look till you're Ulnd,
Vccalllna his vow to repay,
lie's quite ichat you thought htm, you lnd
A man you don't meet every day.
That Early Training Jaunt
tho holdout league,
T.A.D.
WH1TTED LURED
BYCHICAGOROLL
1 Tale of $250,000 in Real
1 Money Pries Gawge Loose
1 From Old Homestead
BILL M'KENTY TO GET TRY-OUT .
WITH PHILLIES THIS SEASON
0UIMET TO STICK
TO HIS BUSINESS
THIJIti; should bo no cause for worry
on the part of rival magnates be
cause some players on tho New York,
Brooklyn and Chicago National League
clubs will hie thcmselxcs to Hot Springs,
Arkansav. to boll out for tlio coming
ceafon. This Is not xtolatlng tho prin
ciples of Mr. Iloylc, nor Is It an uttempt
at camouflage or something. Instead, It
is ono of tho sweetest llltlo plans ever
conceived by n baseball magnates and
should work out beautifully.
Hot Springs Is a swell place to turn
out a gang of ball players to pasture
after a hard winter. Those guys aro
accustomed to tho best In tlio land after
the snow disappears ami they can get
oft to a fixing start at tho Arltansaw
reFort. Ono can get a nice steak for
$11, and other fituff In Just lis clicn .
With thlr slendnr bankrolls we will
I H'xume that they aro Mender after
hard winter how long ,0.111 they las
I that paco? 1
J The Plot Thickens
Another thing must bo considered.
Thero aro boss races down there, and
If thero Is anything a ballplayer likes
outslda of drawing bis semimonthly pay
cheek It Is betting mi a boss incc. It Is
tho easiest thing In tho world to pick
losers, and ballplayer always follow
the lino of tho least resistance. There
fore, tho rae track and tlio slow hoses
lift halt ... ."
the mat with his boss over a mtr7,l
like a fllced contract bi 7.Sir,J.',
oyer In a friendly way and .ihvy,,S,
hi end. Ctavxy is a gambler .nfS-1
stakes aro himself and I1I3 baseball .vP
lty. If ho Is worth the men-,, h,""
it. j- nui, u aurrcnacr Gracefully,
I.aM yonr Cravnth un slatM forth-1
(llfimirrl lint ! -Mn.n.. .i-i... . . ll
lilm on tho puioll us a pinch
in- MiiK-nu wna Hiavrd. hut !,-
cran lirnrf!il lm n m.t ...wi..T.rV
decorating the bench. However IhiJI
nlntifl wnrn 1iitn.t . n. .
trip was over. His louthfni J''
In tho outfield nivved nnd ltwy Tj
Inurlul I,. !!,, ni.i .. "' "Uj
....v..... ... ..Si.fc uiu na a rfri!..
When the Beason opened he M n thi
gair.o every day. wlnnlne lun ;
1 1 , .,.. ,.,.,... " "' feMoei
uim IJUUSUI1B mil D.-lltlllK RUnn a
;r 11 1 Ono .day after the ncaaon rolled . '
t m , month President Iliikcr. of the tJl
asked Cravath to como up to hlt 0mi"
nil ' m.,,!.,. f.r l. ....!.. ... .
pcared and as told to add (loot t
the contract ho bad signed In HuS.1
jnis year (.raviun im not ktnl in tJ
rontract, but tho Phils aro not worrt?
Ing. Oavvv never ilmu nnM i,ii
that. He sticks the ilMiimm, f t.!
pocket and hands It to Pat Morah M
they meet at the tialnlng camp. tl
Johnny Ilxers has a record to b proul
TROUBLE IS BREWING
( Tioublc is blew .ns In tlii National
I.eaguo and there Is a chance, that
Charley Wecgliman. tlio tclf-confcsred
proprietor of a J23O.00O bankroll, and
William V. linker, of tho Phils, will go
to tho mat oxer the latest nioxe undo
by Oawgn Whltted, th snappy MUtli
rmer, x!jo now is In tho city of hlsli
ulnd, to do 11 llttlo pTtonal trading
with tile bois of the Cubs.
As th poet bus often runaik.O, ptra"
Pat Moran Will Take Star
Brown Prep Southpaw
to St. Petersburg
Hy PAUL PKKP
Bll.l, MeKlI.NTV. looul seholastlu base
ball rtar. ho twirled fur Drown
Preparatory Hihoul nnd tho Straw bridge
ft C'lothlei ilepirtmrnt ptun- team Iat
Eearon, will In- taken South Ij th Phll
llon on the spring training trip to .St.
Petersburg by Pal Moran I'at was at
ttactcil liv tin jiiimg'tei'K Kreat pltcli
tng last Kununrr and had him work out
iicry day ln( ihe fall at the Phillies'
Pari; II? made tuch 11 hit with Peerless
Pal that It was decided to gle him a
goml tr.-out in tb South.
Tin' latest tnoklu on the Phillies'
in tft- H a son of Warden liob Me-
Ki-nt.", of the 1tern Statf Penitentiary,
show which way tho hot air blows, and I and Is not dlglbl.' lor tho (Ir.st dratt.
some ot tho balmy attnotphero miifl 11" Is only twenty years of age, tho
1 bale permeated Oawgo's uld honiest'-ad feft nnd cbxcu Inclim In height, tips
, down In Durham, N". i' . wherever tint the Males around tin- lG.-pnmid mark
1 Is Also, It's a. rhirli that tomo news- r.nd uses his luft arm to foil tin- op
papers wcro dropped off at the rallio.id ! posing batsmen
I station, for Whltteil evidently has read'
of the threat of Weejrhman'H to spend lliree -No-lilt liamcs
I money with a laxlsh hand, and tho Phil ' .s a member of the Brown Pup nine
I outpost derided lo get somo first-hand it wasn't eonsljereil nn unusual feat If
I Information. MrKenty v biffed fifteen men and held
' his opponents 1 unless and hltless. Threo
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1 Of coure. fharle. the spei.dthrlft.
cannot prexent Whltted from traxellng,
1 to Chicago if h rares to. He cannot
' put tlm skids under his xl-dtor and ease
I him out of town if ho tails to have a
personal chat However, lie. lias a per
fect light to hand tiawgo the ley milt,
the frozen t-taro and tho silent trat-,
inent If oxertuies ar made to transfer 1
1 Pm Mnran'M nrlde to tho xvestern
. metropolis In exchange for a bundle of
'coin. And there's whero the lub comes.
1 No one knows xvhat Weeghanin will do.
I Prccldcnt Uaker has denied poltlx-ely
I that Whltted had been granted penult).
, slon bv the Philadelphia club to d cl.er
with Chicago. President Baker declares
that Whltted'B salary for this season has
not been cut and that Whltted has not
I ex en notified the club that ho was dis
satisfied xvllh his contract or sent It
back, llakcr aho declared he could not
teallze that Weeghman would deal with
Whltted after the fhk-ago club owners
experience with tho league oxer his big
otters for players held by other clubs. If
h" attempts to deal with Whltted or any
1 other plaver Without permission fiom
the rhlllles It may b- easily guested
xvhat Uaker xvlll do in the matter.
tlinen last year lie pitched no-hit, no-run
games, and also had several one-hit con
tents to his credit. In a game with lvnn
Chatter ho sttuek out nineteen tnn and
allowed onlj one hit. He had an axer
age of sKteen nrlke-outs for the entile
scholastic, season
With hohool x oil. finished, MiKentx
signed with the Moie team, w hlch played
the best independent clubs In the Uast.
.Scxeral moie one-bit games were added
to the already Jong list. On txvo suc
cessive Saturdays ho was robbed of per
fect games through a bit of misfortune.
once when the catcher dropped a third
strike, which xvas followed by a sluglo.
and another time xxhen lb" ball dropped
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xx'lll get all of tho sparo Change tno rc-s- of. Ho 1-j tho only American l.
taurant proptletnrs have oxerlool-.ed. I player who has pot been chased oft 11I
j uw iur wio ni-f-r unit; trt uh titv mvi lu.tii i.viiKU nan pine UJ ttn ATMT
n.trt of tlm li,ir(llirni tPd matruato. Hp Iran T.ont'itR mntilrn rti t-on.i ...u
knows ho has to sign his players at re- stand until April 1C. rf.
- duccd latcs befoio tho season starts J
t- j j 1 a .,4 Co,.c and Fhlps tli'm routh to get into con-' After Hers bad Ugned a P.ed SoxT
KeillStateCl AmaieiU oayS . dltlon for the ordeal. AH they baxo to contiact n friend rushed up to cm.!1
TJi "VXfJIl XTrl- Pixrn TTix do Is to cat a couple of meals and spend I gratulato him. "(Ireat work. Johnnr'a
riU V ill INUb V.T1VC U la fc- ,lay at the track and Hits' will h said. "You baxo landed at liilf
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Sporting Goods Shop
STANDS BY HIS PARTNER
Uy I'ETEK I'UTTEIt
IJAXC'IS OUIJIUT, tho present x.-est-
crn amateur golf champion and the
first American amateur to xvln the open
tltlo of this country, has accepted his.
reinstatement by the t'nltcd .States Holt
Association nt Its annual meeting here
without guat elation. Ho saya that ho
I3 not going to glxe up the sporting
I goods business and ho is not going to
(desert his partner, Jack Sulllxan, who j
xvas uarifu as an uinauur iaoc year
and xxho has not been icinstnted xxllh
lilm. 1
lie gtxos h's vltxvs In tho ciiuciit I
number of Clolf llluMrated and as I
he has frequently played in this city In
tho Islcy Cup matches and Is person-
ally known to scores of Philadelphia 1
golfers hi 4 position xxlll
interest.
bothering about golf at pro
nioio concerned xx lib nrmy xxoik,
slcn 1111 for llfo at tiny price. Iff
swell scheme, nnd the funny part of It
ull Is that Connie Mack hasn't tried It
yet.
Gavxy the Gambler
Clifford Clint les Cravath. the demon
slugger ot tho Phils, nexer has joined
It took jou sixteen ji.lrs to break Intil
tno uig league :
The trouble villi Sam Cra foriPS
tays Jack Hendricks, of the Cards, "It '
that Mini nan ms mites mixed. He ttllll
minus 11 is li'ua nistcau ot lau xtliwT
bo discusses tlio salary question."
AMERICAN CLOSES
WITH 3 GAMES!?
and V. M. If. A. These two teams tuv.t I
bad a piWnto tlxalry buxxeen th(r.-'V I
bcIxch for scxeral seahon and liax'e bem'll
anything but gentlo In their eonteittC.)!
10 Hugarman, Kranekle and Aeirnml
combination noted out Y, M, II. A. Ir
I their last meeting .by txxo points. Mm
If H. B. I. beats Y. M. II. A. uf-
Hancock loses to tl Irani, tho B. B. I,V1
1 tiaucociv loses 10 uiraru, 1110 li. u. I,
I?ni'ii-iiil SpQcinil Offered ' and Hancock (lultitets will bo deadlock
jaigain oLisbixjii "ucuu
Roc.l.-fKnll TTnllnWfil'S TO- tv. M. H. A. wins and Port nichmri
rojuonv-vui"' suffers defeat, these two clubs xvin 63
nirrlif nt Tl'flVVnOVG riail 'on exen terms for last place, a
lilUliV siV x..----
HILL McKKNTY
SCRAPSvABOUT SCRAPPERS
Uy BILL BELL
Me., xi-hero he xxas tho llrst-strltig pitcher
on tho team, which had In its lluc-up
such plajcrs as Witt and l.axxry, mem
bers ot last year's Athletics.
With Stanley llumgartner, the only
soutbpaxv 011 the Phillies' stuff at pres
ent. Manager Moran xvlll no doubt xvatch
(lit. t, r.rl.- .if XTnlrttif,. n t si, HlrPhlni.e
from tho outfielder's gloxo when he 1 ,iu, great Intel est In hope that ho may
backed against the fence. dexclop Into a second Kppa P.l.cj .
I'laxcd at SlioxxIicRan n-r- i
Young McKcnty first aitiacttd attcn- N LLGHMAN DENIES ANY
tlon In 101.1, when ho xxns seventeen 1 Tip r iVfio U'lTII WIIITTPn
years old, by bis hteillng -xoik on the I AIjlIMjh Willi WIUHbD
Cape tay team. Tho following summer """ "
Connla Mack, of tho Athletics, look him I Club Owner Says He Has JIailc No
In charge and sent him up to Show began, j off(jr pi.natlelphia
riayer
."ometbing unusual In the biskelball
line xvlll be staged tonight at Traymoro
Hall, rranklln street and Columbia, ave- 1
iiu". In order to bring tho 191 1 -18
1... -..-.i .. in. ' ......, .. l.lel, li.is been tie mosi Bucic-BB-
Ho remarks that bo Is not ful hi the history of the organisation,
about golf at present and rs tn a close, tlio ofllclals of tho Amer.cau
lo Is I llasktlball League havo uceiuen 10 ub.
noix- a sergeant. Ho says In pait three contests as a granu iinaie.
,,. ,, ,, , c. ... This will not bo tho first 1 1119 that
nont Desert Sullivan (hrcc K,lmes have been staged in ono
I wish emphatically to Male that It night for a single admission. !j'erl1
does not mean a thing to mo to bo icln-j years ago the American League did tut.
stated, brcauso I am not xxorklng for or trick. Ah there are only six clubs In
managing a iportlng-goods storo. Many the circuit, the tmeo games tonight will
undoubtedly think I baxo sexered my 1 bring al the membeta Into action
connection with the firm of Oulniet &l
Kulllx'ati. I haxe not dono so, and xvlll I May Break llccord
coiitlnuo to help my partner, 'Jack' I . jm Coffey's St. Columba five has the
Sulllxan, all I possibly can In the man-1 pennant sexved up, nnd the chief Interest
ngeinent of our store. I xvant my rein-Wn tn contest betxveen tlw Saints and
statement xxlthout a condition' or not at ,,.., rtchmend centers on t))o possibility
all. I havo never dono anything con-1 ., 00 0f ti,0 8tar forxx-ards ot-the Lc
nected xi'lth golf that I have regretted !....- .. mv. Tinnteaxv or Jimmy
yet and 1 liopo I nexer shall. ' "jfown breaking tho season'H individual
"I am not trying lo assumo 11 defiant scoring iccord of ten field goals, noxv
attitude. Amateur restoration as I te- i,ci,i jiy l,lz Powell, of tho Hancock five,
reived It means nothing. If I am to be There Is uU.a a possibility that the
lelnstated. then. too. niv nartner must .'. ..,,1 in ., tin for cither scc-
be. Ho U just as good us 1 am. and no J.i ,. .'.,. winces. Hancock, holder of
truer amateur tporlsman ever lived tliun , ,,' ,llnner-up posltl
Jack,' xvlll not desert him or leuw ,?,;'". olrliid has
on. meets uimru
3 piayeu mc-uiuc-in
blm out In tho cold. Wo will both come J, ' , ..n Reason. and has tho honor ot
back together xylthout any 'Ifs 'ands' !a , ''Vho o"y team that succeeded in
I.L 'to S i w L rj, ''L.K fetlng .St. Columba, and may surp,.Se
T UK fog which surrounds tlio queb-, field havo an 'act" or. If it xxas not
tlon as to who is the logical oppo- ono of tho hardest fought bouts tho
mnt for a titular bout xvltb Jess Wlllard Olympla fans baxc bad the good fortune
... . . ... ,., 1.1.. 1... 11, a f witness "
should no cieareu con-iuei"ij '. ..... -
scheduled for tonight be-1
, J "T,.r ,,," r L n rnmlldatcs for ! . Andrexr John-to... and.Jak.?l'0M.pn. t;vo
linen in" i. ..-.o , j; ,. neaxeucnis xvcisninu more iiiao -u
tho "heavy" croxxn. Down In cxv ur- puunH(, v,lH meet uthe wmlxlnd-uii.
' leans Freddlo Fulton, the ferocious, will I
1 battle with I'ranklo Moran. the lion- ,jack ,vfinS hm not b-en sen arounil
1.,.. ,.i TMltshurch blonde. UUl 111 .xill-' nm Ubua iiHUiua hitici lie noiru urn n-w oi
heaiteu I '"sourgn ii"- " , , Kddl. O'K'cfe'ii downfall In Hoton Friday
waukeo Jack Uejnpsey. tho Ulan comet, nlIht Jacl t0l)k ,,B defeat xirj much to
who has been going like a houso afire, i,eart, but W aurferlnit In tlienes-.
sxvaps punches with Hill Hremian, the
1,-nockemout from Chicago. , , Jaek Wolptrt. the fa.t-ri.lnB arwelaht of
Ferdinand is a 8-3 faxorlto oxer Mo- ,'ot.onrt round at the National A. C. by Hat.
lllnv 31urr. wlahe. to arranrn anomer oour
with tlio Jlaltllue Bcraon In the near future.
Pete Horllejr, who meets Lew Tendlcr in
Ihe wind-up ut tho olympla next Monday
nlsht. ui defeated by Mel t'ooyan In a
Iwelxu-round bnut to a deelaion in XXoon
aOcket. It, I , r'aturday nlaht.
Cornea 11 report from New" York that Taul
Doyle. th fast-rl.lnir welter, haa broked
with his inanaier, heotty Montelth. Doyla
clalmif that liia former manaser didn't pay
much attention to him and refused to ur-
ranzo any bouta lor mm.
CHtCAtlO, I-Vli.
Charles xxecghman today denied le
ports that bo bad negotiated xvltb Out
fielder (leorgc Whltted, of tho Philadel
phia Nationals, to Join the Cubs.
Weeghman meets Piesldeut Rickey
and Manager Ilendrhks, of the St.
Iaiuls Cardinals, dm lug tho xxeck to
I artalr as it appears, but I guess it Is 1
Piesldcnl ' better for mo not to,
Xot a Hit Knthuscd
"I am not In the least bit enthused,
as I baxc already said, and it may bo
narrow-mindedness ami to forth, but
thoso aro my feelings.
Indeed, though I did ak for rein.
Alumni
defcatlu
tonight
Y. 31. II. A. Meets B. B. I.
The third gamo on the progiam brings
together Krothcihood f Ueth Israel
ma mum th CImwm mm. troublo ai
aa saMli troublo as Johnny, Is accustomed
Joe was present on a.
ran. After xx-atcning .noran eo uimuBii
his Ilrst workout on Saturday the bet
ting odds receded and It is expected that
the abox-o xvlll bo tho ringside figure.
Dempsey is the faxorlto to xvln from
Brennan, and if tho adxanco eturf runs
true to form bo will bo matched to meet
the xx-inner of tho Fulton-Moran fight, the
bout to tako place In Mtlwaukco early
In May,
Lcxxls-Bartficld Tonight
Hut xxhy xx'orry nbput tho two heaxy
xvclght scraps xxhen rlKht here In our
borne town Ted Kid Lew-Is nnd Soldier
P.artfteld xvlll nut on their llttlo act In
the final bout at tho Olympla A. A.? Ac
cording to thoso xvho saxv tho final re
hearsal this act should make a "hit"
with tho patrons of the South - Broad
street arena.
Dan McKotrlck. manager of Soldier
Bartneld, has something to say about
tonight's battle. He strenuously denies
that his man xvlll put on an act with
Ted Lexvls and predicts the fans xvill
say after It Is all over that It xvas one
of the hardost scraps put on In this city,
tor some time. Pan has a reputation as
a high-class, fair and square boxing
manager and Is anxious to maintain It.
For that reason Ills xlexvs'aio printed
in this column.
Fought Hard Battles
"Bartfleld and Lewis haxe fought
somo hard contests," writes McKotrlck.
"In Buffalo, Toronto and Columbus the
flitlo scribes xvero unanimous in stating
that the bout xvaa the hardest fought
In months. Buffalo scribes even xrent
so far as to say that Bartfleld' and
Lewis did much to save the game that
was fast losing prestlg through poor
bouts. Surely the.e writers know soma
thing about boxing.
"X ask jrou 10 print tnig letter .ana
discuss trades. Weeghman may make statement, It xx-as puiely for tho purpoio
another big offer for the terxkes of "' giatlfylng tho wishes of iriy friends '
Itoger Ilornsby As far us I nijself xvas concerned, l1
xxouiu nexer naxo uono so, 1 xx-ould haxo
been satisfied to remain outsldo of tho
so-called palo of amateurism, know in?
EXCHANGE BOXING 'TIPS' I os J d lllB feelings of 0110 who likes the
-.-kAviiiiiiuia JJUAiisvx xii o came Itself and not what It bilngs In
CITIES IN OHIO JVILL
COLUMBUS, O. Feb. 23. The effort'
of tho Ohio Boxing Commission to es
tablish a clearing houso system of co
operation xxas on hero today. The plan
urged Is for each commission to fur
nish cxery other commission xxlth min
utes of its meetings and data on ull
fights held under Its auspices.
Fighters penalized by one commis
sion for stalling or any other reason
aro to find tho penalty affects them
all over Ohio. Tips as to the physical
condition of fighters also will bo glx'eni
"" .--".. ..."'.? -. . .. ?-.-..- 1 1 UK ,TVU 1W Vllllfc
MM FPWrM,,iiHyiM military, twining 1t ,M, tuM,wu .r'..UffmT m
Danny Buck, a fait-rlalnc bantam of thlt
city, Is linproxlns with exery pattl.
Lew Hunter, a brother of Danny Iluck,
nlnliea to meet all 110 lo lis pounders In
Lthla city. Il haa boled furli boxa kH
l ramus ciara js ,ujr, iiioicjr i-ncaer
aid und Wall Nelton,
MIV.0 O'Doxxd, mlddlexx-olzht rhampfon,
meeta Harry ureb In a ten-round, no-declilon
battla In Si. Paul tonlsht. A I13.0U0 cuio
la expected.
N'at Hmltli. cocular houso manager ot
tho Ormpla A. A., baa taken under hlj man.
aaement Tommy Hheehan, of Chlcaao. Uh.
ban xvlll Hrlio In thla city in a abort xvhllv
to lako part In n few bouts at tho Olympla.
feheeban bond luro a few jeara "aco and
aoppod JOe Hegcman In nxe round..
l'rankle Conlfrer, tho Nexr TOrk fireman,
who recently Joined the naval reerxt.'xvould
llko to competo lu a few bouta bctoro solnc
"oxer there."
Sports Served Short
Fine New Booby Record Set
. in Bowling at Cincinnati
A. Zaller and J. MUllnser. MllaraukM,
aet a naw Amerlran Hawllnc Conarcaa
reeord at finrlnnati xsnan wejr
onir o pina in inaur.i
tha lowe.t .core ever tnai
or an a. 11. v
onlr tM la
" booby'1 racard,
aM in,
V.'
toarnar.
JMOOI
Hia
narci
Ittiab
doublet. It waa
ada In thla e-Trnt
. Zaller totaled
.IT
ilea. !
aeara nm
r?vr-. ?."sJ.
Annountenient was mado that tlio Clex-e-land
Imaeball club haa nurchaed Outfielder
Jaek Tanner frnm tho 1'ortUnd club, of tho
I'ucltlo Coaat IeaKUe.
liana Warner, the crawl old man of base,
ball, celobrat'd 111 (orty-tourth birthday- at
hla homo In Carncfile. Pa. A banquet xnlll bo
h-1.1 In hla honor by the Ktovo l.eaauo of
I'lttsbursh later In, tho xveek.
At H mtlnr nf tlm Vaw STarW and TCexv
Jeraey Cricket AHaoclatlen. It xvaa said that
it waa doubtful It any Halifax cup matchea
xvllh Philadelnhl. eli.xna u-nutd ha Dialed
tblo year, beeauao ao many ot tho playera
aro xvearlmr khaki.
aldlo Ifeyxrood, a xvell-known trainer of
trottera and paeera, la seriously III at a
honpltal In thla rlty. and It 1. doubtful It ho
oxer drive, another lior.e.
the xx ay ot remuneration.
Puts Issue Squarely
1 do not regret any mote the fact that
I xxas debarred for engaging In a sport
ing goods business that had as part of
Its stock the sale of clubs and balls.
Neither nm I unusually or moderately
elated at the notice of reinstatement. If
I haxo to sex-ere my business connections
with tho firm of Oulniet & Sullivan to
play golf as a lily-white amateur, then
I havo to sever my business connections
the consequences. I'll stick to my part- I
ner, Jack, nnd the U. 8. O. A, will rule
as as u sees nt. xve are both amateurs
whether holding forth at 52 Bromflela
street or serving tho United States Oov
eminent." At tho time ot his reinstatement 1
commented on tha fact that Oulmet had
at no time stated that he xvas going to
gtx-e up his, business and propounded
tha query what xrould happen after the
war was ox;or In tho event that Oulmet
ucciueu to continue in ins sporting goods
business xvllh his parther. Ills state
ment puts the lssuo squarely beforo tho
golf officials and it would be Interesting
to knoxv Just xvhat they think of his
stand.
asfB
-ik
r Tllttr- Madden, vhn manaaed
John I.. Bulllx-an whn the lloaton atrona
n me cnampionenip irem -uav
cathered In CanipbeU'a. Funeral
IVIends
boy won tha champlon.hlp (rona Iaddv
lHan. pathi-Mt in f'amtibelra Funeral
Church. Kexv York, to car tribute' to the
memory ot the dead aport.man,
IlroxTj i and A inherit had a hot tunle in '
xrlmmlna match at Providence, when the
home team won br the cloae inertia of a
point, the aeore ending; 17 to SO,
fteorce Stotall. formerly manater of th
Cleveland American .Leatue baaeball team,
Is dolnr hla bit awlnglnr a aledaebamroer
in a shlpxard at a 'Paeino pon.-x
bellevea the work will reduoe Mejr
ri ,hI;l"U' ..
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Mlcheu end bath,
"Mr. Jones eald It rut hi. fuel
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minute.' a-ttentlon nlsht and morn
inic. "They tell me that the Initial coat
la loxx-. nnd that the. Pawnee I. ao
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