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The Washington times., 1910-12-31
ST. LOUIS ANXIOUS
FOR HARRY DAVIS
Athletics First Baseman Would Fill Two Positions That
Are PuzzIng Browns, Managership and Captaincy.
Wallace Not Favored for Job

would make he best field general. Most
every fan u Str1.2uLs. II they had their
issys 60 5h fi1e frsaf1.r r. tS1Fd Immediately
hand the positions 10 wallace And this
despite the fact that the team Is still
without a manager and Bob continues
in the minds OF many as the Browns
next manager. There is a chance that
Wallace may possibly land the job Ieft
vacant by Jack O'Connor- and there Is
also A c.-ance that he may not get IT.
Eliminating Wallace's chances Of get
ting the place. once again we ask the
question, Would BOB make q good field
generaI2
country Wallace Is one OF the grandeSt
in-ielders now IN the game Wallace can
play short as we'll as ne can third ard
third as well as he can snort. and as a
reliable every day good workman he
has no equal IN the American League.
unless II be little Donnie Bush OF the
Detroit Tigers.
Wallace Not Real Leader
Bob has been IN the big arena for
many years, and he knows the game
from A 10 Z. md then some But, with
ali his knoviedEe OF the game and his
wonderful cleverness would, OF rat'zer.
could Bob take on the added duties and
tsereby inject ssme enthusiasm into
MS piaFerSs a IacJOr winch has been
markedly missing heretofore in all
teams that have PLAYED on the Sports
man Park diamond IN other words,
would Bob be aggressive enough for the
position2
SliII when one speaks or aggressive
players. capt Harry Davis, OF
the champion Athletics, has never
gained anv uOtcrictv as being a fizh--
er or even player of loud talk on the
Eeld. Perhaps Harry Davis quiet and
EentleTnanly ways have been assumed
from close and long association with
his manager, Connie Mack Mr Davis
has been very prominently mentioned IT,
the long list of names as becoming the
Browns next manager. and who knows
but that his estimable manners NAV
possibly land him the job The new
owners would then Kill two birds with
one stone were they 70 get Davis, for
he would not only manage the team, but
so set as field general
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Try to Arrange Bout
For COulOn and Forbes

CHICAGO. Dec. SL-Chicago fight bugs
are today anxieusly waiting for Pop
Coulon, manager Of Johnny CouiOn.
claimant for the bantam title. TO an
sWer the proposition made by Harry
Glassco for a fight between Coulon and
Harry Forbes, former bantam cham
pion-
Glassco has offered 80 PEI cent Of the
gross receipts for an eighT--ound bout
before the Windsor 6Canadag Athletic
Club. Forbes has already accepted he
Canadian promoters offer, and it. is now
I'D to Pop" to do the same thing for
Johnny.
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Bugs" TO Reform?

NEW YORK, Dec I-New York
baseball fans are having one Of their
periodical laughs today. over another
ore OF Bugs Raymond : promises 10
reform =Z-ae laugh is really over Man
aCer McCfrs VS. belief IN Bugs latest
manifesto, which Is to the effect that
bright and early In the new year Bugs
viii h=e himself to Dwight H., and
there submit 70 the rs5uvenacng influ-
ence OF the Kelley cure
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
No Summer Ball.

SPOKANE, Dec 2I--A rule forbidding
COLLEGE PLAYERS Of baseball 70 play on
am. outside team for pay or grstuitous-
IL vas sdopted by the Pacific Northwest
intercollegiate Conference. At first
there had appeared considerable sentt-
ment in favor OF allowing students TO
earn q few dollars in the summer vaca-
ton by joining professional teams, but
in the end the governing body went 10
the opposite extreme, voting Unanf-
mousIy IN favor OF the most rigid meas
IRE nroposed.
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Schlei Signs Contract.

NEW YORK. Dec 31-Catcher
George Sch1ef signed with the New
York National League club today Tor
the season of 1911 He makes the
twentieth man to get into line. Man
sger McGraw received letter from
Pitcher Arthur Rayr ond in which
Raymond promised t. go to Dwight
uL. next Tuesday ard remain there
until ordered to reTort in Marlin,
Tex. next spring.
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
American League Starts
Championship Season
on April Il.
DEATH OF ALSTON
SHOCKS FRIENDS
Gossip and Comment of PTofes-
Sional and Amateur
Sports.

The Nationals viii make their first
bow in the 1911 championship race
at Philadelphia on April u with the
worlds champion Athletics as their
opponents
Ban johnson has already drafted
the complete schedule Of the Ameri-
can League, but he VIII submit IL to
the schedule committee OF the Ma
tion League at Cincinnati on Monday
before il is formally promulgated
The general scope Of the list OF
dates viii be as in past years Chi
cage will open at St. Louis. Detroit
at Cleveland. and New York at Bos-
ton. After short series Of the East
against the East and the West
against the West, the clubs from this
section VIII invade the West for the
first long intersectionaI series
This viii be 2 severe test for the Ma
Jionals as they viii be on the road for
practically a month shortly after the
opening of the campaign, but they
should DO al least as well as last spring
When they got or to such poor start
when conditions were more favorable.
Mike Kelly who was here under Can
tillons viii pilot St Paul IN the Am
erlcan Association again next season
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Former PugiliSt Dies
Suddenly in Jail Gel

BANGOR. Ne. Dec 5E-AIike Daley.
former lightweight pugilist. was
found dead in a cell at the police sta
ton here City Physician Burgess
turned in sudden death. no autopsy
-, The death certificate A coroner
decided an inquest unnecessary
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Young Heads Committee

ITHACA, y. Y, Dec 51.-Thou1as F.
FenneH, Republican candidate for state
treasurer at the last election, and
George Young. OF the Agricultural Col
Iege. were appointed today alumni
members Of the Cornell football field
committee, which viii have charge Of
the football policies of the university.
Capt. ". z Munk, of the football
team, is also a member C me commit
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Horsemen to Convene.

CLEVELAND, Dec S1--H- X. De
vereux, president Of the Grand Circuit,
issued a call for a national convention
OF all horsemen, to meet in Buffalo jan
uary @
The object of the convention is stated
to be the betteTment of all trOtting in
fsrests, whether of track managers,
owners OF trainers"
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Want to Bar Montreal.

PROVIDENCE, r. J., Dec. 31--Con-
siderable talk is heard in Eastern
League circles TO the effect that there
IS a movement on foot to cut Mont
real out OF the circuit and transfer
the Canadian city's franchise to some
other burg better adapted TO support
the quality Of baseball that the East
eru League is able TO serve Up 10
tie fanzs
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Eight Clubs In League.

NORFOLK. Va Dec. 21--At a meet
ing Of the Virginia Baseball League
here IT was agreed TO form an eight
club league. composed Of Richmond,
Roanoke. Norfolk, Lynchburg Dan
vffIe. Petersburg. Portsmouth. AM
The Washington times., 1910-12-31

ST LOUIS, Dec 81. when Mr.. Social
Managers team takes the heId next
spring, IL is a question. and quite a seri-
Gus one. too, whether the club VIII be in
better hands than has been the case
in the past
The Browns have lacked much IN the
past. so much so tfat they were hope
lessly outclassed IN every race for The
pennant, excepting two years-1so2 and
1893. II has not. however, always been
the fault of the manager. nor has X
been due 10 tho fact that the players Of
the Brown team were 50 far OutClassed
by their opponents
one position. and apparently one OF
great importance. has always been ever
looked BIZ the management Of the St
Louis American IeagueTs, and that has
been in the failure to have a good field
general There Is no question but what
there might have been quite a different
story now had the team always had a
man Of ability 20 lead and direct the
play when playing on the defense
one Of the first duties the new Mr. So
cial Manager should perform when TAX
ing charge OF the Browns, providing he
is a bench manager, is IN the naming
OF a captain He should not only be a
man well versed in the fine points OF
the game, with plenty OF nerve, 50 that
the extra duties win not affect his play
ing. but he should have personality, and,
qbove all. he decidedly popular with his
teammates. he also must be a strict
disciplinarian, firm and yet not too
severe
Live Captain Needed
when q man manages a team from the
bench. IL is eszsntiaI that he have some
one in charge on whom he can rely
There are many occasions in game OF
ban when some one must do the proper
thing at a moments notice The man
aEer on the bench can not direct al such
stages: the captain must do that, so that
much depends on his judgment
The question now arises. what playe-
on the Brown team al the present time
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Exciting Hockey Game.

NEW YORK. Dec. SIN a close
zo5 exciting game the Cornell hockey
team last night defeated Yale at the
ice palace to IN the first game Of
ne series OF three contests which viii
be played at the West Side rink.
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Roy Aston's Death.

Hardly had ali that was mortal OF Dr.
D. E Wi5eT, president OF the A A l.,
IN this section been laid n its final
resting place. before the athletic pub
lie Of Washington Is again shocked by
the death Of one OF the most univer-
sally popular young men football in this
CITY has ever knOwn-ROy Aston, cap
tain Of the George Washington team Of
iwo wears ago, and later coach Of the
Maryland Agricultural College.
Rov Aston was a man in the best
sense OF the word Athletics 10 him
were a subordinate consideration and
but a few weeks ago he had talked 70
the writer about his business plans for
the future
His career was cut short most un-
timely, but Roy Aston viii not soon be
forgotten by those who were 50 for
tunate as 70 know him personally. He
was an honor TO his family and a credit
10 his college
When the All-SOuthern team held the
picked Harvard team 10 a tie Yesterday,
it was a big boost for football south OF
the Mason and Dixon line
The Washington times., 1910-12-31
Everybody Does.

I'm thinking about writing a piay. "
Wen forgive you If you don't let II
80 any fuFther.f'-Cieveland Leader.
The Washington times., 1910-12-31

Mike Kelly, who was here under Can
tillons viii pilot St Paul, IN the Am
erlcan Association again next season
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
Oddities From The Courts
Queer Situations and Points That Cute Lawyers
Judges Have Been Fussins About.

A Fence Could Leak-Michigan sa-
loonkeeper tried TO close his bar on
Sundays by placing a picket fence be-
tween IL and the restaurant portion
of his establishment. Court held that
this didn't close the saloon.
Speed Up Those Wires-Telegraph
company. sued for damages because
OF delay in message, set up defense
that there was nothing about the mes
sage or instructions that especial dis
patch was desired. The court said
the very fact that the wire was en-
ployed showed that the plaintiff was
In a hurry, and the company had TO
pay.
SNAPSHOT the Speeders-Down in
Massachusetts the auto coppers TOOK
a photograph OF speeding auto from
behind and snapped it again second
later. Then they introduced the two
photographs as evidence that the ma
chine had gone farther than II should
in a given time. There was strenuous
objection, but the pictures were adj
mitted as proper evidence.
Ticket Is a Contract--A woman had
bought her ticket at bathhouse and
was standing in line waiting for a
bathing suit when brassy youth but
ted in ahead OF her. She protested,
whereupon an employe threw her out
of line, called her names and shook
her She sued for breach OF contract,
as she had paid for ticket emitting
her to a bath that she never had. The
bathhouse company claimed that her
action should be for assault. but she
got a money verdict.
Gipsies are Credible-Defense In
criminal suit attacked a gypsy witness
by introducing an article from the En-
cyclopedia Britannica showing that
the race are nomads with no home OF
country. This was used as a basis OF
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
They Met to Exonerae Secretary
Ballinger And Tten Maine Went


but IL own
to o o
al NOR
sumed
Of
a 1909
0
addition
Hartman lines
These all that recall at this time
There may have been but, THESE ARE SUFF
GENT
SUFFICIENT have assured the of Mr. DENLY the Minnie
apo meeting SUFFICIENT the that meeting
which Mr. DENLY
dates
Further had Maine had this Chicago meeting
decided Banger Mr. DENLY would either
have had subscribe that action depart for the first time
policies of which the of Banger
by all Banger himself has write the generation
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15

argument that gipsy's reputation for
truth and veracity should be proved
by different methods than those en-
ployed with ordinary persons. AZ
didn't go with the court.
Neat Scheme Blocked--Down In
Kansas the liquor sellers had been
paying a vertual license by being
pulled regularly every month and
paying a stipulated fine each time.
This plan was knocked out In court.
Then the town authorities abolished
taxes for supporting the police and
fire departments and the police Judge
an let the liquor sellers contribute
a fund each month for that purpose.
The accommodating authorities were
fined for contempt of court.
Promise TO Wife Annulled-A Pro-
testant who married Catholic wife
made a formal agreement with her
before marriage that any children OF
the union should be baptized in the
Catholic faith. even If the wife should
die. After her death. her relatives
brought suit but the judge would not
enforce the agreement, as 1t did not
AFFECT property rights.
"Cussed" on His Deathbed-An an.
te-morten statement was attacked on
the ground that the man making IL
had employed swear words, showing
that he did not appreciate the solemn
fly OF his condition or his oath. Court
ruled that persons may be so in the
habit of using profanity that they un-
consciously drop into II, and that the
circumstance in this case did not In
validate the statement.
Absent-Minded Depositor-When
making out a deposit slip business
man absent.mindedly filed II out In
the name OF another man. Then he
sued the bank to recover You lose"
said the court
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
TICK" CORRESPONDENCE.

Even the new French ready-printed
postcards. upon which you have only
TO tick of the sentences that nj your
case, do not beat the record OF prev
ity in holiday correspondence estao-
lished by a F'renchman in the eight
eenth century Voltaire and Piton,
the epigrammatist, exchanged chal-
lenges TO write the shortest possible
letter. SO when Voltaire was start
ing on a holiday he wrote to Piton,
go rus" which Is the complete Latin
for II am going into the country.
Piton's answer was just "T-com-
plete Latin for Co" The tick on the
new postcard can hardly be shorter
than that single letter. In business
correspondence the record Is divided
between Victor Hugo. who, anxious
10 know how his Les Miserables
was going. wrote to the publisher.
"9", and the publisher, who trium-
phantly replied, "!"-London Chron-
fcIa
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
DIsC0URAGING

The inability OF Mr.. Roosevelt 10
sac the practical resemblance between
Iorimer OF Illinois and Cox OF ONO Is
,uzzIing So is his apparent read
ness 70 see substantial difference IN
the fact that one holds pubic once
and the other does not mere 10
plenty OF evidence in the case or SoA
as strong As in the case OF Lorlmer
that he is responsible for the use OF
demoralizing methods In the seiection
OF public officers and has pronteu
largely by their use. II one was unnt
10 associate with an honest citizen AT
a nublic or semi-public banquet. IL Is
NOT easy 10 see how the other was not
unfit 10 associate with the same citi-
zen I'm the house OF relative az
function for which the INVITATIONS
were entirely within the discretion
OF the host.
Those who based on Mr.. Roosevelt's
action at the Hamilton club In chicago
homes that a relatively novel ana
promising mode OF dealing with cor
ruptionists in public and party life had
been devised by the ex-president
which might prove particularly emca-
cious in the struggle against the he
nublican machine in this state must
feel a little discouraged. There may
be those that will cling TO the assump-
ton that the action in Cincinnati was
so plainly foolish, inconsistent, and
embarrassing that Mr. Roosevelt must
have some good reason for 1t. But we
fear that they will have painfully
tedious time waiting for it.-New YORK
Times.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15

Well, sed Pa 10 Ma, wen he was
reeding the morning papers, see
that my old friend Mister Bob Chan
Ter got a swell kick in the shins from
his fair bride.
Why. sed Ma. what in the wurld
did she do?
Oh, nothing much, sed Pa. only she
took all OF his mummy & gave him sZV
a month 10 live on. Outside OF tnat
she treated him fine. Pa sed. Ii Is
crate thing TO be abel to marry
butiful song bird like Miss Lima Cal
avert, & then TO wake up sum morL-
ing & find out that allowance OF
$40 a month is the best the man
gets. Take II from me. wife, sed Pa,
the time is rapidly approaching wen
a man Is going TO take the fortune
for himself & give the wife the $40
a month
think she did quite right, sed Ma.
think IL woman is sweet enuff &
good enuff TO tell a man all about her
past d then marry him for frenship
only she has a right TO keep the bank
book think $40 month Is whole
lot of mummy for a man that Is
painter e. can ern his own living, Ma
sed. Jest think. husband. IL | was 10
talk all the mummy you maik q give
YOU 500 a month, il wud spur you on
10 greater endevver. That is wom-
ans misshun, Ma sed. 10 maik men
do moar & crater things. A man like
Won or Mister Chanler can do very
littel on $40 a month. sed Ma. q wen
you get the idee thru yure he'd that
$50 is all you are going to git. you
are vary likely TO git out & hussel.
That Is what Mister CHAMBERS wife
must have been thinking about wen
she grabbed the kale, sed Ma.
Well. wife, sed Pa. II you want 20
know what | think about 1t. | am go
ing to tell you. I only have this TO
say-if I married a CURL. doant care
wether she is as butiful as the Queen
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15

A Boston man who's been reading
this department writes: You say You
don't know anything closer than
proximity Well, it's pity You
hadn't married the girl did.
Now, the editor Of "Misspoken Eng,
lish" deplores the facetious tone Oh
this communication. He would depre-
cate il II he didn't know that "depre-
cate" isn't the proper word. You
"deprecate" something that hasn
happened yet, but is likely to happen
chat is. If you're in the habit OF
deprecating) The word means to
beg or pray against thing, to hope
that IL won't happen. You may de
plore" anything past or present
Thus the editor very properly de-
plores any attempt TO inject spirit
OF levity into this solemn depart
ment. And he deprecates any posi-
BILE deluge OF such frivolous com
ments.
For the editor knows what tre-
mendously serious thing English Is.
Take 1t from him
There IL goes again! This slang
thing does get on ones vocabulary
something fierce. Out we seem 10
be getting mired worse and worse
And thus the enraged reader sees
quite distinctly that IL Is very sol
emn thing indeed to attempt the writ
ing of good English when slang Is
so much easier. Maybe pretty soon
the editor will decide to write some
thing about slangD
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15

cal upheaval that has taken place III
any distinctively New England stale
since Abraham Lincoln was hom'
mated for president. IL foreshado"s
overwhelmingly Republican disasts.
throughout the country on Nov. g.
IL the Republicans cannot hold
Maine. what can they do in ohio.
What can they do I'm Indiana? Wnat
can they do In New York! WHAT
can they do In New Jersey and Con
nectiCut? What can they do in ai'y
state where there is a strong. agsres'
sive Democratic party?
Republican managers have been
careful TO explain that the campaign
in Maine was made on state Issues.
In n sense this is true. But one OF
the principal issues was Republican
extravaganza. an issue which Is ma
ton wide. The Republican party ~
turned out OF power In Maine largely
because IL wasted the public revenue.
because II has misspent the money
of the people. What can the RepuD-
licans OF New York say on SUCH an
issue, with the state government now
costing sac. 100000 year? What can
the Republican party In the country
al large say ON that issue. with this
years appropriations by congress az
rregating sl,0oS S47.iS4? With the
national government costing S3,56i.'
ass. e6 for every working'day In the
year?
IL is well that the Maine election
turned on the issue OF extravaganza
for IL shows that the public Is at last
aroused To the vital importance or
that question shows that in meet
inc il voters can no longer be led
astray by the old shop-worn Appeals
10 blind. deaf and dumb partisanshtp.
But the Maine election shows tar
more than this Ii Is new measure
OF growing discomfort with Repuo-
lican administration. There Is new
order OF things. Republican extrava'
yance. Republican corruption. Repub-
lican partnership with corporations
Republican jingoism. Rooseveitisin
and all the evils that have come OUT
OF congratulated Republican domi-
nation are finally bearing their ripe
fruit. Maine read the Osawatomie
speech with it's declaration OF the
new nationalism-and voted the Dem
ocratic ticket.
For this year at least AS Maine
goes. so goes the union, and even
with Yesterdays revolution as an In
| dex the country will be astounded OF
the morning OF Nov. 9. when IL learns
the proportions OF the Democratic VIC
I tory and the extent of the Republican
| defeat.-New York World.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
English Horribly Misspoke"

AS We were about to say, when the
parenthesis butted in (no, no, Inter
vened") one who has not been
brought up with a proper respect for
the Century dictionary is liable to
say that it's cinch for any champ
word singer to tear of colossal
chunks OF pure English ad lib. (Oh,
why should Pure English soul be
SO defiled, The editor will just have
to write something about slang pretty
soon, and get it off his chest.)
CHANGING back beyond this last lump
OF curdled English, We observe that
the word liable" Is misused. The
ignorant person mentioned Is likely"
to utter those dreadful words. But
liable" implies something unpleas-
ant. One Is liable" to catch cold
by getting wet and then sitting In a
draft The indorser OF a note Is lila
tle" TO pay IL II the signer doesn't.
Likely" however. merely hints that
something will probably happen. with
out implying that it's either good or
bad.
II the engry reader has learned
anything from this lucid and straight.
forward lecture, the editor reJoices.
And IL the reader has begun to real.
ize what a very sad, dignifled,
proper, solemn and conservative In
stitution this department is, and how
serious an offense II is for any light.
minded reader to take sportive liber.
ties with II. the editor is satisfied thaa
his labor has not been in vain.