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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
Much r.lk Y.. Due.

washington. Feb 2S.-The validity Of
tho election OF Senator Lorianer. OF
Illinois. will not como 20 q vote in the
senate today ana not for aoveral days
yet. II at all this session OF conRrcss.
That was made evident In an inter.
change which preceded tho long anti
I-orimer speech delivered this after.
noon by Senator Bsveeidge. OF Indi.
ana. when Senator Burrows sought %
FIX by unanimous consent IN hour Tor
q VOTE
dEe practically charged chat the Seport
members Of the 1AveotigAtlne commit.
tee was not tho same report which af.
serwards was submitted 70 the senate.
6onator Bovertdge. who was sofad-
uIed to take the floor today, told his
friends that he had only half concluded
his argument, and expected that no
could occupy the greater part OF tho
days scssion. After him Senator Stone
IL expected TO make u brief speech. -
opposition 70 tho Illinois senator. ana
the general impression Is that Senator
LaFollette will ask to be heard at
length in opposition.
II Is no part OF tho plans OF the
friends OF Mr.. Lorimer to allow hts
enemies TO close tho debate. Senators
Gaiiinger and Burrows arc among those
who Will he heard on that side.
Bitter feeling has arisen among tho
contendIng factions. 80 that the pros
pect Ia that from this time on the de-
bate win he lively.
May Be No Vote This Ssssion.
Some senator's expressed doubt today
whether tho ccSe could be decided be-
fore Gnal adjournment Lorimer's
friends now claim hfty-four out Of
nincty-one woes In the senate. The op-
postt!on to Iorimer HiYes no figures
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
CHINESE URGE BOLD STAND,

Despite ch;na's Reply to Russia, New
York Merchants Advise No Retreat.
New York. Feb. 23.-In spite Of the
announcement that China's reply to
Russia's recent ultimatum has practic-
ally removed the difficulties which
threatened to cause war. the Chinese
merchants Of New York have sent a
lengthy memorial to the national as
sembly Of China urging that a bold
stand be made against Russian aggres-
sion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
GENERAL eRuh DROPS DEAD.
French Minister Of War Oies Suddenly
From parnIvtjo Stroke.

Paris. Feb 2s.-Generai Brun, minis
ter OF war in the cabinet of Premier
Briand. dropped Dc from paraiysic
stroke at the offices of the ministry to-
day.
General Brun entered the cabinet
formed by BRAND. In July. 1909. Ha
had been the head OF the general stnft
os the army for three years and n half.
He was born in lS49
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23

vilio railroads by the creditors OF
knight Yencsy 4 Co.. tho Decator cot
ton firm, which failed last spring for
about $4,000. 600. have been removed to
the United states court for trial at the
April term.
The suits involve S2,oOo,O 900. and are
brought by English and German cred
itors. who charge connivance on the
part OF tho railroads as regards the al
leKed forged bills Of cotton lading.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
posroFFIcE PLUM BorHERs.

Ne Successor Vet Named For Wsbstsr
City, Question OF Second Choice.
0pscial to Times-Republican.
N \ Webster City, Feb. 23.-who will
C0nogessgnan Frank p. Woods appoint
6ootlnaotor In webster City?
- question II on the lips Of every
So Heyo. Postmaster r. q. Clarks
flen oxpiyed yesterday, but no one has
sSoe been named sas his successor. A
:to1ol papoe Queried the congressman
sSssSSISlSTssSs..ssss:. sskin1 the name OF
{ 'j6oupolatee. None has been named.
8 81, - IS ~ - spirsnts forthe oRics
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
VILLAGE DePopulA1ED
Plague Wipes Out Chinese Town and
Many Dead Bodies Are Found in the
Streets Covered With snow-seiisved
That None Survive.

st. Petersburg. Feb. ga dispatch
from Harbin reported the grewsome
discovery OF Chinese village near
there. in which the entire population
was dead from the plague. Many bod
les lay out in the open air and were
covered with snow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
.C|)MM|NS CALLS FOR
RECIPROCITY FACTS
SENATE ooprs ,owAn's DE-.
MA S ON TAFT FOR IN.
FORMATION.
VA S ALL STATISTICS
q GATHERED az BOARD
Canadian Parliament Expresses Loyal.
ty to Groat Britain and Discusses
Trade Asrsemsnt-Laurier Scoffs at
Annexation BusaIoo as q Matter Un-
thought OF.

Washington, Feb. ga resolution
calling on the president to submit to
the senate all OF the information bear
agreement together with the data and
statistics gathered by the tariff board.
was offered today In the senate by
Senator Cummins. OF Iowa. and
adopted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
EQUALS WORLDS RECORD.

New Orleans eprintsr Nseotiatss
Quarter Century In 3 is Seconds.
New Orleans, Feb. 23.-E H. Shroth,
Of tho Young Mems 0ymnastic Club.
equalled the worlds record OF : l.6
seconds in tho twenty-five yard dash,
at last nisht's indoor meet Of the
southern division Of the American
Athletic Union.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
FALL MAY Be FATAL.

Munson Burdiek, Commission Office
Manager. Ft. Dodge, injured.
Special to Times Republican.
Ft. Dodge. Feb. 23.-Munson Burdick,
manager Of a branch commission Of
fice here. caught his feet on a rug at
the head Of the stairs in the Col w. T.
Chantland home, whore he rooms. fell
and cut a deep cash in his head. He
is unconscious and Is thought to be
fatally injured. Cdncussion Of the brain
is feared. Burdick came here a year
ago from Chicago He has been socially
prominent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
APPROPRIATIONS DECREASED.
Committee Reports Revised Bill, Ap,
propriatina $14o. $780, ,03t 70 House.

washington. Feb 23.--Tho sundry
civil appropriation bill. carrying a sota,
Of $40. .5sO,031. including 100000 for
fortifyinE the Panama canal. was COM
pleted by tho appropriation COMMITTEES
today. and Immediately reported to tho
house. This Is a cut OF 314.4S6. 500 from
the estimates
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
TWO AMERICANS HELD.

Declared Mexican Government Ho!!:
United States Citizens at Jsursz.
San Antonio. Tex, Feb. ga dis
patch to the Express from Ell Paso.
declares that the two Americans under
arrest at Jaures arc Lawrence +. Con-
verse. Of Glendora, Cal. and Edward
N. Blatt. Of Texas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
sgKE coMpANY's BOOKS.

Russian Police swoop Down on West.
inshsuss Offices At ST. Petersburg.
St Petersburg, Feb. 23--The police
today made sudden descent on the Of
fices Of the Westinghouse Electric
Company and seized all Of the books
and documents relating to the St.
Petersburg Electric Street Railway
Company. The affair has caused q. SEN
sation in foreign commercial circles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23

De Meinss 70 Appeal Street Car Case.
De- Aoines, Feb. 23.-The De- Moines
city council voted today 70 appeal to
the United States supreme court from
the recent decision Of Judge Applegate
at Adel, holding enai is.o S:.:; S..S railway 9
company has Q franchise In Des
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
Noted piaenostieian Dead.

Philadelphia, Feb. 23.-After a short
illness DR.. Aloysius o. Kelly. a widely
known diagnostician. died at his home
here today. He was 81 years OF age.
DR.. Kelly was professor OF tho theory
and practice OF medicine at the Uni
yersity Of Pennsylvania.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23

Iowa, Illinois and South Dakota
Fair tonight and Friday: not much
change In temperature.
PAGE ONE.
Tslesraphio News,
Iowa House Kills Equal SunraGe.
Deemer Gains Ono From Kenyon.
Financial Ala For Rail Board No-
fused.
Vote on Lorimer May Not Be
Reached.
Plague Wipes Out Entire City.
PAGES TWO AND THREE.
Iowa News:
Youngs Resolutions Forgotten.
Wilson Defeats Reciprocity.
Severed Hand Hurts Losor.
Autoist Rides Railroad Tracks.
PAGE FOUR.
EDITORIAL:
Bunko Censuses.
Jupe Culottes and Pink Pantaloons.
The Longing For a Home.
Topics OF the Times.
Iowa Opinion and Notes.
Farmers Column.
PAGE FIVE.
Iowa News:
Thorne Prods State.
PAGES SIX. EIGHT AND NINE.
City Ne~s:
Marshalltown Admitted to Racing
Circuit. Page ~
June 20-22 Dates Local Meet.
DR.. Chesire's Father Killed.
Trampled Under Stampeding Cattle
in Chicago.
Dr. Pauline Townsend weds.
Mission Circle Honors Daisy brakes
Memory.
Jacob Korns 81 Years Old.
Henry Austin Badly Injured: Hus-
band Former Marshalltown Teach
er.
Country Club Enjoys Fine Party.
General and Brief City News.
PAGE TEN.
Markets and GOnsral:
All Grains on Lower Levels.
May Wheat Lowest Since 1908.
Much Dnso,d Corn In Europe.
Hogs Hit Hard.
Cattle Demand Slow.
Hull May Lose Payroll Connection.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
COOK DENouNcEs PEARy
Arctic Expssrss. In Dee aaernss For
Lecture, Brands compseitor 20
Fakis-oays Aeronauts wilt Discov.
Or Pole in Future and Verify his
cls;nns

Dss Moines. Feb. 23.-Dr Frederick
A. Cook. OF New York. 10 in Des
Moines. where he lectures tonight un-
der the auspices OF the Press Club Of
Des MoineS DR.. Cook Is accompanied
by Thomas H. Baldwin. the aviator.
and together they will leave tomorrow
for Denver.
DR.. Cook asserted today that he is
convinced that he reached the north
pole. He branded Peary as a fakir and
declared that the latter bases his
claims as discoverer of the pole OH
dishonest observations.
In future years many persons will
visit the north pole In airships." said
DR.. Cook. when they see the field
1 have trod my story will no longer be
doubted"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
.ccEe! eeEeoRy REFORMATION.
State Board Reaches No Decision on
Kennedy Case.

Des Moines. Feb. 23.-The state
board Of education today accepted tho
resignation Of Dean Gregory az head
Of the law department at Iowa City.
Tho board has not reached q decision
on the Kennedy case. nor on the Offers
OF E. b. Howard to give tho state q
farm located in Marshall county. for
the use Of Ames College.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23

Berlin, Feb. ga dispatch from
Tain Tau says that second and third
class traffic on the German-owned
shantung railroad has been suspended
owing to the plague.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
MORGAN CONTRIBUTES $4,000.

Washington Memorial Aseoois
New York, Feb. 23-J. Pierpont Nor
gan Il named by the George washing
ton Memorial Association an the donor
OF 500. 900 to tho funds OF the associa-
ton. The money. which came unso-
lictted. will 90 toward the building fund
for the erection OF n 32.b0o.oo nemor-
ial TO Washington in the capital.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
But one Change Made, Increased vsts
Being Due 70 Larger Attendance ~
Msmbsrs Than on Wsdnssday-Wai.
lace Still Has One Vote.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 23.-Today's joint
ballot on senator in the Iowa legisla--
ture resulted AZ follows:
Necessary to elect .............,

Wednesday Deemer. received fifty-
There was but ono change made In the
balloting today. Skinner abandoning
Kenyon and going to Deemer. Tho in
crease in the Deemer vote with this one
exception was due to tho presence Of
two OF his supporters who were absent
Wednesday.
AZ the legislature has voted to ad-
journ Saturday for a period Of eight
days, no developments in tho deadlock
are expected until week after next.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
Joaquin Miller improvino.

Joaquin MllIer JmProVin0.
Oakland, Cal. Feb. 23.-Considerable
Improvement was noted in the condition
OF Joaquin Miller. the poet, today. He
spent a part Of yesterday on the sun
veranda OF tho hospital in company
with his daughter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
Refreshments A., r.boesd.

Special to Times-RepublicAn.
Boone. Feb. 33.-The younger society
girls interested in music formed .
music study club" for work. All social
functions are barred, even refreshsnents
were tabooed. The club 10 purely for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
IONA HOUSE KILLS
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
works DOWN CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT GIVING BALLOT
70 WOMEN.
MEASURE Has NO CHANCE
BEFoRE LeolSLATuRE
House Msmbsrs Indulge In Lively De.
hats-Lssislaturs Votes 60 Take Re.
esss From Feb. 25 70 March S-othsr
proessdinss Of the Iowa Legislature.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republtcan.
Des Moines. Feb. 23.-The house. by
. vote Of 50 to 4s. killed joint resolution
No. 8. providing for a constitutional
amendment giving to women the right
OF suffrage This effectively kills the
chances OF the women Of Iowa to obtain
the right to vote during this session of
the Legislature.
Debate In the house today on the
equal suffrage resolution was particle
pated in by only few of the members.
Crist presented at great length the
reasons for submitting the amendment
to the constitution to a vote Of the peo-
pie, and he was supported briefly by
Shankland. who presented sentimental
reasons. Ripley opposed the entire
pian on the ground that he did not be-
iieve majority Of the women want the
ballot. Harding opposed the measure
because the people last fall had had a
chance to say whether they wanted the
constitution hxed up and had voted
''no''
How They Voted.
Tho vote on the equal suffrage
&HACHuiAASsAS I" 10
yAyes-Bauman, Bowman, Brady,
Bruce. Bybee. Collins. Cousins. Daniels.
Dabney. Dawson. Dewey, Dixon. Ed
1nunds. Enger, Finlayson. Fourt, Frye.
Fulton. Goodykoontz, Grout. Halgrims.
Hayes. Hickenlooper. Hogan. Hunt.
Hutchhs. Jacobsen. Johnson. Kiay.
Leach. Lenocker. Lounsberry Milton.
Murtagh. Patterson. Pickard. Robbins'
Rowles, Russell' snane' Shankiahd'
skinner. Smitn OF ADAMS. Stephehsoh'
6tillman. Stspe' Stoddafo' van camp.
Nays-Bascom. Beans. Black, boett.
Ger. Brockway. Brown. Byerly Camp
bell OF Ida, Campbell or Wepster. Crlst'
Cunningham. Downey. Dunlap. Escner.
Felt. Fletcher. FTaiey. 0ilDeft' Greene
CRISIS. Hamilton HaFding. Hafvey'
Hun, !acone. Aoont1' hfeDM. null
ylulp. LArraoee. Lnnan. Llnd. @ McCnl-
lou9n. A1uee. % Sscnes. SaAi'er O Du-
6uqges leeose. NeweAs Sonno!. ooc- ~.
d9hL Ols0a. Fenn' foFAsns. A1p!s1. xsat-
ter, 0ater' Schee' 9n@n. 0Ha.n Oh
Decatur. 9peef' 1o"nssno' "n'te'
WnHney: Aene..
TO saks .ene "sesss.
The legislature TO-DAY agreed 20 ad-
journ from noon oasuroay. feo % un-
III Monday. Marcn o. at ~ ociock'
This agreement was re.cneo oy ene
special conference comm.tee.
70 Cons9tt Sonssssusnss.
the oregon pan olu na. zen % meiu
up for TWO weeks. penon. NJ, "nCa 'ln'o y.
som0 OF tho members wnA n.~o III
qulry amone tneH constl.uen.s % ~
what they tnink ABOUT popu,aI % e!ec
tion OF senator1 Hepiesenta.'se my
raised the point thae IL "ou'o 10 we''
to consult with the people: put 'ep.e-
tentative O'Conner reao from .ns
message OF the governor 10 SHOW tna,
II 10 the outy OF fheHloeE " .oul'so.
Only with nin1se!t ana not co's,uer q.
an the wisnes OF Ms cohs..tueh.s . an.
00cIaIeo tnat a6 AoI h.iAoe'A "0 Wv -
wish delay Tor .nat Purpose. .,..s uns
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23

Bolton Heads eoeetse cemmsie1ee.
Des Moincs. Feb. 3S.-Ralph Bolton
was today elected secretary OF the
Greater Des Moines committee. suc-
cssding Lucius Wilson, who recently
removed TO Detroit fA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
WIFE MURDERER HANGED.
Alton c. Hoover Pays Penalty For
Crime in Ponnsylvanla.

Crime in Psnnsylvania.
Erie. Pa.. Feb. 23.-Alton G. Hoover.
convicted Of the murder Of his wife
Mrs.. Cora Fay Hoover. on Nov. II. 1908.
At Atlantic Pa. when he called hsf 20
tho door OF her fathers house and SA0t
her down. after their separation. was
hanged IN the yard OF the county 5eil
here today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
RsferMatory For Womsn.

H0J0rtWuS0Ty V0r "o"S"s
The Perkins bill for an industrial
reformatory for women contemplates
removal from Anamosa Of the nominal
reformatory for women located there
and establishment Of a separate insti-
tuition where women who are too old
!. Is be sent to Nitchellville may 90 and
Who ought not to be sent to prison It
u MEASURE much advocated and
vrKed some years ago before the legis-
I. latureo but was not considered at the
last two sessions. The women back
Of the movsmlnt now believe that the
I time 10 ripe tor agitation for this much
needed Institution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
Newton Residence Robbed.

Special to Times-Republican.
Newton. Feb. 23.-The residence OF
g. r. Laird was robbed last night.
Forty dollars in cash was taken from
q dresser drawer, being all that Is
missed. No one. was seen or heard.
Tho missed money caused the discov-
cry. There 10 no clue to the thieves.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-23
T..R. BULLETIN
Noticeable News Of Today
The Weather.

The Wsathsr.
Sun rises Feb. 20. at $40; sets at $:\s.
Iowa. Illinois and South Dakota
Fair tonight and Friday: not much
change In temperature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-25
BY j. ED GRILLO.

Going on the theory that Jack john
son has quit the fighting game. Joe
Jeanette. another colored boxer. has
laid claim to the worlds heavyweight
title. His claim will hardly be taken
seriously and yet it may help to bring
johnson from under cover 1t has been
nearly year and a half since the col
ored champion engaged in a fight and it
has always been an unWrittSn law
that a champion must get busy at least
once a year Johnson's stay in Europe
together with the fact that there appears
to be but one man in his class who can
give him a battle, Sam Langford, has
had detrimental effect on the fight game
and it would help to boom the sport if
Johnson really retired.
Jeanette explains his stand in the fol-
lowing:
II believe I am right in claiming the
big title because Johnson refused to box
me in Paris and turned down an offer
from Tom O'Rourke to meet me in ten
round bout in Brooklyn. Sam Langford
deliberately ran out of a twenty-round
bout with me in San Francisco and sail
ed for Australia in search OF easier game
I'll admit that the public prefers white
man as champion and 1 honestly believe
that If white man held the title the
boxing game would receive boom all
over the world
.'Of all the white fellows I've boxed
there seems to be but one who has cham
pionship quality. l mean Tom Kennedy.
He Is the greatest boxer in America to-
day, bar none. He is almost as clever as
Johnson. can take wal,op. is clean,
hard hitter and has brains. His one
fault is lack Of endurance. but with hard
work for the next six months he can
beat anybody. In ten-round bouts Ken
nedy can outpoint any of the white
heavies.''
The Cincinnati club is conceded to have
a good team, now that Esmond has made
good at short field, but it is without a
manager, and only by giving up some of
its best players can any one Of the men
be secured from other clubs who are
figured to fill tn eshoes Of Griffith This
fact has caused the calling off of all ne
gOtiatiOns for manager. The club does
not feel that it can afford to weaken its
team for the sake of securing a manager,
and it would not be at all surprising if
before the season opens one of the play
ers on the team were installed in the job.
The experience of the Cincinnati club
has been that competent managers can
not make q poor team Win and now that
q winning aggregation seems to have
been gathered the club does not want to
break it up for the sake of securing a
leader.
Though they are laying as good as 2la
to 1 against Freddie Welsh in his bout
with Wolgast, which takes place in Yer
non, Cal, next Thursday. there appears
to be little or no money wagered on the
Welshman. Coast ring followers consid-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-25
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Cadillac-Pierce Arrow.
OUT IN THE COLD.
Mack May Send No Contract to Lefty
Russell.

PHILADELPHIA, November 25.-When
Mr.. Cornelius McGillicuddy sends out tho
contracts which. when signed. will bind
certain young gentlemen to the worlds
champions for another season, 1t is more
than probable that Clarence Dixon Rus
sell. otherwise known az Lefty" Will
not receive one OF these documents in his
morning mail at Hagerstown. Nd.
While there has been no managerial
declaration to that effect, a little talk
with Connie Mack will reveal circum-
stances that seem to point to this man
agerial decision later on in the year. In
other words, Manager Mack seems to be-
lieve that Russell Is done as q twirier.
and also that his temperament IL not
such az becomes a member Of the best
team in base ball
Russell is suffering from some peculiar
trouble, which seems to have perma-
nentIy injured his pitching arm and made
the southsider UNIT for work on the
mound. Russell also does not seem TO
give the proper attention to this.
Lefty has also been married recently.
and ii seems as IL he Is content to settle
down and engage in some sort OF bust
ness and let the national pastime be COM
by others than himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-25
1T WILL BE HARDER TO WIN
REMNANT IN 1872" SAYS MACK
Leader Of Worlds Champions Expects Rival
Teams to Be Better Fortified Than
Heretofore Star.

he fooled me completely. / put him III
against Cleveland last year, and at the
beginning of the game they pounded him
something awful. 1t was only the great
work of our infield that saved him. They
knocked down base hit after base hit, but
in the latter part of the game the Cleve-
lands couldn't touch him.
Later we went to Cleveland for a
Sunday game and j figured that as we
needed only one more victory to put De-
troit out of the running, / could afford to
take a. chance and give Martin final
try-out, fully expecting to see Cleveland
give him good beating. We talked II
over, going out on the train, and though
the players were anxious to win that
game and settle the pennant, they felt
satisfied to let Martin pitch, and | told
him he was to go In for the full game
In this game Martin showed me that he
was a good pitcher. and he had the Cleve-
lands completely up in the air. winning
hands down. 1t was then that 1 decided
to hold on to Martin.
Opposes Herrmann's Plans.
Asked for his opinion on Hermann :
scheme to cut the league schedules down
to 112 games and finish the season with
each club making a swing around the cir
cult Of the rival league, Manager Mack
said:
81 can't say that / am i'll favor of any
such proposition as made by Mr.. Herr
mann. cannot see where it would be
practicable. As I understand it. each club
would play a series of three games on
the grounds of every other club, which
would mean forty-eight games in addi-
ton to the 112 schedule. after which the
three leading teams from each league
would play off series similar to the
worlds series.
That would run us along still later
than under present conditions, and dom
believe that these games would draw eX-
cept for the best clubs. 1t would be a
good thing for a team like the Athletics
next year. as we would be playing against
such teams as the Chicago Cubs. Pitts
burgh. Cincinnati and New York. but the
weaker teams wouldn't gain anything
from the novelty. Besides. three-game
series would be too short to prove any
thing. as a weak club could save its stai
pitchers for the stronger clubs and pos
sibly make q great showing. No. don
! believe Herrmann's idea will ever bt
worked out