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The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

When the Highlanders played the
Giants in the post-season series. Billy
Evans was the American league
umpire. On the second day Muggsy
McGraw, manager, bumped into Bill
and McGraw was put out OF the
game. While going, the following
dialogue ensued:
so you've put me out of the
game?'
yes
What have done to be sent TO
the bench"
That's too long a story to tell you
here. I'll explain after the game is
over"
so you're going to put me-the
manager OF the team-off the Polo
grounds"
You don't look any more impor-
tant to me under the circumstances
than the bat boy"
"Oh, / don't, Ell! Mr.. Blind Man.
Not a bit better"
We'll. I'm not going 10 leave the
grounds, and you can't make me-
I'm not going TO try to make you,
but take IL from me we will ali be
leaving the grounds shortly, unless
you make your exit soon, as I'm pref
~ hungry. and It wouldn't take very
much to make me forfeit the game.
Well, I'll go. but III be up in your
dressing room after the game, and
knock your block off,"
Don't do anything foolish that
would be apt to spoil your facial
beauty"
Don't worry about my beauty for
I'll be right at your dressing room
door when you reach IL after the
game, il you're lucky enough to get
that far"
Well don't wish you any bad
luck Mr.. McGraw, but IL you ever
come up TO my dressing room after
the game, the Giants will surely have
a new manager in 1911, IL they don't
happen to have one for any other
reason"
so you are one of those lighting
umpires, are you?"
Wouldn't have TO be much OF a
fighter to get the decision over you"
mo umpire in the National league
has ever trimmed me"
We'll. | don't know how good the
National league umpires are. but |
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
BAN WOULD STOP
SYNDICATE BALL
Will Ask Magnates To Make Public
List of Holders To Pre-
vent Evil.
BY GEORGE RICE.

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-President Ban
johnson of American stla-has
come out in favor of a war of extermi'
nation against syndicate baseball. The
boss OF the American league. and the
real power OF the national commits
sion, has outlined a plan which will
end trust baseball, II adopted.
II was announced today that John
son intends 10 urge the adoption at
the next American league meeting OF
rule making IL compulsory for each
club president TO give to the National
Commission aud the press a complete
list OF stockholders In his team. He
also Will endeavor 10 have the Nation
al league adopt similar measure. 1t
is his intention 70 have syndicate
baseball made a violation of the rules
OF the game and have the punishment
placed in the hands OF the National
Commission.
Such action. no doubt, would do
away with trust methods In the game.
The American league. II claims, is
clear OF syndicate ownership. Many
however, assert that the Washington
club is owned by the league itself
while others maintain that Johnson
himself has stock In every team in
the league, save the Chicago team
However true these assertions may
be, publicity as TO stockholders will
mean the death OF syndicate baseball
and Will end commercialism OF the
game. Johnson's plan is a good one
and, IL carried out. will free the game
OF many OF the scandals which harass
II each fall.
In the National league the situation
is not what II should be. The name
OF Barney Dreyfuss. for instance. has
for some time been linked with two
or more clubs. The owner OF the
Pirates is supposed to be heavily IN
volved in the Boston Nationals. Bar
ney denied the charge
c. P. Taft and Chac. W. Murphy
own the Cubs. Neither % them denies
II. Taft owns the grounds OF the
Philadelphia Nationals, and II is gen
orally supposed that he owns the club
also. President Fogel says not. Bu'
Fogel refused to make good a year
ago the names OF his hackers or pro
duce> the signatures to the stock Ger
tificates
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
HUGH FACES
TOUGH TASK

We have heard much on both
sides of the question: Is Hughey
Jennings a great manager? Next
season may tell the tale. Jennings IS
in the position that presents the
greatest problem TO all handlers OF
baseball teams. His club is going
back. but his men are not yet decaded
enough 10 warrant breaking up the
club altogether
The freckled one has shown himself
TO be resourceful in the past. He
iockeyed two stumbling teams into
AFst place. his only clean win being
his first. Twice he tore his intleld TO
pieces in midseason and still rode 1t
to victory 1t takes a clever man TO
do that sort of thing. just when the
club is under its worst pressure.
This year Jennings not only has
receding team TO handle. He has
Bush, with a dubious ankle, on his
hands Worst OF all, he has the prob
lem Of Tyrus Cobb the proud beauty,
who isn't at all to the liking OF the
rest OF the team.
II Hughey comes out OF the 1911
mess with the runner-up club. he will
have done well.-William Peet, in
Washington Herald.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
DEAD. DEAD. DEAD!

Lost-A large man. weighing about
$50 pounds, six-feet-one in height, and
answering to the name of Jeffries
Last seen on a Southern Pacific train
at Reno New, heading for Oakland
Cal. Anyone knowing his whereabouts
please communicate with Miss Fisti-
ana and receive a photograph OF Jack
Johnson as reward.
II ever a man has managed 20 hide
himself completely from public view
X is our old friend Jim-a-de-Jeff. DC
casionelly We hear of his appearance
for a few hours in Los Angeles, but
then all trail is lost It's the old
story about the whole world loving a
winner and consigning a loser to the
ash can.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
BY HARRY NELLY.

Down I'm New Haven. Conn, they
are laboring with a repetition or the
old disappointment that a star player
OF necessity is not star manager or
coach. Loudly the folks at Yale be
moan the fact that Ted Coy is head
coach, that the football squad was IN
trusted 10 a man whose chief claim to
distinction rests In the fact that he
himself was able a couple OF years
ago TO play fast football.
This old theory that the star player
Is star director OF others has had
numerous trials in baseball. football
and other sports. Dozens OF compe-
tent PLAYERS have turned TO managers
only TO find that managing Is an execu-
tive position pure and simple. Like
wise. Il IL a difficult task requiring ex-
traoTdinaTy qualifications.
Coy started this year backed by
pFeC9dCnU- custom and a Few other
things. lie had the support OF stu
dents and candidates because he had
been n great player. His failure has
been so lamentable that even tho
strong wall OF college spirit has
broken under the strain and assistants
have been rushed in from every pos
slble source. Coy could play but he
cannot coach.
Everything is against the graduate
system OF coaching in colleges. Grads
do pretty we'll as secondary instruc'
tors and In that capacity should be
welcomed, but It is q pretty big under
taking for a man just cut OF school 10
take some 30 to 100 active youths and
Keep them going. II is hard enough to
grasp the possibilities OF swiftly
changing rules. let alone keep a lot OF
volatile young men at work. Coy
seems 10 have failed in both partlcu-
lars
Baseball is filled with ample illustra-
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
LATEST NEWS
HONEST OPINIONS
|IAPS ARE POLITE
III IN BASEBALL GAME
CHEWING GUM PUTS
PLAYER OUT OF GAME.

At the start OF the third
period OF the Pitt-West Nir-
ginia game at Pittsburg, Satur-
day. Clyde Kinsey, playing at
left half for West Virginia,
dropped 20 the ground apparent
Iy seriously injured, after be had
been tackled. Physicians were
called from the side-lines, but
Kinsey appeared 10 grow
worse and fairly writhed In
agony.
After a hurried examination
IL was discovered that some
chewing gum had lodged in his
throat, and IL was only through
rapid work by the attending
physicians that II was removed
in time. He was taken in
semi-conscious condition 20 the
Mercy Hospital in r. A. Ham!i-
tons automobile, which was
run on the field.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
This Is One Country That Affords
Psradise For Umpires, Protests
Being Considered
Improper.
na.ehan. However, Is Not Spoken IN
Flowery Kingdom As 1t Is In
Chicago.

INST now the Chicago University
baseball team is touring Japan
Ralph cieary writes TO Chicago pa
pet entertainingly about the way the
or.entals look upon the National pas
tirae OF America. He says;
baseball IS now the national sPor'
~ Japan. OF this there can De 40
doubt. The game has taken tremehu'
ms erin on the little brown pleas ure-
loy,np Japs. The game is played az
solutely according to the rules tue
u,apire being supreme, and his de-
risions never are questioned.
10 matter how Yftaf riay DC tffe
coirt involved in decision OF the
r,nnirs the little Japs never make a
complaint. The game as playeo IN
this country is contest between -
~ uflernen. and the actual victory is
not a matter Of paramount ltnForl
arcr. The general close assoclauoi,
gained in the struggle ana the aetuSi
mental and physical enjoyment oo-
TIMED are the results which are
poaRht
TIE umpire OF the series between
the University OF Chicago team ana
the local university teams is much
admired young nobleman, graduate
Of the Peers school" His position
Is honorary and his work has been
beyond reproach,
A game is the signal for the gath
ering OF japanese power Men high
IN Diplomatic. army and business life
fiock In large numbers TO view an
honoIed contest. The United States
Anhassadcr. Mr.. O'Brien, has attend
ca all Of the games between the
Maroons and the Japs, as has Count
Dkuma. the Grand Old Man" of
japan. After a contest reception, a
BANQUET, or garden party often is ten
dered the players. so that even closer
social relations may be possible.
The Japanese college men already
play Just as good, IL not better, base
ball than the average American uni
vcrsity man. They also have learned
o. appreciate the value OF clean
sportsmanship, and their fair play is
evident In the extreme. To win a
game by unfair means is far below
their idea OF honor.
The crowds, remarkably impartial
and always willing TO applaud good
execution. irrespective of the team,
are orderly and easy to handle. No
roasting or criticislng takes place in
the stands.
Some OF the phrases used by the
Japanese in describing plays are
unique and interesting. Instead Of
saying that Waseda will play Chicago
they say Waseda will attack Chicago.
when a man Is caught at base they
say He was lulled at base" A
player in sliding for a sack is said
Ito attack q sack" II he fails they
say. THE battle was in vain" All
terms are similar TO those used in
war.
The JAPANESE college men are good
sportsmea, good ball players. and
gentlemen
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
SHORT LENGTHS

With the big 'uns on the shelf, the
wees are enjoying the harvest--refeT-
ring TO the boxing game. old top.
Dir. WindIeaEue Fletcher will soon
realize the difference between con-
tracts calling for $1,000 forfeits should
the party OF the second part sign with
some other league, and collecting the
same $1,000 from the players.
Society woman lost SO pounds by
there a wlnter-time hunch here for the
ball players, who invariably report
overweight? Spinach and long walks
were the danes diet
Alfred De Orc has gone gunnlnR for
the pool championship. and you know
what results when the old Cuban
reaches for the French chalk
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
Different In Games.

We hear occasionally OF -punters
averaging 80 yards with their kicks In
practice, but nobody ever sees It In
games. II is doubtful If the punter
capable OF averaging 90 yards ever has
existed. man who can average ~
yards is going exceptionally well and
II will he found that among good pun
ters the average distance is between
80 and 40 yards. Maybe O'Dea, Hirsch
berger. Brooke or Buttcrworth could
average 50 yards. but IL Is extremely
doubtful. Coy, rare kicker, never
reached that average.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

frankie Mantell, the hard-hittIng
eastern middleweighty may be the boy
10 take a successful crack at the
crown worn by Billy Papke. who for
the time being appears TO be safe. tour.
ing the antipodes.
Manteil IL looked upon with favor
by followers OF the game I'm and
around New York, and many believe
he will eventually wear the title the
great Dempsey honored, with a little
more experience.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
sherwood,s Bio Year.

Sherwood Magee, the disgruntlcd
star Of the Phillies. had the greatest
season OF his career In 1910. He not
only leads all National league hitters
but Is also the leading run getter, lead
ing slugeer and one OF the 10 leading
hasa etcalprs
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
Where viii He Land.

Almost If not every day In the week
Dutch Schaefer. the former Detroit
captain and cut-up. is slated for fresh
berth. There's room for Germany since
Waddell and Raymond snuggled under
the covCrlids.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

places. What vas once a pastime has
been turned into a business and John,
as director general. Is quite a busy
man.
/ Post-season fast double play-Prl-
mary 10 Election 20 Oblivion. George
the Gink, handed in this one)
walter Camp ~ down at Vale giving
the cole CLANS some trick plays Camp
ought TO know them all right for he
wrote the new rules. II he does know
the possibilities Of the revised code
he's the only man in the country who
does
Yes, little one, Nr. Fletcher IL due
TO make the acquaintance OF that pure
" American Insect, the rubber-legged
ball player.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
Victory Boosts His Stock

The stock OF Jim Flynn jumped up
ward when he defeated Jim Barry,
the Chicago heavyweight. In ~ rounds,
al Boston. Flynn hasn't been given
much consideration. but his win over
Barry makes him appear formidable.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
Team Ia Picked.

The Dartmouth cross-country team
that will start In the intercollegiate
race at Princeton next Saturday viii
be made up OF Noyes, Lyons, Water
bury, Clark, Jones, Ball and French.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
Tommy Is PeevIsh.

Outnelder Tommy Leach, OF the
Pirates. Is getting old. He says that
the game has gone back and that there
are few natural ball players nowadsys
Tommy didn't see this years worlds
series or he wouldn't talk that way.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09


Remember the strain you whiHtled n
few years back. Wait Till the sun
Shines. Nellie3" Well. how about John
son. Hank Griffin. Langford. Dixie Kid
and few more clouds who obscure
the white mans sun?
q
The country being saved again, we
can return once more to a discussion
OF football and next years chances IN
TIE national pastime
4. X. o. understands now how the
Tigers feel
stOn sport writer's IRE advocating
that women be admitted 20 boxing
matches IN the Hub Very idea. they
can't even have boxing for vulgar
males in Michigan.
Harry Lord, formerly OF Boston, will
be captain OF the Chicago White Sov
in 1911 Lord held the same lob with
Boston and made good but for a row
with Magnate John I Taylor. Then he
was traded.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
overlonked. That's ALI

Mr.. Jeffries and Mr.. Chance have not
been interviewed regarding the ability
OF Yale to come back.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
Tn. End az m. Cnmc.

There's nothing In life that's worth
having
Ttat isn't worth fighting for. too;
The man who wins f0me
PLAYS fair and square game
And the loser who laughs Is true
blue
Both sides cannot, capture the victory.
But there's plenty OF glory and tamo
For the man who digs In,
Tno' he knows he can't win.
But who hammers away just tho
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

John King, who was
q leading catcher up 10
a month ago, does not
intend 10 suffer from
ennui this winter. John
Is active head OF a pro-
fessional billiard league
including Chicago. New
York, Kansas City, St.
Innla and a few nAhnr
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

There are two men In the American
league today who are stacking up
against more trouble than they ever
encountered before. They are Hal.
Chase, manager OF the Highlanders,
and Bobby Wallace. about-to-be mana
ger OF the Browns. Both are good
players. hut will they he able to play
and direct others as we'll? From this
distance 1t looks as though they would
not.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

Fine guy this Promoter Fletcher.
After failing TO float his all-star series
he tries 70 stir up row between play
ers and magnates BY giving for publi-
cation letters Of protest ball players
wrote and letters which any honest
man would consider confidential
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
EDITED BY
HARRY NELLY
STAR PLAYER ISN'S
ALWAYS A MANAGER
FALLING DOWN OF TED COY BRINGS TO MIND THE OLD
FALLACY THAT ONE CAN BOSS JUST
BECAUSE HE IS ACTIVE.

ton OF the fallacy OF the player-mana
ger theory. Men OF years OF expert.
once men who had bumped the world
and who were eminently better fitted
than one just from college, found the
managing job too difficult. To be sure.
most Of the major league bosses wero
good players at one time, but lot
who starred upon the diamond never
got very TAR bossing teams.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

Napoleon Lajoie was probably the
greatest example OF a star player who
fell down on the managing stun
Lajoie had his club up there
right along. but always fell short
Bossing lnterfered with his work upon
the held, so he wisely asked 10 be
relieved. All these men had much ex.
peTience before they tried to manage,
so what chance has the average ex.
oolleglan a year or two away from his
classes?
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

John O'Connor, lately of the Browns.
was mighty good catcher. yet he did
not shine as a manager The players
did not work for him Equipped with
poor collection OF athletes. he did
not get out OF them the best they
owned. Norman Elherfeld tried 70
manage. but was more dismal fail.
IRE than O'Connor. Elberfeld was
and Is a good ball player. fights hard
for the success OF his club aud all
that, yet he couldn't make the others
fight except among themselves ----------
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

Johnsons diamond championship
belt Is to De dimmed by the gem-stud-
deG speed king crown Oldheld will
receive In Los Angeles on turkey day.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

Central high ~ all fused because
somebody said Half-back Western il
over 81 years OF age ard therefore in
eligible. Western Is about four sizes
bigger than high school youths ought
t. be and could grow whiskers with
out trouble. but nobody has proved
him 20 exceed 81.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09

woodrow Wilson, who
resigned the presidency
OF Princeton university.
is said 20 be keen on
running The Dems %
New Jersey picked him
10 make the running
" hen they named him
10 head the ticket.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-09
Hnnnv Smith. Ind yenr yxIth nrook-

ivn. Mas married in San Jose. Cal. 70
Miss Maggini which prompts L. q. n
81 the 81 Louis Times 10 remark that
Naggini must be plural for McGinnis
and Is Happy a Mormon?
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20

II, 1873. however. that WillOUEkby Smith
sent a communication to Latimer Clark.
president Of the Society of Telegraph
Engineers Os London. calling attention 20
the effect OF light in reducing the resist
anee OF selenium and permitting a current
Ot electricity to pass through IT. Mr..
May. an assistant OF WillOughby Smith.
who was a telegraph clerk at Vaien-
eia, called attention to the fact that some
pencils OF selenium which had been used as
an artificial resistance in connection with
some tests on ocean cables showed
marked change in resistance when the
cover OF the box containing the selenium
was removed and the seleniuIl exposed 70
sunlight Little credence was given 20 the
original statement. but IL was subsequently,
verified BY Earl Ross.
From that time on considerable work
was done in investigating the properties
OF seleniUm and many suggestions were
made for its utilization. For a long time
these cells we're only crudely made and
were very unreliable and sluggish in their
action. Tie cells as made to-day. however.
are protected from atmospheric. and othe-
disturbances: the selenium Is purer. and the
mechanical construction OF the cells leaves
little 70 BE desired
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20

memoriam. Every body likes % show his
respect for the dead by wearing this skull
pendant. All the relatives can claim %
wear II i'm turn. and So the head - passed
round among the friends OF the deceased.
"a is quite rare To come across az An-
damaHese without necklace OF hurlan or
other bones.
They have no religion or ceremonies. al
thOush there is 4 vague idea ia their minds
OF a supreme being and that there b,
some world to which the spirits of the
dead 60. They. like mos; OF the races n
the world. have a tradition Of the delugc.
and they trace their customs and practices
90 ''the days before the flood
Until recent tinies they bad no idea there
was any other place ON the earth but their
own islands So cut OF the world are they
that they nave uO knoWledgc of how To
produce lire o. Is assumed that they hrst
got tire from the ueighboring volcsnie Bar
Teu ISLAND and thar they have nurscd the
lire ever since. They take the greatest care
Of their ures. and when changing their
camp carry with them one or two shoulder
Ing pieces "f wood. 90 they so OF into the
jungle for several days Journey a los In
a smouldertng condition is put in a shell
tered place. 81 that when they retuTn n can
be made 20 blaze without any dificulty
When relatives meet. after having been
separated for Ions time. they sit with
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
PICTURES SENT HOO MILES.

Their remarkable sensitiveness and re-
liability Is evidenced by their daily en-
plOymenr IN the KOrn system OF transmit
ting pictures over the wire from Paris TO
the London press. Pictures OF the Crown
Prince OF Germany have been transmitted
a distance OF LOO mills"
WHAT makes the wheels go round:
asked the reporter.
Various theories have been advanced
to account for this remarkable phenomenon
OF seienium changing its resistance under
tn. action OF light replied Mr.. Hammer,
and It is somewhat difficult 20 explain
these theories 10 the nOn-technical mind.
One is based upon the formation OF con-
Quoting se,enides. under the action OF light
Another. the formation q conducting
crystals. Another. that il is due to cleo
trOlytic action. and. finally, and perhap ps
best OF all. the electronic theory. which
presuppOses the releasing OF negative cleo
irons due 90 resonance IN the atom"
The accompanying illustration was made
by SIR. Hammer 20 show how he started
and stopped twenty times a 5-hOrsepOwer
motor driving a 5-hCrsepOwer dynamo sup
plying a bank Of inCsndescent lamps by
simply waving his hand between an acety-
lene lamp and a selenium cell. This vas
done by him at the first joint meeting Of
the American Institute Of Electrical Engi-
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
LIKE THE EYE OF A FLY.

Mr.. Hammer was willing % say, WlsA -
gard 20 his own experiments. that In trans
mitting the picture over a wire tie indi-
vidual was placed in front Of camera and
hts image focused on a ground glass plats
Just as In the case Of taking an ordinary
photograph. The ground glass plate Is then
replaced by a multiple cell consisting % a
large number OF units. This multiple cell -
built on the model of fiys eye-a fy's
eve having six thousand tiny celis--each
cell being connected to a strand OF cable
which passes to the receiver at the distant
point. While Mr.. Hammer has had In mind
number Of methods OF reproducing ths
original image. he prefers 70 employ ths
cathode rays in certain ways The particu-
lars % this Mr.. Hammer declined 20 go into
on account OF his patents. bit ne said h
lad procured some very favorable results
in his laboratory work. lie thoroughly
agrees with Maroon VINO said in recent
Interview that seeing over a wiTe was the
next great thing in science. and that thew
we're working over IL in the laboratories OF
the world.
Mr. Hammer added that he felt thes-
things suificed 10 illustrate the commercial
character of the sclenium cell to-day and
the extensive fields open sor its application.