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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
TRAINING DATES FOR
CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Forty Players Leave Windy
City for Waco, Tex,
March /.

CHICAGO, February 5.-Training
dates for the first and second teams Of
the Chicago American League club
were announced today by President
Comiskey. Forty players will leave
here, aboard a special train, for Waco,
Tex, about March 1. and will remain
in practice until starting northward
to fill the exhibition dates. The dates
follow:
First team-March 9, Galveston.
Tex: March 10. Houston; March 10
16. Forth Worth; March II, Dallas:
March 1924, Austin. Tex; March e.,
Georgetown, Tex; March 1881. Waco:
April 1. Fort Worth; April rs, Okla
homa City. Okla: April As. Wichita,
Kan; April 81, st. Joseph. Mo-; April
8, Des Moines, Iowa; April 9, Ottumwa.
Iowa.
Second team-March g. Houston.
Tex: March 10, Galveston; March Is
16. Dallas; March II, Fort Worth; March
IS, Stephenville; March 10. Brown
wood: March 22-24, San Antonio. Tex.
March 1891, Wichita Falls; April 1,
Sherman, Tex; April 2, Fort Smith.
Ark; April ga. Joplin. Mo-; April s.
st. Joseph. Mo-; April 6. Lincoln Neb.
April 7-S. Sioux City, Iowa; April 8.
Des Moines, Iowa; April 10. Peoria, Ill.
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NO TRACK MEET
This Year Between Oxford Cam
bridge and Yale-Harvard.

NEW YORK, February 6.-There APP
pears to be little probability Of a set OF
International intercollegiate games be-
tween the combined teams of Oxford
Cambridge and Yale-Harvard. Accord
ing to reports from London. the. English
collegians have expressed willingness
to come to this country for suche dual
track and field meet next summer IL the
American college athletic authorities will
give assent to the plan.
Such consent is unlikely for number
Of reasons. The fact that 1912 Is an
Olympic games year is enough to baIk
the plan were there no other reasons
extant. The question of a suitable date
is also rendered difficult by the Olym-
piad, since both In England and this
country the years athletic meets are
scheduled with the idea Of conforming
rather than conflicting with the interna-
tional contests at Stockholm In July.
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SCOUT WAS UNKNOWN IN
BASE BALL TEN YEARS AGO
Major Leagues Spend Thousands Of Dollars
Every Year Searching for Prom
ising Young Players.

six men travelling about the country
looking up promising players. And il
President Navin lands two promising
youngsters from the recruits he will con-
slider the money and time we'll spent.
The expense of a scouting contingent
can be better imagined than figured. The
men are all paid good salaries, and aside
from these their railroad and hotel ex-
penses are met by the club. Following
that a recommendation Of a player
usually means an expenditure of thou
sands Of dollars for the club.
Minor league team owners generally
get flighty when learning that major
league team representative Is casting
about for a player. and in this stage
of the game a club Is kcfd up for two
or three times what the player Is act
ually worth. and what would have been
actually demanded for him had he been
placed on the market by the minors.
For this reason scout usually tries
to keep his presence unknown to either
the manager or the ball player. A
thorough digest of the youngsters quail
ties follows the inspection, and 1t is a
poor scout, indeed, who cannot tell the
recruits possibilities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
6ERTINENT @lN1ENT
IN Happenings SPortdom

whether the team will be as strong as 1t
was last year. Griffith will make lot
of experiments, and no one can predict
the result of these. Eghty-four points
are a whole lot to be gained, and one of
the teams which finished in front Of the
locals would have to take a tumble be-
fore there could be any material change
in the standing.
There is already a difference of opinion
between the heads of the two major
league rules committees, Tommy Con-
nelly and John M. Ward, which may
serve to enliven the conference Of the
rulemakers when they meet some time
this month.
The difference of opinion is about q
play which occurred in Boston last sea-
son. With one man out and a runner at
first the batsman hit for a home run.
The ball was thrown to the catcher who
touched the runner, who apparently had
scored from first base The umpire called
both runners out on the ground that the
runner from first base failed to touch
following the runner in who had failed to
touch the base President Lynch and
Ward decided that the umpire's ruling
was correct. but Umpire Connolly holds
lowed to score inasmuch as he was in
no way responsible for the action Of the
runner ahead of him.
The inevitable dope" fend Of base ball
bObbed up with a queer question, one
that, on its face. sounds ridiculous, but
which has a basis in fact, after all. He
asks:
Granting he has the ability. is it pos
sible for a pitcher to strike out twenty
eight men in nine-inning gamer
1t is. possible. Walter Johnson's per-
Torrance last year probably gave rise to
the question and at the same time calls
attention to the answer. In certain
game Johnson famed four men in one
inning. On the third strike-out Johnsons
catcher dropped the ball and failed to
stop the runner at first. Johnson gets
credit for strike-out on that. even
though the man was not retired. Had
he struck out every other man that
faced him he would have ended with
twenty EIGHT strike-outs for the game.
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any amateur ball player would be proud

any amateur ball player would be proud
Of
No coach has been selected to handle
the team yet but Manager Wood expects
to sign one in a few days. Hooper, who
played In the Eastern League last year.
will most likely be the man selected
Several other well known ball players
have been mentioned for the job. but as
Hooper has the best Recommendation ne
will very likely be signed.
Manager Wood is still working on his
schedule, but expects to have it COM
pleted within a week or two. The teams
that will be played have been practically
decided upon, and it Is now just a mat
ter of dates with several OF them. Man.
ager Wood stated, however. that twenty
eight games would be played, and that
most Of the big college mines from the
north would be met. Harvard will be
one of the first Of the big college teams
to be played. Following close on this
game Catholic University will meet Holy
Cross. The team will make two short
trips one through New York state and
the other through Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
By ]. ED GRuLo.

By the time the training period of the
Nationals is over Manager Griffith should
have q good line on the material from
which he must select his team. 1t is
true that it frequently happens that
players do not show their real ability
during the first few weeks Of spring and
that mistakes have resulted in cutting
down a squad too early, but as a rule the
training season decides the players fate.
Last spring the batch of youngsters
were SO weak that it really required but
q few days to show that they would not
do. It was the worst bunch of minor
leaguers that ever attempted to break
into fast company and not single play
er was retained out of the lot. There are
reasons for believing that the youngsters
which Griffith will have this spring are
of a decidedly higher caliber than those
McAleer took to Atlanta last spring, so
that there is at least a good chance of
several good men being picked out of the
lot. The team is now in such position
that its future depends entirely on its
youngsters. The old players have been
virtually eliminated from the ranks and
youngsters must fill their places. and Of
course everything depends on the ability
Of the men picked to do this.
Few, if any, changes will be made in
the playing rules by the committees of
the two major leagues which are to con-
fer shortly There is not chance of the
foul strike rule being put out of the code.
nor will there be any changes which will
materially affect the sport ii present in
dications count for any thing. There is
no occasion for making any changes.
There are several rules which might be
made clearer. but the game as 1t Is now
played seems to be very satisfactory, as
its prosperity will attest.
Unless the throwing arm Of Charley
Wagner, the Boston shortstop. has en-
TREY recovered McAleer's team is very
apt to find itself badly handicapped be-
cause of its weakness at short field. Re-
ports have it that Wagner's arm has
not mended by reason of his long lay
of, and that McAleer will have to look
around for some one to fill his shoes.
It was the intention to shift Gardner to
third and Yerkes to second If Wagner
could play; but If sWagners arm is weak
another change will have to be made.
Even that brilliant outfield of which
Boston can boast and with an apparent
ly strong pitching. staff there Is little
hope for the team to finish high up In
the race if it's infield is not UP to the
standard. There never has been q cham
pionship team which could not boast OF
a great infield.
A Cincinnati enthusiast has offered to
wager to 1 that Washington will not
finish higher than seventh IN the race
will not be deluged with offers to wager.
Last year the Nationals finished eighty
four points behind New York. which fin
ished sixth. and It remains to be shown
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MORAN WON BY KNOCKOUT.
American Heavyweight Beat Stor-
beck in Twelfth Round.

LONDON, February 6.-Owing to the
result of the contest jan
uary 2 between Frank Moran, the
Pittsburgh heavyweight, and Fred Stor-
beck, the ex-heavyweight champion of
South Africa, a return match was fought
at Blackfriars last night.
In the previous fight Storbeck was dis
qualified for fouling in the seventh round.
Moran proved the winner last night in
a hard.fought battle. Both received
much punishment, and in the twelfth
round the American hoored Storbeck
three times. Storbeck was unablo TO
como up for the thirteenth
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Special Dispatch to The Star.


DETROIT, February 5.-Ten years age
base ball scout was unknown. Today
he is an institution. And though the
scout is one of the most important cogs
in base bali machine his position is
such that he is rarely heard of.
George HUFF, athletic director of the
University of Illinois, former manager OF
the Boston Red Sox, former scout for the
Chicago Cubs and at present acting in a
similar capacity for the Cleveland team,
was one Of the first-if not the pioneer
Of salaried scouts.
That a scout Is important is shown by
the action OF the Cleveland club in get
ting Hun from the Cubs. The Cleveland
management offered HUFF the highest
salary ever offered to scout, and for
tunately for HUFF he wasn't tied down
with q Chicago contract.
The Detroit club engaged it's first scout
five or six years ago. Last year it had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
Overawes the Batter.

Walsh has you out before you try to
bat. To tell you the truth. he overawes
the batter. He is big and strong and has
terrific speed and a wonderful break.
Walsh is a Spitball artist pure and SIM
pie. You know exactly what he is going
TO throw and what to be prepared for
but you can't hit the ball He gets your
goat.
..Mathewson is exactly opposite in
method. Christy tenderly leads you
astray. SO to speak. You are always sure
you can hit him. but you can't. Christy
looks almost litiably easy. When you sit
on the bench and see the other fellow at
the bat you say to yourself. When ! get
up there I'll knock that ball out into the
bay
Every ball that he throws looks like a
pipe. but you can't land on it right
Christy is no strike-out pitcher. He
doesn't try to be. But he is the most
delusive and deceptive man who ever
stepped into a pitchers box. No other
sources. Christy Is a great checker
player. and he shows it every time he
faces a batter.
"One of Walsh's great assets is his
short temper. He goes into a range
Very easily.
Another pitcher who is helped wonder
fully by his great confidence is Bender.
The Chief is SO full of confidence that he
has something of the same effect upon
stands up before Bender the Indian looks
hfm over with a careless air, as though
TO say, oh. you're easy for me-. And
this Is seldom without its effect. Bender
has lots of speed and a fine head for the
game.
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Another Match for Turner.

There has been an exceptionally strong
wrestling match arranged for at the
Gayety Theater tomorrow night between
Joe Turner. middleweight champion Of
the world. and Jess Hanson, one of the
cleverest and best known light heavy
weights in America, and called the
Swedish champion. Turner conceeds
sixteen pounds to Hanson, and 1t is to
be finish match. 1t should prove an
interesting and an exciting bout from
start to fiIiish, as both men are in the
best OF conditionsand ready for the fray.
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TO PLAY NINE MATCHES.
Philadelphia Cricketers to Tour Eng.
land This Season.

its tour in England next summer the
Philadelphia Cricket Club will play nine
matches In the neighborhood OF London.
The schedule is as follows:
Aug. 5-Reigate Priory. at Reigate.
Aug. 6-Sutton, at Sutton.
Aug and S-Royal Artillery. ut Woolwich
Aug 9-Stoke Poges c. O., at slough.
Aug 10 Mtcham, at Mitcham.
Aug 10 and 13-R. X. Elyden's XI. at Milstead.
Aug IA and l5-The Mote, at Maidstone.
Aug Is and l7-Folkestone. 1t Folkesfone
Aug p and 23-Blackheath, at Blackheath.
The Phiiadeiphians win be able to see
the test match between England and
August 10. 20 and q
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Other cards were:

L. j. Hopkins, skokie. IS; a. j. Topping,
Greenwich, 70; 81. r. harrington, Woodland, 20;
r. II. McElwee. Onwentsia, 70; l. A. Soutter,
Apawamis 80; v. G. L-ongley, WannamoIssette.
81: V. B. Hubbell; Englewood, So; L. p Martin.
Bridgers, Country Club Of Virginia. IS; A. f.
Switzerland. Garden City, s.; Sidney Scott,
Wilmington, So; Dr.; W; s. Harlan, Columbia
Freiinghuysen, Morris County, So; John shepard,
IT., Wannamoissette. So; Simeon Ford. Apa-
wants. 81; F. G. Vandusen, Mlnnekahda, 81; J..
A. Rankin: Chicago, 81; H. K: Bolton. Onwent-
STA. 81; A.. F: Huston. St Dsvids. SO; s. 3.
viIle Sc; waldo A. Avery, Detroit, 80: A. G..
johnson, Ardsleys 20: J; h; Mason, New York,
lev. 81: a. c. Haskins Baltusrol, 81; Richard
81; &. Fl. Geist. White Marsh. 90; St: John
ss; J. A. Black, Ardsiey, 50; D. G. Murray,
Utica, 83: John F. Harris Shinnecock. 90: G.
B. Prettyman, Philadelphia. 80: ]. P. Upham.
Townsend County. 95; w. L. Hodgkins. MidlO-
THAN. 50: Robert NJ. Fair. Midlothian. 3d.
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ORGANIZE CLUB.


NEW YORK, February 6-At recent
meeting held in Stockholm the Princess
Maria Bobsleigh Club Of Are was organ
lied. Princess Maria OF Sweden consent
ed to allow the club to use her name, and
Prince Wilhelm, her consort, accepted the
Office of president The council consists
of Swedish officers, court officials and
prominent business men. It is the in
tention of the club to improve the con-
dition Of the already popular bobsleigh
run at Are in Jemtland. Sweden, and to
make this run equal to runs in Swttzer-
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06

Elmer Stricklett, spit ball originator,
denies that he has signed a contract to
play with MORNINGS outlaws next year
This denial is contained In letter to
Manager Hogan OF the Vernon team.
who had planned to use him in 1912.
Striclxlett says he is out Of base ball and
means to devote his time to business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
WAL TER FAIRBANKS
LEADS GOLF FIELD
Denver Expert Has a Card of
"a in Qualifying Round at
Palm Beach Tournament.

PALM BEACH, Fla, February Oval
ter Fairbanks. the Denver golfer, with a
"a brought in the lowest card yesterday
10 the qualifying round Of the Lake
Worth tournament. A brisk breeze ham
pered the players. James r. Hyde Of
the South Shore Field Club had 75
and Walter J. Travis of Garden City
and H. P. Scott Of Wilmington. a II
each. There were tiftyfour entries. The
best-two cards follow:
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MATTY GREATEST
Tinker Believes Him Master of
All Pitchers.
PAYS HIM COMPLIMENT
Considers Giants Star the Only Real
Pitching Artist Of
National Game.

NEW YORK. February 6.-Since Joe
Tinker has been out in San Francisco
this winter he seems to have had almost
as much fun talking base ball with the
fans" in California as he has playing
for the fans in the east during the
summer time.
The other afternoon one Of the San
Francisco critics on the Post got Joe"
to talk about the pitchers whom he has
faced since he has been a ball player.
He paid Mathewson a great compli-
ment and also heaped tributes all over
the name OF Ed Walsh. Part of his
conversation runs as follows:
''Of all the base ball pitchers I ever
faced the hardest to hit is Ed Walsh.
At least. he is the hardest for me to hit
Il don't say he is the greatest pitcher
in the world; think Christy Mathew
son is the greatest
do you get that / say is the great
est; not was the greatest.
Some people try to tell you that
Christy is a dead one. There Is no
question but he has slowed UP. but
still maintain that he is the greatest
pitcher in the world.
He and Walsh are hard to hit for ex-
actly opposite reasons.
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A Cincinnati enth
wager 2 to l that
finish higher than
this year. and the
will not be deluged
Last year the Natl.
four points behind :.
ished sixth. and It
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usiast has offered to
Washington will not
seventh in the race
chances are that he
with offers to wager.
,nals finished eighty
New York. which f1n-.
remains to be shown
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-16

Northwestern university but throat
trouble overlook him and about eigh-
teen months ago he went to Denver
to enter the university there hoping
to regain his health as well as keep
up his studies. After three months at
Denver university sickness overlook
him and after recovering from that he
went out on ranch. After his health
was restored he went to Denver again
hoping to make enough to again re-
sumo his studies, but finding that
there were more men than jobs he
at last became desperate and his offer
to sell himself that he might eat il
the result. The Post says that Keay
lis just what one would not expect
He is twenty,fonr years old, able
bodied, with glow Of health on his
|cheeks, weighs Les pounds, height
nearly six feet, bright, refined and
educated young man. Keay says: I'm
poor, Just poor, that is all. haven't
thing" The above shows what sick
ness can do for a boy when he is
away from home. First 1t took him
out of the Northwestern university
and compelled the giving up of I
lgood job. Then after the restoration
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ALEXANDRIA, MO.
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A new store building is being erect
ed by Mr.. A. r. Dross which is CIV
ing the town a little boost.
Mr.. Robert Hand, manager OF the
Sage Mercantile Co., at Wayland, VS.
tied at the home Of his daughter, Mrs.
John C. Wood over Sunday.
Rev. Tucker filled his regular ap'
pointment at the Presbyterian church
Sunday.
Baker and Dedman have opened
their button factory and are having
good success.
DR.. and Mrs. Vim. Rebo and son
Dorsey, Of Canton, Mo, visited the
latters parents over Sunday
d. H. b. Riser Of Pennington, was
visiting at the home of his father
Monday.
c. R. Rebo was a Canton visitor
Sunday
Miss Leila " Mattern OF Donnell
son has accepted the position as as
sistant cashier Of the Sage Banking
Co., taking the place of Miss Efti'
Deming, who was recently married.
Quite number of Alexandria PEG
pie attended the show at Keokuk Fri
day evening.
| Miss Helen Gredel has been visit
Ing at the home of her brother il
Keokuk for the past few days.
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ATHENS. MO.
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Quite nice little snow fell Tuesday
night.
There seems to be quite a lot of
sickness all around us, but so far the
people of our little city have been
very much favored along this line.
w. S. French and family have got
ten all moved into town and are
quite nicely located in what used to
be his grandfather's home.
James McNIillen and family have
moved from their farm just west of
town to the most northwesterly farm
of Clark county, owned by Miss Ella
Callahan.
w w. Bradshaw is tearing his old
ferry boat to pieces, preparatory to
building new one.
| Ed. Davis and Isaac Wilson depart
ed Monday at noon for Atalissa, Iowa,
for weeks visit.
Chas. G. Wilson spent Sunday at
home with his family. Mr. Wilson and
sons are operating their saw mill
over on Coonie Island.
/ Mrs. Fred Bishop was in Farming
ton shopping last Saturday
I Oath Wright and Bruce Smith at
tended the show at Pennington Tues
day night.
4 Rev. Graves will preach here nex'
Sunday at eleven a. M and In the
evening also. There has been some
change made IN the appointment, sc
let everybody come out and get &C
quainted with the change.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Washburn o
near Kahoka are visiting with thu
latter's parents Mr.. and Mrs. ?. o
Dunn.
Miss Gladys Dunn was a Farming
ton caller last Saturday.
H. J. King. the hustling Gate Cit.
, collector, was in our city one day las
, week.
Mrs. DR.. Baker of Pennington ha
been visiting at the home OF Mr. an
! Mrs. NIinife Smith. Mrs. Baker wa
!. accompanied home by Miss Ruth Lie
d hew Of Medill, who has been visitin
|. here.
j., Little Charley Bradshaw has return
ed home after saending most of tn
winter with his sister, Mrs. Georg
Clemens of st. Francisville.
s. Oh yes. girls all of you now lister
k Oath Wright is sporting a new bugg.
lie Armon Mayfleld is visiting at tn
ID home OF Ed. Davis couple of mile
ia west of our city.
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WARREN.
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]. e. Dresser and family and Mrs.
c. S. Bassett were New Boston visi-
tors Monday.
Mrs. George Bruner and children,
OF Centeryille are visiting at Walter
Roth's.
Jacob Krehbiel, Lee Anthony. War
rem and Elmer Dresser we're IN az
tendance at the Bremen sale at New
Boston Monday.
Mrs. Walter Roth and son spent
Monday in Donnellson with her sister
Mrs. Emil Hennies.
Otto Krebill was a keokuk yisltoi
Friday last.
schrepfer's wood saw was busy II
this vicinity the first of the week.
Miss Bessie Bassett was an oyel
Sunday visitor with her sister. Mrs
Scott Hamilton at New Boston.
Mrs. N. L. Cruze OF Vincennes was
visitor at the parental Wedel home
Sunday. Miss Winnifred accompanies
her to her home.
c. S. Bassett was Charleston call
| er Monday.
! Walter Roth visited with his sister
Mrs. Anna Bergthold at New Boston
Monday.
| Mrs. Charles Heron and sons wer'
guests at the Roth home Wednesday.
Mrs. Butler Chapman and grand
daughter Effie Knapp we're calling a
Mrs. Anna Hoover's Monday.
p. NJ. Matthews returned hom'
| Tuesday from a visit with his son
| Stockport.
Alfred Best and family were Sunda'
guests at the Wedel home.
J.sP Brady and wife Of F'armingtol
were visiting here the first OF tn
week with the latter's mother, Mrs. G
| W. Green.
Florence Dresser returned saturda
morning from two weeks stay i
Montrose.