The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-01

IedtherWelght, has been barred from
boxing in Pittsburg OWNS 10 the fact
that lrz failed to comply with police
regulations there, namely, the submit
ting 70 a physicians examination
[ twenty -iour hours before entering the
ring
Matthew J. CIune. FOR years pro-
prietOr OF the Vanderbilt Hotel and one
time hacker Of John l. Sullivan died
Tuesday at $50 p m N ms nome, at
Feekskill, y. 7. He had been a1linS
for some time, and recently had told his
friends that he did not believe that ne
would last for many more rounds
Jack Michigan has prospective
heavyweight in sight VINO may make
the patrons Of boxing SIT up and take
notice. This fellow is feet 65z inches
TAN and weighs 200 pounds in his sIs-r-
ring shoes Unfortunately Jack can
UnI0osen tins new ring terror till May
next
Vale is c9ur-If55ss zs5.sg sending its
varsity eIEut-Cared crew 10 Virginia 20
train on the Potomac during the Easter
vacation 1'his may Eledh race with
TIA, Georgetown eight
Clarke Griffith has instituted q shake
~ on his payroll that He hopes VIII save
Garry Hermann more snan $500 a
ve2T- He claim. the salaries viii be
HlOre cuulliZeJ = an ever when ire
PLAYERS sign the cNutracts which ne mas
almost ready for mailing. Grin believes
that some or his hlrelines are under
paid and these viii profit at the expense
Of the OverI aid ana tlEe bench warmers
Connie Mack seems u have the Ut
most confidence In o. elder Joe jack
son for he declares lat the yOunEster
viii be refined. Wit Topsy Hartsel for
emergencE outfield ruty- Connie is
banking on Murphy. toOde, and Heit-
muller as a reEulT-T Irlo-
Somehow HIughie JeE~-rss cannot
Eidesrep bantam pitchers The Tigers
usually so South with I'm three 20
half q dozen midget WRITER'S each sea
son. All records have been eclipsed by
the champions, however. IN the seIec-
ton Of Pete Browning a. a 1910 colt
Browning weighs but l25 pounds
Rube W4ddeH made good on =
loan fr0Es Frank GOJCh the other day
in s. Louis. More wonder. the obIiEa-
ton had been due some three years
No wonder GOtch IS the champion head
spinner. VlCu he IS able 20 ply the
Rube loose from a Ave caseT-
Walter C'Hara. Jersey City. and Jacob
Stein. Buffalo. are the two Eastern
League represenJaJVes Il the American
Association meeting ~ chicago. i Is
Er0ba bic that the so VIII meet the
Association representative in a confer
eucc TO discuss the uniform purchase
cation and Eastern League This rule
provides that no club OF either organ
izatiJu sail pay more than 5000 for a
bali PLAYER from the major leagues
Several Eastern League clubs are Uu-
rerred 10 have violated the clause. not
ably Toronto which is understood 10
have paid 51-500 for Pitcher Carl Lund-
gren. Of the Cubs
A special meeting OF the Pacific Coast
League mas been caitec Ior early next
week 10 consider The proposition OF
CUsrin- Secretary Long from MS Once
Opposition 20 Long IS based. IL Is al
legged. on the fact that he Is acting IN
the dual capacity o. league secretary
and manager OF club IT. the circuit
Secretary Barnard. o. the CIevelanI
club. has hit upon a novel plan 10 pre-
tect the pitchers in bad weather. Bar
uard has overseen the construction Of
the new baseball plant AT the Forest
City. and has had built z tunnel from
the home bench to the nearby club
house The pitchers VIII be able 70
duck into warm quarters when not
working
The Pacific Coast League is anxious
10 expand into an eisht-cIub circuit The
Northwestern League IS anxious 70 put
q. team In Portland The Coast Lea que
VIII tolerate the invasion only on con
ditiOn Of being given Seattle and Spo-
kane in l9lL
The Bloomington Association ClU1 has
concluded NEGOTIATIONS with Et1rlin gfou
Of the Central Association, by which
Pitcher Edward Clark, OF the Windy
City. is transferred optionalIy TO the
latter club for the coming season Clark
pitched the reCOTd-bTeakinE, tWenty-siX-
inning game in the -rhTee-I League the
past season
It IS rumored IN Detroit that Jennings
is anxious 70 get nd Of both CaICherS
Schmidt and StanaEe- He IS said 10 be
angling for Mig Clarke Schmidt has
never shown much In the pinch since
he first became a Tiger, and Stanage has
no regard for training rules BeCken-
Gorf would be the first catcher II he
could hit better
John FISHER may be 4 Louisville COL
OneI next spring The leading twirier
Of the Central League who set q new
worlds record for consecutive games
won, was drafted from Wheeling by
PittsburE and Il Is reported that he will
be turned over to Louisville
Hartford, which has always been
famous for its string OF good pitchers.
has signed a Tisht-handeT and a left
handler. The poTtside finger IS one
Pierce Mooney. haililE from Eoosic
Falls y. Y and the other IS Monte
Wood, a former Albany twirIer, of
Plymouth. Mich
Arthur Irwin claims that the PhuHes
worked the squeeze play as far back
IS 1856 in a game against New York
when both Joe NUlvey and Irwin him
self scored from third and Second, re-
spectively- on a bUnJ by Charley Bas-
tan on signal from Irwin
President Comiskey announces that
the veteran White SOx pitchers will
probably do some Of their training az
PasO Robes. CAL where there are hot
Semi-AnnuaI