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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22
GlORIES THAT HAVE FADED
FROM ONCE-FAMOUS FAMILIES
Where Are the O'Neills of Yesterday, and,
the DAILY, the O'Brien, the Deno-
van and the Donohue Clans?

How completely some of the old families
that used to add SO greatly to the glory
OF base ball have vanished from the map.
says W. A. Phelon. Only few years ago
there was a swarm of nalys-includ-
ing the Daley and Daily branches-in
big league company. Now they are all
gone. There was Top Daily, catcher
once, then. an inhelder of renown: Con
Daily, the big catcher; Daley, the left
handed pitcher; Dealey, a clever catch
err of the long ago, and a load Of other
Days, most of them mighty good ball
players.
Where, too, are the O'Neills? Seems
only' yesterday that We read OF slug
ging Tip O'Neill; of Mike and Jack
O'Neifl, the brother battery; of John
O'NeiIl, who played with the White Sox;
of O'Meill who first-based for Yale and
for ST Louis; of NeilI, who graduated
from ball playing to the job of Tuagnate,
and a lot of other O'Neills; not ono of
them q dub.
The Murphys, too, are thinning out
probably going into other lines OF trade
or into politics. True. there Is DANNY
Murphy of the champion Athletics, and
the Reds have bought two young catch
ers both Samed Murphy. for 1912 devel-
opment But where is Morgan Murphy.
the red headed rackstop? Where. is Dan
nv Murphy star catcher of twenty
years ago? And Murphy of Yale, who
afterward shortstopped for New York?
And Eddie Murphy, pitcher for St Louis?
We want to know, also, where arc the
O'Briens? One of them, Tom OBrien.
just purchased by the Boston Americans,
is bringing the grand old name back TO
the game. But will he ever get the glory
of Darby O'Brien Of the Brooklyn team?
Or the other Darby 0'Brien, pitcher of
the Clctelands? Or O'Brien who played
second base for Arson, and later, for sew
era1 other teams?
The DonahueS or Donohues, too, have
been passing out in quite recent days.
Jiggs .Donohue. the great first baSeman;
his catching brother, Pat; the other Dono-
hue who cavorted we'll on second; Red
Donahue, the siow-arIned pitcher; Tim
Donohue. catcher of renown, and half a
dozen other Donahues have come and
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aroused the nonconformist conscience in
England Once that gets started, boxing
will have to put on the gloves and Wleld
them most skillfully to hold its own"
However. I for one refuse to kelieve
that boxing will ever be completely down
ed and ousted. 1t has been we'll conduct
ed. lately, and 1 believe it will survive
all the assaults made. ~ =.
Recent legislation in America and Great
Britain has resulted in curious phenom-
enon in the boxing world. France is now
the mecca of lovers of the ri1gs The
French magistrates SO far have never
interfered with any boxing event Really,
one does not like to admit 1t, put for
absolutely perfect freedom OF Thought and
deed commend me to France. Its raging
is the best, quite equal to ours IN tfsc
merits and breeding of their race horses
and infinitely better from the betting
point Of view. The government total
izers have done away with the most of
lieye the day will comss when the total
izer- will be the order in England.
see our friend. DR.. B. @F. Roller, SO
well known to Chicagoans, had no diff
ficulty in fattening out Romanoff. the
huge Russian wrestler. Bully for the
doctor! He has such a charming person
ality that one can hardly think Of him
as a professional wrestler. But he gets
night there. just the same. Great things
were expected of Romanosf. 1 met him
and was told that he was a wonder, but
the doctor soon made. him wonder where
he was.
So Carl Morris got the decision against
Jack Geyer, as Referee Charlie White
stopped the fight after the ninth round.
Many persons who saw the bout how
ever, were disappointed in Morris, rs
they consider that to have any title to
being a champion he should have had no
dffficuIty in outing Geyer, who was out
C. assed from the beginning and yet man.
aged to keep going as long as nine
rounds However. I am glad that Nor
ris won. He is SO game, SO much in ear
nest, but evidently still lacks both punch
ing power and skill
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Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 22.-Hal Chase
will not manage the New York Yankees
next year The brilliant first baseman
met Frank Farrell, owner of the club,
yesterday and resigned. Rumors nave
been going the rounds for two or three
weeks that Chase would not handle the
team another year, and these rumors
went SO far as to suggest Harry Wolver-
ton as his successor. Frank Farrell would
not commit himself, but Chase's action
opened the way for the appointment OF
Wolverton or somebody else to put the
Yankees in the running in the race Tor
tho American. League pennant for 1912
When Chase met Mr.. Farrell yesterday
he said that he had been trying to sum-
mon up his courage for several days to
offer his resignation, as he felt that he
had not been a success as a manager
and that he could be Of more service to
the club as q player without the worries
that go with handling the men. He
added that he would be glad to stay with
the team and give his best services TOT
the same money he was receiving as
manager, no matter who his successor
should be.
Mr. Farrell responded that he was glad
Chase had brought the matter to an issue
and that 1t would be all right about the
salary. In speaking OF the resignation
later Mr.. Farrell said:
will manage the Yankees next year, as !
have given the subject little thought. !
am convinced that Chase is the greatest
first baSeman in the country, but ne Is
too big-hearted to make a good executive,
and 1 am sure he will be Of more value
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gone. and no one has replaced them. Why
are there NOT more Donahues in the fore
front of the fray?
Only one Burns-sleepy, though genial
Bill-now works in the fastest company.
He win never hold down as much space
In the archives Tom, who rounded out
the stone-wall infield; Tom who played
the field for Brooklyn. or even Burns who
caught little while in the lively circles.
Young Kelly, catcher, and a promising
one, too. has just come in. II was high
time that some one stood up for the Kei-
lys. That grand old race was fading
fast from base ball circles, but we caT
never forget the deeds they did in bygone
| days. Oh, you King KEEL, And Joe
handsome Joe-fielder. manager. and art,
list with the salvei And Nike tho first
baSfng manager, and all the other kel-
leys and KelIys that have been with the
bat and ball!
What has struck those grand old TurlA
ish families? Why do the strong Young
men of the Days, the Kellys' the
O'Neills, the Murphys. the O BrIens, the
Burnses ahd the Donahues abjure baset
ball these days? They were tho back
bone of the game in olden times. Wero
there more O'Briens and Days in the
ranks today there would .he livelier bali.
and no umpire could prevail upon the
field, unless his name We're OHara OF
McDevitt. Bring back the good old days.
and bring us more of tho Kellys and the
Donahuesi
Were they a fighting breed? oh. well.
this story from other ranks of life will
tell you that without specifying wore
a gentleman who had Just arrived at L
hotel bent over the desk as he signed
Emil Schneider and said to tho clerk:
Il am ~ stranger here. Can you find any
one who would like TO play a quiet game
of pinochle?"
And the clerk. after one swift glance
at the register. shouted: Boy, page Mr.
RosepbaNm and Mr.. Bergmann'
mopent later young man with n
small Jag and ferocous eye Ieancd~
over the desk, and gruffiy said: "AD
body round here who wants to fisbfs
I'm sore at the whole world, and Thnt
to take good swing on somebody."r
Whereupon the clerk took another
swift glace at the registerfi and shol.
ed: boy, page Mr.. Kelly and Mr..
O'Brien.''
Nuf ced, dear friends
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BARRY VICTIM OF FIGURES.
Averages Do Not Show His Proves
as Hitter,

Jack Barry. the star shortstop of the
Philadelphia Athletics. champions of
base ball, is victim Of figures. great
injustice was done Barry when Presi-
dent johnson issued the official batting
averages Of the American League
The injustice done Mack's stellar per-
former is not the fault of Big Ban
Neither do the official scorers In the eight
American League cities slight the Mack
star. He is simply a victim Of figures
which do not show ball players true
worth to a team.
Jack Barry finished the 1911 season
batting .265. Teammates claim that
not more than one-third of Barry's hits
were wasted. In other words, he seldom
made a safe hit which did not either start
a rally. score a man. or advance q run
ner. Barry is the postmaster Of the
squeeze play. ami he and Ira Tho mas
worked the hit-and-run more success
fully than any other players Of the
worlds champions.
Barry is no less a star and a big fac
tor in the Mack triumphs of 1910 and
1911 than Eddie Collins, Frank Baker,
Danny Murphy and other sluggers who
batted above 300. And nobody wants to
detract one bit from the glory won by the
heavy hitters of the team. .
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call his own signal. Donovan had been
playing quarterback. Eddie did.
He was thrown for a loss by the Am
herStl ends.
Eddie called it again.
How Collins Sacrificed.
The blue and white crowd of Column
ba rose en- masse as they saw the
streaks of Collins blue and white socks
going around the end he had been thrown
by. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty yards he
ripped off, before somebody got him
Collins finally, in four plays, took the
ball to the 20-yard line.
Then Eddie Sacrificed"
II replace Coliins.' yelled a fellow
named Schultz, who had never been in q
varsity game before, although he had
been four years on the squad.
Then the, Score Was Tied.
Schultz yelled his own signal, too
1t was for try at goal from the field
Schultz could kick.
PUNK, The ball sailed into his hands
from the center.
PUNK, 1t sailed over the cross hsI
from the spot Collins had carried 1t to-,
The score was tied and Coiumbias hon.
or sustained.
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EDDIE COLLINS WAS ALSO A
GRIDIRON STAR AT COLUMBIA
While Only Sub He Made 1t Possible for
His Eleven to Play Tie Game
With Amherst.

When men play base ball folks forget
that they may have once answered d
quarterback's signal and plunged into a
line of flesh, noieskin and Jersey, instead
of blowing a furrow in soft loan toward
d square of bullying, hair-filied ducking.
Mathewson and Collins of the present
day big league stars are also the foot
ball stars of base ball. They still tell a
story of the wonderful play Philadelphia S
secbnd baseman made when he was ii
"rah-rah' at the University Of Column
bia Collins starred in the Columbia Am
herst battle of 1905, just as he has star
red in world series games since.
Collins was only sub on the Column
bia varsity that fall. which was coached
by Bill Morley. Collins did not get his
chance until the last five minutes, with
the score standing 10 to 6 in favor OF
Amherst, with the ball on Columbia 5
% yard line. '--,S
Calls His Own Signal.
81 replace Donovan" yelled Eddie to
the referee when he dashed out from
the side lines, Just az full of pepper as
he is now prancing about second. ::
Collins could run in the open field and
A1orley knew it. Eddie had orders to
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COMMERCIAL DUCKPlN LEAGUE.
Totals. 451 4SS sol Totals. 40 521 $50
sPALDrNG COUNCIL LEAGUE.
SPENDS A LOT OF MONEY.
Pittsburgh Club Bought Many Play
ers at High Prices,

NEW YORK, November 22-The Pitts
burgh club in 1911 spent more money FOR
ball players than any other two clubs.
The outlay OF each club in the major
leagues were as follows: National-Pitts-
burgh. $4,000; Boston, $3.50; Brooklyn,
$16asO; Philadelphia, $3.50: St Louis,
So. 750: Cincinnati. $21, 500; New York, $1o.-
$50; Chicago. $4,000. American-Chica
s25, $50; st. Louis. s14.45O: Philadelphia,
SIS, 100; Detroit. $3.50; Cleveland, s2O-
$50; Washington. SIS. 800; New York, S25,-
600: Boston, $25.so0,
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BY ]. ED GRILLO.

Just how great financial loss the
New York American League Club suffer
ed by its action in dsposing Of George
Stallings as manager of the team is hard
to estimate but that the move was al
expensive one goes without saying. The
resignation of Hal Chase from the man
ayerial berth Of the team only goes &c
prove that he failed to come up to the
required standard as leader. Where
Stallings was q success Chase has proved
a failure IT was not because Stallings
did not deliver the goods that he lost his
position- The expose of the sign-tippins
system on the New York grounds under
his regime gave the head of the league
the opportunity to drive Stallings out oi
the league Had some other manager
been caught at the same trick there
would have been nothing more than a
reprimand meted out to him, for at the
time there was. no rule against the use OF
a tipping bureau. But SLalllngs was what
IS termed lin bad with the league pow
ers, and when the opportunity presented
itself he was forced to resign from the
New York management
The change has perhaps made little diff
ference to StallingS, but 1t has been d
costly one for the New York club. There
has never been any question about Stall
this by the wonderful Improvement he
made in the New York team in com
paratively short period and the team $
sudden deterioration as soon as 1t was
placed in other hands
Chase's experience only proves that the
fact that an Individual Is a star bal
player does not signify that he can be q
team leader. 1t requires something more
than playing ability to make a manager
The resignation Of Chase will not prove
a hard blow to the New York team. He
has proved a failure and can be spared
but the New York club will be busy find
ing a man who can fill Stallings' shoes
Capable leaders are not growing on trees
and Owner Frank Farrell will learn this
before he has been In the game much
longer.
With the difficult other clubs are hav.
ing to find a capable manager, it Is clear
that the Washington club made a ten.
strike when ii secured Clark Griffith
There might have been lot of material
to select from. but II would have been
largely of an experimental nature and 9
team which remains to be developed
would not stand much chance in such
hands.
Griffith has had years OF experience and
is a hard worker, two important quail.
fications for a manager. The local club
might have gone farther and Jared worse
OF all the names that were suggested and
sition Griffith undoubtedly easily led his
rivals and the club undoubtedly acted
| wisely in securing him.
Not until the next season opens viii
there be any definite line on the makeup
of the Nationals. Naturally every one in
] terested in the team has suggestions Il
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GOOD BICYCLE RIDERS
Will Represent the United States in
0lympics.

NEW YORK, November 22-Win the
United States have a strong and repre-
sentative team of bicycle riders at the
Olympic games at Stockholm next sum-
mer? This question Is answered by the
United Cyclists. Americas latest organic
alton to foster the great pedal pushing
sport, In a decidedly affirmative manner
Yes" say tho United Cyclists, this
country must and will have a team OF
class A amateur riders in the Olympic
bicycle race around Lake Malar. and we
intend to see to 1t that money Is raised
among those who are still devoted to the
sport to send a team to Sweden that will
give the foreigners at least a great bat
tie for the worlds championship.
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Frank Farrell Refused
$4,000 for Willie Keller

Because Il could not be deter
mined whether Keeler had seen
his best days or not the New
York Americans three years ago
lost q chance to sell the little
right fielder to the Cincinnati
club for $4,000 cash. KeeIer had
slowed mp, but 1T was thought
that illDess had been q serious
handicap. Keller insisted that
he would "come back" rs fast
n ever, so when Garry Herr
mann offered $4,000 for the
crack players release the New
York club was afraid to accept
1t. The following spring 1t
quickly developed that Keller
had seen his best days, and. ~
nobody wanted him. he was re-
leased outright. President Far
rell told this story the other day
for the first time.
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BOXING GOING Down
Jack Johnson Cause of Game
Being Pushed Out of England.
FRANCE MECCA OF SPORTS
Queensberry Lauds Roller and-Morris
for Gameness in Their
Line of Work.
By the MARQUIS of Queensberry.

Copyright 1ei1, by the Marquis OF Queensberry.l
Special Dispatch to TIE Star.
TORONTO, Ontario, November 2e.-The
decision given in Birmingham, England,
that the proposed fight for the light
weight championship Of Great Britain
between Owen Moran and Jem Driscoll
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BECOMES A TOILER.
Thus Evans May Never Attain His
Ambition.

CHICAGO, November 22.-"Chick"
Evans golfer and traveller. whose name
has been on many lips during tournament
days here and abroad, has thrown in his
lot with the army Of toilers and already
there are those who are ready to murmur
prophecies concerning his chances OF fu-
ture golflng advancement The essence
of these .utterances Is that the brilliant
but erratic young Chicagoan may never
attain the height Of his ambition, namely,
the u. 8. g. A. championship title.
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DUTCH" SCHAEFER COMING.
Germany" "Teater" Man and Will
Be Here Next Week.

Germany" Schaefer, the hard hitting
first sacker OF the Nationals. comes to
Chase's next week in one-act sketch,
entitled Winning Pennant," with Miss
Grace Belmont assisting, and from the
reports that have preceded Germany"
he is as big hit on the stage as he is
on the diamond.
Schaefer is known as the laugh-maker
In the big leagues, bar none, and it is
not often that he is caught mapping
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22
BIG TOURNAMENT.
Will Attract Leading Polo Players
of Country.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, November eff
present plans OF the Kansas City Coun-
try Cub polo team materialize the Mid
land tournament. which Is scheduled to
take place next June. will attract to this
city the leading players in America. The
tournament will be the best polo meeting
ever given in the west. Likely twenty
teams will compete.
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HAVE SHOWN cARELEssNEss.
In Testing instruments Used in
Weight Throwing.

NEW YORK, November 22.-Several
times In past year when records have
been made in weight throwing the ut
most carelessness has been shown when
II came to testing the implements used.
and Il has been a common thing to allow
days TO efapse before an official weighing
took place.
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BILLY" Smith, the manager Of the
Chattanooga team, says his league has
better pitchers than either the; National
fact that men who come from the south
TO the majors have an average Of twenty
five more hits each year than they do
there. AS instance Of this he points to
jackson of Cleveland, jackson of Bos-
ton, Speaker Of the Red Sox and several
other men who have made records. In
the Southern League they were not near
the sensations they have proven them
selves to be in the higher leagues.
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FENCING SEASON STARTS.
Prof. Pappano to Coach Princeton
Swordsmen This Year.

PRINCETON. N, j.. November 22-The
fencing season has started at Princeton
with good prospects. Prof. Pappano of
Philadelphia, who has had charge OF the
fencing for seven years, Is again the
coach. Seven members of the 1911 fenc-
ing squad are available for this season.
team, as follows: 1912, De Witt, Field.
Gardiner tcaptain): 1913. Davies. Jones,
Wensley; 1914, Potter.
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would constitute a
breach of the
peace is a knock
down blow for
boxing in Eng
land.
That uhwahant-
ed and most undo
sirable match be-
tween Jack John
son and Bonbar-
dier Wells is the
cause of all the
trouble, and has
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Arnold Hauser is wintering in St LouisS1
Arnold has refused several business offers
and will spend the greater part of the Off
season getting acquainted with who's who.
In his newly adopted home town. Mrs.
Hauser is st. Louis girl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22

Pitcher Mendez Of the Cuban Almen-
dares is really the greatest man In the
business. He's never lost single game
to the Americans in three years Of serv-
Ice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22

Cleveland fans are talking about the
changes that Harry Davis win mako in
the Maps next year, but the chances are
very much In favor of the Maps lining ND
Just about as they finished last fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22

Two new men signed by the Bingham
ton team of the New York State League
are Pitcher Perry and Outheldcr John
Disbro.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22

Joe Jackson, the runner-up for the bat
ting honors in the American League is
the same Jackson that George Mullin OF
the Tigers said would be a bloomer I'M
1911 He was bloomer. all right, but not
the kind George had in mind
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BOWLING BATTLES.
NATIONAL CAPITAL pucKp1N LEAGUE

Totals. $40 40 513 Totals. 545 49s 52s
Penn rolled second and third games In place
~
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The Phillies will play three American
League teams before the regular National
League season begins next year. The
Yankees, Nationals and Red Sox will get
touch of high life at the hands Of tho
Philadelphia hyerss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22

Our old friend Boze Bulger says that
hitting Is the most important thing in
base ball. We have always had the idea
that runmaking counted more than any
thing else, but We may be wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22

The Boston. Detroit and New York base
ball plants will be ready for use some
time next spring, and then the whole
American League circuit will be equipped
with up-to-date and luxurious homes.
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Heine Heitmuller, formerly Of the Phila-
delphia Athletics. is the leading batsman
OF the Pacific Coast League Heine hit
at a .343 clip and Buddy Ryan, who goes
to the Maps next summer, got an aver
age of .33S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22

We realize our responsibility as au-
thortty in Mems Apparel-and you can
accept what We place before you as
correct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22

Connie Mack says that every ball player
that stays in the game for ten years in
the big league should have a nest egg of
$4,000 laid away. Quite few of them
come short OF that by several dollars.
however. -..-----