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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

As "A matter OF fact after FogeI and
Baifour came together the negotiations
reached the stage where C.. P Taft of
Cincinnati, whose wife owns PHILADELPHIA
park, agreed to sell the grounds al Broad
and huntington streets at once in case
the deal was made for the club
Since then the Balfour syndicate has
been quietly at work and the actual
agreement of sale is said to have been
signed in Cincinnati yesterday
Since 1898 the club has been sold four
times. Fogel has had the club three
years and IN that time il has ben the
storm center of National League poll
ties
The Phillies are considered one of the
best base ball properties put on the
market in years. The grounds are
centrally located, both as to steam rail-
roads and trolley lines, and the plant is
thoroughly equipped. both from the
playing and tie spectators standpoint.
As regards players. the team is rated
one OF the best in the country. II has
stars in practically every position with
manager in Charley Doom who has
had three years experience as a team
leader. and whose efforts to bring a
pennant here have been thwarted by a
number of unusual accidents.
In 1911 Doom had his team in first
place after grueling fight with the
New York Giants past midseason. Then
came the incident whereby Magee was
lost to the team for a month for hit
ting Umpire Finneran, and Doom later
broke his leg. These accidents put the
team out of the running.
This year numerous accidents befell
the team. there being thirty cases where
players broke bones or were incapaci.
ordinary base bali luck next season II
looks as If the Phfllies could give any
club hard battle for the championship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08
Y. N. c. A. GETS EVEN
BREAK At BASKET BALL
Defeats National Guard, But
Loses to AIoysius by
Close Score.

The Y. M. C.. A. basket ball team split
even with their opponents in a double
heauer at the Y. M. c. A. gym last night.
in which the first Y. NJ. c. A. team. the
Regulars, ran up VIGOROUSLY against the
District National Guards. while the Y. NJ.
c. A. second team. the Bull Moosers.
went down to defeat before the Alloy
sius team.
features were the general team play
shown, as well as the work Of Hall, Va
reIa and Almon. while the generalship of
Mckay. Allwine and Hoppe in keeping
the ball in Y. NJ. c. A. territory got a
lot of applause from the spectators.
Schlosser did the best work for the D. C.
y. G..
YMCA B.M Position. Aloysius
Rutherford. Left forward Martin
De Grange. Right forward 49,. .Shalin.
Matthews. Center ..-...-..,. Mccarthy
Ward. Right guard Beaaiac Patterson
Goals from foor-Rutherfcrd g,. Matthews.
Orcghan a.. Mccarthy %, Hurley 90. Free
Foais-De Grange t2, Matthews. Henry. Martin.
Crcghan. Mccarthy, Hurley ~. Beaalac. Total
seore-Y- NJ =. 4; Bull Moosers. 5; Aoysius. -.
Beckett.
Y.M.C.A. Regs. Position. D. c. \. C.
Hall. Almon- Left forward: Hutton. Goucher
Frazier. varela Right forward -. Mcdonnell
AilWine. Left guard .Giogannoni
Mckay. -.-....... Right guard .Earnshaw
Goals from aOor lila; g., Frazier ,s,, Almon
shaw. Free losses from fouis-AIcKay go, schlos-
ser ca. Fouls-yarela, Alwine, Mckay Hutton.
s Sec er Tiner.Tenney. '''''-'"@''
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INTERIOR LEADS IN
DEPARTMENT CHESS
Defeats Agriculture, While
"0ther Departments" Win
From AIl-Comers."

The champion departmental chess team.
Interior. drew away from its competitors
by easily defeating Agriculture In last
Wednesdays session at the Capital City
Chess and Checker Club. On the same
occasion Other Departments showed
distinct class by winning against All
Corners by the score of to l. The game
of the evening, of course, was Napoleon
against Walker on board 1 of the first
mentioned match. The former made the
opening French defense. and maneuver-
ed into a good position for the middle
game. Here fine mix-up occurred, Walk
er showing some OF his old-time brilliant
form in a sacrificing variation which
netted him the game after a long and
hard fight Boykin and Byler also won
excellent games for Interior in this
match, but Pratt could only draw with
Roberts
Team Capt. Weeks of the Other De-
partments did not have his best lineup
against All Corners, yet managed to
win handily. The All Corners, however.
were also without two of their best play
ers. Molkow, Weeks and Mundette cap
tured the honors for the winning team by
means of clever and clean-cut exhibitions
while Wilenchick signalized his first ap.
pearance on the All Corners team by
scoring the only win for his SIDE
The present standing of the teams and
the individual scores of 800 per cent or
over to date are as follows.
TEAM STANDING.
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The Answer Down at st. Louis
Seems to Be Lusty E'Nay."
BRESNAHAN'S CASE HAS
MUCH INSIDE DOPE
It Appears That Not All the Causes
for His Discharge Were
Given.

When the late Stanley Robson signed
Roger Bresnahan, he valued him at
5000. but Mrs. Helene Hathaway Rob-
ison Britton. to whom Robson willed the
st. Louis club, discharged Bresnahan
this fall. because she said his popularity
was waning.
Bresnahan is the chap who last year
took a logical eighth place club, handled
it sensationally and made 1t a first d.
vision contender.
Before she discovered her manager S
popularity was on the wane Mrs. III. H.
r. Britton signed him to an ironclad
contract. STIMULATING $4,000 a season and
10 per cent Of the clubs net profits.
Another clause stipulated that the clubs
business Office must be run on salary
not exceeding $4,000 a year.
When she dismissed Bresnahan. UNI
conditionally, Mrs. Britton offered him
$500 to compromise. on q four-year con-
tract calling for $4,000 to say nothing
of the 10 per cent. .Bresnahan's demand
was $4,000 cold.
Back of this is story which throws
light upon base ball methods not gen.
orally known to the public.
In 1911 the Cardinals made about $3.50. :
600, thanks to the showing made under
Bresnahan, who was hailed as another
McGraw. His team was mediocre. KO-
netchy, Evans. Wingo. Fauser. Mowrey
and Lee Magee cost but $1O.OOO-less
than one-half the price paid for Marty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08
G. j. FIVE GOES
THROUGH PRACTICE
Puts in Week of Hard Work
in Preparation for Sea-
sons Opening.

The Georgetown basket ball squad
went through a weeks hard practice in
preparation for the game Wednesday
evening against the University of Mary
land. Jim ColIflower, who has the team
in charge. has likely looking bunch of
youngsters on his squad and he predicts
a good season for the team.
One thing that is going to be of great
help to the team this year is the fact
that the men are forced to practice every
day. Last season the team practiced
only two nights a week and played their
games with but very little practice
With the appearance of Jack Martin,
who played on the team for two seasons.
and was elected captain for last season,
things look brighter than ever for win
ming aggre- alton.
Martin. Hollander. Martin and Waldron.
Capt. Waldron is fast rounding into
shape, and he is expected to show to
just as good an advantage as he did last
year.
Torney, who played center on the Dean
Academy team last year, is the likeliest
looking youngster on the squad. He pos
sesses a long reach. and Is fast on his
feet He Is also wonderful shot. On
account of his injured knee he might not
be able to play in any of the games until
after Christmas. TOrney injured his
knee in the early part of the foot ball
season.
weitzeIl. Ritch. vaulk. shugrue.
Whalen, Scott and Graham are men
who are showing up Well. Shugrue, if he
was little heavier, would surely prove
star on the team. Shugrue last season
proved to be of great help to the team
and when called upon on the few occa-
siOns that he was used performed well.
The lineup for the opening game has
not been decided upon and will not be
until the time for the game to start The
coach has several men whom he has
not decided upon and may not until the
game begins.
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WILL DRAW BIG PAY
Bresnahan Is Offered $4,000
to Catch for Pittsburgh.
AGREES TO SIGN CONTRACT
His Acquisition Figured to Assure
Pirates of the 1913
Pennant.
AGREES TO SIGN CONTRACT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, December Bar
ney Dreyfuss of the Pittsburgh base
ball club has offered Roger Bresnahan.
formerly manager of the st. Louis Car
dinals, contract calling for $4,000 a
year to play ball with the Pirates next
year. This is the largest salary ever paid
q catcher in the history of base ball. The
proviso is made in the contract tina:
Roger is to participate in at least 10i
games During the season.
Bresnahan, who was henpecked out of
his managerial berth with the Cardinals.
will undoubtedly accept the offer. Fred
Clarke. who arrived here today, stopped
over at Toledo, Ohio. and held a long con-
ference with Bresnahan. Bresnahan de-
clined to close the contract offered hin
until the result Of his effort to collect
his claim against the ST. Louis club is
known to him. Clarke secured from
Bresnahan a written agreement to sign
with the Pittsburgh club in case he de-
cides to play ball the coming season.
When the National League directors
meet in New York next Monday the case
Of Bresnahan will be considered, and the
leagues official position fixed. Barney
Dreyfuss, who is one of the directors of
the league. will go to the front for Bres-
nahan, which means that Roger will re-
ciprocate and go back of the bat for
Dreyfuss if he plays ball next season.
Is to Meet Clarke.
Bresnahan recently announced that he
would not go to New York for the league
meeting. However, Clarke has wired
Roger to meet him in New York and talk
business. Dreyfuss deemed Clarke's pres
ence SO necessary that he summoned the
Pirate chieftain from his Kansas ranch
and babe him to get into communication
with Bresnahan. Dreyfuss has already
made his offer to the Duke of st. Louis.
to raise the ante.
The reason for this extraordinary offer
Is plain. Pittsburgh's team has excel
lent pennant prospects and both Clarke
and Dreyfuss believe that q man OF
Bresnahan's ability can provide the neces-
sary strength to win flag. Therefore
such man is cheap at any price.
With BreSnahan and Gibson working
with such pitchers Camnitz, Adams.
O'Toole, Hendrix and Robinson. the
Pirates going to make the Giants
step lively next season. Fred Clarke Is
a splendid leader and should be better
next season than last year, which was
his first as a bench manager. Bar &C
cidents to star players. the Pirates ought
TO be contenders all the way.
President Dreyfuss, Secretary W. H.
Locke and Manager Fred C. Clarke OF the
Pittsburgh base ball club will leave for
New York Sunday evening. to attend the
meeting Of the National League. Presi-
dent preyfuss will vote for Thomas j.
Lynch for reelection to the league presi-
dency.
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WHEN A WOMAN OWNS CLUB
CAN MERE MAN MANAGE 1T?

O'Toole Less than the price of two good
class B men.
When Bresnahan was fired everyone
was pledged to secrecy. More than any.
one else, Bresnahan hoped the word
would. not leak out for ten days. but II
did. thereby splitting Rogers beans.
Had ten days passed he would have
been free agent and the Cardinals
would have drawn a fine for failing to
ask for waivers. And it is no secret
nothing better than a chance to fine
the club, now handled by Mrs. Britton' s
legal advisers, who have yet to learn
much about base ball law.
That difference of opinion exists
about BresnahaH's value is evident, as
Barney Dreyfuss Is ready to pay him
more than any other catcher ever re-
ceived. Barney says Bresnahan will make
the Pirates pennant winner. Others,
including Garry Hermann. have large
salary weakness for the brainy backstop
and scrappy player. who was chiefly re-
sponsible for New York winning the flag
in 1905
Events leading up to the break between
Mrs. Britton and her manager. not given
as reasons when she dismissed him, are
Jackson. Tenn.s to Jackson, Miss. be-
cause of inadequate hotels and playing
field. without consulting Mrs. Britton.
2SHe tried to trade with Cincinnati for
players VINO might nave put ST. LOUIS IN
the first division, but was prevented.
3-He wanted to trade Higgins and
Ellis for Mitchell and Mcdonald, but
Mrs. Britton blocked him, and announced
she was running the club. despite Bres-
nahan's contract, which gave him au-
thority to make deals.
detectives Swallowed Bresnahan and
in New York he thrashed one.
1September 6. after a conference with
Huggins. she denied that she intended
to discharge Bresnahan.
6-Mrs. Britton and President J.. C.
Jones commented upon players so that
what they said was carried to the bench
Bresnahan has had brilliant career
He is one of the games greatest catch.
ers. He invented the shin guards now
in general use, and as a batter leads all
the backstops In the league.
AS a manager Bresnahan had the Car
dinals thinking they were the greatest
players in the world and at times they
played as if they were. Prevented from
spending money for players, he secured
the best he could by making trades
Unless the signs are wrong, the dis
charge of the manager-catcher will prove
a costly move for st. Louis woman
magnate.
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ELEVEN IS HONORED.
Shenandoah Academy Team Fin
ishes Successful Year.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star
WINCHESTER. Va, December THE
foot ball team Of the Shenandoah Valley
Military Academy, which was established
in Winchester long before the civil war
was thought of, now holds the CHAMPION
ship of the entire Virginia valley for the
season of 1912. Comparative scores are
the only recognized means of determining
this, and these leave practically no room
for doubt
The teams Of the prep schools in the
Shenandoah valley had a shorter sched-
ule this year than heretofore. The Win
chester cadets won seven games and
lost one, and it has a total score of o15
points, to 60 by its opponents. The only
game lost was that played recently at
Alexandria with the Episcopal High
School, the champion prep team of the
state. The majority of the teams We're
composed of heavier men, but the high
scores made by the S. V. a. cadets as
compared with the low figures OF their
opponents show that the Winchester lads
completely outclassed their opponents in
every other respect. The Virginia valley
championship was last year held by the
team Of the Augusta Military Academy.
The Winchester team was led by Capt.
Frye Bunting of Bristol, Va, and it was
coached by PrO1. j. b. Bentley, formerly
of the Virginia Military Institute. At the
annual foot ball banquet twelve members
of the aeademy's first team were awarded
the right to Wear the school letter, the
official So as follows: Frye Bunting, r.
Hildreth, L. Bunting, Perry, Eyster.
Faulkner. Shepherd, Z. and r. Weaver,
Tilghman, Marshall and Baker.
Dr. b. NJ. Roszel, principal of the
academy, acted as toastmaster. Speeches
were made by the coach, captain and
members of the team, and also by Rev.
Dr. j. H Lacy and DIR. Walter Cox,
formerly of the United States Army.
Prof. Bentley was presented with hand
some gold medal, appropriately engraved,
by members of the valley championship
winners. The team held Il meeting and
elected Lindsay Bunting as captain of the
1913 team.
The winter basket ball team is now
being selected and its schedule is ex-
pected to include number of games with
various Washington teams, with which
games were played here and in Washing
ton last winter.
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FANS NOT Worrying
Whether Lynchburg Gets
Franchise or Not.
SOME DO NOT CARE MUCH
First Big Deal of Virginia League
Season Is Made-Other
Gossip.
SOME DO NOT CARE MUCH
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. December while
there are fans in Lynchburg who would
be glad to see Jack Grim land the Hill
town back in the Virginia League. there
are Some who are apathetic about the
matter, but the larger number Of fans do
not think Grim stands ghost of a show
to get anything by his appeal from the
determination Of the Virginia League to
cut Lynchburg out Of the game for an
other season.
Grim is making a game fight against
great odds, and folks who like game
fighter want to see him win. but they are
not leading themselves to expect much
at present The fact that a row can be
prevented by letting the work of the
Portsmouth meeting stand Is about the
best reason for thinking 1t will stand. for
il it is disturbed a mighty howl will go
up-too mighty, 1t is feared. for the ma
tional board to undertake to go into the
appeal at any great length.
Yet, at the same time. no one can tell
what will ever happen with such an ap-
peal. and, while the matter is pending,
Virginia fans, especially those in Lyncn-
burg and Newport News. will be kept
on the tiptoe of expectancy, and they will
not drop down to the level until 1t Is all
done for the present.
Secretary Bradley Of the Richmond
team announces that he will be In New
York at the time of the meetings of the
National and International leagues in the
hope of picking up a stray phenOm or two
for the Colts for next season.
1t Is understood that the winter will be
spent by the Richmond team In an eff
fort to land two real dependable fingers.
something Richmond has not had an over
supply Of since the Colts won the pen
nant a few years ago with Revelle. Nc
Kenzie, Jack Quinn and Sparks.
The first big deal of the off season
this year came as quite a surprise to
the Virginia League fans, when it was
announced that Maths and Willie Nc
Comas Of Richmond had been snapped
to Roanoke for Newton and Burleson.
Getting right down to the meat Of the
deal. 1t looks as though Roanoke got
the small end Of the. deal as far as
playing abilities of the men are con-
cerned. McComas. who plays In the
Virginia League under the name Of
Baker, halls from Baltimore. He II q
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Ladies and Tobacco.
From the London Chronicle.

rom the LOnd0n ChrOnIcIe.
The conpilers of the Statistical Account
of Scotland. published in 1871, did not
find tea drinking much in vogue. They
reported that 1.-The chief Injuries in the
rural districts are snuffs. tobacco and
whisky. Tea and sugar are little used,
but the use of whisky has become very
great. The use of tobacco may also be
said to be excessive. especially among the
female sex. There is" scarce young
woman by the time she has been taught
to spin but has also learned to smoke.
Smoking seems to have been introduced
as an antidote to rheumatism and ague.
The favorable alteration with respect to
these diseases has produced only a
greater avidity for tobacco"
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INDIVIDUAL SCORE

The pairings for the matches next
Wednesday evening are Agricultural
against All-Comers and Interior against
Other Departments. The first-named
team in each case has the white pieces
on the odd numbered boards.
The rooms OF the Capital City Club at
18th and New York avenue northwest
were again We'll filled at last weeks ses-
sion. Spectators are always welcomed
at these contests which begin promptly
at O'Clock. A distinguished out-of-town
visitor last "Wednesday was Mr.. Noigt OF
Philadelphia, the well known cable
match player, who was here for a two
day stay. but it is understood will be
here again frequently during the winter.
Mr.. Voigt subsequently engaged in sew.
eral off-hand encounters with some of the
local cracks and more than one of the
latter came off with flying colors.
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Sundays Juarez Entries.

First race five and one-half furlongs-Maude
Mckee, So: King Stewart. 50: Loving Nose. 90;
Janus. 3d. Camarana, 100; Lehigh. 1O5; Orpeth.
1885, Dogstar, los; Helen Scott. 10.
Second race, five and one-half furlongs-Tom
Chapman, 80; Hazel c.. 10J: All Moon lO5:
Song of R., 1O5: Snnol. 105; Astokes, ITO:
Good Intent. 10; Pedro, 10: Don Enrique, I10.
Third race five furlongs-Batwa. 100: Cracker
box. 1903; Lucille Allen, 100; Gilpin, IO5; Napa
Nick. los.
Fourth race, five and one-half furlongs-Lady
Young, 100: Evelina. 105 Chanticleer. 10:
Deerfoot. no: Cantem. 10: Edmond Adams
10; Hidden Hand, 10; Sir Alvescot, lis; Par
lor Boy, 10.
Fifth race, six furlongs-Bay OF Pleasure IO2;
Ora Niece. 102; Odelia, 102; Mimerioso los:
Seacliff los: Lescar, ITO; Bit of Fortune ia;
Feather Elster lO1.
Sixth race. one and one-eighth mIes-Re-
porter. 80: Folk, 100; Vir. Lindsay, 1O5; Rake
lOs Rose O'Neil. los: s. Northcutt los;
Gretchen G., los; C. W. Kennon, 10S
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Figures compiled by Secretary Heydler
show 2S3 players were used in the Ma
tional League in 1912. Cincinnati and ST.
Louis each used forty-one; Chicago. for
ty; Philadelphia, thirty-nine; Pittsburgh.
thirty weight; Boston. thirty-seven: Brook
lyn, thirty. and New York twenty-eight.
Cincinnati used twenty-four pitchers all
told and Chicago had eighteen men on
ats twirling stan at one time or another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

Joe Casey. who began the season with
Detroit, went to Providence and thence
to indianapolis and Minneapolis, has re-
turned to Hartford, expressing a wish
that he might secure his release and
again play ball in Connecticut where he
got his start. He says that rather than
return west again he may settle down on
the farm in New England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

Patsy Flaherty, old major league pitch
err is a candidate for the position OF
manager of the Lynn team OF the New
England League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

Columbus of the American Association,
having sold Jimmy O'Rourke, has Benson.
Dodd and Daley as candidates for second
base.
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SIX G. u. MEN ON
ALL-STAR TEAM
CONTINUED From First Page.)

Carolina team: Miles, Rafferty, and Miller
did the bulk of the work for Washington
and Lee; and Lee was the one best bet
of the V. P. l.
The quarterback's position settled. the
one man chosen who will probably be Sc
lected by ALL the end positions may be
considered. In the whole south Atlantic
section there were few really classy
f1ankers 1t is probable that as a general
thing the work of the ends this year was
much below the standard Georgetown
did not have as capable a pair OF men
last year. The best men playing the
positions were Finlay of Virginia, Bur-
gan and Donnelly of Georgetown and
Claude of st. Johns. Men can be shift
ed to fill the two places who would do
much better work than any pair of those
mentioned.
The honOrs are to be placed on the
shoulders Of Moriarty of Georgetown and
Hegarty of Georgetown. The former is
shifted from left guard to left end. and
the latter is taken out of right tackle
Moriarty showed by his work in getting
down under punts while playing in the
line that he would not be weak In that
department and that Is the only one in
which possible objection might be found.
There is no more aggressive player In
the south and he was a wonderful per-
former on the defensive. Placed on end
he would not only be able to smash inter-
ference, but he would get the man also.
Moriarty would make a better player If
holding down an extreme position than
he would in the line. On the offensive, in
helping to open up holes, he would do
much better work than any end who
played the position regularly who might
be selected
Hegarty's work as an end is too well
known to need description. He was in
class by himself for two years when
he played the position, and would lose
none of his effectiveness if shifted from
the tackle position which he played this
season.
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PHILADELPHIA CLUB
SOLD FOR $486.OOO

CONTINUED From First Page
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Fogel Was Ignored.

club"