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Evening journal., 1910-02-16
WHY PITTSBURG
DROPPED WILLIS
Pitcher Didn't Like AbStein
BIunderS in Big Game and
Pair Mix ii Up

News from New York that the Pitts
burg club had sold Vic Willis. the long
pitcher, to the st. Louis Nationals, re-
vealed a story of serious trouble dur
ing the last Worlds Series between
Willis and Abstein, the big first base
man. who was sometime since re-
leased to the st. Louis Americans. Tho
claim is made in Pittsburg that Willis
placed the Pittsburg team in bad
position for the Worlds Championship
even though he had done much to win
the championship.
The story is that Abstein, who had
done his best at both Pitsburg and De-
troit, made some serious blunders in
the seventh game-practically losing
the game for Pittsburg. As he came
into the hotel in Detroit, Willis made
some bitter remark at which Abstein
simply boiled over and the longest
pitcher I'm the league and the stoclSy
first baseman were soon engaged in a
bitter fight The affair at the time.
when injury to any regular player
might have lost the Worlds Champion
shpi. so incensed Clarke that he is said
to have said then and there that he
would get rid OF them both,
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
AMERICANS In
A LOVE FEAST
League to Retain Spikes For
Present. Schedule up This
Afternoon

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16-In sharp con-
trast to the warning which has marked
the meeting of the National League
magnates in New York, the session
of the American League, which was re-
sumed to-day, was a love feast. The
magnates are taking their time IN
transacting business. however, and the
schedule will not be taken up until
late this afternoon. The schedule calls
for 154 games, the first one on April a..
only two matters of Importance have
been disposed Of. one was the adop-
tion of the report of President johnson
and owner Commissky. This report
called for no change in the use of
spikes for the present. but permits ex-
perimentation with different forms OF
substitute devices for the protection
of basemen. one of these is the use
Of a flexible shin guard and another is
a footless stocking made of fine steel
J chains, so woven as to make the base
man spike proof"
/ The other matter disposed Of was the
placing Of the Philadelphia club on the
same basis of the other clubs in the
| division of receipts. Heretofore the
Athletics have paid visiting teams only
10 1-2 cents for each ticket sold. Now
they must pay IL 1-2 cents for eacl
J 25-cent ticket sold and 25 cents fol
other admissions.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
FRIENDS LOSES
TO CEDARCROFT

Friends School FIVE lost its second
game OF the season yesterday afternoon
when IL was defeated by Cedarcroft, IS 20
15. Friends played with badly broken
team. Qugley. winchester and Derrick
having been unable 10 play. short who
has been playing with tho first team only
since winchester and Derrick have been
out, was the star Of yesterdays game,
though Kellogg played well considering
the fact that he was playing the Cedar
croft star guard. Phillips short scored
two field goals and four fouls and was
in the team play all the time.
II. Pennocl starred for Cedarcroft. In "a
preliminary game Friends Second defeat
ed cedarcroft Second, II to 3. The lineup:
Friends. Cedarcroft.
Kellogg. ... forward see. ........cano
Matthews .... e. forward ....H. Pennock
Taylor .... center .. e. .. Adams
d1lllson)
Short .... .. .-....g guard Gawthrof
Cam .... .. ....guard q. ..Phillipp'
Goals from the field, by Kellogg, .
short. 2: Matthews. /; Pennock 4; Cano
2: Adams. 1; goals from foul. by Kellogg
I; short 4: Adams. 2; referee. Ross. Time
keepers. Smith and Guild; scorer, smith
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
In GABFEST
OVER SCHEDULE
Murphy and DreyfuSS Clans
Meet Again in Effort to
Settle Question
H. N. L. TO DISCUSS
THE SEASONS PLANS

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-Wlth Charlie
Murphy OF Chicago and Barney Dreyfuss.
OF Pittsburg. playing the heavy parts the
club owners of the National League could
easily ht out a competent cast to present
''The Wranglets."
After having wrangled over everything
that gave them the slightest provocation.
the magnates are now wrangling over the
schedule and what Is usually a matter Of
mere formallty will be taken up again this
afternoon. after a heated session Of eight
hours yesterday afternoon and last night.
John r. Brush, Of New York; Stanley
Robson, Of ST. Louis; Horace Fogel, Of
Philadelphia Charles Ebbets. of Brook
iyn and Murphy are said to be holding out
for the adoption OF a 168 game schedule,
while Garry Herman, of Cincinnati; John
Dovey, Of Boston and Dreyfuss are stand
ing hard and fast by the 154 game idea.
As It requires a two-thirds vote OF the
league to adopt a schedule. nice little
deadlock Is discernible without the aid OF
binoculars.
Something like a million words adorned
the schedule gabfest at the Waldorf AS
toria yesterday and the leading figures In
the fight are again in good voice to-day
Murphys charge that Dreyfuss and
Hermann are dominated by President
Ban johnson Of the American League ane
are working in the interest OF the riva
organization, has not tended to relieve thu
situation.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
BROWNSON AND
CRESCENT AGAIN

In the Brownson gym tonight
Brownson win play the Crescent team
of Philadelphia, in the second game
of a series between the fives. Crescent
will come with the fastest team at the
command Of the management. Brown
son has been playing a fast game the
past few weeks and is in much bet
ter condition than when Crescent de-
feated them 40 to 10 at the beginning
of the season
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
NORTH END TO
Be IN THE GAME
Will Meet Tomorrow Nigh
to Arrange For Baseball
Season

The North End Baseball Club has or
ganized for the season and expects to
have one of the fastest teams In the city
In 1908 North End had very swift
team and defeated some of the strongest
teams that could be gotten together.
Last year some Of the North End play
ers we're in the Catholic and County
Leagues and others played on various
teams around town. 1t has been decided
by the club to either try for place in tile
semi-Professional League or play all
games away, as this can easily be done on
account of the good games that the North
End team put up in the different places
that they played.
The club expects to have large and en-
thus,astic meeting tomorrow evening for
the purpose Of electing officers, and all
candidates for the team are requested TO
meet in St. Patrick's Hall, East -Four
teenth street at 8 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
RECORD ENTRIES FOR
DETROIT BOWLING TOURNEY

DETROIT, Feb. 16-An previous
records for entries in the American
Bowling Congress are broken for the
tenth annual tournament, which IS
scheduled TO open here February 20.
There are now I'm Secretary Langtry s
hands 40 fve-man, 1902 two-man and
1895 singles. Detroit wound up with
65 five-man teams. Chicago was a
close second. entering 81 of them. Other
cities that contributed heavily were
Cleveland. Or: Cincinnati, 20; St Louis,
IS: Toledo, 16: Columbus, ~; Milwau-
kee, 10. Pittshurg. u; Buffalo, 10; Day
ton. s: Wheeling and Indianapolis
each; Saginaw. 6; Philadelphia, 8, and
New York. 3.
This heavy list brings about a larger
prize list. and It is figured that the
winners in the flve-man event vii
shoot for $500; two-man, $500; indi'
vidual, S375
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
WILL GUN CLUB
BE CONTINUED? ?
Organization to Discuss Sub
jeCt at Annual Meeting on
Thursday Night

The annual meeting of the Wilmington
Gun Club will be held on Thursday. at
the northeast corner Third and French
streets This meeting promises to be es-
pecally interesting since beside the reg
ular election Of officers preparations will
be made for the disposal of funds ac-
cruing from the clubs tournament and
from the insurance upon their club
house which was burned almost n year
ago. This fund is said to be about $780,
the tourna ament having netted about S12s
and the balance being principally insur-
ance.
Trap shooting having experienced quite
a slump locally. as well as universally.
several OF the more active members OF
the club think It advisable to not attempt
reorganizing upon quite so large a scale
and return 10 their original grounds
across Seventh street bridge. This will
not require the total amount OF their
fund and since a gun club is always eith-
er self-sustaining or "wasser," sugges-
tions will be considered at this meeting
for the final disposition Of probably 1856
or $500
Several propositions have already beer
made but no action has as yet been taken
Among the most feasible theories have
been advanced are:
First.-Consolldation with the Wawaset
Gun Club CThis was almost unanimous
ly rejected by committee appointed tC
canvass the sentiment of the members)
second.-A small proportion of the moro
active members contemplate (on account
of the trouble and expense Of getting tn,
voice or proxy OF every living member)
building and maintaining a small pri
vate club. Of a sociable nature, upon tn,
banks OF the Delaware at Riverside be
low New Castle.
Thlrd-Some propose dividing the sur
plus between the two local hospitals
Fourth.-Others consider "The Hop
/ Farm" while no more worthy equally al
needy.
Fifth.-One person has proposed havinl
banquet.
And last. but possibly the most popu
lar is TO reorganize the Wilmington GU
Club and reoccupy the original grounds
t build comfortable but less pretentiou
e house and with the balance form a nu
81 cleus deposited at interest by three o
g more trustees for the propagation o
- Hungarian Partridge. Mongolian Pleas
ant snowshoe Rabbit or White Har,
3 restocking upper New castle county wit
Virginia Quail, Cottontail Rabbits, etc
as soon as favorable laws can be enacte
warranting such expenditure in the opir
s. ion of the trustees
- Propagation and preservation OF gam
q has lately been reduced to at least
IL scientific basis in all the other state
Il and nowhere is II more necessary than
y this immediate vlcnty. The most SUI
a cessful methods have proved TO be tia
ID by accepting tndividual subscription
l. from all interested sportsmen to thu
Is convince them that the game is theirs
, protect rather than destroy, thereby MAJ
he ing each subscriber a game warden an
We changing public sentiment concerning lay
abiding citizens and Game Hogs"
Evening journal., 1910-02-16

tlemanly as those named.
have written more than / intended
when / started but will say 70 the old
fans / am now 81 years old and play a
game Of ball each year with the Fats
VS.. Loans" and for several years have
been managing a fast team here, which
by the way won the championship of
the L. 2. last season. have um-
pired all the games played here.
Yours with kind regards to all my
old friends living whom I haven't seen
for 20 years.
James J. Vincent
Old seventh WARRIOR.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16

be made to not 1 base they win call it
a tie. Case Of insanity in public. The
question should be investigated. Should
the children and public be lunatics in
baseball? Inform probate judge.
Don't count the bases causes insanity
Louis r. Gemmet, Inventor of Reality
Baseball.
No. 5S3 Robert street, st. Paul, Mimi
After you read. hand il to your friend
1t sounds great. You might hand it tc
friend or If you havn't got friend
handy. try it on the piano or the VIC
trola, or the pipe organ.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
ponlt Mani Minor Leaaue Umps.

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-President b. b.
Johnson. Of the American League, is
opposed to the proposition TO have the
two big leagues adopt a rule so that
umpires can be drafted from the lower
by the higher leagues. THAT propo-
sition was up three years ago" said
the head Of the American League, "ano
was supported at that time by the min
ors. but the American League i:
against the project. without the co.
operation of the American League tn,
Nationals could not adopt it, and W.
have turned It down"
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
Entertainment AZ Hanover.

The Young Womans' League of Han
over Church. assisted by the choir and
other talent will give an entertainment
in the Sunday school room of the
church. on Thursday evening. The pro-
gram will consist of a selection by the
quartet entitled The Glow-worm" by
Lincke; solos by Mrs. Mansley and
Miss Lewis; piano solo by Miss Flo
Allen, and selections by Mrs. Burn
ham. elocutionist and cornetist. A
silver offering will be taken.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
CHESTER TO TALK
OVER LEAGUE PLANS

CHESTER. Pa, Feb. ia meeting will
be held in this city tonight for the pur-
pose Of organizing a baseball league
which will include the Seaboard. Fifth
Ward. Texas and Upland, OF Delaware
county. 1t is said that DUPONT and River
view, Of Wilmington, will send representa-
tives 10 the meeting.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
Election Of Leaeue officers.

The first meeting OF the baseball clubs
Of the Catholic League viii be held to-
morrow evening. at that time the most
important question will be the election
Of the league officials and the decision
on the teams that will be represented i'm
tho league. There will probably be twelve
teams I'm the league this year
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
s.. Louis Cardinals Buv WINS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The St Louis
National League Club purchased
Pitcher Vic Willis, of the Pittsburg
Club Manager Bresnahan declined
to state the amount paid to the Pitts
burg Club for Willis's services. Brcs-
nahan said one or two other deals were
his club.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
sharadin COOS 10 Harrishurn.

BLOOMSBURG. Feb. 16.--Abe shar-
adm, Bloomsbury State Normal star
pitcher during the last two years, has
been signed by the Harrisburg Trl-
state League team. and win be given
a tryout Sharadin has been one of the
strongest school pitchers that has ever
worn "a Bloomsbury state Normal uni
form.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
Hearne COOS 10 Newark,

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 16.-Man-
ager Jack Dunn. OF the Baltimore East
ern League team. has sold Hughey
Hearne. the veteran catcher TO Joe
McGinnity's Newark Indians. The
consideration is not stated.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
BOXBALL

At boxball last night the Springs team
won two out OF three from the Centrals,
and St George won two out of three from
the Knockers. Standing OF the tcams:
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
Soy Sell Barney ReilIey.

CHICAGO. Feb. 16.-Frank Isbell Of
wichita. purchased Infielder Barney
Reilley from the Chicago Americans
at the end of last year, and came there
direct from Yale.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
Miller sions Pirate Contract.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.--"Dots" NIL
Ter. second baseman Of the Pittsburg
club today signed contract for the
coming season. His contract is said
TO call for $4,000.
Evening journal., 1910-02-16

We weren't among those present, |
consequently there was no noise. Pc !
culiar viewpoint some persons hold.
100
For once somebody seems to have
made more noise than Reeves. John
Mulrooney owns the leather lungs" this
year.
Now, Brownson needn't blow up so
strong just now. What the fans want
to see is q fast team in action.
O-O-O
Reeves and Mousley are expected to
attend that proposed Inter County
League meeting in Chester tonight.
Does any local fan think four Chester
teams would draft rules that would
satisfy two Wilmington teams.
100
The Y. M. c. A. representatives didn't
have much to say but they promise 10
make enough noise if they get into the
league.
A nine club league would prove heavy
O-O-O
A writer wants to see Brandywine
represented in the League. BY the
way what has become of the Brandy
wine team?
! 900
OF course they all have good pros
poets but what about the material.
O-0-0
Reeves denies the report that Null
rooney controls all the real baseball
players in Wilmington. No flushing
like that for Reeves.
O-O-0
Pity the poor baseball scribe trans
| formed over night into a baseball mag
nate. A few months of working at
the latter job and Beehan is in bed
with a case of govt. What a chance
for the Il knew him when" outfit
100
How to Do II.
Several years ago, says the St Paul
Dispatch, st. Paul man conceived the
idea that the proper way to score a
baseball game was to count the num-
ber of bases rather than the boys who
dived over the pan between the pins
of the waiting catcher. He called il
reality baseball and for several sea-
sons he has been battering his head
against the walls Of convention to gel
the game played as he thinks it should
be. Here is his latest proclamation
i just as he issued it:
How to Keep Official Score in Reality
Baseball.
. Each base will count a base. -Four
a bases to the score. The side that makes
8 the most bases at the end of the gam
n wins. Allow credit when due.
= Out on first base. no base made. GU
& on second base, base made that vii
8 count. out on third base. 2 bases vii
s count. out on home base, 3 bases vii
o count. Makes it intelligent. All aroun
r one full score will count for which the
a will receive credit on the score board
p Left on bases, it will all count ac
cording to the base the player is LEI
on. All bases will count after the
are made on the score. board. Shoul
is insanity overcome people? Should the
d enlighten children to be insane in tn
- future?
a How the Old System Of Baseball Wi
g. Indicate Insanity.
e. bases to not one bases 10 not OF
-e base call a tie. base call tic.
m .............. 12...............
times II is los bases. los bases ca
Evening journal., 1910-02-16
AmOng Ourselves
BY Dave

Latest News and Gossip
from the Radiator, Hot
Stove and Steam Heat
Leagues - ~ "
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14
MORE LAND

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-While
none Of the towns in West Virginia
which have been expecting new pub
lie buildings seem likely to get them
at session of Congress, Parkersburg
and huntington may reasonably ex-
pect to have appropriations made for
the additional land for their postof-
fce properties. The Secretary Of the
Treasury has recommended to this
House Of Representatives that the
amounts of $4,000 for additional
property for Parkersburg's postoftice
and S35,OOO for additional land for
the one at Huntington be included in
the provisions of the urgent defc-
tency appropriation bill. The fact
that the Secretary Of the Treasury
recommends these items for the ur-
gent deficiency bill indicates prob
ability that they will go through.
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THE CHRISTMAS CLUB PIANOS
Many Dollars Saved by Joining
This CInb
MANY ADVANTAGES NOT OBTAIN
ED I'm THE REEFUBAR WAY
OLE PIANO SELLING.

Why not lump your giving this
Christmas? instead of separate
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the family give one real permanent
gift that everyone can enjoy indIvid-
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combine a worthy and practical ac-
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ment paying steady dividends in hours
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a family gfft you can best make by
purchasing one of our Christmas Club
Pianos. They are the leading instru-
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you on the Christmas Club Plan at a
saving of from $6s.Oo to Slo5.Oo and
on small monthly payments without
interest. We will beSglad to demon
strate these Instruments to you or mnil
you further particulars Of the Club
Plan a your request.
STORE OPEN EVENINGS At
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14

PUBLIC SALE
I. ON Thursday, the 18th day of De-
cember, 1910, beginning at > o'clock
u. M, at the Bartlett farm on Jack
D run, will sell at public auction, the
Z Following personal property of
Thomas Gartlan, to-wit: lot of
drilling tools. consisting OF stems.
Z betting. sand line, cables, lot Of
junk rope and other tools used in
drilling oil and gas wells. h. f.
Kidd. c, II. c.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14
n AlITED-Female aelp

WA Ns17FDA girl or middle aged
woman to do general housework;
ne waehInt.. no ironing. Good wages
paid bo2rIsht person. Apply AT S2s
Zee st.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14

,gClEl sALE-CiootI' job printing plant
for sale. If sold at once Will take
500 cash Address j. w. Terry.
proprietor. Weston, w. Va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Farnsworth,
OF Buclthannon, are visiting relatives
In the city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14

orange me Mont afrs. 4aclIensleiE
Bioomheld Plaindeld, InEieI ood,
Rutherford, Arlington ey and
many more with q poptlft zion that
would swell this total 70 probably
100000 OF course an tlleee are not
New York commuters but the vast.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14

M the territories were Included Porto
Rico would rank q. the District OF Co
IfIrnbia "a. Hawaii - and Alaska Sc. the
states below these numbers moving down
aGcordingly.1
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14

FOR sALE-Contents OF SimeraI res
taurant. consisting of the following:
Tables. chairs. coffee urns. dishes,
stoves, desks. etc. VIII sell all to-
Ecther or at the purchasers option.
see w. S. sImeraI, manager BIJou
Theater.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14
GotIlei1l,a Radins I.aTRe.

r l.
Besides, Y6nkers. Mount Vernon
New Rochelle and other cities In New
York state are really 8 part OF New
York city, although not IN the COR
porate limits. "A large number OF com
tInuters also 90 into Connecticut II
an Of these were added 10 the metrOp-
oils It's total population would proba-
bly, exceed 100000.
The states lfkewise show guins. New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio
retain their relative rank MS arst, sec
ond, third and fourth respectively. but
there IS a shift In fifth place and in
most of the others. Texas goes to f1ftlI
place, Massachusetts to six, and Mis-
souri, becomes seventh. The state OF
Washington shows the greatest growth
in the decade, with Oklahoma a close
second. Both have more than doubled
their populations. Nevada has also
shown a greht growth, although she
remains at the foot OF the list despite
her gain. Others that show phenome-
nal growth are New Mexico, Califor-
MIA, Colorado. Florida, Oregon. the two
Dakotas and washington. The av-
erage increase the country over is APP
prOximateIy 90 per cent A COMPARE
son shows that the great industrial
states are well over this figure. while the
agricultural states usually fall behind.
The most phenomenal growth III the
entire nation. outside of one or two Of
the recently admitted commemorative,
is on the Pacific coast. The south ay-
erages well and has kept abreast of
the entire country. The states with
out Industries other than Farming arc
the ones that suffer most. Yet close
analysis shows that the loss here has
not been so much in the rural districts.
themselves as in the small villages and
towns.
Padding Causes Recounts.
Several western cities were accused
of padding, and recounts We're ordered.
The most conspicuous cnses were those
of Seattle, Tacoma and one other city
In Washington. Portland. Ore; Fort
Smith, Ark, and some Others were,
also involved. Reductions were made
by the recounts, and few enumer
ators were arrested. The reverse proc
ess occurred in Atlantic City, n. J.
There the mayor complained that the
showing was too small. and a recount
showed slight increase
Taking the country as a whole, we
are. rather large proposition. One
prophet looks ahead go years and
says we shall then have one-half the
people on the globe, a trtfie under
.. OOO. 100000. TO be prophetically exact
evidently n case of census figures Oh
the brain. But without boosting we
are ~ mighty people. not only when
counted bv tie head. but when meas
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14

PUBLIC s.AI.Ic-Thc personal prop
erty OF the late W. Writ Wilson will
be sold Thursday. December 10.
1910. L. l. Young, administrators.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14

FOR SALEs-NIovIng picture thNatcr
that will seat $50 people, is in SPLEEN
did condition, doing good business.
Address j. w. Terry Prop, Weston,
". Va.
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FOR SALE

ron SALE-Second hand nutomo-
bIles. Fords. Bucks, HupmobiIe
and other makes: all In good con-
dItion. Cheap for cash Clarks-
burg Automobile Co., Anglo Inn.
building.