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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
Up-to-the-Minute Amateur and Professional Sporting News
There is No Question as to
Honesty of National Game

years. I will say to the baseball world
that there Is not a worlds series or a
test series or a city series but are
fought out honestly by those profess
sional ball players. whose rugged hon
esty should be honored by every lover
of his nations game. In the atmos-
phere Of alleged political corruption
the national game of the United States
is an oasis Of honesty in that alleged
desert of political crookedness. There
is no profession in the world whose
honors are al fleeting as baseball ION
ors. The firm friends of n year be-
come the bitterest enemies of the next
II their interests and conditions
change.
So. if there was any collision be-
tween players and managers and man.
ayers and owners 1t would eke out in
TIE friction of their different interests
in the game. In the appointment of
John Evers as manager of the Chi
cago National league club. let no one
think that the Evers as a private is
some men of the world who are equal
to all conditions and promotions. Some
men become greater as they advance
in the promotions OF life.
StoneWall Jackson was a greater
major general than a brigadier and a
greater lieutenant general than a ma
jor. Phil Sheridan showed the same
qualities. In baseball McGraw and
Jennings demonstrated that. McGraw
as a private was continually put out
Of the game and Jennings was nearly
as bad. but when they came to have
! responsibility on their shoulders they
assumed other tactics. There is not a
man in the entire baseball profession
that is the equal of Evers to see the
outcome of Il play during it's incuba-
ton. Every ma is not blessed with
intuition. especially when 1t comes to
quick thinking.
Evers has a chance now to show
that he is a general in imparting
knowledge to other men. and to keep
cool himself in the crisis of a game.
He has the chance to show that he
has the combination of all those quail
ties. and I think nobody will be more
pleased than his friends in Chicago to
see that he makes a success in his nev
position. Prejudice and narrowness
only can find room in small intellects.
and it has been the bane of a couple
of baseball leaders l have known of
the past, and n in particular that
is not in the game today.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
An international Agreement
Salvation of the Ring Game

agreement. for any contract signed
by the eastern people would be null
and void here. The rules of boxing
in the west and New York are as diff
ferent as night and day. n always
will be until they have decisions back
there. It's utterly ridiculous for a
state that never decides a champion
ship to try TO dictate to the places
where championships are made and
titles changed what rules they shall or
shall not fight under. I think the east
ern commission had better learn how
to run the game successfully in their
w state before attempting to die
tate to every one else what to do and
What Tot to do.
Now in regard to the proposed in
ternational set Of boxing rules. l
think 1t would be the greatest thing
that could happen. as We are woefully
l don't think the rules at present o
er. A new classification of weights
in the various classes is sadly needed.
But these things I don't think can
ever be settled by correspondence.
There will have to be a meeting held
at some central point. where repre-
sentatives from all the different coun-
tries can get together and present
their ideas on rules and weights.
have no doubt that gu OF a con-
vention of this sort much good would
come. provided there was an agree
ment from all promoters to adopt
and abide by the rules drawn up.
A plan Of this kind is the only saliva
ton for the boxing game. The way
things are now all promoters and
clubs in the country are pulling
against each other and gradually kill
ing the game. A universal set Of rules
for the boxers to fight under and a
universal agreement between the pro-
moters as to what the fighters should
be paid, would put the game back
where 1t was before all the cham
pions became saturated with the idea
of their own importance and had to
have an amount equal to a railroad
presidents yearly salary ever ytime
! they started.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
(By Ted sullivan.)

Chicago. Nov. 16.-The hat is laid
and the voice Of the umpire is heard
no Tor in the land. The baseball cur
tain. has dropped on the season of
1912. Many surprises have taken
place on the ball field in the past sea
son. The squirt of the Washington
team was the surprise of surprises.
Some thought the the pace they struck
at the beginning of the season was
only short-lived, but 1t was shown
that they had baseball metal and skill
second place in the American league
race. 1t would take a Shakespeare to
give the philosophy that underlies this
uncertainty of the game. The worlds
championship was fought down the
line. In the humble opinion of the
writer the Bostons outmatched the
New York team in baseball mechanical
strength. the New Yorks only crowd
ing them down the home stretch by
the magnetism and genius of their
leader. John McGraw.
The result of the city series in Chi
cago had n parallel in the en-
tire history Of the game. The Cubs,
having three games to their credit.
"ASu Ollly OllS ulOIC ~ Will ~ lldIl
down the baseball lid on the Sox cof-
fin, when all at once, by the applica-
ton Of some baseball galvanic battery.
the Sox corpse burst its cerements,
kicked the lid of the coffin. out of the
hands Of the Cubs. against the ceiling,
breaks the side Of the coffin to smith
rec and Jumps to it's feet and APP
plies the coup de grace to the Cubs
by some hypnotic baseball spirit and
throws them into a coffin Of their
own. with a lid on it. driven in by six
teen nails in the shape of runs in the
final game.
But how often does a squirt in base
ball deceive i manager as to the true
speed of a player in a six months
race? A swift current of a stream will
carry a dead piece Of timber along,
and the timber Itself will imagine it
is itself that is making the current.
This simile or analogy can he we'll APP
piled to ball managers. captains and
players of ball clubs. My position in
baseball lis an Independent one. and
want my hand paralyzed when 1 ever
dip my pen in subsidized ink.
From my knowledge of the game as
one of its builders for twenty-five
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
HAIL ObR|EN As
NEXT PRESIDENT
Former Secretary Looked
Upon as Possible Success
sor to Lynch.

Milwaukee. Nov. 15.-Joe D.
'olBrien. who was let out as secretary
by the New York National League
club. is being hailed as the next presi-
dent or the National league. He mod
estly declines to discuss the matter,
but his friends insist that he has been
selected as the successor Of Thomas
]. Lynch.
None of the baseball men attending
the big gathering hero of owners and
players would he quoted, but all prac-
tically admittek that they had heard
O'Brien is slated to become the head
Of h senior major league organiza-
ton. In addition many of them pro-
fess to believe that the report is true.
1t is pointed out that the National
league Is torn with discord and that
President Lynch's entire regime has
been marked by chickering's and scam
dals.
1t is declared that the recent Fogel-
Murphy-Lynch imbroglio has caused
great harm to the older organization.
and that in electing O'Brien as head
Of the league the owners see a solu-
ton of their troubles. They say that
in many of his contentious. has been
undoplomatic, to say the least. Ono
baseball magnate. who processes to
know, asserts that the recent activities
Of Garry Hermann. Barney Dreyfuss
and even Ban johnson have had to do
with the grooming of Joe O'Brien for
Lynch's job.
1t is asserted that O'Brien will have
the support of all the factions in the
league. 1t is asserted that his sever
ance of relations with the New York
Nationals was only the preliminary
step to his elevation to the presidency
Of the National league. O'Bricn's
friends say his record as president of
the American association entities him
to the highest consideration as a base
ball executive.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16

out of the great number of Amer
lean owners racing today those whu
have paid their expenses through the
purse and stake channel car be count
ed on the fingers of one hand. Johl,
Schorr Is probably the largest winner
of the year. and If he has made a profit
1t is due to his Canadian
Possibly the hest illustration at
hand of the possibilities of paying rae
ing expenses comes from Fred john
SON.. Who has carried about " fair
horses all the year.. These have won
many purses and some stakes. yet the
aggregate winnings have not covered
his expenses of feeding. entering. care
taking. riding and travelling. i think
my horses have won 10 races sato
MIR. johnson, yet tho sum earned has
not covered the stable expenses A
change for the better is absolutely nec-
essary for the sport to he continued.
Every year it is getting worse. While
racing is n sport. and a great instisl-
ton. it Is also an industry that shoulu
havc some protection and standing in
the community. All it needs is good
government and recognition in every
state.
Kentucky has the best opportunity
to r~e-establish racing in this country
on a solid foundation. Suppose the
commission could enforce Il 10 per
cent dividend to stockholders OF the
tracks in Kentucky. then order s per
cent of the surplus profits Of the year
to different institutions jor to be dis
tributed among farmers and horse
breeders for the hest products the fol-
lowing year: then give a certain per-
centage to the state for good roads or
charitable Institutions. the remaining
SO per cent. plus a small reserve fund.
to he added to the stakes and purses
during the next racing season.
Such a method would not only in
creas the value of the thoroughbred
but encourage its breeding. Owners
would b able to pay their expenses"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
MODERN UMP|RES
HAVE EASY TINE
Rough-house Tactics are no
Longer Used to Intimidate
Indicator Handlers.

New York. Nov. 16.-Baseball UNI
pires have a much easier time now
than they had a few years ago. A
fairly shallow excavation into the
buried past would bring to light the
days when the man who gave decis-
ions was regarded as Il pariah. He
was generally despised and a social
outcast from all gatherings Of the
fans. Every mans hand was against
him and he was tolerated only as a
necessary evil.
Nothing shows the upward tendency
change in the general attitude toward
the umpires. This is due to many
causes. "a the first place. baseball has
come to be a real national pastime. In
times past the man who ven to a
baseball game was classed with the
man who was supposed to spend his
time playing pool in the rear room Of
the most fashionable people in the
land may be founi in the stands and
boxes. The game Is on a higher plane.
Tho genial rowdy who threw pop bot
ties n bricks at the umpire in order
to express. disapproval of a decision
becoming IN extinct animal. The
present baseball public is composed
Of intelligent fans. who appreciate the
fine points Of the am They go to
the parks to sec a clean contest of
brain and Drawn.
The sight of eighteen players. at
tempting to kill n umpire does not
thrill them in the least. 1t has ceased
to be a profitable proceeding from a
box office standpoint. 1t is an obsolete
act and has therefore been hanishcd
from tho boards. The umpire's great
est strength today is the fair-minded
support that he gets from the crowd.
With higher standards of attendance
has come a higher standard on the
field. The players. of today are main
ly earnest young men who regard
baseball as a profession. and in the
limited time hat their youth allows
them are. determined to get together
enough property to make themselves
comfortable in after life. Their earning
power depends upon their ability and
sire to pay fines and they have no
wish to spend several days in citizens
clothes while SOME ambitious recruit
does his hest to outshine them In the
eyes of the manager and the public.
This. of course. makes the a%rbitrator's
job easier.
The Judges Of play themselves have
improved. 1t Is no longer necessary
to he a champion rough and tumble
fighter to hold Il position as umpire.
The Indicator man Is no longer an
gathering. He stays openly at the best
hotels and often travels with the
teams. He Is Interviewed and his
opinions are priced. II all.of tho pres
ent day owners We're as much respect
ed as most Of the present day nm
pires there would he little left to
criticize In our national pastime.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
.
FOOTBALL GAMES TO-DAY.

y
Yale University VS.. Princeton Uni.
;versity. at Princeton. n. ].
Harvard University VS.. Dartmouth
lCollesc. at Cambridge. Mass.
University of PENNSYLVANIA vs.. Car.
|lisle Indians. at Philadelphia.
West Point VS.. Tufts College, 4;
West Point. n. y.
Annapolis VS.. North Carolina A. 4
NJ. at Annapolis. Md.
Syracuse University VS.. Colgate
University. at Syracuse. n: 7.
ilege. at Amherst. Mass.
! Holy Cross College vs. Worcester
Polytechnic Institute. at Worcester.
Mass.
New York University VS.. Rhode ISL
and State College. at New York.
Wesleyan University Us. Trinity Col
'lege. at Middletown. Conn.
University of Vermont rs. Bowdoin
College. at Portland. Me.
Swarthmore College vs. Buckness
University. at Swarthmorc. Pa.
Washington & Jefferson College VS..
University Of Pittsburgh. at Pitts
burgh. Pa.
Brown University vs.. Lafayette Col
lege. at Providence. r. /.
Rutgers College VS. Haverford Col
lego, at Haverford. Pa.
Franklin & Marshall Colleee VS..
Ursinus College. at Lancaster. Pa.
Hobart College vs. University Of
Rochester,. al Rochester. N. Y.
Lehigh University VS.. Muhlcnhers
College. at South Bethlehem. Pa.
Union College vs. Hamilton College.
at Schenectady. N. Y.
Massachusetts Agricultural College
vs.. Springfield Training School. at
Springfield.
University Of Chicago rs. University
OF Illinois. at Champaign. III.
University Of Michigan VS.. Cornell
University. at Ann Arbor. Mich.
University OF Minnesota VS.. Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. at Minneapolis.
MINI.
State University of Iowa. VS.. Iowa
Agricultural College. at Ames. Iowa.
University of Nebraska rs. univer-
sity Of Kansas, at Lincoln. Kan.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
(By Charles r. Eyton,)

49, ~ SNt
Los Angeles, Nov. 1G.-The plan
whereby America, England and
France are to draw up u boxing code
for the three nations is a good idea,
but, in my opinion, is as far away as
ever. for the simple reason that the
American negotiations have been car
lried on by the New York boxing com
mission. This commission has been
for some time, among people who
know. n Of the greatest jokes in
the history Of the game, and where
or why they should have authority
to speak 70 rthe rest Of the boxing
able.
This commission cannot ever run
the game in its own state. Onl" last
week Sheriff Hamburger took things
into his own hands m stopped Il
fight that the commissioners were
calmly looking at in perfect content
ment as being all right. They were
properly shocked when the sheriff
stopped it.. but were informed that
irrespective Of anything they might
do in the future the sheriff would CEN
sor all contests. in consequence Of
which the sheriff is looked upon as
the real New York boxing commits
sion.
Commission u Failure.
> Personally. l think an international
agreement among the boxing authori-
ties of the various countries Of the
world is about the only thing that
will ave the game. AS it is run by
the boxers inc managers nowadays
instead o fthe people who pay for
and promote the game, every cham
'pion and near-champion makes his
wi terms and rules. ! am sorry to
say he generally gets away with all
demands of n kind, no matter how
foolish they may be.
There is no chance. however. OF
any agreement with the New York
authorities sticking. The promoters
who have decision bouts and decide
nave to be consulted If they expect
any good to come Of this proposed
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
CRAIG, SUB FOR
WAGNER, GETS BUT
A $4,000 CHECK

Marty Craig, Of Cleveland. is peeved.
and he has reason to be. He was a
sub on the Red Sox team and his
check was for only $4,000. He couldn't
bat over .167 in a bush league and so
but here is his own story:
I'm 1910 ! played with Columbia IN
the South Atlantic league. I batted
only .167. Why they yer kept me ov-
er for the next season is more than I
know, but probably they took into con-
sideration the fact that I had a bad
ankle, and figured I would do better
when my pins were all right. But
when I finished that season with that
miserable average I made up my mind
that If I did not do better the next
year I would quit the game. But l
did do better. Columbia gave me an
other trial and I hit 1917 for 1873
games. Boston drafting me.
This year I was supposed to sub
for Heinie Wagner. but Heinie refus-
ed to get hurt, and I guess ! would
have been a bench warmer all year II
they had not forced Heinie to rest the
last two weeks Of the season. But I
got an equal share in the po%st-season
receipts. Rather lucky. I guess. for a
boy who batted only .167 season before
last.
Win Again.
II cannot see why we should not
repeat and win the pennant again.
Wood would not be as successful, blu
Bedient will be more reliable all sea-
son and so should Collins. Then We
have Leonard. the big left handler.
whom Stahl farmed out to Denver this
year. He has a free. a motion.
much like Gregg or Vanguard. He
ought to b a sensation in the Auneri-
can league in another year. And I
guess Jake Stahl has got one or two
good years left in him. His legs both
er him some. but by resting up . few
days now and then he ought to be
able to stick in the game for a season
Of so.
How did we feel when the last
game started? Well. we were nervous.
Of course I know how I felt and that
vas that I should be satisfied no mat
ter which team Won. The losers end
certainly was enough for me. who did
not even get into the series long
enough to wen strike out, as Neal
Ball did. Then again. I knew I could
not get in and help, so I just had to
stick around the bench and trust to
luck. But perhaps I did not fall all
YER Henriksen when he came back to
the bench after making the two-base
hit that tied up the game in the Sow
enth."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
BETTER FUTURE
FOR RACE GAME
Decision in New York
Court May Have Favor
able Bearing.

There Is no telling what this win
ter may bring forth in the racing line."
said Barney Schneider recently to Ed
Cole OF the New York Telegram. ut
will probably he the turning point on
the question of the usefulness of the
thoroughbred in the United Stats. In
the first place there is the request for
the people of California to vote on the
issue Of racing. Then comes the re-
cent decision In the Paul Shane case
in New Yorw. which may have some
bearing on the future prospects of
racing.
Politics may aid the sport in Hot
Springs this winter. In fact. ! am al
most positive there could he racing
there II the promoters we're paired
down to the acceptable class. The late
est reports indicate a winter meeting
at Charleston. but that can hardly be-
gin before January. So you see there
ia much in sight for this winter. and
as ! said before. the crop of racing
fruit during the mex three or four
months will either he very good or
very bad. 1t Is the turning point of
racing afBAt1A
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
Columbus Gets Meeting.

Milwaukee, Wis. Nov. l5.-Colum-
bus. Ohio. was selected as the 1919
meeting place of the National Assoc
citation Of Professional Baseball
leagues as the eleventh annual ses-
sion was drawn rapidly toward a close
here yesterday. A committee OF '
members wal appointed to confer with
the National commission and redjust-
the national agreement signed between
the commission and the association
last year. in accordance with the de-
sires of association members express
ed during this meeting.
Omaha was the closest competitor
Of Columbus for the next years meet
ing place, hut the Ohio city appeared
favored by reason Of the fact that
Columbus had a leading club In the
American association. San Francis
so and Nashville, Tenn, also were al
ter the meeting place.
Trade and barter talk was so con-
tinuous yesterday that President M y.
Sexton Of the association, found 1t dill
f1cult to get enough members togetn-
ct. to constitute a quorum. Ftnaliy ne
announced that a quorum Woulo ne
declared present Immediately and the
association bound by the acts Of those
attending and he presently a sum-
cient members on hand to determine
the 1918 convention city and provide
for the attempt to alter the nattonai
agreement.
appointment of the readjustment
committee settled what threatened to
become an object Of severe contention
among the magnates. There appeared
some dissatisfaction with the agree
ment in so far as 1t required the min
ors to submit their salary limit action
to the commission for approval, and
because many of the smaller leagues
thought the commission d%ictatorial in
its attitude. Complaint was made
against allowing the Northwestern
league to maintain q salary limit ST.
900 above that of the other leagues
in Glass f. but there was no acton
taken NY the association at the morn
insr or afternoon sessions.
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Opinions of Others
=: \: :: * >: +:

Nineteen twelve gives Nassau her
chance again in the wake of what Il
certain Mr.. White outlined a "a ago
isn't any. Put If we We're calling the
turn in advance. our guess would he
Princeton Q. Yale o: or figures to tina:
effect. Princeton has a high grade
defense aeains, the rushing anne. and
Yale hasn't any Brickley. Yale has a
better defense than attack. ard II
would be no surprise to see the battle
so closely fought than a field goal
would turn the tide n way or an
other.
Can't you draw a large. sweeping
view Of Mr.. Murphy disposing of
Chance for $500 when three or four
teams would have paid him $4,000
and considered it a bargain deal?
Every one knows. of course, how
G. Webb spurns the flesh spots OF
has of bullion i'll bulk. But in spite
Of his hatred of money we can lamp
him putting through a $500 sale
when he might have picked up just
ten times more.
What with Flynn. Philbin and
Spaulding matched against Waller.
Pendleton and Baker. there Will be
an abnormal amount of rushing class.
but for all this the standard defenses
used by Yale and Princeton will make
each set Of backs all the trouble they
care to meet.
r. S.-Evers' five-year contract
means that Evers will have to stick
five years If Murphy wants him and
that Evers will he paid in full for five
minutes II Murphy doesn't want him..
Suggestion for Il disciple Of Keats.
Shelley. Dante or Milton. Take this
as n first line and 90 out and get the
rest of 1t:
When J. Thorpe smote the bloom.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-16
Wabash College vs.. Michigan

Wabash College VS.. Michigan .~ri-
cultural College. at Lansing. Mich.
University Of Missouri VS.. Washing
ton University. at Columbia. Mo.
Ohio University VS.. Otterbein Uni
'versity. at Athens. Ohio.
Ohio State University vs.. Pennsyl-
,varia State College at Columbus. o
Case Scientific School rs. Oberlin
College. at Oberlin. O..
Western Reserve University va.
Ohio Wesleyan University. at Cleve.
land. O.
Kenyon College vs.. University of
Cincinnati. at Cincinnati. o.