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TRACK MEN OUT
AT LEBANON VALLEY
Coach R. J. Guyer Is Pleased
With Response to His
First Call
Annville, Pa., Jan. B.—R. J. Guyer
gave a call for track candidates for
the relay team at Lebanon Valley Col
lego yesterday afternoon and more
than twenty men responded. The
team will be the fastest that has ever
represented the school. El vans,
Wlieelock and Mickey are among the
squad. They wjpre members of last
year's champion relay four which won
first place at the University of Penn
sylvania relay carnival last year.
As the relay team will be sent to
the indoor meets at Baltimore and
Washington in the month of Febru
ary, tho early call for material was
necessary. Evans, who holds the 220-
vard dash record in the Middle States
intercollegiate meet, is captain of the
relay team. He is a Lykens boy.
PROTECTION IS NECESSARY
Too Much Money at Stake in Federal
League to Permit a Laydown
Chicago. 111., Jan. B.—Club owners
of tho Federal League have paid out
$50,000 in 1915 snlary advances to
major and minor league stars who de
serted organized baseball for the Fed
erals, according to a statement by
James A. Gilmore, president of thp
Federal organization. Protection of
this money, he said, is one of the ob
jects of the league's suit filed against
organized baseball, charging it with
operating in violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law.
"The league proposes to fight to a
finish to protect this investment," Gil
more said. 'ln the event of a repe
tition of legal controversies which im
paired the 1914 season, when litigation
caused several of our star players to
, sit Idly on the bench all season, this
f money will be tied up in a knot that
will take months to disentangle. We
propose to make ourselves certain of
the results before the playing season
begins."
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TWO CLUBS WILL PHY
SALARY TO LAJOIE
Cleveland Star Has Contract Good
For Aonther Year at His
Own Figures
Philadelphia, Jan. S. Manager
Connie Mack will pay Larry ■ Lajoie
only a part of his salary this season.
Cleveland must make up the differ
ence, as Lajoie's contract with the
Naps has another year to run.
The Cleveland club made that sort
of an arrangment with the St. Louis
club last season, but Lajoie thwarted
the transaction by refusing to go to St
lyouis. Cleveland wanted to get rid
of Lajoie, but whilo there were sev
eral etubs that were willing to take
him, all balked when they learned the
veteran was drawing $9,000 a year,
and that his contract did not expire
until the close of the season of 191 G.
As a special inducement, Owner
Somen offered to pay s4,oo<> of the
salary, leaving $5,000 for the St. Louis
club to settle. This was agreed upon,
but when was notified to join
the St. Louis team he refused, and the
deal fell through.
It is most likely that a similar ar
rangement has been made with the
Athletics, for there is no way to figure
that Lajoie at the present stage of his
career is worth the salary he is draw
ing, yet he has a contract which must
be fulfilled, and as Connie Mack has
been under obligations to Charley
Somers for many years, he is willing
to help him out.
FOOTBALL A PEACEMA KEK
Special to The Telegraph
Berlin, Jan. B.—The German array
authorities have issued a general or
der prohibiting troops in the field
from fraternizing with forces of the
enemy, as they did at several points
in the western theater of the war at
Christmas.
To such an extent was this frater
nizing carried out that at ono place
where the Germans and British played
football Christmas day they agreed to
suspend hostilities for two days.
FIGHT IS AGIST
TWO MAJOR LEADERS
Joe Tinker Says Plan Is to Eradi
cate Ban Johnson and "Garry"
Herrmann
Indianapolis, Tnd., Jan. 8. —The
Feds are after the scalps of two ma
jor league leaders. "Garry" Herr
mann and Ban Johnson are the two
men picked to get the run. Plans
were discussed at a conference here
to-day.
Joe Tinker, manager of the Chi
cago club, was the only man who
attended who would talk. He said
that the Federals are planning to give
baseball a "good liousecleaning," and
continued:
"We want to eradicate the business
men in the game and put in no one
who is not a sportsman. We are tired
of having baseball run by two men,
Ban Johnson and "Garry" Herrmann.
Those attending the conference in
clude Mr. Gates, John M. Ward, for
mer big league player; Ned Hanlon,
Harry Goldman and Otto Knabe. of
the Baltimore club; Joe Tinker. Rebel
Oakos, manager of the Pittsburgh
team; Lee Magee, recently appointed
manager of the Brooklyn club;
Pitcher Perritt and Ed Konetchy,
claimed by the Pittsburgh Federals;
Lloyd Rickert, secretary of the
league, and Keene Addington, counsel
for the league. James A. Gilmore,
president of the Federals, is expected
to come to Indianapolis to-morrow.
HARRIS PARK ELFCTS OFFICERS
At the anual meeting of the Harris
Park Baseball Club, held last night,
thel following officers were elected:
President, AVaiter Anderson; vice
president, Roy Kerns; manager, Karl
W. Swartz; captain, William Huber;
secretary. Ross Swartz; treasurer,
Charles Ryan. A turkey dinner fol
lowed the meeting.
Gilmore of Federal League Begins Suit
to Dissolve N tional Baseball Commission
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The Federal league, through Presi
dent (illmore, has begun action in the
United States courts, as has long been
expected, for the dissolution of the
National Baseball Commission, the
American and National Leagues and
everything known as "organized base
pall." While officials in organized
baseball say they do not fear the ac
tion. it has been known for years they
did not wish an attack on the ground
they were violating the Sherman act.
The suit was tiled in the name of
the Federal Lieague of Professional
Baseball Clubs against the "National
League of Professional Baseball Clubs,
the American League of Professional
Baseball Clubs. August Herrmann.
Bancroft B. Johnson, John K. Tener
et al." /
The suit asks that the defendants be
declared as "constituting a combi
nation, conspiracy and monopoly in
violating the common law, in contra
vention of the anti-trust and monopoly
statutes, and in restraint of trade and
Commerce in and among the several
states, in derogation of the consti
tutional right of contract." It is fur
ther asked that the defendants bo en
joined from "further continuing to <!<>
business as a part of or in connection
with said combination, conspiracy and
monopoly.
The National Commission has under
its domination and control all but "00,
or approximately 10,000, "professional
baseball players of varying degrees of
expertness." The 300 are under con
tract to the Federal League.
When President Johnson, of the
American League, was informed that
the suit had been tiled he said:
"I think this is another attempt to
keep the Feds before the public. The
suit on llio face of it is absurd. Why,
the Feds have been trying to get into
organized baseball, so-called. Wecgh
man, of the Chicago Feds, had a
chance to buy the Cubs for a certain
sum of money and it was not the Na
tional League's fault that he failed to
make the deal. The Wards could have
bought the Philadelphia National
League club, too, but they didn't go
ahead when they had the chance.
"We are not operating a trust, for
anybody with money can buy into our
circuits. Speaking offhand, I have no
fear of the result of this suit. Base
ball is an amusement, not a com
modity, hence the government of sport
cannot be declared a violation of the
Sherman law. The Feds arc growing
desperate, it would seem."
BITS OF SPORTS
Efforts on the part of Manager Bal
four of the University to revive inter
collegiate boxing is meeting with suc
cess.
The Methodist basketball team will
play Tech Scrubs on Tech floor to
morrow afternoon.
The National Commission will meet
next week.
Tech tossers will go to York to-night
to play York high school live.
Steelton high will play Middletown
high at Middletown to-night.
The Phillies will not get Whltted.
Richmond's offer of SIO,OOO for an
International League franchise has
been refused.
"Tilly" Shafer, third baseman of
the Lemo.vne baseball team, fell on the
ice and fractured his right leg. lie is
in the llarrlsburg hospital.
At Middletown last night tho Tennis
Club tossers won from the Wincroft
team, score 29 to 13.
The Kagles lost last night's game)
in the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. bowling
league, to the Federals, margin 40
pins.
Reports circulated yesterday that
Eddie Collins would- go to the New
York Yankees had everybody guess
ing for a time. There was nothing
to the stories.
In answer to Coach Orton's call for
track candidates. 175 varsity and
freshmen put In their names yesterday
to Manager Cheston in the track rooiii
at Franklin Field. The number and
caliber of the men excels the squad of
sny previous year and Coach Orton
was well pleased.
I FINAL TRANSFER IS MADE
Special to The Telegraph
New York, Jan. B.—The final details
of the transfer of the New York
American League Baseball Club fran
chise were completed here yesterday.
Colonel Jacob import and I*. Huston,
the new owner, assumed control with
the passing of stock by Frank J. Far
rell, the former executive. President
B. B. Johnson, of the American Lea
gue, left immediately for Chicago, af
ter having devoted almost a month to
the consummation of the deal which
gives the club new owners for the
first time since its establishment here
in 1903.
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FOR POHSVILLE HIGH
First Scholastic Contest Takes
Place Tonight on the
Local Floor
With one of the strongest aggrega
tions of basketball tossers that has
ever represented Central high school,
the local five will open the season to
night. The llrst attraction at Chest
nut street auditorium, where all Cen
tral home games will be played, is
Pottsvllle high.
As an added attraction, the Central
high scrubs will line up against a
strong amateur local team. Both Cen
tral teams are in excellent condition.
Captain Rote of the varsity tive, after
I practice yesterday afternoon, said
Central will give Pottsville the hard
est kind of a fight. Victory in the
opening game Is much desired and
Central students will be out in full
l'orce to help with their rooting.
Horace Geisel, of the P. R. R. Y. M.
C. A., will referee the game which
[starts at o'clock.
SKiN'S O' TIIK TIMES
In front of the new Strand Thea
ter, New York, is an electric sign
designed to attract attention to the
name of the theater by representing
a lightning stroke from some arti
ficial clouds to earth and producing a
blue Hash and a crash as the light
ning strikes. The clouds are very
ingeniously constructed so as not to
display their source of illumination
and to represent sheet lightning prior
to the direct stroke. Tho clouds con
sist of horizontal metal strips ar
ranged like a louver so that the light
from within is diffused over the vis
ible portion of the vanes, which are
painted to represent clouds. By caus
ing the light to flicker a semblance
of sheet lightning is produced, after
which a zigzag stroke darts down
ward along the sign, terminating with
a flash and a crash from the dis
charge of high-potential energy
across a gap. The high-potential dis
charge is caused by an oscillator sim
ilar to that used in wireless telegraph
work. The coil is installed within
the building, and the terminals are
let out through insulated bushings to
the discharge points. While the light
ning stroke is spectacular, the noise
accompanying the discharge at the
gap is decidedly more so and is very
effective in attracting the attention
of passersby who are not in habit
of observing illuminating' effects.—.
Electrical World.
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FOB FEDERAL LEAGUE
Players Receive Credit For thd
Actual Work They Do in
Each Game
New York, Jan. B.—Among tho in*
novations in the matter of baseball
statistics, introduced by Secretary)
Lloyd Hickart of the Federals. arc*
some new-fangled fielding averages#
based on the number of chances ac<
cepted -by the various players pel?
game. Errors are ignored.
Steve Evans of Brooklyn is nominal
leader of tho first basemen with 11.07,
chances per game for twenty-seven
games. George Stovall of Kansas City;
the firebrand of the Feds, leads the
regular flrstbasemen, with 11.03.
chances.
Kansas City also has the leader lit
tho second base division, as KCn
worthy of Kawfeds was the busiest
middle sacker. He accepted 84®
chances, or 5.80 per game.
Diss McKechnie of the Indianapolis
champions led the third basemen,
with 51!) chances, or 3.48 chances a,
game. Steve Yerkes of Pittsburgh*
was the nominal leader among tha
shortstops, with an average of 5.87
chances in 3'J games. Joe Tinker of
Chicago, led the regular shortstops
with (>94 chances in 124 games, or 5.0®
chances a game.
Among the outfielders, Ward Millet"
of the St. Louis team, who jumped the
Cubs, led the league, with 258 chances
in 100 games, or 2.4(1 chances pep
game. Mike Simon, the former Pi
rate, also a St. Louis Fed, was tho
busiest catched. with 7.28 chances a>
game, while Edgar Willett, former Ti
ger. and also of St. Louis, led tho FcdH
eral pitchers in these statistics, witlu
4.32 chances a game. Tho averages
of tho pitchers were complied at tlia
rate of nine innings of work standing
for a game.
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