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and it is just likely that he will not have
occasion to regret doing SO when the next
season is over. The fact that Moriarty
had a poor year does by no means argue
that he won't have several more good
ones.
There are but three players in the
American League who have been i'm the
organization since it's expansion in 1901
They are Lajoie, Plank and Billy Sullivan
Of the White Sox. In just ten years the
entire makeup of the eight teams has
changed entirely, barring the three play
ers named, who incidentally have not
changed clubs, either Nor is there any
the downgrade. Plank was one of the
leading pitchers again last season. while
Lajoie went as well as ever. Among the
catchers Sullivan is still with the top
n0tchers, not because he is a great hit
ter or thrower, but because of the splen-
did judgment he uses in handling his
pitchers
the managerial berths in the major
leagues. Six of the sixteen managers in
the big leagues are, or have been, catch
ers. There are Mack and Doom in Phil
adelphia. the latter still active; Bresna,
han in St Louis Chance in Chicago and
Stahl and Killing in Boston. Stahl and
Chance started in as catchers, but
changed their berths to first base, where
both became successful 1t VIII be the
first year that Killing, who has long been
an opportunity to manage team.
Much of the credit which Frank Chance
received for the splendid showing he
made with the Cubs has been attributed
to the able assistance in a managerial
way he received from King. 1t is now
up to King to show that he has the abil-
ity to handle team.
In addition to carrying assistant man.
ayers, major league clubs are actually
anxious to find pitchers who can be used
for relief purposes only. Perhaps the
greatest pair of twirlers in this respect
last year were Crandall of the Giants
teams many games by stopping rallies In
the nick of time. and this fact gives them
peculiar records. Crandall, for instance,
pitched in forty-one games last year.
but in only nine full games Otis
therefore must have been pretty active
as a relief pitcher unless he was knocked
of the dais frequently, and. as his per-
centage of victories Is $50. he evidently
figured as successful rescue mounds
man instead Of being knocked out often.
In fact, he is credited with fifteen vic
tories out of twenty games. In the others
to somebody else. A curious record is
that of Toney of the Cubs. who took
part in eighteen battles, but who pitched
only one full game. HUMPHREYS Ferry.
PREFER, Ragon and Elmer Steele We're
other National League pitchers who
were busy as fillerS-in Jack Quinn of
the Highlanders was used often for re-
Lief purposes, finishing twelve games
that somebody else started. Mitchell and
Hamilton of st. Louis and Kaler of
Cleveland also figured extensively in the
finishing role.
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ger is head and shoulders over any Of the
other white hopes. Kaufman. as will be
remembered, was recently knocked out
by Palzer. and, as he has met Flynn sew
eral times, he figures himself In q posi-
tion to judge these lighters. 1t is insin-
uated that the reason johnson will not
allow Flynn to fight Palzer is because he
fears the outcome. which would prevent
his match with Flynn. But the fact that
Palzer beat Kaufman does not make him
a great fighter for the reason that Kauf-
man has gone back during the past year
and is virtually out Of the running For
some unaccountable reason Palzer Is be-
ing kept away from Carl Morris. who is
very anxious to arrange a fight with
O'Rourke's man. The Oklahoma Giant
has improved SO much Of late that he is
figured to have chance with any OF the
present crop of heavies, barring johnson,
of course.
Clark Griffith has competitor in Harry
Davis in bidding for the services OF
George Moriarity Of the Tigers. Cleve-
land is said to be willing to trade George
Stovall for Morey. but with young Gainor
back in form 1t is hard to see what use
the Detroit team could make Of Stovalb
though there Is no question that Mo-
riarty would make a good man for the
Maps for Terry Turner is bound to be q
questionable quantity because OF his lame
arm.
The chances are that when Jennings re-
Allies that other clubs have not lost con-
fidence in Moriarty he will retain him
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GRIFFITH WANTS A LOOK
AT RIXEY, VIRGINIA PITCHER
Nationals Manager Favorably Impressed
With Appearance Of Big Left Handler.
Has Good Training Quarters.

ginia base ball club, who is looking
forward to an opportunity to take fall
out of the major leaguers in one Of the
two games that have been arranged for
next March, Griffith seemed to be very
favorably impressed with his general APP
pearance and expressed a wish that he
be able to look him over some day. 1t Is
a known fact that the Washington club
has been sweet" on the big fellow for
some time. In fact. some time ago he
admitted to his college mates that the
American League club had made an at
tempt to ''cover him up last summer.
He wants to play professional ball some
day, end would not mind getting his start
in Washington, but is averse to tying
himself to any one club just now I'm
pire Rigler of the National League Is
one of his admirers, and the arbfter has
often made the statement that he has a
great future before him.
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BY J. ED GRILLo.

The signed contract Of Charley Street.
the premier catcher of the Nationals,
reached Manager Griffith this morning.
An accompanying letter rings with cOnfi-
dence and the good news that "Gabby"
is iIr the best condition of recent years
and the prediction that the coming sea-
son is to be the best of his career. That,
of course, is an old story which ball
players always tell during the winter
months, but in Streets case 1t is par
ticularly encouraging, for the reason that
he writes that he has felt no trace OF
the rheumatism which bothered him for
several winters.
Il never was in finer shape" writes
.Gabby' land / look for this to be my
very best year. | am down to playing
weight right now, and the season can't
open any too soon for me-.
Because of the delay in sending In his
contract there were rumors that street
was dissatisfied with it, but there seems
10 have been no foundation for this, for
street appears to be well satisfied ana
is anxious to report for duty.
1t Is Griffith's intention not to give
street the great amount of work he has
been asked to do i'm former years. he
will catch certain pitchers, while, others
will be handled by Henry and Ainsnith.
All three of the catchers are to work
regularly. and it is hoped that by so
doing they will all keep in good condi-
ton.
Manager Griffith's system of training
his players at Charlottesville, where ne
has rented a dwelling near the Univer-
sity of Virginia grounds. in which he
will house his players, Is an innovation
in base ball. During his stay In Char
lottesville yesterday Griffith made all ar
rangements for his teams stay there
He was surprised to find splendid in
field and ample accommodations for his
players in the college gymnasium, but
instead of having his players stop at one
of the hotels in that town Griffith came
TO the conclusion after an inspection that
IL would be best to secure dwelling
for his players.
This means that the players will be
under his watchful eye constantly. He
will supervise their food and be in con-
slant touch with his players during their
stay at Charlottesville. The question OF
diet for ball players during the training
period is of much more importance than
is generally supposed, and it is a splen-
did scheme to have only such food served
as is calculated to agree with the ath-
letes. What is more. the players will be
made more comfortable In house than
they would be in a hotel, and as they
will live within q little distance of the
BAH field and gymnasium all that is
needed Is a sprinkling of good weather
10 have every man ready when the sea-
. son opens.
Other clubs are sure to follow the Crit
fifth system. Hugh Jennings is con-
templating similar scheme. He wants
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BOOM BILLY HANNAH.
Lynchburg Wants Norfolk Man for
Virginia League President.
Special Dispatch to Tho Stal

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, January 2S@The
local base ball club has decided to vote
for William Hannah of Norfolk for the
new president Of the Virginia League
at the coming meeting of that organiza-
ton. Hannah is very popular all over
the circuit. and as a compromise candi-
date would settle the big squabble that
has been going on since the close OF last
season.
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PREPS BEAT WOODBERRY.
Army and Navy Youngsters Win
Fast Game by Big Margin.

berry Forest quint Monday-score. 21-9.
The game was fast from start to finish.
1t was he first gameon an open floor for
the Props this season, and the team
showed even more than expected.
The game was thrilling for all the twen-
ty minutes, and both teams gave a good
exhibition of low, fast passes and bril-
liant team work.
The Props place strong hopes in their
team. and after yesterdays game feel
confident of carrying of the Interscholas-
tic League title.
Saturday the Props play Woodbury. at
ORANGE
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AUTOMOBILES
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Motor Supply Shop.

We carry q full line Of cold weather necessi-
ties. Auto apparel and things needed for the car.
Tel. N. 996-7. 1913 Conn. ave.
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and it Is just likely that he will not have
occasion to regret doing SO when the next
season is over. The fact that Moriarty
had a poor year does by no means argue
that he won't have several more good
ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-23

That four of Georgetowns games will
be played against teams in the South At
lantic division renders it certain that
there will not be near as much trouble
next fall in making decision as to the
best eleven in this section when it comes
Evening journal., 1912-03-16
The Passing Of the WsOdpilC
BY The REV. r. L. JACKSON

During a brief soioum in little
village succeeded in achieving such
intimacy with the promises of a quiet
little nome as to be encouraged to
make some serious advances to a cord
Of wood appealing to be sawed It
was most winsomely located lying
back Of the house on a little hillside,
overlooking a river that lived a double
life by virtue of it's dependence on the
tides for its supply of water. Half
the time It was not very full and the
other half it was penitently empty
The wood pile also stood on the edge
of a fine cluster OF apple trees, whose
boughs bent under the weight of the
ripe luscious fruit 1t is needless to
say that my advances U refer 70 my
advances to the cord of wood were
initially rather timid, but as we got
better acquainted our relations grew
more friendly so that before the week
was over / and the wood pile were as
old cronies on a fishing trip. OF course
it is permissible for the incredulous
to doubt the fact Of any such absorb
ing intimacy but I stand ready to sup
ply them with data for it's verihcation.
The time was, and that not many
years ago. when every bona fide back
yard could boast of a good pile Of
wood Some times It represented the
honest toll of a character about the
town, who earned his living by his axe
and saw. Occasionally il stood for the
daily exercise of some sensible man
who led sedentary life Often il
attested a growing bays filial fidelity.
In any event there it stood, vital
part Of the back yard of the fore
handed householder. Today it is next
to a thing of the past. What with hard
and soft coal natural and artificial
gas. the wood pile is no more. I re-
gard it's passing as a misfortune. Now
adays the beaten paths from the
school room lead TO the baseball dia-
mond the moving picture show and
| the pool ROOM Formerly they led to
the saw buck and the COW pasture and
/ / venture the belief that they were
trodden by healthier. yes, and n
happier youth. / am not censuring
the modern youth, for IL he lives ia
the town or city. saw bucks and COW
pastures are beyond his reach. They
are luxuries only the very rich car
afford.
The passing OF the wood pile is bu
part and parcel Of the passing o
many forms Of manual labor, whicl
We who live i'm cities need, but can
not secure. Our brains would func
lion with n finer balance, our Will
would possess a stronger, steadie
power, could We give our bodily en-
ergy a chance of development in pro
Evening journal., 1912-03-16
NEED OF A DOCK SYSTEM.

1ALVIN TOMKlNS, Commissioner Of Docks
- and Ferries of the city of New York, never
spoke a truer word than he did when he said Will
mngton has at its very door natural facilities
which if utilized, will make il one OF the leading
seaports on the Atlantic seaboard 1t is within
easy striking distance Of the most magnificent
waterway we have in the East Two great trunk
lines of railroad and other lines Of lesser import
center here We arc nearer the ocean than is
either Chester or Philadelphia both Of which are
on the same stream. Everything is here awaiting
utilization, What our city needs is a comprehen-
sive plan for harbor Improvement The founda-
ton for that plan should be the magnificent stretch
of waterfront on the Delaware river from New
Castle up to Gordon Heights, with the advantages
of the Christana river and the Brandywine COM
ing second in the thoughts OF those who do the
planning
The Christana serves the purposes of local water
traffic. What our city needs however is a dock
system on the shore of the Delaware which will in
tcrcept and hold much of the deep-water commerce
that now is passing daily and assisting in build
ing up the commercial greatness of Philadelphia.
Commerce is not swayed directed by sentiment.
Give to our city adequate docking and warehousing
! facilities and couple with them railroad lines tap
! ping those docks and warehouses and supplying
! facilities for the eXpestious and economical hand
! ling of imports and exports and in few years we
shall enjoy much Of the deep-sea trade that now
goes to Philadelphia simply because il is the only
city the Delaware that has had sufficient en-
terprise to provide the things such trade demands.
The time has come when Wilmington should
take this question up in practical and purposefu
way and when there should be hearty cooperation
between the municipality and those individuals
who have a near and vital interest in such a system
of harbor development due to their ownership of
lands on the waterfront.
Evening journal., 1912-03-16

the utmost admiration of the size OF
the audience before him and its ap-
parent character. And later, after
had introduced him. he stood looking
proudly over the audience For a full
minute, | should say, he surveyed that
sea of faces, and In that time perfect
silence settled down upon the hall.
Then he began:
Venerable Faneuil Hall is full to-
night
Instantly there piped from the GAL
lery the voice OF one of my friends
who was not wholly responsible. and
this was what it said. the words ca
reering throughout the entire hall:
Full, is it? And so is John Boyle
O'Reilly. the chairmanl'
1T was a little thing, but an un-
fortunate one. II struck that great au-
dience upon the funny bone Every
body roared with laughter and al
though after a while | managed to
secure quiet, the harm had been done
and Dorsheimer's speech was remem-
bered only because he said at the be-
ginning, Venerable Faneuil Hall is
full tonight It was a sad disappoint-
ment to Governor Dorsheimer, who
had planned so seduously to add to
his political fortunes the weight of a
great address delievered by him in tho
cradle Of liberty. And it was a great
adress that he delivered-but in vain. "
Copyright. 1912, by E. J. Edawrds.
] All rights reserved.)
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Stories of The Day
WORK FOR THE EDITOR.

WORK FOR THE EDITOR.
Most any one can be an editor. All an
editor has to do is to sit at his desk
six days in the week, four weeks of
the month and twelve months in the
year and edit such stuff as this:
Mrs. Jones of Lost Creek let a can
opener slip last week and cut herself
in the pantry"
"A mischievous lad of Matherton
threw a stone and struck a companion
in the Hey last Tuesday"
John Doe climbed on the roof OF
his house last week looking for a leak
and fell, striking himself on the back
porch"
while Harold Green was escortine
Miss Violet Wise home from a church
social last Saturday night savage
dog attacked them and bit Mr.. Greer
on the public square"
Isaiah Trimmer of Lebanon was
playing with a cat Friday. when il
scratched him on the yeranda."
Mr. White, while harnessing
bronco last Saturday, was kicked jus
south Of the corn crib. .'-Bostor
/ Globe
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By
"HOLLAND'
THE LAUGHTER THAT KILLED
A GREAT ADDRESS

pare his address with the utmost care.
He had never been in Faneuil Hall,
but he knew that from its platform
almost every one of the famous states
men OF an earlier day had spoken,
and he felt that 10 have IL said of him
that he had delivered an important
address in Faneuil Hall would add
prestige to his fame as q statesman
and an orator.
Upon his arrival in Boston ON the
day of the meeting, Mr. Dorsheimer
was met by committee of which the
poet, John Boyle O'Reilly, was the
chairman The distinguished guest
>was most anxious to see Faneuil Hall
and test ITS acoustic qualities. so the
committee escorted him there. and he
mounted the plotform and tried his
voice. Then he was taken to the hotel.
where in the evening, the committee
again met him and again escorted him
TO the hall, this time for the great
meeting.
After We had led Mr.. Dorsheimer
on TO the platform" said Mr. O'Reilly
who was chairman of the meeting, IL
noticed in the gallery some young
friends Of mine who were in high
spirits. One or two, catching sight oil
me, called to me by name / paid nc
attention to them, but turning to Gov
ernor Dorsheimer, said;
You see. Governor, Faneuil Hal
is packed to the doors. It is filled tC
its capacity And it was.
Governor Dorsheimer spoke will
Evening journal., 1912-03-16
PYLE ARR WORKS Should BE KEPT HERE

IT HE intense interest manifested by the public
i in the exhibition of the Howard Pyle pictures
at the DUPONT Building has aroused the wish that
this fine collection of the works of the noted Illus
traitor should be preserved for the city.
The late Howard Pyle gave to Wilmington fame
as an art center not only in this country but
abroad, and it would he a pity if the collection
should be dispersed The friends of Mr. Pyle and
public spirited citizens generally have in mind a
plan that will keep the collection of his works for
all time in this city as a monument TO him, and
there should be no difficulty in securing funds
from private sources for the purchase of the pic
lures and drawings If sufficient funds are not
forthcoming the authorities of the city might
slider whether it would not be worth while to make
a contribution from the municipal treasury to sup
plement the amount that will be given by private
individuals for the purchase of the Pyle works of
art.
Pecaniary municipal interest in this collection
might result ultimately in the establishment here
OF a municipal art gallery, which is feature OF
many progressive cities not only in this country
but abroad.
Evening journal., 1912-03-16
SAVINGS BANKS.

u ERSONS who predicted with such positveness
Il and persistency that the postal savings banks
in this country would not prove successful now have
opportunity to revise their opinions. Such banks
have been in operation approximately one year.
Their reports show that more than Sl5OOOOOO has
been placed on deposit in them. Another signih-
cant fact is that the money has earned for the
Government enough interest TO defray the ex-
pense of maintaining the postal banks system.
More than 5000 such banks now arc in operation.
They have resulted in increasing the thrift of
Americans and causing them to forego many ex-
travagant expenditures. The savings bank is a
splendid institution, no matter whether it be run
by the Federal Government or by honest and capa-
bic private individuals There are in this and other
countries today tens of thousands of men and
women who are living in comfort and independ-
ence simply owing to the fact that when they we're
making money they had what may be called the
savings bank habit and put away part of their
earnings each week or each month to fall back on
in days of adversty inhrmity or enforced idle
ness. Our own city has several splendid savings
institutions in addition to the postal savings bank.
For years they have played an important part in
the encouragement of thrifty foresight by Will
mngtonianS.
Evening journal., 1912-03-16
HIGH COST OF LIYING.

II HE second message of President Taft calling
4 attention TO the high cost of living shows
that this question is engaging the thought not only
of the United States but of every country in
Europe.
1t will be remembered that at the convention of
the American economists held in Washington last
December, a request was made that our govern
ment should, join with the European nations in
making inquiry which would attempt at least
10 find out the real reasons for the worldwide ad-
vance in the cost of living.
President Taft fell in with the idea at once, and
the message he sent to Congress the other day is
the second of the kind that has come from the
White House.
According to the information of the President
canvass of ffty-one of the principal cities of
Germany by the members of the United States
Consular service shows the great increase in the
cost of beef ham and dairy products as we'll as of
vegetables. And in Holland the prices of all food
stuffs have been soaring since 1896 similar
serious condition is reported in France.
The same story is told of England where food
prices have increased during the last fifteen years
SImost twenty per cent. while wages increased but
Evening journal., 1912-03-16
:: With the PaFagFaphers :

DR. Wiley is credited with Vice-Presidental amb-
uons. The doctor has been working hard, We know,
but couldn't he get all the rest and quiet he needs by
going to Palm Beach for few weeks--Syracuse Her
aid
The fumes from a cigar will destroy 5000 germs. il
is said That means of the average cigar Some
of them are powerful that il is hard estimate the
carrage,-Elmra Advertiser.
II will be observed that Uncle Joe Cannon has care
fully restrained from placing himself i'm position
where Of the candidates request him to with
draw his support-Cleveland Leader.
The feminine doctor is right when she says that
women should JOY in a No. shoe But something
to say that won't-Baltimore Star
Printing kisses cards may be all right but il
seems like waste OF the countrys natural resources
Chicago News