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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25
FORM PLAYERS SWAMPED.
Not One Favorite Comes Home in
Front at Pensacola.

PENSACOLA, Fla. December "a
Favorites suffered defeat in all the
races this Afternoon, the heavy track
being responsible for the upsets and
frequent form reversals.
DR.. Heard, made a favorite in the
hurdle race, came to grief at the last
obstacle, but horse and rider escaped
injury. Col. Zeb was winner Of the
race. Summaries:
First race: $125: three-yearold and up; four
and half furlongs: selling-Johnny Wise.
119 "a. MARTINI. ) to 1, q 10 5. to ), won;
r0 Second f Id I'D HoBa -! = &C. brosn to
Song. Crenei. Beverstein, Black Domino and
Second race: sl25; twoyear-olds; four and
@ess los IRWIN IL j. "S ana e oat,
second; Rusticana. 100 twhitel, 10 to /. to
bod.n to SISTER sa'f Bes sme chesfy and
Third race; sl25; for three -yesr-olds and up;
ter Mclean. III (Mecloskey5, 8 to i. ? to. i.
sve to s. to Don e1en Sind Time. sa
Hatchecoon, Autumn Girl, Rustem, Won Lear.
Dandy Dancer. DIR. Crook and Heart of Hya-
Fourth race; purse sl25: hurdles; four-yesr-
olds and up; one and one-eighth miles-COi.
Octopus, Isl (Totten). 5 to i. to ). out. sec.
ond Malvina, 1+2 &C. Jackson, 8 to ), 10 2,
out third. Time. 2.l7 3-5a Capt. Neroth,
Martina and DIR. Heard also
Fifth race; $3.50; for three year Odds and up;
six furiongs; seiiing-Harting, ia uryin,, $
Jackson, . to 1. 2 to 1, even. second; Royal
Lady, ia tHomesp. to 5, to 5. 1 to 3,
third. Time, rs 30. Giovonni, Raggio, S&bO
Blend. McAndrews. Mrs. Wisler and Ringer
also ran.
Sixth race; selling; purse, $50; for three-year-
Olds mi eilhth-MA1OQlQ
Nv. HaID, i to i. to S. 20 TO- won; Profile.
los (Irvin) 3ia to !. u to 8, / to 2, second;
Whip Top, Ill u. Howard). 9 to 8, to 2.
out third. Time. 2.O5 as. Nooskaleet, Bethle-
hem, Sam Bernard and b. NJ Rebo also ran.
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ALL-STAR TEAM.
Harry Howell Selects Players for
American League.

Harry Howell, one Of the best-posted
men connected with base ball, presents
the following players as his selection for
an All-American League team.
With the following aggregation Harry
said that no manager would be needed to
devise plays, but diplomat like Connie
Mack would come in handy to preserve
harmony in the ranks.
Harry feels that his arm would be
strong enough to win a share of the
games for this aggregation. The lineup
and batting order follows: ,. Jones, De-
troit, left field; Chase. New York, first
base: Cobb, Detroit, right field: speaker,
Boston, center field; Collins. Philadelphia.
second base: II. Lord, Chicago, third
base: Wallace. ST. Louis shortstop;
Street, Washington, or Clarke. Cleveland,
catcher; Johnson, Washington: Walsh.
Chicago; Ford. New York. or Coombs.
Philadelphia. pitcher: Elberfeld. Washing
ton. sub infielder and base runner: Craw-
ford, Detroit, sub outfielder and cleanup
hitter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25
Hedges May Prevent
Appointment of Lake
as Browns Manager

ST. LOUIS, December 24.-The
new owners of the Browns held
meeting at the Racquet Club
Wednesday, when committee was
appointed to meet Robert l..
Hedges before December "a to ar
range for the final transfer of the
latters stock to the syndicate. One
of the agreements of the transfer
was that the purchasers had until
December - ~ either accept or re-
jet the proposition.
The election of officers will not
be held for al least thirty days, &C
cording to one of the new owners.
1t is hoped to select the manager
befY'e that time, however.
Ii is said that most of the new
owners favor the appointment of
Fred Lake. former Boston leader,
but others find some objection to
the New Englander- The selection
of the manager mas to be agreeable
to both rev and old owners.
Mr.. Hedges is said to favor some
other man than Lake. which may
prevent the former Hub skipper
from coming here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25

ST. LOUIS. December 24.-With
the st. Louis syndicate now in actual
possession of the st. Louis Ameri-
can League Rase Ball Company. the
new owners will select the 1911 manager
OF the Browns at their earliest possible
convenience. The name of Jack O'Con-
nors successor may be known within a
few days.
II is said that Ben G. Adkins, who was
mainly responsible for swinging the deal
that enables Robert L. Hedges to retire
from base ball, and who will likely sue
coed Hedges as president of the club. is
in favor of Fred Lake, the former Boston
mana ger, to run the club
Adkins said Lake was one of the men
discussed at the meeting Tuesday. when
President e. e. Johnson of the American
League and Charles \. COmiSkey. owner
of the Chicago club, sanctioned the deal.
The manager will be chosen before the
newcomers hold their meeting to select
officers. The gathering will be held some
time after January l. 1t Is also the
plan of the st. Louisans to make an
offer to John L. Bruce and Cal McDiar-
mid of Cincinnati for their shares of
stock in the Browns.
The new men identified with the club
are eager to control the entire plant, and
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TO ORGANIZE AUTO CIRCUIT.
To Be Under Jurisdiction of A. A. A.
Contest Board,

NEW YORK. December 24.-Although
hard to pin down TO anything definite.
there Is a general movement under way
to organize a national automobile racing
circuit. The greatest interest in the project
appears to be in Indianapolis, where the
big brick speedway is located. or course
Atlanta and the far coast tracks favor
the idea. Indianapolis. however, is try
mere talk.
The president Of the Indianapolis
speedway is Carl q. Fisher. 1t 10
Fishers plan to push the old project
to include better known racing plants
in q circuit, outline q schedule Of dates.
hold meetings under the Jurisdiction
OF the A. A. A. contest board. obey
the rulings to the letter in order to
protect the public and give the fol-
lowers of the sport certain definite
results to study rather than the con-
fictinG claims OF many manufacturers
which frequently confuse more than IN.
tighten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25
Auto Races Begin in February.

NEW YORK. December 24.-The new
years automobile racing in the south will
begin in February. The third running of
the so-called New Orleans Mardi Gras
speed carnival will be held February %.
20 and ~. All arrangements have been
completed. The entry blanks have been
issued.
Their conditions promise a big field Of
cars. The prize list totals $3.50. The
events range from five to fifty miles and
there are two one-hour contests Efforts
are being made to secure all the promi-
nent drivers in the country. The prizes
have been divided so as to tempt the star
drivers. Arrangements have been made
to make the track unusually fast. It will
be scraped, oiled and packed moro firmly
than ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25
0'DAY FEARS RETURN
TO ROWDY BALL DAYS
Veteran Umpire Does Not Ap-
prove of Lynch's Re-
ported Stand.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispateh to The Star.
CHICAGO, Ill, December 24-'If it
is true that President Lynch is going
to discharge an umpire whenever five
club owners Of the league agree that
he is incompetent, it means the Ma
tional League is going to take a step
backward and return to the days of
rowdy ball playing" said Henry ODay,
National League umpire, today. He con-
tinued:
with the knowledge that an adverse
decision will mean complaint from
the manager and the owner of a ball
team in any game. the umpire is going
to go into game trembling. He Is
not going to jeopardize his position by
making decision that is going to get
that means we will have home umpir-
ing again. If the magnates want the
game to continue to succeed as it has
for the last few years all they have to
do is to allow the game to remain as
it is without changes of any kind
either in the playing rules or in the
rules governing the umpires.
ITO tamper with the game is Sc
rious thing. for the least change means
a lot. and is likely to cause a lot of
discord.
II am willing to wager q little some
thing right now that if Bob Emslie is
retired next year the man engaged to
take his place will not be as good a
man by far as Bob is. The trouble is
not with the eyes of the umpires as
much as it is with the eyes of the ball
players. l have seen batters swing on
balls that were so far out of their reach
they nearly fell on their heads in the
effort. but no one ever accused the play
ers Of having bad eyesight.
1T is more dangerous to give the play
ers all the leeway they want than to
give it to the umpires There is q way
of keeping the umpires in check, because
the league president has authority over
them and is responsible for the actions
Of his staff. With the ball players feel
ing they can win a point by kicking and
perhaps get rid OF an umpire they dis
like. the game will surely go back to
where 1t was in the old days. when a
riot was an everyday Qccurence
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JOHNNY EvERS IN
MANY FUNNY TILTS
CONTINUED From First Page.)

high enough to be a strike. When the
fans had grown tired of vOicing their
opinion and everything had grown nice
and quiet, Evers decided that 1t was time
for him to assert himself. In voice
plainly audible to the crowd, he yelled:
No wonder he misses the low ones; he
can't see over his chest
OF course, the crowd yelled in glee, but
Mr.. Evers paid the penalty by retiring
from the game. Later he was requested
to rest up for three days by the league
president for his public display of hunor.
Even in the face Of serious injury Evers
could not refrain from treating the situa-
tons from humorous point Of view.
Last fall when Promoter Fletcher was
cutting a big swath in base ball circles
with his proposed third major league
Evers was one of the big stars he counted
on joining his forces. In fact, the Chi
cagoan had openly declared his willing
ness to become a member Of the proposed
organization. provided plenty OF the filthy
lucre was forthcoming. Naturally. Evers
was regarded as one of the main props
in the venture.
Fandom will recall the injury suffered
by the clever Cub infielder, which caused
his absence from the big series and seri-
ously handicapped the Cubs. During a
game with Cincinnati played late in the
fall of 1910 Evers broke several small
bones in one of his ankles by sliding into
the home plate. He seemed to realize tn at
he had been put out of the running by
the injury. for his first words were:
There goes the new league
During his career as a player Evers has
earned all kinds of fancy salaries, but it
is questionable if any money ever seemed
sweeter to him than he won from Umpire
KLEIN. 1t seems that Evers had been
banished from game and fined some
small amount for mix-up with Klein.
The day Evers received notice of the
fine he informed KLEIN that he intended
visiting the presidents Office and tell him
a few things about the umpires. Quick
as flash KLEIN replied:
''I'll bet you a five-doilar note you
haven't the nerve"
You're on was Evers' retort. ''I'll
call on the president tomorrow"
Evers made good, and KLEIN was forced
to settle.
Evers is worth repetition. Chicago was
playing in Philadelphia. and, as is custom
airy. quite few of the PLAYERS planned to
spend Sunday in Atlantic City. 1t seemed
Umpire KLEIN also intended to make the
trip Several times during the Saturday
game KLEIN beseeched Evers not to go.
but failed to give any reason. Finally
curiosity got the better of Evers and he
said: "Say. KLEIN, why shouldn't go to
Atlantic City tomorrow" WELL" said
KLEIN. II intend taking dip in the surf
myself. and if you are there it will be
mighty uncomfortable, as all the crabs in
the sea will flock around to see YOU
Umpires admit Evers is some player;
also some crab.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25
FEWIEAMSGOS0U
Major League Clubs Pick West
to Do Their Training.
CHANGE is BUT RECENT
Formally It Was Considered Essen
tial to Work in Hot Climate.
Not So Now.

Only a few years ago the big league
club managers believed in selecting
training camps in Georgia and the
south Atlantic coast cities. but styles
change, and now the majority Of the
big league leaders have decided upon
the other side Of the Mississippi Only
three OF the American League clubs
will be found this side of the big
stream next OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at
Atlanta, the Athletics at Savannah
and the Yankees at either Athens or
Richmond. The Maps will be found at
Alexandria. La; the Tigers at Monroe,
La; the Browns at Hot Springs, Ark.
the White Sox at Mineral Wells, Tex,
while the Red Sox will tour to the
coast
or the National League clubs, the
Giants. Reds, Pirates. Brooklyns and
Cardinals will be on the other side of
the Father Of Waters, with the Phil
lies and Bostons well this side and the
Cubs camped on the river bank at New
Orleans.
Some difference from 1908, when big
league clubs were working. out at ST.
Augustine and Jacksonville, Fla; Thomas
Vile. Savannah. Macon, Atlanta and
Augusta. Ga: Columbia. 8. c.. and
Southern Pines N. C. Base ball teams
were SO thick about the red hills Of
Georgia those days that there wers~l27
players on the field one morning at At
lanta. the Maps. Yankees. Brooklyns
and Atlantas all trying to get in a lit
tie practice at the same time. The
Maps were just winding up, the Brook
lyns were Just arriving. while the Yam
KEGS were stationed there.
1t is argued In some quarters that the
selection of training quarter comes
next nowadays to the acquisition of ca
pable scouts. That argument looks very
good, but 1t Is a fallacy. A good training
camp with all the facilities, including wa
ter and climate. will help a lot, but, just
the same, the team that has the material
and can keep that material in the game
for the larger part Of the season is the
one that will take the bunting, regardless
of what happened down south prior to the
Ononin1 Of the caYnnoi1n
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OWNER MURPHY FALLS
AND BREAKS AN ARM
Chicago Magnate Meets With
Accident While Walking
Near His Home.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, December 24.-President
Charles Murphy of the Chicago Cubs
broke his right arm in q severe fall
while walking near his home ON Sher-
idan road. last night. He went to the
West Side Hospital today and had the
fracture set, and his arm placed in a
plaster cast.
The owner of the West Side ball club
started out to take a walk last night after
dinner. as Is his custom, and while near
his home struck a stretch of icy pave
ment. He slipped. and in endeavoring to
break the force of his fall his right
arm was doubled under him and the
bone snapped.
physician of the neIghborhood was
called in and the arm was set. The
large bone of tie forearm had snapped a
little above the wrist. Early today he
went to the West Side Hospital. where
an X-ray photograph of the Injured arm
was taken and the bone was reset. The
injury Is painful, but will not keep Mr..
Murphy away from his Office for more
than two or three days. and will not
interfere with his holiday plans.
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MONDAYS RACING ENTRIES.
Jacksonville.

furiongs-Ruby knight Song Of Rocks. lU7
Brass Buttons. Agnar. no; DEFINITE. ll2: Or.
tison, G. L. Doyle. Billy vandever, Allthorpe.
Sam Matthews, 1l5.
Second race. selling; twoyear-old fllies: five
furlonss -. Wine. 81; Gavotte. Grand peggy,
Delt., 1902: Tippy, 1903; 'Mindinette, l04; Minta,
lO4: Lydia Lee, Whin, Floy Battle, FOOL lOO
Third race. handicap; all ages; mile and a six
81; Font, S6; Arondack. lOl
Pulka. 1O8; Bob r.. 107: John Reardon, 100.
Fourth race, purse: two-year-Olds; six fur
longs-County Tax, Inspector General, Patrick
s., lOl: Redwin, Idleweiss, l04: Gold Cap, log;
Bertis 1O9; Governor Hughes, 1903; Moncrief. ll2.
Fifth race, Grand Special handicap; novelty
race-Man, Walter Williams (marathon foot run
ner). to run $50 yards; mule, Simon Slick, ITO
pounds, to run four and half furlongs (black
mule. 10, by Hopgrass- Sassafrasl; horse, Marie
Hyde, ITO pounds, to run six furlongs (blsck
Oily, 3, by Handcun-Miss GOlightlyD; automo-
bile n. II. Fulton tStearns. forty horsepower), to
run one and an eighth miles (automobile to have
running start Of one-sixteenth OF u mie).
Sixth race. selling; three years and up;
six and a half Observation-Disclosures. 95; Gov.
l03; Danfield. Detroit Starboard, l04;
Aspirin. 'Pocotaligo La Sale, Henry Crosscad-
din lO6; Night Mist, Tom Shaw, l09; Ragman.
1O4.
Seventh race. selling; three year, Odds and up:
mile and a decentralization Star, "a; Eliza
bethan. 102; The Monk, 1O3; Earl of Richmond.
lO4; Sebastian, log; St0neman. Queen Mar
guerite log; Ben Howe. ITO: Ardri. 1O1.
Apprentice allowance. Cloudy; sloppy.
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For instance, the Tigers trained at Au-
gusta, Ga. in 1907, and proceeded to win
the pennant They shifted to Little Rock
in 1908. and again took the bunting, while
in 1909 they repeated for the second time,
although their spring practice was taken
at San Antonio. They trained at San An
tonic again last spring. but finished no
better than third. Again, the Athletics
have trained at Atlanta and missed fire,
and then came back in 1910 with a pen
nant winner from the same spring camp.
years and trained each spring at diff
ferent place. In fact, one year they prac-
tically did no training at all. That was
in 1905. when Charley Murphy had the
idea that Champaign. ILL.,, would be the
proper spot. Snow drove his team out of
ness and it hurried to Vicksburg, where
it encountered rains that allowed only a
day or SO of work. Then the Cubs
jumped to Atlanta. More rain followed.
and all the real ework that the Cubs got
that spring was in exhibition games north
of the Ohio river Yet they won the pen
nant hands down.
1t was that experience of the Cubs
that determined Stanley Robson to give
home training a trial next spring in
stead of taking his club to Alexandria,
La, to work out with the Maps Robson
Baden the weather at st. Louis will be
favorale enough to allow training.
eIf it is not" says Robson. 1.-The Cubs
have shown me that weeks Of work down
south are not necessary" Robson how
ever, Overlooks the fact that while Muir
all the players were well drilled, he has
a bunch Of youngsters who will need to
be taught a lot of the wiser tricks of the
trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25
Paris to Be a Dark Town.

There ought to be some interesting do
ings in the gay city when johnson. Lang
ford and jeanette arrive. Sam McVey
already is on the ground. and there is not
white hope" in sight. Boxing is q
comparatively new sport for the Parisd-
ans, and it will be only natural that the
enthusiasts over there take a gloomy
view of the game after these loads OF coal
have performed. There is not q blond
in the bunch. II anything. one is little
darker skinned IAN the other, and If all
turn loose on the boulevards at the same
time Paris will look like Pittsburg.
Sam Langford has agreed to take on
Sandy Ferguson before sailing for that
dear Paris From all accounts Of Sandy s
last engagement In the ring cannot fig
ure where he stands chance to lick
Langford. Ferguson Is all In as figA,er
II his recent showing Is a sample Of the
best he has in stock. Landlords man
ager is q wonder at digging up the has
been for his man to perform with, and
Sambo is establishing a reputation as
terrible slugger by trimming the old boys.
Only recently Langford made a holler
about claiming the middleweight title and
wanting to fight anybody who took q
different view of the situation. Hugo
Kelly Is quite willing to take Sam on at
1853 pounds. while Leo Houck says moth
ing would suit him better than q chance
at the ''tar baby over any route. pro-
weight limit Houck is in earnest. too.
and Is one Of the most promising young
men In the game. but there Is as much
chance Of the negroes making l6S pounds
~ there 10 OF my challenging Barney
OIddeld q L. Jack johnson.
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TROTTING FUTURITY.
Big List Of Nominations for Ken
lucky Classic.

LEXINGTON, KY, December 24-The
list of nominations announced today for
the twenty-first renewal of the Ken
lucky trotting futurity for foals of
1910, which has q value of $21, 600, con-
tains 814 weanlings. The entries come
from thirty-five states. England and
Canada also are represented,
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May Match Britt and Nelson.

Jimmy Coffroth announces that he will
make an effort to match the old-time
rivals, James Edward Britt and Oscar
Battling Nelson. for the amusement Of the
San Francisco bugs. and incidentally for
a little profit on the side. And there will
be big money in the bout. Frisco was
simply dippy over Britt until Nelson
licked the native son. and a match be-
tween the boys would attract about
everybody in the town I would suggest
to Coffroth that Eddie Hanlon be selected
to referee the 60. Eddie was every bit
as much Of an idol as Britt. and his name
on the bills as third man in the ring
would add considerably to the receipts.
And. furthermore. Hanlon has off1ciated
in a number of bouts on the coast and
made good in every one, SO does not lack
in experience.
Looks as If nobody is going to offer
Jack Johnson inducements to remain in
this country, so the colored champion will
hike over to the other side and try to
clean up whatever there is money in.
There Is plan to have Langford and
Jeanette fight to q finish in Paris some
time during the month OF February, and
Jack has been offered $4,000 for his bit
to meet the winner Johnson will accept
if the money is deposited to his credit in
advance. He Is taking no chances. His
methods are an improvement over those
Of Tommy Burns. from whom the pres
ent champion learned the art or science
Of high finance.
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LAW.

RECORDS TO DATE.
High individual game-W. Hurd, Tie and Tim
Der. l39.
High individual set-w. Hurd. Tie and Tim.
her, 1872.
High team game-ManaSers. 527.
High team set-Mansgers, 1.501.
High fat gsme-Downey, 90.
Highest number Of spares-L Smith. Claim. ~.
Highest number Of. strikes-Everhart, Man
ayers, II.
Highest individual average-Hoppc, Paymas-
tiers. 99-g
Bowled in greatest number OF games-Garner
Transporta tion. 80.
Low game-Mulholland Law. So.
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Oakland

First race six furlongs: selling-Home Run,
1l2; Swager Later, Jessupburn, COmbury. Biskra,
Emma G., Burning Bush. Bellsnicker. Ada
Meade. Platoon, 100; ]. II. Barr, Remini, 105
Second race; Faturity course; handicap-Paw-
huska. Ill; Pay Streak, los; Pluyius, 1O4; Win
ming Widow, 80.
Third race. six furlongs; handicap-Endeld.
liz; Jack Paine. Sea Clin, 107: Arasee. l00;
Raleigh r. D.. 1903; Lord Of the Forest, 100.
Fourth race, mile and 2 quarter; handicap
Bubbling Water, 1875: Chester Krum, Spellbound,
10: Arssee los: Fullett. o los; Sea CiiG. Belle
Fifth race. mile; seliing-Keep Moving 100;
Bonnie Bard, JOG; Bogss. Sir Angus. Elgin.
Royal River. 103: Dahlgren. 1O1: Novgorod. 100:
Young Belle, Quality Street, Miss Picnic. %.
Sixth race. six and a half furlongs; selling
Darlington, liz; Prosper. Madeline Musgrave,
100; Anne MCGEE, 106: Binocular. 106; Gretchen
g., Adena, Hiacko. 100; Dacia, Ptckaninny. -;
Cisko. 90: Tipping, 70.
Gear fast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25

Joe Jackson, the new recruit of the
! Maps. swings a bat nearly as large and
heavy as he is himself The weight of
the stick does not hinder the southerner,
As he can push them out as handily as
any one who ever broke into the game.
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of his reputation as fighter and handed
him a little more of the rough stuff than
is common. but in its mildest form the
game would be an eyeopener to lovers Of
strenuous athletic sports in the states.
The peaceful pursuit of professional pugi-
ism is like unto professional lacrosse as
they toy tin whistle compares with the
latest model screecher in use on the
ieviathans that pillow the Atlantic.
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