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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MABOH 5, 191S
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EB&EL INVENTOR WOULD GUARANTEE TO MAKE .300 HITTER OUT OF ORDINARY PITCHER;
GIL NICHOLS, -WINNER OF MANY
TOURNAMENTS, WAS NEVER ABLE
ANT CONTEST IN NATIONAL
SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE
COULD BE MORE INTERESTING
TO CAPTURE OPEN GOLF TITLE
AN IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
AH- IT'S
GEHUINE
CAZ.ILLUS
In Many Way's the Most Brilliant Professional
in This Country and the Most Interest
priority of White Sox and Red Sox Prophe
Good Cowl
cies Lopsided Race-Teams Better Bal-
(oO - This
A F1WD
ing to Watch in Tourney Play
anced in Older Circuit
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Apn.fpf -)b TH M0RNN6 IK) Jy' p.erfeD YOU MEANJ? FROM WE-
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BEBALL lias two Joyous nnKlcs.
pettier Is-looking backward. Tlio
, when the balmy zephyrs begin
to troop Into the fold and the
i. coming season offers a new complication onil makes looking forward
wht more dlfllcult than usual, on
en' affairs by tho war.
A- lEverythlni; boiled down, however,
gn to indicate that tho race In
and toplieavy one, nml that from
In the National will be closer and
JviNaturally, two teams loom tip In
(tenders. In the American tho two
; ciass oy tncmseives. On the old dope, at least, the wiiilo tiox unci mo
Uct Sox aro the only Possible contenders for first hunors with Chicago
"Mv'ns tho better of the chances tn
sU.w'tast season Virtually are Intact nml
. L-.tfli ConfldenPA find nr-utlr-n nf llu 1-iJt
g-jtWej squad Is safely bolstered ngnlnst
E- tstceptlng Urban Fnber. nro married
? Vi' classification that may allow him to
flp f(t, The Red Box have been hit by
'.yM;.""" Buiiiuy 01 mc umuuious itcaniown promoter navo iicvii ucuve. mm
1 ttll big bunch of stars secured from
T 'and make the outfit Just ns formidable
,wrao inrougn wnii a urenK or hick.
5' i Mfa runners-up
In the league race.
W?A . '
ANY one figuring the Tigers,
Ci. and Athletics a look-In this season surely is calculating without
a careful slant nt the dope sheet.
National Race Should Be Heller Balanced
W; TinilLE tlio Giants and Cubs nuiwur
pTOV' returns In the National, neither can
FlAtTflV. tint At'irn fimnnif hmtiltcisf rPlrt
Pii'n .t.- . ...... . ..... ....
BfTt' ieam win ue virtually luinci anil is lienor rnumieti.
A The JlcClrnw outfit, however, will
ijresult of the licking given the clicsty
filll. Muggsy's methods had the opposition buffaloed last vi-ar. The iisy.
fLJeholoey had It that the (Hants couldn't
EpJlta'Natlonal League circles, hugged the
(i?Mfferent. A champion staging a comeback has everybody against him and
yKtverybody believing that he also can slip otto over because It has been
'ine. McGraw's further loss In popularity with tlio fans and newspapers
;MSt rail as a result of the Tencr episode also will lend to hurt his chances.
. Aln Is the nlvntnt tinlnt In flip Cub ilrp.'im nf i-minimst. VAVeilimn n
I' wjh oft repeated the remark that tho
m wlUtlA nttnhtn. thn rfrnml l.-.ll of tihlr-li li
S-U Z . n---
??.. ,r,4 fa ! 4tia.l m',.- ttlln .., rrrnn --ttl.r..t
'" IMIIA ntlil foptl-. ani-nnftiiriul tirr.ilf.uf
mt f'J.leirvcr In Klllefcr to 'round out a battery
Sft"li! xylKlt il niUM loriniuauiu
rViVSV" ordinary outfield and Inllcld tlio
A "il machine dangerous.
ftfftk And there nro others. Tho Uraves,
Ryltiwms, and don't forget that the I'liils ure to bo considered. Jloran will have
fe'i'l team of reliable veterans, safe from tho draft, along with much new
P'ffy '"fltchlng talent that Indicates promlso
fc.T':, iit i .. - .u -t i
H fJ Will W U" IU tllU LtYMltTIB, UI1U Ull
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AND don't forgot that Undo Charles Kbbcts has a good-looking
. line-up. It appears stronger than last year. litttburgh alono
fm'
3335 ems to bo hopelessly out of the
Inventor Guarantees to
kiDBPORT that Yankee Ingenuity
4fiAV nmnmi'iul dnrlni. In t-ptitnc, tn ..ttr.iiit .. L..l.n lm !.!. ....i.tn... t I
.K(i w...wM unv" ..... ..n ..-v..ku.a i. .t.vi..n . nuim nil I'lH I-IUIIIUIII lILt.U
?In the baseball world. The hitters have been bowled over bv thn twlrli-r
li&i 'to such an extent of late years, that
Sg1 ereased hitting. .
Kilit-The American Association had tho
T' l attem'H ,0 C!UV tl,c 'I'jhy delivery and thus give tho batters
i'i'tore of a chance. The legislation Is on the books nml thp umiiirnu i.,..-
:.?"' lnstructed ,0 rigidly enforco It.
K F.0MUVe action, but tho ational, at
s uraeierrea action only on the ground
',
pttball hurlcrs beforo putting them out of tho running. Next season
ppears likely to see tho artlllclal pitching stuff of all kinds abolished-
cytalnly U tlio American Association
Among suggestions calculated to
the spltball ure to abolish tlio
Strikes, to lower the pitching mound,
tc. But the real Moses has arrived.
batting based upon scientlllc and novel
Moake a .350 hitter out of tho ordinary
hanged or not. The "Ilogan clghteen
M:weak hitting, the only thing necessary to drlvo 'em where they ain't
Ine to send tho professor some coin for a full set of Instructions. This
latest diamond reformer has been workimr for eleht vkhn i.p ,.t.,iu ....
JlU, system, which suggtsts that he
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0NK f the.most '"resting lines of speculation set In motion by
A " this announcement Is whnt this clever Inventor would accomplish
.' If he could get Ty Cobb Into his collego for u post-gruduato course.
Nearly All Braves' Players Get Salary Raise
LCCORDING to Boston papers, Ilorzog's plaint for a birr !,,, m ,..,.i ..
renewal of his JIO.OOO contract
us that Is pealing forth a Joyous
.tmenL Twentv-one of the twenty-seven
,have signed for the coming year,
7 contract caneu for. only six salaries, It Is stated, will suffer i.
There will bo no chango in salaries
ite'tfeclared that no doubt exists that
proper lime.
( "Patrons of baseball aro not concerned In tlio amounts paid nlavpriM
'Jtarcy V. Ilaughton, president of tho
recently about wholesale slashing,
e been no sweeping reductions such
'St out of all -ea8on, ,-ould mako It
vntoen were sent contracts that showed increases over what they re
lved last seasofi: four will get the same pay a-heretofore, while only six
i uctn reuueeu in suiury iiom ineir
."The six players who have not
('and we know In fairness to ourselves and to other men on tim ..,,
!we cannot and will not offer them any more. Hut I believe all win
Into the family fold long before
L
JSTas In the Pratt case, word
faiore to the Herzog hold-out claim
ylanu rustier now is stated to
ttlemcnt money to the amount
RpHnilt of Uerzog'a kicking over
.... ov u.v,
i'CO;BB'S batting weaknfsa has
naa Deen a Dig leaguer lor moro than two decades It was an
that some wise person had discovered that the old man could .,nt
w curve. This Information, however, did not keep the great French-
pa nuuns neany .iu in mo international last season, and In con
I the dlsco'very may have been a mistake, otherwise Larry certainly
noky tuy last year.
' the most recent delayed
rFtedMerkle's famous bone that
i Wad. until Heine Zlro wrested tho title from him lat fall was
Jf ; dtre to avoid the hero penalty of having the fans beat him
r winning a game, anis
ft Um clubhouse after batting
ptW jMfc.yfarner, who Jilt
One of thc.o Is prniibciylMK nml tlio
prophet Konson Is rlpo In tlio cprluK
to balm down South, the holdouts
stove leugue bus closed Its doors.
account of the purl plajed In tlio
It Is apparent that things ro dellnllo
tho American I.eiiKiio Is to be a lop.
a sports viewpoint, nt least, the
more exciting.
each lenRiic as being tho most likely
paramount outfits look to bo easily
cop. lomlkey'H famed world Iw-nters
tho teiim will ci Into the race with
..,,.. .i.tn'-i M.irhl i-miiMteMt. ltestile-.
war conditions, us all tho regulars,
men. mid the line. young htirlcr has
go through the year.
the war. but the piirsi-strliiK and
'Connie Muck ought to replace Uihsc
as last year, with u good ihanco to
Lertuiniy t lie lieu so kiiouiii uu
Yanks, Indians, Senators, Hrovvns
to have the rail on tho face of thu
ho aahl to have u I'lmh for n rtm.
M1mtu imtur illi titivsi ttin liotlt-t'
. . . . ... . .
suffer In point of ipputatlon as a
ones in the woild's mtIch bouts lat
d
bo licked, and cvor;-')ody, at least
delusion. Now It will be altogether
big fellow will lie satisfied anil in
lu i-mtfililn Anil tlint tin will wnrb
- -
u'll'll.l, ... it. k lilpr I ,1 . 1 1 I -X (lllllll-r. .if
llin l((ll f'llll. Willi ft, IP tTP.lt IP.
uutJH Including Aleander, Vaughn,
0UIUI MOnn l lOVIUll'U. I.llll Vlll
big battery pieces shuiild keep tho
I teds and Cards are to luuo strong
and tlicro may bo a burprlso In store.
...
IIUCT UUU ICJI.
figuring.
Make Hittiny Wonders
has solved tho U-boat menace has
tho cry has beconio general for In-
nervo to tackle the spltball and
Tho big leagues declined to take
least, seems now opposed fo II and
that come notice should
lift n lljm-xl
action jiroves successful.
Improve hitting without kicking out
foul-strlko rule, to give tho batter fotir
to elevate tho batter's position, etc
IIo Is going to establish a school of
principles that will guarantee tn
pitcher, whether hurling rules aro
- Incli parallel swing" Is tho solution
must have plenty of timo to throw
comes as n harsh note in tho liarnmnv
anthem of thanksgiving for klmi
mrmhurg .f ti... .
seventeen at a higher wago than tho
offered. It Is stated, and It forth.,-
everybody will bo In tho fold at tho
club, said, "but In view of all thn
It Is only fair to stato that thero
as a few players, whoso demands
appear. Of our twonty-seven nlavrs
il ( figures.
signed know what has been pfp.i
the team starts south
now has It that there Is somethinc
than previously reported. The
be holding against Mcdraw for
of JS33 for salary reduction' at
the traces the latter part of the
r.u.. w iv ue nero
not yet been discovered, but after
discoveries of Interest In sDort cirri..
set the pace for tho going In feats
version is mat Fred was attempting
In the winning run. In view nf n
a home run and won a game some
Juh waei.ana Diue by the fana aa a mark of
,'. Frrt now ha lost
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ITWO ATHLETES AT
PENN REINSTATED
Thomas and Tandy Anions
j Those Who Have Cleared
. Scholastic Deficiencies
THREE OTHERS IN DOUBT
After the first effects of the new ell.
I clhlllty rule nt Vi nn won- off the Quaker
! athletes liumeillately Rot busy with their
' books anil tho mldiilRlit oil, wltli tho
i result that four of Hip nine men who felt
the faculty n have cleared off their
conditions ami now nro fit scliol.istlcally
for further competition. '
It was only u few days after tiic
rule was announced that Ilaney Trice
and ,'ied IMnIs, members nf the track
team, 'were declared eligible, anil now
comes the news that Carl Thomas, the
big oarsman, and Hill Tandy, n btu k
on tlio water polo team, li.ue Knight
their way thrniigh the n-holastlc fog.
The ineligibility of Thomas did not
haw any eHect on Ills athletic actllle:.
Ife Is holding down No. 4 scat In the
varsity shell and continued Ills train
ing on tile machines In Wclghtman Hall
during tho gloomy period, lie rowed
last year on tiie freshman eight and
also pulled a powerful oar for Central
High duilng his high school days. Last
fall Thomas was a tacklu on the famous
Wharton lino of the football team.
The Ineligibility of Tandy, however,
was costly, for he missed two of the
Important league games. (Inn wna
against ( ' C N. V. and the other against
I'olumbla. Tin- cripple (Juaker tiam wmi
against flic (oiiego, Init lost to the
MornlitRslde llelu'ils aggieg.nlon.
The five nm.ilnlng athlrtes who have
ct to clear off their delleleiule 1 arc
Heibort Collins, lapialn of tho water
polo sextet and picked by the critics ,1s
All-American for tlio lat two vears;
Hud Kisher, goal on the polo teani ; .Mm
Heardwood, a pole vaultcr; .lohiiny Har
tels, Hip big freshman hurdler, mid lied
O'liorinan, an oarsmnn.
Joe Kaan Is Suspended
.MIIAVAlKKi:. Wis. Jlsr.li .1. .In,.
1'nRiltl. nf Huston. waH susp.-nitil l,y t)IA
Wlseensln HtutP Honing 'r.tniiilsKloti fnr
sixty ilavs hre,iu9 of tiictlis in his leenit
l.nut with Pryiin flownry hi-rr. fiuu'ttry ii.ui
alli-atly been suspftiifHil.
J0IE RAY NEEDS FAST PACE
TO ESTABLISH NEW RECORDS
Fall and Devanney Ex
pected to Push Chicago
Runner to New Mark in
Meadowbrook Mile
Uy I'AUL I'll EI'
r;
JOIM UAY, the senatlonal Chicago i
flier, breaks. the world's Indoor record
for the mile, established by Johnny
Overton last year lu the annual .Meadow- '
brookk Club games, Saturday night at
the Second Heglnient Armory, Ilroad
btreet and Susquehanna, avenue. It will
he only through tho efforts of Mike
nevanny. lCddle Kali or Jack Ilyan.
Ilay will leave Chicago for tills city
seme time tomorrow morning. He will ,
limber up Friday on tlio Second llegi
ment Armory track.
Although he has proven beyond ques-'
Hon that ho Is the most consistent track
performer that tho world lias known
since-tho days nf Tommy Conneff, Jole
must be pushed very bard in tho llrst
half of tho race If he Is to come, any
where near record time.
This was true In his race with Johnny
Overton In the Ilodmuii AVunamaker
trophy contest lu tho Melrose games a
year ago, when he made a new mllo and
a half mark ot C minutes and 4(1 S-5.
seconds. It was likewise true in bis
two-mile race with Overton at the New
York A. C, when ho set the world's In
door mark of 9 minutes 11 S-5 sconds,
and It was evident In tho one-mile Na
tional A. A. U. championship race at St.
l.oula !at fall, when he established a
new championship record of i minutes
IS 2-5 seconds.
Can't Set Fast Pace
Flay appeals to lack the ability to bo
out and make a fast pace for himself at
tho start. Ilut bo Is fully capable to
follow the fiercest kind of a paco and
then come back In the final mile or
bait mile at such a Qace that fairly car.
rles him over the boards or cinders, as
the case might be. Overton discovered
this In his race with Ray last winter,
while Sddle Pall and Joe Stout found It
Is )m true nt the A. A. U. title games
t KNOvi A FALLOW IMFLUENCE YOU DOf P
secom'd hm-jD Book premd- U-e. Book Yoo wmnr -
) That voeRt" luRK'n56 Right- yov may mot -rJfEr- 7 "
Boosts and Bumps
-Hy ROHERT W.
A Glutton for
pilAHMJV HJTIJUSllN. Ihe
wollti'll'
vy eli.iiiiiiiiui til.k-shot bllllardlst. Is
wllli us for n lew day. Cluuley, who
halls from St. I.oole, is known thioiiRli
out Hie l.uitl as '.Sliow-nip-tlie-i-hnt-l-eau't-innke"
I'eli-rsnu. lie- llu-t- ui tn
tliat reimlatlou eiery d.i -hut only
when he pla.vs snlltiilte (iiilslile of bis
own fancy and exclushe act, IVte Is the
spat rliiK paitner of Wlllii. Ilnpie, tla
biy woniler, who Is l.-itieled "Show-me-the-maii-lcairt-li-at''
llnppe. Mr. Iloppe
alsn lives up In bis teputalloii and al--iiH
takes It out on l'cterMin.
.loe (Jrini and Kid liroail wcta Hie
well-known cluttonit for imiilhinent, hut
they are n pair of pikers when compared
with Pete, livery afternoon and evening
--twlie n day (.'barley dashes ulth
Willie mid Invariably llnlhhes i-econil.
No
matter ho l,uiil he tries or bow
i Well ho Is nltlimr. llnoop Is Inst n trill..
! better mul b1re7.es under the wlio a win
ner by several lengths.
lis (iaina Under Punishment
I Vesteid.iy we watched the carnage at
I AlluiKer's. ami noted mat I'eterson took
bis punishment like a Utile man He
started nut like a hoiio aflie. made .1
I couple of good runs, and was dclng well
when AMIllo camo tn bat. fp to that
time I'eter was In swell form. Willie
mlM-cil n couple of easy ones, couldn't
do better than a run of !, and was
leading hy the scoto of 103 to ;ii(. Now,
In blRlibrow bllllaid elides, this Is con
sldeicd a mere tilde, mi f.ir as lend is
concerned IVte Idew n wift one nml
' meandeted to his s-at
I ' treiiRfh for tin- finish.
to gain some
Willie soon had Hie balls together,
and when that little thing happened
Peterson was 1 rased fiom the picture,
lie was like a member of the chorus
In the hack iovv cair.vlug a spear and
shouting "Hull, ll. King has came!"
Iloppe soon iciu-heil 611, and continued
without a break until III had been
clicked off. Ho only needed that number
of points to win the game, and tho
chances are he would be shooting
yet
nan u iieen necessary.
Could Have Cone Out to Lunch
IVte could have read a couple nf
books or gone out In lunch while Willie
11!, O l,'l!,,n ll.n .... 1,.. ...... .
' hi in-- h-ioii in- was entirely r
iiiiincessary, and Hip exhibition would1
JOIE RAY
Fall,! the lntcrcolteslato conference
champion, as tho man who will force
Jole to break the present mark, those
who saw Mike Devanney win tile 100
yard senior Metropolitan Association
run after he bad won the 000-yard run,
closed to men In tbe service, In the Cert
trnl ltlgln School meet Saturday, are
of the opinion that Mike will force Jole
to a new record and possibly defeat ltay
In record-breaking timo In the Meadow
brook special. .
Fears Jlikc Devanney
ltay admits that he fears the New
Yorker. After the Hunter Mile In the
Boston A. A. Karnes several weeks ago,
In explaining why be didn't strive to
make a new record, Joe said that he
knewMlke was a treat runner and
Pcured that he had lot of reserye speed.
Msurru mai, ne nuu ioiw 01 resarTe BPeea
IW- "' W- "W va
MAXWELL
Punishment
lint hae -llfreliMl bv
his absmep. Hut 1
IVIp cued nothing tin- a little thine
like that. IIo leallzed lif was being
trimmed b .111 ivpett mid there wero
one bundled million others in these
glorious I'nlteil States who would suffer
tlio same fate weie they in Ids shoos.
lie was impervious to pain ami ah-1
mrbeil punishment like a planked shad, j
Willie really ran I'SI points vesterday ,
afternoon lucaiise of an error by (Ulo ,
llelslet, who rrfereed Hie match Tills
Is not a slam at (ilto.
that. otto has been
I-'ar he it fiom
playing three -
cushion billlaids fnr a long timo and Is
not accustomid to enormous runs. He
has a perfect right to miss one occa
sionally. However, llelslet Is Hip best
referee we have seen in some time. He
performs Ids duties In 1111 able manner
and does It In such n vvay its to keep
out of tit- way nf the spectators. Wild
Hill Itonovmi and Sherwood Mageo re
marked after the t xhibltloii that they
enjoyed tb" refereelng immensely, and
those two guvs should know what tlicy
aro talking abnut.
Moro of the Same
Hut tliat extra point meant nnlhliiR to
I'eterson He wouldn't have cared had
It been lnoo It would have given him
more time tn lest up for Ids matinee
walloping In Hitee cushions. A twenty
flve.poltit game was put on and IVte
again was the shod; absoiher. He fin
ished second without 11 dissenting vote
and still he was not through, lie game.
ly took his place at the bead nf the
lahle and proceeded lo score a victory
all by hlnirelf. He put on his assort
ment of trick shuts and It went big.
Nothing seemed too dllllcult. and IVte
j put ids stuff over without the ;ii of a
net. It was the big hit nf the show.
I I low ever. 'let II lie known triat Cliailey
, Peterson Is nn slouch as a billiard player.
1 He Is only a former woi Id's champion nt
i three cushions and can defeat no p-r
cent -if Hie player" today at ball; line.
He ranks among the hest In the country,
but can't prove It hy playing vv It'll
Iloppe. Willie knows tlio balls by their
first names and they eat out of Ids hand.
The world's champion Is u stiady, con
sistent performer nml Pete lias developed
Into thn most patient and Interested
audience we ever have reen.
Tho buttle ber.vveen 'Show.1ne.1he.
I shot-l-can't-make" and "Sliow-ine-the-
man-i-can t-neat will lie resumed today
with the Illinois as liiiiveii as usual.
DELAWARE CO. BASEBALL
LEAGUE WILL DISBAND
According In one of tin- olfcers, the
lielaware County llaseball league, tin
most prominent organization in the
country outside the milks of organized
I baseball, will suspend activities fnr the
coming jciii- lieflmte action will lie
! taken nt u meeting to be held 111 a few
tla.v s.
i -I. Marlon Weeks, president of the
I league, when question, d on tin u -I
Jict. said. "It Is Impossible to tpll at
I this tlnio what will happen, as wo have
not held a. meeting tills year."
Sports Scried Short
Jml. .VlrlnnU la to play third haso for tho
"" ,l,n " irillnn lo u statement liv Uil-
i ward Harrow. ih tnmi.iKer. .Mefnnls Is to
bo tried nt third In the South and If lio fulls
llicr. he nuj bo tried nt second.
Njrnriie t'nlirrtltr. will have a varsltv
crew thin er. (irnduato Maimcrr Smith
nalil .s.vrueu will lie representi-d at the
liroiMsed Anniipnlis regatta bv both varsity
sna frrihinun crews to defend tho title.
Il.inlrl Ifonler. formerly minat'r of ihe
Montreal flub of tho International I.eaeu.
haii been encased a battery coach for the
lloktou American I.easus baaeball team.
The effort to fes.illzV p-umljy ball In New
Vork la not llkelv to receive anv further
lork tire not likely to rerelte any further
'"lore. At the renurat nf Senator I.aivson,
of llrookbn, the llepubllean Senators eau
cuied on tho nueatlon ond decided that this
was an Inopportune timo to bring- It up.
Charles II. WMIf. of Hrooklyn. Buffered
his flrst defeat In tho clana A 18.3 tourney
at Detroit when David McAndleas. of Chf.
caio. won by a cors of 300 to 211.
rat Smith, former captain of tho Vnlver
lty of -Mkhlaan football eleien. will fljht
from tho air Initead of In tho navy, Hmlth,
who was at the (Jreat Lakes naval train
ing' station for seven months, was granted
Ills honorable discharge so he could Join tho
aviation corps.
..Ii .51, Chltlngton. business manager of
tho (.oulsvllle American Aasoctatlon club,
annoiinred tht Jack Lelivelt. outdelder, and
left-hand hitter, bad been aecured fronUthe
Kansas City Association rlub. ferllvelt. U
w ald. either would play first bass or
right field.
Itud Wefser has come to terms and his
rr.n.bract baa been signed and sent to the
I'nimes. 1I wan last weelc remn
holdout, threatening to rlay aemtprofesslonal
hall If ha were not traded to ths Ht. LouU
JIB wan laal wem rri-urieu as
Sf - - -.M.nl..lt IImI
..--. wvruuix -"j'!rr .5Itrwt woo uuiai
lh woman's record of SI atl'ln.hurst.dupll
who holds
ID woftia
wi. -iSr
4ir-V'A
HOLDOUTS ARE FEWER
IN THE TWO MAJORS
Clubs Round Up Players as
I Time Draws Near for Spring
Training
SOLDIERS WILL BENEFIT
The flock of holdouts Is decreasing In
major league circles, for within two
I w eelti nt Itin most everv plllli will have
1 . -,,
.'!" IU I.WIIV III II II..III.H. ...lll'. .....
line-up of camps this year s "virtually
the p.-imo as In preceding ears. The
few changes aro duo to tho desire of
clubs to get dnro to training camps and
play fnr Hie entertainment of soldiers.
The Cincinnati Tied", for instance, will
do their conditioning at Montgomery.
Ala., near one of the big cantonments.
Tlio (Hants, Cardinals, White Sox and
Tigers will be back In Texas. Thn Ited
Sox and Podgors will return to Hot
Springs, Arli. The Hiavcs will continue
to stick to Miami, Tla. after a brief
period of conditioning at (leorge Stall
Ings's plantation In (lenrgla. Tho Cubs
will tnako another trip to Pasadena, Cal.
The Pirates and Athletics return to
Jacksonville, l-'l.i The Phillies will be
at St. Petersburg, Ha. Tho Yankees and
Senators aro the only. American League,
clubs to go to Ceoigla. Tlio llrowns
will be at Shreveport, l.a., tills year, and
it new rpot for them. The Indians will
bo back In New Orleans.
(IAWGE WIHTTEI) PREFERS
CHICAGO CUBS IF TRADED
(iawge Wltitled. outfield extranrdlnarv
of Hie Phillies, is not a holdout Tlio
only plajci- holding out for nunc mone.v
Is Ri-rt Nleht.ff, Hie second sacker
Whltted hasn't signed hl.s contract as
vet. but tills isn't worrying President!
iMker. V csterday the Phillies' president
lecelved a letter from (liiuge In which
the Hurhain. N. C.. citizen stated that
as ll.iker had agrted to trade him lin
would like to be sent to C'hlutgo or
noinn other i-luh.
Haker. however, iletiled that ho bad
promised Whitlcd that lie would ha
traded. He will be retained hy Hie Phils.
Nothing ban been liesid fiom Milton
Stock, but Hert Nlclu.ff, one of the few
men to receive a tut In salary, has
made a kick. Herfs salary has had Sun
lopped off SIMeen of the Phillies have
signed up for the coming season.
I MARINE QUINTET MEETS
USAAC SQUAD TONIGHT
The first of the ptoposcil series to
drierinlne Hie basketball championship
nf tho service will be staged tonight
111 Cooper Hattallon Hall. Twenty-thlrd
and Christian streets, between Captain
Hogan's fnlted States Murines and Hie
Csaaes from tlio Allentowu Ambulance
Corps.
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' Hy CHARLES (Chick) EVANS, JR.
-r-vii!-tiriMV ..I.nl4 H.tereMrd In Bolf
Hi Knows (filbert NKIiols. for be lias
been nn oulftanilliiK flKUtc In American
Kolf for many J ears ami has Irnvelfir
nil nvrr tills country playiiiB bis nlm
ii. ,1.1.. fimtip nml maklne many frlriius
wbilp be Anis alinill It.
He i-linuld li:io been national open
Fbanipliiii sexeral tline. for twlee li"
emlul sei-ond ami fnur times be was only
tu.i strokes away. How MB me resiiu 01
llmse to ftnike, anil y t lliey
were
verv little In Ti imies, aim r.iiniiu..
show that tlio pliijer "111! MK'h a"
arriiRi Is as Rood ns tiny snlfer In tb"
counlry.
I-Vir ears 1 Ime roiiflderril Cllliert
v.i.i il,,. i,, ,,t lirllllaut iitaier f
llieiu all. mn be lias always been a. iiinl
luterei-lliii; Rnlfor for me i" wnirn.
pertillnrltv of bis walk dlslltiBuWies li'm
tulles auiiy on the Rolf roufi-e. and to
tbe oh-.erv.mt cjo ills Rolf sultiK Is itulte
as lndiUdual.
i lie 13 jlKt a- lllllell 111 fuse lllaylllS be-
I fnre n lame-crowd ns in a single tnatili,
nml I do not think that any pro lias
pl.iieil in moro professional matches
Hi. hi he.
Came l'rom England
Rieat many peoile for Mime ica'Oll
hae liclle(il Nichols tn be a SrotMiiaii,
lull, on the contrary, ho Is IIiirIIMl II"
,i horn tiDniii loriy years ,iku hi -'
clone, ,i little 1-capnrt on that famous
Kentish mast will re mi miieli Rolf l
.. i t . .....,. r-t.r.,t I'lilll he.S
1 iihniim). Ho has tin olilt'f brother, lien,
Mho Is also n Rood polfer and famous
as tho only man h.i beat Vanlon when
he hlteil liTe III ltifti'. The two H'iR
llb lios pla(d only aflir wliool mid
on hnllila.is. ami exon at that tender ae
(111 loved Rolf exceedingly. Hill be rad
men veiy nine:. 111 i.u-l "" .i...... - -
ii noil i M
mouths between the ages of eight mi'l
tlilrteeu veins. Ills parents were utile
to care amply for his needs, and In llng -
land it Is not the .voting boys II1.1l caddy,
not Minn of foitv or oiler
When be left school he went tn the
Ileal (inlf Club. 11 line course unjoining
tlio Itnval St. I leorge at Sanwick.Tliree
Hi the age of sixteen be was all a'ppren-
tleo In tho simp of Harry Hunter, Hie
cluhiii.iK.cr. Mil long anciwaiu ne mi
tn Cannes. Irauce. in help his iiroinrr
iri, who was the pin there. It was it
very popular course at tliat time, amlM
nearly :0a players were tlaily tin the
course. At that time, isas, iving 1.11-
ward, then I'rliu-c of Wales, was picsi -
dent nf tho chin, and many piomliient
persons plujtd there. I here was a .Mr.
Lockwood. of lloston. who look a lancv
tn otmg Nichols and inclined Ins
GOVERNOR EDGE SIGNS
JERSEY BOXING BILLS
Measure Permits Eight-Round
Bouts Under Supervision of
Unpaid Commission
TIHINTON, March T..
(,'nvernnr IMge today signed tho Hur
ley boxing bill, passed by'the recent Leg
islature, which allows eight-round bouts
In Hie State with eight-ounce gloves un
der thn supervision of a boxing- com
mission, to bo appointed by the (Inv
entor and tn serve without compensation.
The new law speclllcally provides that
boxing bouts must not bo held In any
place where ll'iuor is sold.
Ono of the strong arguments lu favor
of the hill 111 the Legislature was that
boxing Is n great feature lu Hie can
tonments for the development of the
soldiers and to give them skill and
agility.
NEW YORK HOLDOUTS 1
ACCEPT CLUB TERMS j
NIAV VoniC. March 5.---After a con-j
feience with President Kuppert and !
Manager llugglns, of the Now Voikl
American Leaguo baseball club, yester
day. Itogcr PeekliipaUKh. shortstop and '
captain of Hie team, signed a contract I
for tho coming season. Pccklnpausli
camo heto from Cleveland to discuss a
salary grievance and, It was announced,
obtained u compromise.
Manager Metlraw. of thn New York
Nationals, sent word from St. Louis to
the, chili otllcials that be had obtained
the signatures of Pitcher William, "Poll
Pert Itt and Shortstop Arthur l-'lftcher,
both of whom had been holding out.
FABER ESCAPES DRAFT,
SAYS MANAGER ROWLAND
CHICAHO. Mardi 5. frhan (lied)
1-aher is gutting ready to help twirl the
Chicago Wlilto
tgo wniio ox to another chain.
plonslilp, according
to word reaching
nere.
. 'If'l"'1" lowland Kaid the draft quota
In labor s district has been filled and
1'aber will bo saved for the Sox.
your brain
or action
Tliere's nothing bet
ter than the right kind
of a cigar to comfort
and inspire you while
you work. TheGirard
has won a nation-wide
reputation as a cigar
that puts an edge on the
pleasure of smoking,
but never takes the
edge off your wits.
up
Real Havana
i IIiohrIiIk Inward Ainerlen.
Walter tr. I
and bis father were spending that -win-S
ter In ('mines, and tbey anle( him 1
ro In Hip l.ako (!enea Country rins If
but. not knowing anything nbout tli
routitry,, be went lo LexltiRton. Kr
wbeio Mr. linckwnod irnt born, hut hi
rl.i -u -,n j -'Hi; rniwju, lor HJP court
lollld tint lime been Rood, Then lio had
a fplendld fuiir-year period of nron.
ii, limn in- .um i-iiiun ioi- oyes Uroth,
irs, of tln'tnll.
Al Wilmington for Years
Ills first real position as golf ,ror,
slonal In this counlry was nt the s'i
Louis Counlry Club for two years. Krom!
lliAl-A t, II Alii I n. ttmtftu... 1. '1
hm' in- yi'inrr lor U f) Mn
11- .....,! .. i.t ... ..,.. i. 1 .. ryTm
in- iiiiiii-' i Mi jvinii- tn. -ii iiiHi eni back"
to Hontnn for tho Wftodlatul iMub. which'
wr till Miow Ht tlio lionio nf KrancUfl
l,,,t...... l.-.n.i.ili. ...... ..... .. ' IK
wliiiiii. I.. 11. ip .... 001 imien in erl
deuce those dns, although evidence win
show that be was Interscliolastlc cham.
Ploti. l-rnm thero be went to the Wl.
inlngton Country Club for sevn yearn
and finin there to Hie 1 1 rent Neck (L t
Club. '
Nichols has made nn enviable record
in the playing, of golf lie -0n rh,
Metropolitan up 11 championship twice
In one of the events bo made n ,
yard bnle lu two, and once in a rlian.
plunshlp lie mai.V the last nine at lln.
glewood, N. .1.. in'thlity. Ho won tha
North and South chainploshlp at Pine,
burst twice -one of the times I saw him
do It and really there seemed to be no
one else In that tntiriiiiinen' Twice, too
lie won the l-'lorldiv open, ' '
imrlng tlio time lie held position with
Important noithcrn clubs In simimrr h
spent Ills vv, titers nt Rood cltib.-i South
ami pint nf Ihe tone Iip traveled with
I'red McLeod iipil Mil;.. l!ruV. faklnj la
all She southern courses.
, ,111 ... i,-, ...
"""" ""' " '"
inn louest score In- ever made for
t clghtedi holes was 11 slstj-three at Palm
, iie.it n. 111 nils round be bad a one (ml
the lentil uud It tlllee 00 the etei.,n.
a .'i"t)..vaid hole 1 think that be itiadi f
ine lowest seventy-two hole score la
competition In tills country al Ashevllle
N. ('., wlien he scored 277. llagan anil
Wilfred Held were secntnl, ten slroliea
.union. .n-..u.i mini, nun no nas prob- a
amy won more loiirnanients tlian any,
oiip else In tb's country except Alev
Smith. Ills favorite club is the niashle i
and lie does not-believe in those new
1 corriigincii-iacefi ciuim rnr mashlo fhots.
, lie iiuni.s ine nair-lroii shots are thai
hardest nf all. Ho Is a very Uno putter. I
lie neueve.s nriniy 111 the importanco ot 4
tin- leit nano m Roir, ami lie excels as
' teacher.
MILLER WANTS TO FIGHT,
NOT TO PLAY BASEBALL 1
Former Cardinal Captain Kicks
When Marines Draft Him and '
Protest Is Sustained
WASHINOTO::. March 5 Volwlth.
rtnndlnir the. r.-iet timt i,n i.. i v'4
- .....V u I.T III IIIQ
marine coips as a volunteer. Jack.!
( i ots ) Miller, formerly captain and t
first baseman of the St. I.ouls Cardinals, 1
iiiniigni ne stoou u good chance of belnr i
drafted. The niarlnn corps baseballJ
team lit tills city needs crack lnfielder.i
and Miller's iiaino heads the list off
H,S(l--L-llVCS.
. "(''T- ! .!lo"'t w"nt " h" drafted and
may ball. urttmlilpil "MrOu" ...i,Ah i.
formed that he might bo chosen to playf
in me i-racK marine nine. "I want to
right. Tliafs why r joined this outfit;
And now they want mo, to play ball,
("an you bent such luck?T
When (leneral Harnett n-nu inrm,
Hi.it Miller would rather light than play "
ball, lie tkcllned to nider him to Wash- "
iugtuii
suits n i so
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MriiinA i. i."V,",n' ",JU ann i nrisusB
Clclllsna liulted. Admission Me.
Sullivan's j
Own Storyj
Stories galore about "
John L. Sullivan have y
been published since his ;
recent death. Scores of Jp
histories of the "cham- ' f
pion of champions" have S
been rushed into print. $
No one can recite the
narrative of his wonder
ful career from boyhood
until he lost the world's
battle in 1892 better
than John L. himself.
William H. Rocap,
Sports Editor of the Pub
lic Ledger, is the posses
sor of Sullivan's life his
tory from the tatter's own
lips. It is a thrilling tale.
No one who is interested
in boxing or in physical
training should miss it.
It is being published in
daily installments on the.1
sporting page of the
II
morning
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