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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-18
DERrlNENT @hNENT
IL Happenings Sportdom

german of Boston, who was dlsposeo vi
by Boston to a minor league CLUB when
returned him because he did not denver.
Boston sold him to Denver, which clup.
of course, would not pay him big league
salary. and Hagerman refused to report
Fultz contends that the Boston ciiip
should pay him his year s salary at the
figure he signed for. In other "oros'
Hagerman should draw pay for work ne
did not do.
Three measures for the regulation OF
boxing are to be introduced at the next
session of the Illinois Legislature. All OF
them are for the control of the sport on
a practical and orderly basis. No bouts
are to exceed ten rounds and no decl-
sions are to be given. One OF the meas
ures calls for bouts of six rounds.
The principal contention of the spon-
sors for the bills is that boxing. of itself,
is a sport which is as much entitled to
recognition as fencing or golf. Conceding
that prize fights are neither necessary nor
demanded by sport-loving public. it is
suggested that good boxing is always at
tractive and that as boxing is undertaken
in private under conditions which are
both harmful and baneful, it would be
much better if the state were to emerge
from it's hypocritical stand and undertake
to control in a FAIR and orderly manner
that which is enjoyed by those who lind
the manly art" popular
One of the quickest and most efficacious
methods of discouraging bad boxing and
brawls is to regulate the sport until its
standard is higher than that Of the barn
or the back lot
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DOOM PROUD OF RIXEY.
Saws Cubs Have No Chance to Get
Elongated Pitcher.

PHILADELPHIA, December 49,
Charley Doom. manager Of the Phillies.
declared last night that he would not
let Eppa Rixey. his southpaw pitcher. go
to the Cubs under any consideration.
Il consider Rixey one Of the best lett
handlers in the country" said Doom. He
has ten years Of good base ball in him.
and 1 propose to keep him. l Will not
take either players or money for Rixey
also have q good intleld and good out
field, and 1 mean to stand pat"
Doom still Is a trife puzzled as to his
position. He has been notified by Presl-
dent Wiler Of the Phillies to go ahead
and assume the duties of real manager,
make trades and buy players as he sees
fit.
Yes" remarked Doom. Il have the
authority now, but what about those
weeks that had to sit around the once
waiting for things to happen? why. let
ters came along asking for waivers on
certain players that 1t was a shame TO
waive on. but l couldn't move finger
Perhaps Doom wanted Frank Chance'
who knows?
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Physical Fitness for Business Men
THE LANE AND THE BROAD HIGHWAY.
By Frank A. Gotch, Worlds Wrestling Champion

Have you paused to consider the truth.
Mr.. Business Man, that the lower levels
of our great cities are made up of the
physically unworthy? True, to their
Businesses many of physical might travel
but Of those few, most are physical
slaves, addicted to some binding habit
that shuts them for always outside the
big gate.
Life is made ups of broad avenues and
alleys-with a middle ground of quiet
streets and country drives. And along
the Broadways and Wall streets of life
travel those who carry the spears of bat
tie
Regard them honestly-not with re-
lation to the manner of their CARDS. but
with regard to the CLINT in their eyes-the
purpose. the keen intent that combine in
marking them as physically above the
residents of life's great East Side.
In your comparison, remember that
sympathy is not analysis-that cold facts
alone will reveal the truth. And when
your day of investigation is done. you
must arrive at the mature decision that
the physically unfit huddle together in
the corrals of life-and glut the high
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NEW GRIDIRON CAPTAINS.
Backfeld Men Numerous Among
Leaders Elected.

With the exception of Harvard and
Cornell, practically all of the college foot
ball teams have chosen captains for the
season of 1913. Men playing in the back
field predeminate in the selections. for
no fewer than twenty-five of forty-siX
captains chosen have played in some one
of the backfield position last season.
Next to backs, ends have been selected
more frequently than the men in the 9TH
err positions on the line. ten in all being
chosen to head their respective teams.
Four centers, three guards and four
tackles complete the list.
OF the big teams, Princeton has
chosen Baker. halfback; Yale, ketch-
am, center; Pennsylvania. Young. end,
and West Point. Hoge, end. Among the
new captains. Ketcham of Yale and En-
gelhorn of Dartmouth have won practi-
cally undisputed places on all-America
and all-Eastern teams
The new captains are as follows:
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BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Baltimore has signed a recruit pitcher
for next year named Harry Reisberg.
picked up by Fritz Ma.sel on a hunting
trip in the Maryland brush. According to
descriptions given he is a combination OF
Tesreau and Johnson that has seldom
been equaled.
If Col. William Neal insists on re-
firing as president OF the Blue Grass
League. Albert Blanton of Frankfort Ia
coed him. Blanton is so rich he doesn't
want the salary. and IL he accepts Office
will serve without pay just to boost the
Blue Grass game along.
The White SoX have a great number of
ball players whom they could get along
without and Callahan declares that he Is
going to trade somebody for somebody.
although he himself does not know who
Will figure in the deal.
Now comes the story, a month after
the Milwaukee meeting. that it was
not the Coast League. but the Southern
League. that blocked the plan to give
the Northwestern League class A rat
ing. President Kavanaugh pointed out
that the Northwestern positively had
no rights under the population clause
and his argument won the day against
Northwestern ambitions.
Hot Springs reporters. anxious to
welcome the first bird of base ball, are
wondering what has become of Charley
Starr. He was the first man to report
there last winter and is already over
due. Charley boiled out at the springs
from the last of November until the
first OF March, and as a result was able
to play a whole season in Mobile with.
out taking a dose Of calomeL
Dudley Thompson, the Manhattan Col
lege pitcher who made his debut in the
outlaw Tidewater League with Newport
News two years ago. wants to go back to
Newport News, but that town is now in
organized ball and he finds that his way
is blocked through the little matter OF
having signed a contract with the Elmira
club of the New York State League sew
eral years ago.
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seas OF progress as the fiotsam and jet
sam-the floating. irresolute dregs.
Physical fitness. Mr.. Business Man, Is
more than bulging muscle and bull neck.
1t is tensile power-inner cleanliness
the possession of that condition that
causes life's processes to proceed against
the barrier of least resistance.
The halt and lame of the congested re-
gions are different from the halt and
lame of the better classes. They lack
that habit of cleanliness that makes them
cripples in purpose as well as cripples in
body.
1t isn't that "all men are born free and
equal that sets the pace maintains
the standard. 1t is because all men who
strive earnestly for equality frequently
attain a position of supremacy.
These folk of the borderland are mark
ed invariably by their physical uncleanli-
ness. And only as they wish to be clean
and whole do they emerge from the
depths of the shadows and find places on
the great highways. where there Is the
traffic. push and purpose of progress.
This being true in the exaggerated az
fairs of life, why is il less true in the
great middle ground?
Physical fitness is akin to nature-it
harHoniZes with natural law; il is an eco
nomic principle that makes for freedom
from lost motion and waste energy.
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UNIVERSITY FOUNDER RETIRES
DR.. Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed
Withdraws From Chicago.

CHICAGO. Decemer 1s.-Dr. Thomas
Wakefield Goodspeed, who with Frederick
T. Gates raised the first 100000 needed
for the foundation of the University of
Chicago in 1890. has withdrawn from his
position secretary of the board of trus-
tees and registrar of the institution. mis-
services had been continuous with the
university since its founding.
Announcement of DR.. Goodspeed's re-
tirement was made last night by Presi-
dent Harry Pratt Judson of the univer-
sity at the eighty-fifth convocation exer-
cises. He is seventy years old and had
served longer than any other person con-
nected with the university. DIR. Good
speed gave up his place under the opera
ton Of the university system of retiring
on allowance.
The trustees have appointed him CORE
spending secretary in order to retain
some portion of his services.
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Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, December 1S.-"There is a
great chance for a youngster to break
into the Tiger lineup in 1918" said
Hughie Jennings Monday. The man who
is giving Chauncey Olcott such battle
for honors on the stage was interviewed
in his dressing room and he kindly con-
sented to take his mind off matters his
trionic long enough to talk few words
of base ball.
with the exception of Cobb. Craw-
ford. Stanage and Dubuc. there isn't any
body whose job is assured. I do not ex-
pect to see a new man in every place on
the club, of course. but If the crop of
juveniles We have harvested this season
can show me the goods, 1 will not hest
tate to displace some of the older men,
bers of the roster.
1.-The time has come when we must
build up the Tigers. The work of the
team in the 1912 campaign showed that
there must be new blood or else the vet
Grams must pepper up l believe that we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-18
NAVY FENCERS SIT TIGHT.
Will Stay in Intercollegiate League
DESPITE Army's Withdrawal.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, December 1S-The
Naval Academy will remain in the In
tercollegiate Fencing Association in spite
Of the withdrawal Of the Military Acad-
envy. Entries will be sent to the annual
tournament in March, and there will be
several local dual and triangular meets
with members Of the association.
1t is understood here that West Points
reason for Withdrawing was that it was
found that too much attention was being
paid to developing few cracks to repre-
sent the Military Academy in competi-
tions, and too little attention was being
given othe balance Of the cadets. There
are several expert instructors at the
Naval Academy representing different
branches of workmanship, and all of
the midshipmen are trained to use foils
and SaberS.
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MAKES BID FOR A REGATTA.
Philadelphia Wants National Fix
ture Next Year.

PHILADELPHIA, December 1S.-The
board of the Schuylkill Navy has decided
to make application to the National AS
ISOLATION of Amateur Oarsmen for next
years national regatta, to be held on the
'Schuylkill river.
Before deciding to make the request
the proposition was the subject of a
lively discussion. Some of the clubs of
the Schuylkill Navy. felt that the expense
would be too great and called attention
to the fact that the regatta last year at
Peoria. ILL.,, was a losing venture. These
DIRECTORS were at last brought around
by the argument that the regatta being
held here would give an impetus to local
rowing.
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MILLIONS OR IS HIS CHOICE.
Westerner Must Brace Up and Be Q
Man" to Get Fortune.

DENVER December 1S-Two wills
have been prepared by Alonzo Thomp-
son. octogenarian millionaire and spirit
ualist of Denver. In the first will his
son. Alonzo, jr., is to be given the entire
fortune IF he can brace up and be
man The young mans conduct is to
decide whether he becomes beneficiary
under the first will or another one by
which he is bequeathed S..
Both wills Were signed by Thompson
yesterday and placed in the hands of his
attorney. If young Thompson's conduct
meets with his fathers approval be-
fore the will becomes effective the old
man himself will tear up the will leav-
ing the son only So. but If he should die
before the change in conduct has come
about the lawyer is to determine which
will shall be probated.
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DAHLEN MAKES A TRADE.
Sends Northen to Toronto in Elk.
change for Benny Meyers.

BROOKLYN, n. T., December 49,
Hub Northen. the hard-hitting out
fielder of the Brooklyn Superbas. has slip
ped back to the minors. for the time
being, at least. Bill Dahlen traded him
yesterday for Benny Meyers, the out
fielder OF the Toronto team OF the Inter-
national League.
Dahlen believes. and not without rea-
son, that he got the better Of the deal
Meyers Is one Of the best outhelders in
the minor leagues and hard hitter. Last
year he was thirteenth In the batting
list. according to official figures. with
an average Of .343. made in 1874 cham
pionship games. Meyers was at the bat
467 times and made 100 hits. He also
stole forty-eight bases.
Northen has been with Brooklyn for
several years and played consistent ball.
He was a hard, conscientious worker.
but was not quite fast enough to sat
iSfy Dahlen. He was free hitter of
cleanup style. In lis games he was at
the bat 412 times last season and made
ZIG hits for an average Of .2S2. He stole
only eight bases.
Meyers was with the Giants for a
while. but McGraw decided that he
needed little more schooling and
turned him back.
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TO MAKE UP
JENNINGS TEAM NEXT YEAR
Detroit Manager Says That Juveniles Have
Splendid Opportunity to Become
Tiger Regulars if They Deliver.

have lot Of good boys on the list now.
Some Of these showed to advantage last
fall while others are known by their rep
utations in the minor leagues.
I'VE will take a big squad south in
FEBRUARY and every one will be given a
fair chance to make good. 1 haven't
any personal favorites on the club and
the honor Of being called regulars will
go to the men who show themselves
most worthy of it.
1T is too early yet to make any pre-
dictfons about where the Tigers will fin
ish in 1913. but 1 am confident that we
will do better than We did this year.
There are a number of good boys among
the newcomers who ought to make places
for themselves.
II am particularly pleased with what
I hear of the new pitchers. Some of
those seen here last fell are sure to de-
velOp into valuable men, while every one
who has seen some of the men who
haven't reported has a good word for
them. If We get a strong pitching staff
together 1 believe that We will give
them all battle. There will be more
pepper and enthusiasm than there was
last season. for everybody realizes that
his job depends on his hustling.'
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c. j. PLAYSG. v.
TOMORROW EVENING
Catholic University in Bad
Shape, But Good Game
Promised.

Manager Tom Ryan of the Catholic
University basket ball team has succeed
ed in arranging the game with George
Washington University for tomorrow
night instead of Friday night as sched-
uled.
Manager Ryan has secured Mr.. Col
lif1ower of Georgetown University to act
as referee. This is the second game of
the series for the local collegiate cham
and Coach Fred Rice is very
anxious to get away with the contest.
At present there are five members of
the squad laid in with the epidemic which
is invading the student body at the uni
versity. Capt. Clancy, Lynch. Derby.
Donnelly and Keegan have been unable
to attend practice this week and Coach
Rice is uneasy as to who he is going to
start in the game. Capt. Clancy has been
in bed for two weeks and should he be
able to get up his physical condition will
be such that Coach Rice could not use
him. 1t is understood that keegan will
be able to get in the game. Last night
there were but four men out for prac-
tice. These were Koran, Mcdonald, Lam
bert and Moran.
Coach Rice worked with these four men
for nearly two hours. giving. them spe-
cal INSTRUCTIONS III ShoOtiHs DdShetS anu
passing. 1t is to be hoped that DON
nelly will be able to play in the game
against Navy next Saturday. If he is in
condition Coach Rice will more than
likely start him in center. in place of
Lambert. The weakest place on the
team is center If there is weak spot and
Coach Rice is banking on Donnelly to
add materially to the strength Of the
team.
Lambert is a good man. but he is not
heavy enough and has not the endurance
to stand the fast pace set by such teams
as of Nays caliber. Donnelly is fairly
heavy and very fast and appears to be
the man for the job. In the game of
last Saturday night he showed great
speed and ability to handle the ball. The
only thing he lacked was condition and
this will come in time.
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Additions to Be Made to Nationals Pitching Staff Sports of All Sorts
PLAY BALL APRIL 10,
SAYS BAN JOHNSON

CHICAGO. December 49,
April 10 will be the opening day
In both the American and Ma
tiOnaI leagues, President Ban b.
johnson Of the former Organi-
xatiOn announced last night. The
season will close October 4 in the
east and October 8 In the west.
Schedules for both leagues will
be drawn up at n meeting be-
tween johnson and his secretary,
William Harrfdge, and Barney
Dreyfuss of Pittsburgh and John
Heydler. secretary of the Ma
tiOnal League, at a meeting at
French Lick Springs, starting
January 2. The charts will be
presented for adoption at n meet
ing Of the magnates of both
leagues In New York April I. No
exception In expected to be taken
to the schedules.
johnson said he was greatly In
favor of a new method for scOr-
ing the pitching records. He
will suggest several changes at
future meetings.
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BASKET BALL AT HOWARD.
Local College Quint to Play It
First Game Friday Evening.

The Howard University basket ball
quint will play its first game of the sea-
son Friday evening. December 20 at True
Reformers' Hall against Virginia Union
University of Richmond, Va. The strong
Howard team of last year is almost in
tact, and warm contest is expected when
it tackles the aggressive Virginia visitors.
itOrS.
The preliminary game will be played
between Howard Academy and the Hia-
watha Athletic Club. A reception will
follow the games.
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ally are not familiar with existing condi
tons in the game.

Manager Stallings of the Boston Braves
announces that a deal he had on for
transfers of Ben Houser and Jay kirke
to a class IA club for pitcher is Off
and that Eirke at least will be retained
because of his hitting. but that HOuser
will have to fight for the first base job
against Hap Myers. Metz and Calhoun.
Bues will play third base and Mckechnie
will be the utility man. Maranvil1e seems
sure of the shortstop job. and. of Course.
Bill Sweeney will play second. The out
field is in doubt. with John Titus about
the only sure prospect
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Duckpin Match.

A duckpin bowling team from Fort
Myer will play a picked team Of the
Terminal r. r. Y. NJ. C. A. this evening
at 40 o'clock. Fort Myer has some good
rollers, and hot game Is expected.
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Want Basket Ball Games.

The Good Shepherd basket ball team
would like to arrange games with all
good teams averaging 14J pounds
in the District. Maryland and Virginia.
Address all challenges to S. Boyd, 667 +
street northeast.
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BOWLING
Tonight's Schedule.
DI-CkpIES-

Commercial League-General Baking Co. VS..
Woodward & I.Othrop. Palace alleys.
National Capital League-Palace VS.. a. C. NJ.
y. Palace alleys
District Observation-Disclosures VS.. Sacngerhunds
Fat Men alleys.
Departmental Duckpin League-War VS.. Pen
sion Capitol Hill alleys.
Southern Railway League-AccOuntants vs..
Freight. Casino alleys.
Potomac Council League-Champlains VS.. De
SOtos. BalbOas La Sales, Hennepins vs.
MarquetteS. Palace alleys.
Carroll Council League-Pintas VS.. Columbus,
Rathskeller alleys.
Y. NJ. C.. A. League-Champlains VS.. Erie,
y. NJ. G. A. alleys.
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TENPINS.

Individual tournament-ThOmas. Harwood and
Krauss. Palace alleys.
Washington Railway League-Lighting Co. VS..
Track ard Roadway. Association alleys.
District L3aguc-Columbias Florists Raths
keller alleys.
Departmental League-Bureaus Agriculture,
Palace alleys.
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Roller Polo.

The fourth game of roller polo between
the Washington and Baltimore teams will
take place at the Arcade skating rink
Friday evening.
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The Mobile club of the Southern League
is reported to have purchased the steel
grandstand of the old race track in New
Orleans, and will set it up again in Mo-
bile to replace the present stands. The
structure is said to be one Of the largest
and best amphitheaters in the south, and
was secured at q bargain price. 1t will
practically double the Mobile parks seat
ing capacity.
Nick Guigni, the st. Mary's College
player who has signed with the Portland
Northwestern League club. appears to be
one collegian with some sense of honor.
He negotiated with Portland last year,
but did not sign contr :. This year
both Portland and Sacram ento made him
offers. and. that of the latter club called
for more money. but he said he felt Port
land had first call on him and took the
contract with the smaller figures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-18

CARROLL COUNCIL (k. OF c. LEAGUE.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17

The New Coronet
Colors
This will be a bright
season and the color ef-
fects in Coronet Hats
show the proper trend.
Here are new Primrose
hats, oxfords. changeable
effects, flame reds, cerise
and purple combinations,
Irvine shade. new blues,
new burnt orange, ETC., new
ratine trimmings, new shades
in flower trimmings. Every
unique 1912 idea. @
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17

waists selling for many times the
price asked for these. An in
spection of these smart, mannish
waists and their materials will
convince you that it is real
economy to purchase them at a
price so low as this. ;.