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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
BASE BALL, RACING
AND OTHER SPORTS

into the corridor of the Auditorium annex
while the club owners were upstairs. and
dropped into conversation with Chick
Stahl. Jimmy Ryan and Charley Carr.
There Isn't much going on, said Stahl.
Everybody Is wondering what Is to be-
come of Jimmy Collins"
And who" asked the youth, producing
the notebook, lis Jimmy Collins?"
About the time the Pittsburg Nationals
and Boston Americans were making plans
for their great post-season series in 1904,
the base ball pages of one Pittsburg paper
began to bristle with the illusions of a
young man whose papa was a stakeholder
in the paper. The screeds were signed, Of
course, and all were attuned to the same
key-the One-sided nature of the contest
soon to be decided. The writer of the ar
ticles had never seen Cy Young, Bill
Dineen, Lew Criger any of the other
Boston stars play ball, but he pointed out
their weakness and made it clear-to him.
self-how the Pittsburgers would simply
slaughter the minor league four-flushers
from the Hub. When 1t was too late, and
the Boston team had proven it's superiority
over Dreyfuss aggregation, the young
prognosticator shifted to the river
route and the base ball page was put in
charge of a man who knew that there were
two major leagues. DO you wonder asked
Fred Clarke, he related this incident to
a crowd of base ball writers and players
at Chicago, that the men who play the
game are in terror of the boy critics?"
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TELEPHONE INQUIRY.
Pay Rolls Of New England Company
Padded for Politicians.

BOSTON, January 10.-At hearing held
by the highway commission in the state
house yesterday for the purpose of giving
telephone subscribers an opportunity to
present complaints and to submit argu-
ments why the rates should be reduced,
Thomas W. Vincent, representing the Har-
ward Improvement Association of Dorches-
ter, declared that some of those drawing
pay from the New England Telephone and
Telegraph Company were members Of the
Boston city council.
Mr.. Vincent, to illustrate his point, told
of job which is being done in Washing
ton street and on which eleven laborers are
employed. This force, according to Mr..
Vincent is working under the following list
OF superior officials: One foreman, twenty
three subforemen, eleven watchmen, twen-
three inspectore and one timekeeper.
II have personal knowledge said Mr..
Vincent that the pay rolls of the New
England Telephone Company are padded by
Boston politicians and their constituents.
Some of those drawing pay from this COM
pany are members of the Boston city coun-
ell, who report only twice day and draw
regular salary, although they give abso-
lutey labor for what they receive. In
addition to the Washington street job, 1
know of another case where there were at
least thirty superiors over eight laborers,
many of whom did no work"
Mr.. Vincent said that the cost of main
tenance would be greatly reduced If the
company eliminated the salaries paid to
politicians
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
MANAGERS IN UNIFORMS

Connie Mack will be the only American
League manager that will not appear in
uniform and turn a few tricks on the
coaching lines this year. But as Connie
has already won two championships from
the bench he is probably not worrying very
much OF the other seven directors of
play, four, Lajoie, Fielder Jones, Chick
Stahl and Clarke Griffith, are playing man
ayers. The other three, Joe CantillOn of
Washington, Hugh Jennings of Detroit and
Jimmy Mc.Aleer of St. Louis have bid their
playing days good-by, but they still like to
get into uniform and show the public that
they have not forgotten how to coach. At
a pinch McAleer or Jennings could jump
in and play part of a game, but neither has
any desire to do so.
In the National League there are but
three real playing managers, Fred Clarke
of Pittsburg, Frank Chance of Chicago and
Fred Tenney of Boston. McGraw still
wears a uniform, but seldom plays, while
the same is true of Patsy Donovan of
Brooklyn. Murray of the Phillies, Hanlon of
Cincinnati and McCloskey of st. Louis are
bench warmers. While last season re-
suited in victory in the big leagues for
two playing managers, the preceding years
saw two clubs managed from the bench
take off the laurels. To tell the truth, it
does not cut much figure whether team
is directed from the bench or from the field
providing the manager is capable man.
Jimmy Collins, a playing manager, won
two pennants, and Fred Clarke, another
playing director captured three. On the
other hand. Frank Selee, bench manager,
has won more pennants than any other
manager, while Ed Hanlon also took his
share.
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"ADS" TO CATCH CHUMPS.
Beware of Published Notices on How
to Get Rich Quick.

NEW YORK, January 10.-In an adj
dress delivered last evening before the
educational department of the Young
Mems Christian Association Collin Arm
strong discussed Financial Advertising"
and laid down some general rules for diff
Terminating between Legitimate and IL
legitimate" advertisements. After telling
his audience that he felt safe in assuming
that they did not wish him to tell them
how to frame advertisements of the latter
class Mr.. Armstrong said that the first
and well-nigh infallible test to apply to
financial advertising to discover whether
or not 1T is legitimate advertising a mere
trap fer the unwary was common sense.
OF the offers of opportunities to invest
capital at more than the legal rate of in
terest or of those who profess to have
knowledge Of impending movements in the
stock market he said:
IF the information they profess to pos
sess was as accurate and valuable as they
represent it to be they would not be seek
ing to sell 1t at s. per sucker but would
utilize 1t themselves and would soon retire
from Wall street"
Notwithstand his suggestion that
common sense was the best test to apply
to suspected financial advertising. Mr..
Armstrong went on to say that the die
tates of common sense in such matters
garded by those who in other matters
show keen Judgment.
The information bureaus" of Wall
street, Mr.. Armstrong said, were man.
aged for the most part by wrecks of the
street. who after losing their own money
prey on those who are still indulging the
delusive hope that they can beat the game.
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RACING STEWARDS
ALTER SEVERAL RULES

NEW YORK, January 1O.-The annual
meeting of the Jockey Club will be held
in the Windsor Arcade today, together
with meetings of the National Steeple-
chase and Hunt Association and the Breed
ing Bureau of the Jockey Club. Word
comes from Boston that Charles II. Hay
den will be named as steward of the Ma
tional Steeplechase and Hunt Associa-
ton to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of e. V. r. Thayer. Mr.. Hay
den is interested in cross-country racing
and has been chairman of the executive
committee of the Country Club of Brook
line for two years. The success of recent
steeplechase meetings there was due
largely to him.
At the meeting of the Jockey Club sew
eral amendments to the rules of racing
will be acted on. One of the changes sug-
gested by Mr.. Bradford grew out of the
controversy over Go Between's entry for
the Suburban handicap which led to the
disciplning of Alex. Shields. 1t is pro-
posed to add the following paragraph to
rule So:
mo horse shall be disqualified on ac-
count of any error or violation of rule in
the entry which might have been corrected
on payment of fine, but the stewards
may infiict fines upon, or otherwise deal
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BASE BALL NOTES.

Connie Mack says he won't sign or trade
any players until March
Comiskey has received the signo- con-
tract of his crack first baseman, "Jiggs'
Donohue.
Catcher Wakefield of Cleveland, who
tends to avoirdupois, has already gone to
the Hot Springs to boil out.
Mike Kelley has been offered $4,000 from
the Cantillons to manage in Des Moines.
Good minor league money.
1t is claimed that the salary list of the
Pittsburg club last year was $4,000 in eX-
cess of that of any club in the National
or American league.
The American Association voted at it's
annual meeting to prohibit playing exhibit
ton games during the championship sea-
son.
Harry Steinfeldt gives himself three years
more on the diamond. After that he will
be ready to retire and go into business.
Barney Dreyfuss was 50 sure that Pitcher
CamntZ is to be world-beater that Mil
Ter Higgins bet him new spring hat that
the Cincinnati Reds will defeat Camnitz the
first time he faces them.
Harry Howell is of the opinion that his
team, the st. Louis Americans, stands a
good show of winning the pennant next
season. There are others who have had
similar dreams that failed to come true.
Manager Frank Chance of the Chicagos
to be on the road to recovery now.
President Kilfoyle of the Cleveland club
says he does not care whether the Ameri-
can League schedule is made for l54 or for
40 games. He expects the Maps to be in
the race under either condition.
Ralph Glaze, the former Dartmouth Col
lege star, promises to win twenty or more
games for the Boston Americans the COM
ing season. If he does he select his
own lot on the Boston common.
The Pttsburg club would not object to
securing first-cIass catcher to bolster up
the backstopping department Phelps and
Gibson are the two best men Dreyfus has
lined up on the catching job at present.
Jimmy Sebring left Cincinnati for home
Tuesday night, convinced that it is all off
with his chance of ever playing in the big
league again. He will stick to Williams
port and his efforts will necessarily be con-
fined to the TriState League.
President Dreyfus of the Pttsourg team
declares that Cincinnati has secured two
fast youngsters in Outfelder Kruger and
Inielder Kane of the Pacific Coast League.
He had been watching them when Cincin-
natl secured their services.
Before leaving Cincinnati for the east
men asked Frank Bancroft TO let them
as the National League schedule is out,
fine field for such games is opened up
by the admission of the Tristate as the
towns are all good ones and Well situated
for the Reds to stop Off
1t became known at Piattsburg, N. Y,
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with. any person responsible for such err

with. any person responsible for such err
rors."
Thomas Hitchcock jr, has proposed the
following amendment to rule 10S:
Reckless and dangerous horsemanship
or lack of consideration for the safety of
others may be punished by fine or suspen-
sion without disqualification OF the horse "
H. K. Knapp suggests the addition OF
the words ''be In the paddock Of the
course" to rule %, which would then read:
"A horse shall not be qualified to run In
a race unless he has been announced as a
starter, be in the paddock of the course
and the name of his jockey given to the
clerk OF the course, or the sclerk Of the
scales. not less than thirty minutes be-
fore the time appointed for the race, which
shall, at the close of the previous race of
the day, be indicated on a dial conspicu-
Ously placed"
He also suggests the rescission of rule
"a, which reads:
IF the race be one for which the entry
was. made during the meeting, a horse
must start unless struck out thirty min
utes before the time appointed for the
race"
Greater discretionary powers will be
rule 1G6, suggested by F. r. Hitchcock, Is
adopted. Rule 10 and the proposed addi-
ton follow:
IF any case occur which is not which
is alleged not to be provided for by these
rules, 1t shall be determined by the stew
ards in such manner as they think just
and conformable to the usages Of the
turf
The rules OF racing supersede the condi-
tons Of a race or regulations of a meet
ing when they conflict.
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MACK AND CANTILLON
HAVE MADE UP AGAIN

Along with the Johnson-Comiskey recon-
Citation there was still another at that Chi
cago meeting which was not mentioned.
Connie Mack of Philadelphia and Joe Can
tillon, the new Washington manager, have
got together and renewed old acquaintance.
"Oh, yes said Connie, I'VE quarreied
once, didn't we. Joe?
1T was when l was manager Of the Mil
waukee team and Joe was umpiring.'
Connie didn't like my decisions and 1
fired some of his men over the fence said
Joe, picking up the conversation.
Il was mad clear through, and when the
game was over told Joe he had umpired
the last game he would officate in in Mil
waukee that year." said Connie.
He bade me good-by, said he was glad to
see me go, and told me he had it fixed up
so that l could give more of my rotten
decisions in his town that year." said Can
tillon. Il went right to Johnson's office.
Who's running this Lacquer l demand
ed. You or Connie Mack?'
He asked me to explain myself. l did.
You go right back there, he said, and
umpire tomorrow
He stayed in Milwaukee until l went to
bed SICK said Connie.
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Murphy. Punch was snapped for punch,
and. although his eagerness and wildness
for quick victory with one punch to end
the bout caused him to miss many blows.
he got to Tommy with more than one dis
tressing wallop. which had the Harlem
hero fighting very carefully. 1t was the
latter style which carried Murphy to vic
tory. No matter how hard he was punched
he invariably came back with that ever
lasting left jab or countered with his
straight shoulder punch. Corbett had a
great deal OF respect for that blow. and
came near sending him into the dreamland
route in the second round.
When Corbett entered the ring he looked
in better condition than he has shown here
for a long time. That conspicuous pouch
which he has worn in SO many battles of
late was down to a very small dimension,
while his flesh shone from good training.
and down to weight. The ex-champion
was the same cool and tantaliZing fighter
of days gone by when he faced Murphy for
the first round, and during those three
minutes he went about his work with the
suggestiveness of the one-time champion.
He had Tommy guessing by his style, and
although the latter was just as aggressive
as Corbett the former kept things moving,
which looked rather dubious for the Har-
lem boy.
Second Round Sizzled.
The second round, however, was the I'M
the start, and it was give and take until
Tommy, sending quick left to Corhetts
face and following it with a hard right,
made the champion break ground. Murphy
followed up his temporary advantage and
with lightning right caught Corbett on
the jaw. Billy went down like flash, but
was up before the count of ten. lie was
visibly groggy, however, and Tommy Kept
after him without letup. He landed right
and then left and Corbett was hanging on
the ropes when the bell saved him from de-
feat. The crowd was In an uproar through
Murphy's unexpected rally. and as Tommy
took his seat the Harlem delegation nearly
went wild with joy. Corbett staggered to
his corner like a drunken man. That
round settled the fight then and there, al
though Corbett surprised the thousands Of
persons by his wonderful display of game
ness and stamina by coming back strong
in the remaining four rounds, especially
the last.
In the other bouts Kid Benner was
knocked out in the fourth round by Kid
Broad Phil Smith bested Willie Lucas
and Tommy O'Keefe got the worst of the
argument with frankie Praul in the semi
wind-up.
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MURPHY OUTPOINTED
YOUNG CORBETT

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January TO-
Tommy Murphy. the pet of Harlem, and a
youngster who is coming along in the light
weight class with the speed of race horse,
was entitled to the decision over Young
Corbett at the cid of the sixth round in
the wind-up at the National Athletic Club
last night
Murphy fought in real championship
form displaying GOODNESS, cleverness and
science that had the two-time conqueror of
Terry McGovern guessing at times. Murphy
had Corbett practically out in the second
round, the only thing saving the Harlem
lad from scoring a knockout being the
timely interference of the bell in COrbetts
behalf. He was staggering around the ring
In a helpless condition, and had hardly
enough strength to put up his hands to
save himself from the blows which Murphy
was raining in on him.
Corbett, although weak and Wobbly when
he went to his corner at the end of the
second round, came up refreshed for the
third round, and his eagerness to get to
at the time being. Corbett's rally, how
ever was more due to the spirit than the
flesh, as he missed swing after swing, and
what blows he did land were visibly lack
ing in force. Murphy always kept after
Corbett, and when not singing him with
straight lefts would sneak in hard and
vicious right, which had the former cham
pion grasDing and breaking ground, but
only to come back again to mix 1t when
ever the opportunity offered itself
Corbett Improved.
From the fourth round on Corbett slowly
and surely came back to his ruggedness
that characterized his first round perform
ance, but Murphy never let up On him,
and with straight left and quick right he
always had Billy in hot water. Corbett at
times missed vicious rights, any of which,
had they landed, would have settled the
bout then and there but Murphys quick
foot work and his GOODNESS in getting out
of tight places had Corbett working hard
and wild at times in his efforts to land a
solid wallop on the Harlem lad
While Corbett never really got over that
second round, his gradual return of
strength manifest in the last round,
and he mixed with as m ch relish a. did
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GREAT PITCHERS WITH
MARVELLOUS CONTROL

Probably no other pitcher ever had
such splendid control of the ball as did
John GARRISON" says Jimmy Ryan. After
John had been sold by Chicago to Boston
he enjoyed nothing better than to beat his
old team mates here. He would go In the
box day after day and make us all look
foolish reaching out for and backing away
from what we thought We're going to be
curves. but which proved to be straight,
fast ones, waist high and squarely across
the pan. Mike Kelly, Johns old back
stop, has told me after many a game that
Clarkson hadn't used a single curve from
start to finish just keeping the ball shoot
ing straight over the plate One day when
Kelly wasn't in uniform he sat on Bos-
tons bench dressed in street clothes and
swinging gold-headed cane. Clarkson
was warming up: Actor Digby Bell was In
the stand. AS John speeded 'em in Bell
bent over the rail and said to Mike:
Clarkson looks pretty wild today Wide
shouted Kelly. III bet you bottle he
can hit this stick four times out OF five.
and he walked out and stuck the cane in
the ground in front of Benefits glove
which John was utilizing for plate. You
know what to do The crowd was in
tensely interested by this time and the
game itself was forgotten. Clarkson sig
nailed Bennett to come up behind the
cane, and then he proceeded to knock the
little stick over again and again just as a
PROFESSIONAL markSnan on the stage Keeps
on hitting the bulls eye to prove that he
is real champion. 1t was the most mar
velous exhibition of control ever wit
messed.
Bobby Mathews of the old Athletics and
Charley Ferguson of the Philies had equal
ly as good control of the ball as Clarkson
or any other pitcher that ever lived. Well
do l remember an exhibition the great
Ferguson gave one afternoon before a
game in the latter sos, which l do not
believe Clarkson or any other pitcher,
past or present, could have ever dupli-
Gated To exemplify to visiting team of
English cricketers to Philadelphia the art
of curve pitching, the Britons UP to that
time not believing it possible fer ball
to be curved Ferguson first gave an ex-
hibition of curve pitching, he putting on
the widest curves possible delivering the
ball from the pitchers box to the home
plate. Next, to show that he could con-
troll curve ball quite as well as a straight
one, Ferguson stood bat erect on the
plate, placed a cigar box with the bottom
Knocked out on top, and then curved one
ball after another through the small space
opening of that box without knocking it
down. II my memory serves me right
Ferguson succeeded seven times in ten
cigar box without knocking it off The
other three times he did not get the ball
through without hitting the box, but as
he hit the seven by four wooden frame
each time it showed his control to quite as
perfect degree as if he had shot it
through the small open space and which in
itself was a more difficult task than to hit
a walking stick probably three and a quar-
ter to four feet long.
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PLAYERS AFRAID OF
INEXPERIENCED CRITICS

Ball players, says Elmer Bates in the
Cleveland Press, are very much like actors
in their dread of youthful and inexpe-
rienced critics. In these red-letter days
of popularity for the national game, when
every little hamlet has its club and every
group of cities geographically linked its
league. it is hard for the men who play
the game TO understand why the base ball
department of every newspaper is not in
charge of men familiar with both the polti-
cal and artistic phases of the game
Strangely enough, ii is in the big cities
rather than in the provinces that the play
ers sometimes ind II hardest to endure the
things they read about themselves or their
rivals At the recent meeting of the American
League magnates in Chicago cigarette-puf-
ing youth carrying a notebook-the hallmark
of every beginner in the business-cama
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yesterday that Philip Lewis. shortstop Of
the Brooklyn National League team, was
married on Friday, December % last. to
Miss A. Rouette Baker. daughter Of Alder
man Edward Baker. Lewis played on the
Plattsburg ball team in 1904 and on the
Baltimore Eastern League team in 1905.
Last summer he Joined the Brook1yns.
Ban Johnson steered Bob Hedges away
from bet that didn't look any too good
Jack Nune, good Chicago rooter, offered
to bet 500 that the Cubs would win the
pennant in the National League, and an
other hundred that the White Sox would
not win in the American. Hedges was
about to take him up on both propositions
when Ban cut in and persuaded him to let
it go.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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CHOIR BOYS
BEAT GRANT SCHOOL

The Grant School basket ball team went
down in defeat by the hands of the strong
St. Johns Choir team last night at ST.
Johns parish hall by score of 81 to g.
The first part of the game was interesting
but the second half was decidedly with the
choir boys, who had no trouble in enlafging
their score French played the best game
for the Grants. while Darrow and Riggles
were the stars for st. Johns. The features
of the game was the team work of the Win
ners and the throwing of a goal from the
center of the field by Wilson of that team.
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B. AND O: WORKERS QUIT.
Strike for an Increase in Wages Of
Two Cents an Hour.

NEW YORK, January 1O.-One hundred
and fifty freight handlers employed by the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad at its freight
yards at st. George. Staten Island went
on strike last night for an increase in
wages. The men have been receiving 1874
cents an hour and demand an-inerease of
cents an hour.
There will be no trouble unless the COM
pany attempts to put men In their places.
A detail of police from West Brighton was
sent to the freight yards to prevent any
friction that might occur.
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SEBRlNG WILL
NOT BE REINSTATED

CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 10.-It can be
stated authoritatively. notwithstanding ru
mors to the contrary. that Jimmy Sebring
will not be reinstated. Although the formal
report of the national committee may not
be promulgated for several days, yet it is
understood that the members were unani-
nous in rejecting behring's application.