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Scenes of World Baseball Tourists' Return Likely to Be
Staged When Star Ball Players Begin Arriving From
Overseas, but Dodger Owner Certain to Be Cautious
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
lort Kdlter Evening rubllc Ledger
TJISTOnV Is about to repeat Itself. Xn n short tlmo mnny oco.in-golng
" scows will pull into New York harbor, loaded to tho guards with sol
diers, ball players and more soldiers. Dascball managers, largo and small,
will be on tho Job to greet the stars of tho diamond with open arms, tender
them contracts and hope they had a pleasant Journey. Many phenoms
havo been developed on the other side and thero will bo a wild rush for
the new talent. Thus the scenes of 1914 will ho re-enacted when tho big
leaguers returned from their trip around the world nnd were met by a
flock of American and National Longucunnnagers.
That was tho time of the Federal League war. Enormous salaries wcro
being offered by the outlaw organization nnd tho signing was fast and
furious. Star players were deserting every day and no ono knew what
would happen next. Tho Feds planned a clean-up when tho boys camo
home, and thereby hangs this talc.
Tris Speaker was the big nolso of tho day. The Feds wanted him, nnd
Joe Lannln, who Just had purchased the Tied Sox, was ready to pay any
price to get Spoke's name to a contract. Charley Ebbcts, 'William F. Baker
and several others also were at the dock, glaring at Jim Ollmore and his
trusty aides. Something had to bo dono to outguess tho other crowd, and
Ebbcts, using his Influence, was allowed to tako his party on a government
tug andrgo"out"to the ship. He had to promise, however, that no business
would bo transacted.
After climbing aboard the liner which happened to be the Lusitania
the magnates got busy and talked to the players. It was believed that no
contracts had been signed, but as tho party was going down the gangplank
Ebbets, In his best oratorical manner, said:
"Gentlemen, I wish to announce that I havo been highly successful
today. I havo Just signed Dick Eagan! Congratulate me!"
That was a. great speech save for ono minor detail. Ehbets had NOT
lgned Eagan, but Just talked things over and thought tho deal had been
closed. The next day Dick, after reading tho papers, demanded and
RECEIVED J1000 extra before signing a contract.
That story is well known among the ball players, and now, live years
later, comes the "history repeats itself stuff.
SIIEMIOD SMTH. the Brooklyn pitcher, Is on the other aide.
lie expects to return soon and shipped a letter to Kbbcts.
"Dear Charlev." he wrote, "I tel'l he home soon and want to
see you. ricasc meet me at the boat and imagine J am Dick nagan."
Bums Only Unsigned Athletic Infwldcr
AL.L Connie Mack needs now is a first baseman and his Infield will be
complete. This morning the sage of tho diamond was on the Job bright
end early with tho startling announcement that Maurice Shannon, who
used to flow around second base, had signed the papers for 1919 and would
Join the h , .' home trainers at Shibe Fork on April 1.
Shannon Is a likely looking kid, but will have some trouble this jear
In grabbing a regular berth. With Jimmy Dykes and Itoy Grover trying
for the keystone sack, the River Shannon will havo to bo at high tide.
However, Connie thinks well of the youngster and may make something
out of him.
The sorrel-topped athlete left the team last July to fill an Important
engagement with his Uncle Samuel. Ho cast his lot with the warriors of
the deep blue sea and spent lots of tlmo on the briny. He was laboring
on a mine-sweeper, and any guy who could stand that has no fear of a siege
of home training. Maurice probably will enjoy his vacation at Shlbe Park.
Shannon was nabbed by tho A's after spending a season with Balti
more. Befoie that he had lingered a short time with the Boston Braves
and Rochester. Ho did fairly well last year with the A's, but who couldn't?
' George Burns, our star first bateman and slugger extraordinary, still
is at largo and has not signed a contract or nnythlng. Connie will say
nothing about his fence buster, but it is a safe bet George will bo In tho
fold before the opening practice.
COXXIE is trying a new system this year. The old lankioll has
been dusted off, the rubber band removed and some real monei
uill be paid to high-class talent. Manager Mack realizes that tcllft
prohibition coming on, it is not the best thing in the norld to haic a
ball club too long in the cellar.
Boxing Managers Growing More Enterprising
ONCE upon a time a bright boxing manager decided to assist tho
sporting editors by giving his own vcrbion of tho battles engaged In
by his fighters. Every night after the show he would rush to the telegraph
ofllce, send out a bale of telegrams and his boy never got tho worst of It.
Soon everybody was Indulging in that favorite pastime of "beating tho wire,"
and wo always learned that there wcro two winners in every fight.
But lhat was old stuff. Tho present wlro atfiletcs arc too cunning to
wait until a fight Is over or until It even takes place, They write out their
telegrams the day before and hao them ready for action. This was shown
last Monday night when Billy Itocap, sports editor of tho Public Ledger,
received the following from Trenton:
"Joo Dorsey, of Philadelphia, defeated Ilatthng laniard In eight fast
rounds.
"Max 'Williamson defeated IJttlo Bear, the Montana Indian, in eight
sensational rounds before a crowded house tonight." ,
Now that telegram was all right tao for ono llttlo thing. ' It was filed
at 8:0S p. m. and tho show didn't start until 8:30. Furthermore, tho boys
did not appear until a couple of hours later, so the gender was a great
guesscr. He picked two winners and counted the house before tho doors
wcro open.
Beating It to the wlro recalls an episode In New York when boxing
was at Its height. Paul Doyle, managed by Scotty Montclth, was boxing
Young Brown, the prldo of Dick Curlcy's stable. For eight rounds tho
fighting was even, and at the, end of tho ninth Curlcy, who never did llko
Montelth, an) way, rushed to tho nearest telegraph ofllco to send out tho
glad tidings that Brown had knocked the block off Doyle In one of tho
usual sensational bouts.
11THVX he was leaving the telegraph office Curley ran into Mon
" teith.
"A'eicr mind sending any wires," he shouted, "because I have
beaten you to it. The whole world knows that Young III own
knocked Doyle's block off I"
"What's eating yout" replied Bcotty scornfully. "Better get a
wagon and haul your big bum from the ring. Doyle knocked him
stiff in the tenth round!"
Kid Gleason Silently Searching for Talent
WILLIAM GLEASON, new manager of tho White Sox, has returned
from Chicago, whero he talked things over with Owner Comlskcy.
The Kid is feeling better after the conference, for tho Old Roman has prom.
Wt iged to go the limit at securing new talent and will do everything in his
W power to get a championship club together. Gleason was well received In
wl tho "Windy City and says he will have a good team.
HJJ it will oe a cioso race in mo American league, no saia, "0111 If I
" -V ean put through some deals I have in mind the White Sox will be up
", there fighting it out with the leaders.
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We will play some pood baseball and win lots of games."
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TAD JONES AGAINST REFORMS
Still Favors Secret Practice and
Training Table
New llnten, Feb. 26. Tad Jones very
likely may bo counted out of the run
ning for tho football coaching Job at
Yalo. It has been understood that Yale
had asked Jones to como back next fall
to finish the term of his contract, but
Jones denies that ho has been ap
proached. However, If Yale had had
any Idea of asking him back it may
have been dissipated by the letter Tad
sent tho Yale News the other day.
Jones declared that he was In favoi
of secret practice, a training table and
scouting three things which Harvard,
Yale and Princeton are trying to eliminate.
Central High to Start
Rowing Practice Soon
HARVARD TEAM CHOSEN
Crimson Kclay Quartets Named
to Oppose Yale
Cnmbrlilsr, Mnss.. Feb. 20. Tho Har
vard varsity and freshman relay teams
which will race against Yale's varsity
and freshman relays at Saturday night's
Indoor games of the lioston Athletic As
sociation In Boston, were picked yes
terday In the trials conducted by "Pooch"
Donovan.
The freshman team will comprise D.
Chute, J. A. McCarthy, B. Wharton and
cither It. P. Holster or J. Wlnslow, while
the varsity four will bo A. W. Douglass,
'21; D. J. Duggan. '20: W. H. Goodwin,
'21. and D. 1 O'Connell. 'SI
Cornell Cage Team 'Wins
Ithnru. N. Y Tcb. 20 Cornell defeated
Rochester 3.1 to 27 at basketball lust night.
Cuptaln Ortner starred tor the locals, mak
ing seven Held soals.
By 1'AUL PREP
Gather around closely and give your
undivided attention, readers, for we have
fallen about another cluo In the scho
lastic crew mystery and are nnxlous to
throw It off our chests! Hero is tho
latest in a nutshell, or something like
that: Crew practice will start today at
the Central High School.
There is more In tho ten words above
than will bo thought nt tho first glance.
Some tlmo ago the superlsory com
mittee on public high school athletics
ruled that rowing must bo abolished m
the local high schools. Therefore, the
action of the Crimson and Gold lads In
starting work on their five machines In
commission and three out of commission
leads us to believe that there is some
thing more than ether In the ntmos
phere. It Is reported on good authority that
Professor Hill, the Central High crew
faculty adviser, has word from some one
"up higher," ns It were, that the super
visory cpmmltteo will reconsider its ac
tion and permit Central High to hate a
crew. Thus tho late rush for the Indoor
practice. This tlmo last year tho Mir
rors were out on tho Schuylkill doing
their worst In a big barge that Pcnn
had loaned them.
No meeting was held jesterday. but
more than fifty fellows have signed
up for crew work. Among thLs number
are nine members of last year's Bquad.
They are Captain and Coxswain Coogan,
Fuhrman, "Blondy" Jones, Clearfield,
Webster, Bennett, Bechtel, Scedeman
and Barker. The team will be coached
by "Dick" Oellers, captain of last year's
championship crew, who Is attending
school. The Central eight was tho cham
pion last ear because there was no
other local high school to dispute the
claim.
The open meeting of the supervisory
committee to be held Friday after
noon now looms up as of great Im
portance. If no action Is taken against
the practicing of the Central crew It is
safe to predict. that the Mlrrora will
go ahead and arrange dual meets with
Princeton Fresh, Penn Fresh and all
others wishing to test their skill and
strength.
South Philadelphia High still has one
more game In the Interscholaetlc Basket
ball League, but it Is almost an impos
sibility for the downtown Red and Black
quintet to loso Its foothold on first place
In tho Btirrlng 'race for the Dutch
Trophy.
SWIM TRIALS AT PENN
Quakers Show Form in Weekly
Workouts in Tank
Prosrcta for Perm's swimming meet with
Columbia on Saturday were considerably
brightened by the results of the llfth weekly
tank contests In Welghtman Hall. The lied
and Blue swimmers showed especially good
form In all the events. Hummarles:
100-foot novice race Won by MsrtyerJ
second. Armstrong-; third, Ksdevez; fourth,
Felnsteln. Time, 10 4-5s.
60-yard dash Woaby Martyer: second,
Goldstein; third, Sticfel; fourth. McShane.
Time. 2T 2-Bs.
100-yard swim Won by Siegfried: second,
Wiener: third, Taylor; fourth, Murdock.
Time, 1:14 2-5.
200-yard dash Won by Armstrong: see.
ond. Sullivan: third, Stlefel; fourth, Gold
stein. Time. 87 3-os.
Dlvlns contest Won by Armstrong; sec
ond, wiener; inira, L.ippincott.
Plunge Won by Mannsker; second,
Meyer: third, Elderkln (71 ft. 9 In., scratch),
distance, 71 ft.
Triangular Swim Tonight
New York. Feb. 20. A triangular swim.
mlna meet will be held tonlaht In the Cltv
College pool between the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, Columbia University
and the College of the City of New York.
water polo match between Columbia and
City College will follow the meet.
TED'S DEFEAT SHOWS
HE'S GOING DOWN HILL
Collegiate Race of 1914 Re
peatcd as Caldwell Beats
Meredith in Millrose 600
Special
PEPIN'S RUNNERS STAR
Burns and Chaney Draw
llaltlmore, Feb. 20. Frankle Hums, of
Jersey City, and Young Chaney,' of this city,
boxed twelve rounds to a draw here !ast
night.
By EDWIN J. POLLOCK
New York, Feb. 26. The Intercol
legiate half mile championship of 1914
was run over again last night as the
600 special of the anuual Mlllroso
games, In humanity-Jammed Madison
Square Garden.
As was the case five years ago, Dave
Caldwell, 'then of Cornell and now of
the Boston A. A., was the winner last
night, and Ted Meredith, erstwhile of
Pennsylvania, and now of Meadowbrook,
was third, but what a change a half
decade has made.
Five years ago Meredith lost because
he was Inexperienced, because he didn't
know his own strength. He lost last
night because he was against a better
man, because time and war have taken
toll from his physique. The Meredith
of 1914 Is no more. Ted has gone back,
but the Meredith of 1919 has a long
way to go before he Is merely an ordi
nary runner.
Beaten on Stretch
In tho Millrose 600, Ted was beaten
on tho stretch. He turned Into the
straightaway second to Caldwell, and
finished' third, with Tom Campbell, a
Chicago school boy, second. A few
years ago it was virtually impossible
to outsprlnt him on the home stretch.
Captain Ted has two legs on the
Post trophy, the prlie In the 600. It
takes three legs to gain permanent pos
session. The Post trophy will never
rest in the Meredith household.
Caldwell won last night In one min
ute, sixteen and three-fifths secons. Prior
to tho race Ted believed 1:16 would be
good enough to win. It was, but Ted
couldVt do It, and neither could any
ono clso in tho field.
At the gun tho Pennsylvania hero
stepped out like the Meredith of old and
snatched tho pole at tho first turn. Off
from tho line with him were Caldwell,
Campbell, C. C Shaughnessy, of the
Knights of St Anthony, nnd Homer
Baker, former New York star, who Is
running unattached.
Ilomer Baker Falls
As the field rounded into the first
straightaway. Baker's feet got all
balled up, and he fell sprawling full
length across the boards. That was a
break for Ted, for the rest of the field
behind Baker was held up at least two
stdlreB. Tho Meadowbrook filer stayed
out In front for the first lap, but then
Caldwell asserted himself and sprinted
to the pace-setting position. Campbell
was third and Shaughnessy brought up
the rear. They ran In that position
until they entered tho home stretch.
The battle was on. Twelve thousand
persons showed encouragement as Mere
dith called upon his stiffening muscles
to carry him to the tape. Up came his
lers a little higher, his head was thrown
I back and his face twisted with exer
tion. He put everything he bad into
that drive, but the fleeing Caldwell was
not to be caught He drew farther away
with each lift of his ankles, and Camp
bell, sprinting desperately, crept closer.
As they neared the tape, Campbell
Michigan Plans to Quit
Eastern Collcgiatcs
New York, Feb. 29. Whether the
University of Michigan will retain lis
membership In the I. C. A. A. A. A.
probably will be decided when that
association holds Its annual conven
tion In the Waldorf-Astoria, Sator.
lay afternoon.
The Wolverines did not take part
In the Intercollegiate championships
Inst spring nnd It Is understood they
will not be represented In the meet
this year, because they are enre
more full-fledged member of the
Western Conference. It la expected
lhat they will permit their member
ship In the I. C, A. A. A. A. to lapse.
California nnd Stanford, which are
also members of the I. C. A. A, 'A. A.,
are expected to make known at the
meeting whether or not they will be
represented at the championship meet
this year,
flashed Into second place. Caldwell won
by two yards from Campbell, with Mere-
aitn me same aistance in the wake of
the westerner.
Ted looked neither to the right nor
left as he walked to tho dressing room,
but he was accorded a burst of sym
pathy that rarely Is extended to a de
feated athlete. The twelve thousand
persons who crowded every corner of
the huge stadium sent a greeting to
Ted that belled the adage that the sport
ing public forgets.
Five years ago Meredith could have
beaten Caldwell arrd George Brown, the
former Yale runner. In the Intercollegiate
half mile If he had had moro expert
ence. Lost night he ceuldn't beat Cadd
well with all the knowledge that the
lessons of, a half decade havo Imparted.
Aside from the 600 special, tho other
big feature of the evening was the mils
and a half for the Rodman Wanamaker
cup, arrd that prlxe of athletic supremacy
soon will be on its way to a little town
outside of Chicago, it Is now the ex
elusive property of Jole Ray; famous
runner of the Illinois A. C, who won
his third leg on the trophy last night.
Ray Wins Easily
The little western youth, who Is a
marvel of form and speed, had things
his own sweet way. II won as he
pleased in; six minutes and flfty-four
seconds flat. George Nightingale, of
New Hampshire state, was second:
Clyde Stout, of Chicago, third, and C.
A. Leath, of the Boston A. A,, fourth.
Despite the fact that the beat athletes
In the country were gathered In Madi
son Square, records stood up stead
fastly. The only mark touched durlnr
tho entertainment was the seventy-yard
low hurdle games record, which waa
equaled by Lieutenant Bob Simpson,
former Missouri sensation. SImpso-t
covered the distance over the sticks In
eight and two-fifths seconds.
It was a bad night for Meadowbrook
Club athletes, for not only first place
waa won by the Philadelphia club mem
bers. They lost to Millrose in the one
mile match relay by a wide margin.
The best the Dallas boys did was t
take second in the Interclub relay.
Two Penn Victories
The case was reversed with the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, however, for the
Red and Blue triumphed In its two re
lay events. The varsity team, com
posed of Haymond, Davis, Gustafscn
and Smith, won the Intercollegiate mile
in 3.34 3-5, and the second team of
Weedon, Brown, Brewster and Rogera
copped the Interclub handicap mile In
3.31 flat.
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