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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
SPURNS $25O,0OO CASH
FOR ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Owner Hedges Could Have Sold
His Club Last
Winter.
KINSELLA AND CALLAHAN
WE'RE READY TO BUY
"Silk Stocking. Syndicate Was in
Market at the Time, and
Deal Failed.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS. November 15.-Richard B..
kinsella, owner Of the Springfield (Three
League) team, and one OF the leading
base ball magnates OF the. country. was
willing to hand over $3.50, 600 to Robert l.
Hedges Of the Browns for his interest In
the st. Louis American League club. but
was turned down. The story developed
during a talk with Kinsella here Sunday
night. The offer was made at the time
the silk stocking syndicate OF St
Louis made "bloomer'' Of the proposed
purchase Of Hedges interest.
Kinsella, like every one else. appreciates
that St. Louis is a good base ball town,
and when he learned that Mr.. Hedges
was willing to get out OF the business
came here prepared to take the club off
his hands.
Kinsella had gone so far as to get the
stamp of approval Of President johnson
of the American League and Charles A.
Comiskey, owner of the White SoX.
1t had also been arranged to bring
James John Callahan, the Comeback
sensation of the Chicago Americans, here
to manage the club. At that time Cal
lahan had not signified his intention or
returning to the national pastime as an
active performer. but was willing to take
hold of the local club.
Il came here and looked over Mr..
Hedges plant said kinsella Sun
day night, just before boarding
the special carrying the base ball
magnates to San Antonio for the national
association meeting. Il was prepared to
offer him S2JO.OOO for his interest. which
is 6 per cent Of the base ball club. and
the same portion of the base ball prop
erty.
1.-The syndicate which was trying to buy
the club hadn't given up its hope of land
ing the plant, but after they fell down on
their end Mr.. Hedges held out for $500 :
COO and the deal fell through. l had
people behind me who were willing to pay
$50 900 and sink $4,000 into the club
for new talent, while Jimmy Callahan
was to have been made manager and l
was to act as president.
The Springfield nagnate is chief scout
for Johnny McGraw of the New York
Nationals. He turned Owe: Larry Doyle.
the second baseman, to the Giants. and
points with pride to the fact that Doyle.
Mathewson and Meyers were the only
National Leaguers to shine against the
Athletics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

there is where the new rules have made
difference in the style of play. 1t is
no longer necessary to mass men against
the ball. Now and then it happens that
three or four men can make great
show Of stopping the runner. but as
matter of fact one man does about as
much real damage to the attacking side
under the present rules as four men
did ten years ago.
There is sound reason for 4 result
like that, which natural philosophy bears
out. 1t devolves on the old theory OF
a moving mass hitting an immovable OBJ
ject. WagerS as a rule would go with
the iInmovable object.
Granting that tackle must move from
one side of the line to the other, it must
also be remembered that he has the ad-
vantage of being able to place himself
for the runner, and that has strengthen
ed the defense of all foot ball elevens
until today it is generally conceded that
the defensive side of the game has out
grown the advancement of the ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
Fullback Never Changes.

The fullback. whether he happens TO be
the fu.hach by title or not. plays his part
ia defense rs he Always did. That is TO
say. the manner Of playing the position
has not varied IL il one Of the places oil
the field which has not been bothered by
the new rules. There must be man close
10 the goal on the defense. and that man
always will be Il fulback in theory and
practice, whether fe plays quarterback
half OF the game tackle fourth and
fulback the other fourth.
The theory OF formations. which We're
worked out solely because of their ability
10 gain yard or two yards at a time.
and now and then not more than two
feet was good when but five yards were
to be gained In downs, hut it Is not good
now.
Formations which are most effective
seldom carry more than four yards. fhat
is almost the average Of gain on indiNtd-
nal downs since the new rules We're put
into effect A play which would gain
four yards under the old rules would
have been esteemed excellent foot ball,
with good reason, hut "A play which can
only gath four yards under the new rules
is appreciated four yards worth, and
that 10 all.
Three such plays would be necessary
TO insure first down, and when this
loot ball season is finished il viii be
found that in the games among the
varsity college elevens this year there
have been about two instances per game
where ten yards have been made through
the line
Ends Know More.
The reason for this is that the ends
no longer permit themselves 10 be boxed
outside of the play-and most OF the ends
this year are better foot ball players
than were the ends Of three and -four
seasons ago The tackles are not con
fined 10 one spot Nor are they nam
peYed with the idea that they nave ON.
one part to play In their capacity as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
Reward for Auto Thief.

Several thousand circulars Offering a re-
ward of 500 for the recovery of the
which was stolen last Friday
night from the garage of the Luttrell
Automobile Company. and also 500 re-
ward for the conviction of the person or
persons who took it, have been sent out
by the police department. The circulars
bear a cut of the machine, which is of
the five-passenger variety. Two white
men, suspected of having taken the ma
chine are described in the circular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

has been arranged with different teams
on the island. Three games week will
be played. and the team expects TO be
back in New York in time for Christ
mas. Besides Mr.. Bancroft, the party in
cludes Manager McGraw and Players
Mathewson, Crandall, Wiltse Wilson,
Hartley. Devlin, Doyle, Fletcher, Her
zog. Becker. Devore. Paulette and
Latham. Nine of the party will be &C
companied by their wives.
Manager McGraw has made it plain to
the players that he wants them 10 play
their best in Cuba. Mindful of tile fate
the Detroit and Athletic teams met I'm
Cuba when each of them was decis,vely
defeated by the Cuban teams. McGraw
means to show the islanders that base
ball is faster here than in Cuba. He has
insisted on his men remaining In good
condition for the trip. The Giants man.
ager is confident that the team will
make a better showing against the Gu
bans than the Detroits or the Athletics.
The Cuban promoters who arranged to
take the Giants to Cuba have guaranteed
the players $500 each and their expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
Greater Distance Makes Better Play.

The added distance to be gained has
given the defense greater latitude to
employ methods to stop the ball. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
MARQUIS UP NORTH
|Queensberry Surprised at Big
Gold Boom in Ontario.
RECALLS OLD TIMES
High Praise Given for the Wealthy
Horse Owners in Great
Britain.
OLD TIMES
By the Marquis of Queensberry.

Copyright. 1911. BY the Marquis of Qucensberry.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
TORONTO, Ontario, November ID
am spending n few days In Toronto to
look up a few old friends. 1t is four
teen years since / last visited this city
and the place has grown out Of all
bounds. 1t Is quite a sight to walk into
the rotunda of the King Edward Hotel:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

1t reminds me of
old days in Perth,
western Australia.
during the height of
the Coolgardie gold
boom. There must
have been 200 to
300 mining men
grouped about the
rotunda, discussing
and no doubt carry
ing through large
deals in mining
claims in the new
gold fields.
! am stopping at
the old fashioned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

Given two strong ends and two strong
tackles and 1t is doubtful il any foot BAH
eleven could be worse than tied In an
average game.
Under the new rules, four men who are
agile, speedy and Keen in figuring out
the possibilities of foot ball situations
can check more attempts at attack than
were possible when the formations were
so compact that most of the defending
line frequently was thrown against the
tIll to stop any advance.
The carly idea of foot ball. based upon
common support for ono man who car
red the bah and solid defense centered
in one spot against the advance of the
ball has been altered TO the extent that
three backs err now behind the line in
What might bc called the first stage OF
4. Tense Ten wears ago one man was
1. I4sidered enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

That Benjamin Hubbard. the slayer
of Dr. Petit, would have been lynched
had he been taken from Lynchburg to
Livingston Tuesday for trial was learned
Tuesday. Information has been received
that a well organized mob had been
formed to go to Livingston during the
day and lynch the accused.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
ENDS AND TACKLES PLAY
HAS SHOWN IMPROVEMENT
Men Are Diagnosing New System Of Of
Tense Better Than Old and Do
Better Work.

tackles. They have become the rovers
of the field, and at the present moment
the better tackles are almost equivalent
to halfbacks.
In the last game which was played by
Princeton against Dartmouth Eddie
Hart. the Princeton captain. was back of
the line and on both sides of the line, ano
almost all of the time in front of the man
who was trying to advance the ball. Ten
years ago Il tackle had so much to do
with defense that it was felt necessar,
to keep him hugging the line, anu to do
his part in shouldering the ball back
| when some big fellow tried to break
through and make a yard or two.
The tackle found little opportunity to
! cross the Held. first to one side and then
! to the other, as he does now. He was
presumed to be part of the original de-
! fense, and behind him came the backs
I who charged into the line. and did their
part 10 hold up the work Of the for
wards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

Bill Kenworthy, Denver's star utility
PLAYER claims q new distinction in West
ern League ball, in that he played every
position on the diamond during the sea-
son lust ended Kenworthy was pur-
chased by the Boston Red Sox and Will
join that team next spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

Hugh McMurray. catcher OF the Atlanta
team of the Southern League, has been
seriously ill at Atlanta and IL was feared
that he was in for long siege of pneu-
monia. but good care and a strong con-
stitution pulled him through.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. A.
President Taft's recent message to
Congress asking that it be determined
whether the Spanish men-of-war sunk
in the battle of Santiago thirteen
years ago should be given away, and
Secretary KnoX's opinion that the
wrecks belong TO the United States,
have revived speculation here as to
the possibility of relocating the ships.
Engineers who have studied the
location of the three battleships and
two torpedo boats are of the opinion
that their salvage is practicable and
would warrant the expense of saving
the hulks.
Seven miles west of the narrow
mouth of Santiago harbor lies the first
of Cerveras battleships, the Almirante
Oquendo. She is beached in the
breakers of Juan Gonzales, with about
third of her hulk visible. Long ago
she was stripped of every portable
article by wreckers who braved a
watery grave for the prizes she was
reputed to have held. They took
everything they could pry loose, in
Guiding, report has it, many thousand
gold coins from the ships safe.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20
CALF PRESENTS THE CASE
FOR COASTWISE SUSPENSION

Editor Star: The United States mer-
chant marine consists of American
vessels carrying the imports and eX-
ports between our country and foreign
ports.
Congress passed the cOastwise ship
ping law on March /, 1917, ninety-tWo
years ago. This law restricted foreign
vessels from carrying freight between
American ports, certain exceptions be-
ing made at the time in favor of Brit
ish ships.
Forty-two years after this act was
passed, in 1853, the American mer-
cEant marine reached the heighth of
its success and carried &C $40 per
cent of the foreign commerce of the
United States in imports and exports.
Six years later Gorty-seVen years
after the passage of the coastwise
law this percentage Of carrying trade
by American vessels was reduced to
271a per cent.
On June 10, 1866, Congress amended
the coastwise law by adding the pas
senger restriction, the penalty for VIC
lation of the law being a 81 fine for
each passenger.
On February II, 1898, Congress
further amended the coastwise law by
increasing the penalty for violation of
the law for carrying passengers to
5000 per passenger.
In 1901, eighty-four years after the
passage of the original coastwise law,
and thirty-five years after the passen-
ger estriction, the American mer-
chant marine carried Is per cent of
the foreign commerce of the United
States in imports and exports.
The. general hue and cry today is
that the American merchant marine is
not only being, but actually is, almost
entirely eradicated from the seas.
How, in the face of these facts, can
it be maintained that the repeal of the
coastwise law for Hawaii, as regards
passengers only, is going to affect the
American merchant marine?
1t is a fact that the last previous
President of the United States recon,
mended and urged Congress to give
this relief to Hawaii as a matter OF
fairness and justice,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20
LATEST NEWS BULLETIN.
Originating on the Day the Steamer
Sailed)

- 60 NEWo bOEEG llNs
Originating on the Day the Steamer
Sailed)
The Panama-Pacifc Exposition
architects have quit their jobs in
huff, refusing to serve under architect
Willis Polk who is chairman. The
directors must decide today whether
to sustain Polk or get a new chair
man.
The cholera continues undated in
Constantinople, there being an aver
age of thirty deaths a day.
Mrs Ralph tombstone, widow of the
aviator who was killed while flying,
has decided to take up her husbands
profession, and will begin to take les,
sons in flying at once.
Investigations seem to show that
the great register of voters in San
Fracisco is stuffed Thousands OF
persons can not be found at the adj
dresses given. An army of investiga,
tors is busy checking up every name.
1t is expected that Chief of Police
White of San Francisco will resign
because he is not allowed to run his
department as he wishes, but must
run a political bureau. If he does re-
sign some interesting disclosures are
looked for.
The Mission Dolores, located in San
Francisco, and built in 1916, is to be
opened for public inspection, after be-
ing closed for over twenty years.
France has assumed a bold front
in the Moroccan negotiations, and
will refuse any special commercial
privileges to Germany.
The Presbytery of Pittsburg has
adopted a resolution censuring Score
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20

1t is a fact that one house of Con-
gress passed this repeal bill at a for
mer session; and the other house
would have done so had Congress been
in session a little longer
Thi repeal bill has been favored by
former Secretary Garfield, Secretary
Straus and other prominent federal
officials. Mr. Taft, as a member of
President Roosevelt's cabinet, fav.
ored it.
1t is further a fact that Congress re-
pealed the coastwise law in its en-
tirety, and permanently, for the Phil.
ippines.
How can it be reasonably main
tanned that the repeal of this law, as
applied to Hawaii, is against the prin.
ciples of American protection?
The American government has given
hundreds Of millions of dollars, in the
form of land grants, to railroad COM
panies to encourage the construction
of railroads, until today the United
States has more miles of railroad in
operation than all the rest of the
world. The result is the American
people can at any and all times travel
from one end of their mainland coun-
try to the other, either by vessels on
the rivers and lakes and ocean; or by
rail; or by electric lines; or by the
public highway.
We are limited to just one means
of travel between our Territory and
the mainland, namely, by vessel, on
the Pacific, The coastwise law as it
now stands tells us we may travel at
will on any vessel that leaves our
island ports to any part of the world,
excepting to our own mainland coun-
try, and if we go there on any for
eign vessel We must pay fine of 5000
each for the privilege of going to our
own land, or returning from the
mother country to our homes.
Commerce never has been built up
by any nation until its people were
allowed to freely travel
The commerce and prosperity of Ha.
wall, or any other country, will suffer
if the free right Of its people to travel
is restricted Yours truly
(Signed) J. r. GAIT.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20
To DOUBLE THE PACIFIC FLEET

recent commissioning of the new bat.
tleships on the east coast, filling up
the detachment under Rear Admiral
Osterhaus to its full quota.
This will mean that the Pacific
feet will be composed of ten first,
class armored cruisers, which will be
divided into two detachments of four
ships each, while one cruiser will be
kept in reserve at both Mare Island
and Bremerton. This will also serve
to keep a steadier force of men en-
ployed in the navy yards. The cruis,
ers Washington and Tennessee were
withdrawn from the Pacific fleet 6
year ago to fill up the shortage in
the fifth division on the east coast.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20
ARMY AND NAVY

power developed would be $4,000, Civ.
ing a maximum speed of % knots
while in the submerged condition the
horsepower will be only 400 and the
corresponding speed II knots.
A ship of this character operating
on hostile coast could steal into a
harbor and destroy anything afoat
there. Indeed it is predicted that the
naval warfare of the future will be
waged beneath the surface of the sea,
although it is not quite clear how the
combatants could find each other.
But it is obvious that as soon as the
submarine ship is perfected the pres,
ent expensive fleets will become OBJ
solete.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20

VALLEJO, September An IN
crease of almost 100 per cent in the
fighting force of the Pacific fleet by
the addition of four first-class ar
mored cruisers now stationed on the
Atlantic is about to be announced
according to information received at
Mare Island today The four cruisers
slated for duty on the Pacific are the
Washington, Montana, North Carolina
and the Tennessee, now comprising
the fifth division of the Atlantic fleet,
in command of Rear Admiral Sidney
A. Staunton.
The transfer of such a formidable
fighting force is the result Of the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20
Plan a BIG Submarine.

San Francisco Call.-AnnounCement
is made that the Russian navy de-
partment has planned a submersible
ship as large as a second class
cruiser, that is expected to revolu-
tionize marine warfare. The largest
submarines hitherto built for the
British, French and German navies
are of less than 1000 tons displace-
ment and the radius of action for such
craft is necessarily limited. The
Russian submersible, as planned, will
be able to go anywhere that a cruiser
can sail 1t is proposed to provide
the ship with thirty torpedo tubes.
The submarines of other navies never
have more than six or seven tubes.
Others features are:
The principal dimensions of this
submarine cruiser, according to the
designs submitted to the Russian
naval authorities, ar cas- follows
Length between perpendiculars, 40O,25
feet; beam, 94.2 feet, aid draught
when steaming on the surface, 1920
| feet.
The designer has made provision
for either turbines or internal CON-
bustion engines to be used for surface
work, but when submerged motors
would, of course, have to be used ex-
clusively.
When on the surface the horse.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20
PLAN To RAISE CERVERA'S SHIPS

Admiral Cervera's flagship, the Viz
caya, lies eight miles further down the
rocky coast, as much a victim to the
depredations Of ocean junkmen as the
Oquendo. A third of her form breaks
the land line, and it is believed there
would be comparatively little difficulty
in recovering her, although she would
be entirely worthless, it is thought, as
a vessel of war.
Nearly two hours sail from the Viz
caya, at Rio Torquino, forty-eight
miles from this city, is the third Of
the four ships, the Cristobal Colon,
The Colon has been preserved from
the hands of vandals by four fathoms
of water above her Locked in her
safe there is said to be a large amount
of money; aboard her nothing has
been disturbed
The history Of the fourth vessel of
the fleet, the Infanta Maria Teresa, is
well known. She was loated by Lieu
tenant Richmond p Hobson and lost
in tow Of an American war vessel
when on her way to an American port
during a squall off Cat Island in the
West Indies. Engineers have decreed
her beyond a second attempt at salv,
age,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20
BY ]. A. BRECKoNs.

Especial Correspondence of The Starr
WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.-"The time
is coming when Hawaiian capital will
control the Philippine sugar situation, p"
was a prediction made by R. w. Shin
gle of Honolulu during a recent visit
to Washington:
"The Hawaiian planters will UNI
doubtedly have the biggest share in
the development of the sugar industry
in the Philippines and this, I believe,
will have the approval of the govern
ment at Washington. There has been
some criticism Of the Hawaiian plant
ers, but when Hawaiian capital is be-
irg used to develop me sugar indus
tries of the Philippines, there surely
Can be no objection raised if they con
troll the output.
THE Hawaiian people are much
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-20
oil LANDS WHICH GOVERNMENT
SEEKS To RECOVER ARE VALUED
At OVER FOUR HUNDRED MILLIONS

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. LIE. D..
Townsend, assistant to the United
States attorney general, was inter
viewed in Portland, Ore, few days
ago and announced that within a few
weeks suit will be instituted in Califor-
MIA by the government against the
Southern Pacific Company and the
Kern Trading and Oil Company for
the recovery of between 100000 and
100000 acres of California oil lands,
estimated to exceed in value $4,000 OO,-
900. Townsend had been in confer
ence with Chiefs Dessendore and
Helm of the field division of the gen
eral land office at San Francisco and
Los Angeles respectively.
The proposed suit is the initiative
in the policy of President Taft to re.
cover for the government all lands
illegally held by corporations and pri,
vate persons, and to devise some gen.
eral plan for the development of such
properties as the government may sue
coed in securing repossession of.
Townsend admitted that the confer.
ence held with the heads of the fed.
eral land office was for the purpose of
perfecting plans for obtaining neces-
sary information to enable the govern
ment to institute a suit to secure a de.
cree adjudging that the railroad com.
pany has no legal title to the proper.
ties and that the lands are still part
of the public domain.
Two suits have been filed in the
United States court in Los Angeles,
one by the government against pri,
vate parties to recover a homestead
claim taken in the Coalinga district
alleged to have been secured by fraud
This land contains oil. Another suit
! is by a combination of prospectors
against the Kern Trading and Oil Com
pany, the complaint alleging that the
Kern Trading and Oil Company has
never filed or recorded any claim on