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The Washington times., 1912-05-04
CHANCE KNOWS How
TO MAKE HIS MEN,
PLAY GOOD BALL
Cubs Can't Develop Young
Players, But Is Good
Boss.

Il think that the late Frank Selee
was the best team manager and Frank
Chance the best first baseman / ever
played under" said Johnny Killing, man
ager Of the Boston Wardmen, accord
Ing to a New York newspaper: "Selee
really made the Cubs champions. He
developed Chance into a first baseman,
discovered Evers, Reulbach, Tinker, and
Schultz, and gave me the first oppor-
tunlty to catch behind the bat. Selee
was a natural Judge of playing talent.
He wasn't a bulldozer on the bench, but
an even-tempered, fair-minded critic of
the mistakes made by his players. Had
he lived he would have received all the
credit for the greatness of the Cubs in
stead of Chance.
Il don't believe Chance can pick UP
and develop young players, but he
knows how to make the men placed In
his care play ball. He is q strict dis
ciplinarian, and a great field general.
AS first baseman and batter he was
at the top of the heap and set win
ming example.
Chance has always believed in slap
ping on fines for boob plays. 1 remem-
ber one day he fined King Cole 500 for
poor pitching. Cole was as, mad as a
halter, and turning to Chance he cried:
Tn going to quit the team and go
into the navy!' ., :.
If you do I'll give you $500 and re-
NIT the fine" replied Chance, earnestly,
and Cole decided to remain with the
Cubs. =
"Fielder Jones. in my opinion, was an
other great baseball leader. He knew
how to drive his men We had q great
team when the White Sox, called the
hitless wonders. beat US in a fall series,
feat that was entirely due to Jones
pluck. and pugnacity. Too bad Jones
quit baseball, for he would have kept
the White Sox always near the top.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
TECH AND WESTERN
LEAD IN RACE FOR
SCHOLASTIC TITLE
Business Goes Down to
Heavy Defeat Before
Austin's Pitching.
'ech and Western today stand neck

Tech and Western today stand neck
and neck in the high school cham
pionship series with two wins and
no defeats, as a result of Techs rather
easy win over Business High School
yesterday, by 10 to / count.
Business was expected to put up a
good fight yesterday. but was help
less before Austin. the Tech captain
and pitcher. The Stenographers had
a complete reversal OF form and made
seven errors. Tech on the other hand
showed with shifted lineup that
the team is capable of getting more
life into the game.
Tech was never IN danger yester-
day and had an easy time of II. The
Business team was expected to put
up a great fght. but fell far short
of the mark. After the first inning.
In which Tech scored runs. the game
was never in doubt, Business having
difficulty In getting its lone tally
across.
Western and Tech are now locked
upon as the logical teams to COM
pete for the final honors. although
Central still looks to have a chance
of upsetting all calculations. The
hitting ability of the Manual Train
ers, as shown in yesterdays game.
is expected to stand them in stead
when Western is finally met. Cen
tral and Western are carded for the
next performance on Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Allows Henriksen and Harry
Hooper Free Trans
portation.
BY SENATOR"

Though victorious, Walter johnson
has smirched his milkwhite reputation.
Yielding to momentary temptation to
be naughty, the Kansas Cyclone smiled
generously upon Olaf Henriksen and
Harry Hooper, OF the Red Sox, giving
them free transportation. E. "Dorf"
Ainsmith, smitten with the same fatu-
BUSINESS contributed two passed balls.
Speaker scratched a safety to the short
field and the Viking came over the pan,
scoring the first tally on Walter John
son in forty-six consecutive innings
Naughty, naughty, naughty boy, Wal
ter! But the Nationals landed tho
scrap, s to /. Yes, 1t really looked soft
Whenever Walter johnson is going
rest. They had one yesterday. Eleven
sluggers adorning Jake Stahrs payroll
came to the plate. looked, saw nothing
and vanished to the interior. depths of
the dugout to the north. Oh, they fond
iy imagined they saw something they
They caressed the zephyrs with their
useless wands and that's all Eleven
of them, count 'em, eleven.
The Red Sox squeezed in four hits and
not one would have counted for any
thing, had 1t not been for the folly OF
1t was that Speakers crash in the
eighth scored a run. The other three
smashes Of the clouting clan were fu-
tile.
Hammer O'Brien.
Meanwhile, don't forget the Nation
ais, the original climbers of the
Johnsonian circuit. They opened the
battle with a savage onslaught upon
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
EDDIE FOSTER IS
SETTING THE PACE
IN WORK At BAT
Leading Nationals With Per-
centage of .32O for Hit
ting the Ball.

Eddie Foster. our brilliant little third
baseman, Is leading the Nationals with
the willow this week, reaching the high
mark of 800 This youngster is at
tracing the attention of the fans
everywhere by his excellent work. He
is the teams lone representative among
the leading sluggers OF the league.
Charlie Hall. the big twirler Of the
Boston Red Sox. has yet to lose a game
and leads the mound artists of the cir
cult. Bobby Groom and Walter John
son are the winners for the Nationals.
Lajoie and McInnes are battling for
the leadership of the league with the
bat. Cobb and Jackson being far to the
rear. ..
Following are the figures for the Ma
tionals and other players hitting at
least as high as $50 in games including
Wednesdays:
The Washington times., 1912-05-04

Buck" O'Brien, pride of Denver and
New England, hGmmering in three
runs before the salivary shooter
could work up sufficient moisture to
mystHy them. Those three tallies
took all the steam out Of the visitors
and they curled up and lay down be-
fore the power and might OF the
Coffeeville farmer.
Daredevil Dan" Moeller. the Roch-
ester rambler. started the melee by
polling a long. low drive between
iris Speaker and Harry Hooper for
three corners. Kid Foster, squat and
dangerous, set the bugs a roaring by
promptly dropping a safety in short
right, scoring Moeller. "Zeb" Milan
burnt Larry Gardeners fingers with a
smoking wallop good for a hit
Dutch" Schaefer neatly sacrificed
both boys along.
Jack Flynn, who hasn't been such
much OF late with the rod. was up
and the bugs were pulling for a long
fiy the best they could expect. That's
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Yankees Set Record For
Hammering in Tallies

PHILADELPHIA, May 4-Wolver-
toms Wearies startled the baseball
world when they drove in ten runs in
the ninth inning yesterday. and came
within three of tying the score with
the Mackerels. Eddie Plank had to go
to the mound to choke OFF the Kilties
Brown. Krause, Salmon. and Russell
were slaughtered bv the New York
SluGgerS. The score: r. II. Z.
New York. 49,. 900 $500 Io-i5 Is 8
Athletics ...... 1910 03022 ks 10 /
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Larry Lajoie Missed
From Naplander Outfit

CHICAGO, May 4.-Pulling a muscle
in his side. an old injury. before yes
terdsy's game here. Larry Lajoie. the
Maps winning slugger. will be out of
the game for several weeks, and was
missed greatly by Davis yesterday,
whose team dropped the battle to the
mounting White Sox, to 4. Mitchell
succumbed to a batting rally in the
eighth inning, three runs crossing the
pan. The score: R.HE.
Chicago -. o 2 o 2 o o 3x-7 1
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Today's Probable Lineup
BY SENATOR

Manager Griffith, of the Nationals, Is
still seeking the services of Chick"
Gandil. the crack first baseman of the
Montreal club of the International
League and has within a day or two
offered President Lichtenheim, of the
IARoyals' $4,000 and Jack Flynn for the
mHch-wanted player. There is a possi-
putty OF this deal going through, as the
tof tmoHtpeai f,pens eiuo Is suffering from a lack
may ma @ look good to tichtenheim. At pres
snI , the ofter Is being considered and a
reRiy Is expected within a few days.
oaseman Of the Montreal club might be
obtained, II the offer looked great
enough, st Griffith has been trying to get
am steadfsst,tth fos the NAT, Nationals: He has been
Siiaiming too large price for his star
payer: However. a turn in the finan-
la SITUATION seems to make II possible
All dTat 'ne nationals may yet obtain Gam
although it has been stated that the
aaeesotiations aaes for Gandil were off, Grif-
nun nun mas hts, never yet given up hope Of sign
game; knowing that it might be possibIe L,
LOT blohtenheim to recede- from his lofty
Flynn a Failure.
Q Jack Flynn. coming here under tho
pest auspices and touted as a sluRRer.
never really give a chance by the Pitts
purgh club, may reasonably be said 70
nave failed as a hitter. His fieldine
game sanal,,n mas J., been beautiful. Flynns per,
sonaJity Is such that he easily makes
friends, but, nevertheless, baseba il
lner. 'A' man
mi, From the start Griffith has accorded
rIynn every opportunity to make good.
ana II has been most fortunate that the
iao mas not been able to take his place
among the teams clouters. In the
minors he has hit the ball hard and
er-up or battles. However in the big
snow he has not lived up this reputa-
With the Pirates last season. although
not used often enough to give him real.
ly fair trial, he hit for .2l2. Including
t!he game or last Wednesday he has
reached the average of .12s with the
ga donals; This is not hard enough to
warrant his retention. If Griffith can
dig up better man: aBseball Is a
grand rush ahead, the best men get
ting the places, and Flynn has sufficient
experience to take his medicine like a
veteran.
Fielding Is Excellent.
F1ynn's fielding has been excellent
ever since the season opened, but his
running has not equaled it. He has
been lamentably weak in getting over
the ground on the bases, though fairly
fast In covering ground around first.
II Flynn were able to live up to his
minor league record with the bat, he
would have a cinch on his position with
the Nationals. He hit for 1923 In twenty
games In the American Association last
year. which warranted his being drafted
by the Nationals.
The Climbers will leave Monday at 10
o'clock for Philadelphia for one game
with the Mackerels. champions Of the
world. Dixie Walker will probably
pitch for the Nationals that day. The
return will get under way at 6:3S, so
that the boys will be able to reach
their homes here that night.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Johnson Leads
Race for Stickpin

BY driving out two hits yesterday. one
a fine two-bagger, Walter Johnson, the
Nationals prince Of pitchers. assumes
the lead in the race for the ruby-dia-
mond stickpin to be given by the Castle
berg National Jewelry Company to the
player hitting the hardest during the
month OF May. However, Eddie Foster
is pilng up the bingles and may jump
into the lead again when Johnson
twirls another game. Following are the
hitting figures for three games, tnclud-
ing Yesterdays:
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
BOX SCORE.
BOSTON.
WASHINGTON.

'Batted for OBrien in the eighth.
Earned runs-Washington. 3. Left on
bases-Washington, 6; Boston, g. First base
on bals-on johnson. 8; on o'Brien. 3; on
Bushelman. 2 Innings pitched-By O'Brien.
!; by Bushelman. /. Hits made-On o Brien,
s. Struck Out-By O'Rrien, 3; by Bushelman
/; by Johnson, II. Three base hit-Moeller.
Two-base hits-Flynn, Johnson Sacrifice hits
Knight. Schaefer. Stolen bases-Engle. Wild
pitch-Bushelman. Passed balls-Ainsmith ~.
Umpires-Messrs. Hart and Connolly. Time Of
game-1 hour and IS minutes
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Yesterday's Results.

Washington. g.; Boston, /.
Athletics, IS; New York, Is.
Chicago, :; Cleveland, l.
Detroit, l6; st. Louis, s.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Baseball Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Games Today.
Boston at Washington.
New York at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Chicago.
St. Louis at Detroit
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Cubs Land Victory In
Eleven Fierce Innings

PITTSBURGH. Pa, May I'm the
eleventh session, Chances Cubs hung
the tin can on the Pirates. winning by
a score Of Q to s. Six pitchers got their
bumps during the melee. The score;
Pittsburgh ...so1ooo4oOOo-s I2 Q
Chicago ... O20 0 8 20 0 / 1-9 is |
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Wild Throw Means Run,

Jack Flynn waited and strolled in the
eighth. grabbing another pillow on n
wild pitch. knights sacrifice sent him
to third. Mcbride breezed. but Ain
smith walked. Then "Dorf' made a
squirt for second and Carrigan slammed
the ball to centerfield. scoring Flynn
and letting Ainsmith reach third. The
backstop. rejoicing in his youth, made
mad break in an attempt to steal
home and perished in his prime. But
It didn't matter much. with Johnson
hurting.
with Carigan accounted for in the
eighth Henriksen hitting for OBrien,
walked and Ainsmith's first passed bali
sent him up a peg. Hooper also walked,
both boys advancing on another passed
bail. johnson steamed over his fast
hooks, breeding Clyde Engle, but
Spoke" Speaker pulled Mcbride out of
position with a hot grounder, beating
the peg and scoring Henriksen. Bradley
closed the session with his third success
sive wave.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
WALTER JOHNSON BLEMISHES
HERETOFORE GOOD RECORD
Red Sox Get But Four Hits
Off of kansas
Cyclone.

where Jack fooled them completely.
He laid his stick against a fast one
third and into the garden. Foster and
Milan legged 1t for the pan and
Flynn, who Is hardly a speedster,
reached second before Duffy Lewis
could do anything with the pill. Three
runs were over and the Nationals
were ready for the enemy.
Two were down in the fourth when f.
"Dorf'' Ainsmith poled stinger
through the box and into center held.
Speaker set himself to stop II. but the
ball was on pleasure bent. took a sud
den dive. got away from Spike" and
rolled almost to the corner Of the arena
Yes. "Dorf fastened on his wings and
cleared the entire circuit for one more
tally.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Yesterdays Results.

Phiiadslphia, 8; New York, g.,
Brooklyn. IL; Boston, 3.
Chicago. 8: PittsburT, 8.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Games Today.
Philadelphia at New York.
Cincinnati at st. Louis.
Brooklyn at Boston.
Chicago at Pittsburgh
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Leading Sluggers.
Double Plays.
Triple, Play
Passed Balls.

Detroit VS.. Chicago: O'Lesry. Bush
to Gairen.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Pitchers Record

Record of pitchers who have won half
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T. T. MAY LOSE ONE N JERSEY
President 81 rr"Ercssi,rs' League
Has Not FILED Esp~ns~ <rconnt.

Edmund Il Osborne. pres lG"n' of the
Pro@rc-~iv" R"pubicui I.saGI" of New
Jcr'"r, ha~ forfeited his sea; IN th"' hica 70
convention aS a Roosevelt delegate from
the Tenth District of New j'reev by his
faiur" 10 ilr his statement of expenses
within iiv" dar> a. j. Required by law
The disqualification Of Mr. Osborne
opens the way 'or the Taft ,or"c., 10 give
Ms place Ia a raft candidate The Roos.,-
Welt men tiink that III. seat uLh; to 20
80 on" pI tii" a!t"ruatr- IN the Icitih
district and they have chosen Harold
J How ia',i o' i"roud for m. place
When Mr.. p>huru, sailed for Eurol.
ou Il business trip shortly t~foro the
r'ini,r'.~ l" did not l"a,. an AFFIDAVIT
~l"vn,.- Tia" "m"Iui ut h,- personal
"Nr"n-.~ irirud- t,I"i I" arrange wit!
County I!"rk Nuulst pu tu al!nw Mr.
bShorn" To- cahi. his statement. but the
County Clerk would not stand for this
, tn" statement wae not filed and under
the law tn. seat - tort"i.d
The corrupt uractic.- act i oh~cure as
tn who should s"rv" a. d"t'gat" The
Prosecutor j. required ny ldM 90 take
action in all cases wh"r" candidaies
neglect To file their statements |; j.
questionable whether Mr. Oshornr might
hs legally convicted of having cpmmttcd
a ml~irmcanor whit" absent IN Europe.
II h.cam" known Yesterday that no
may not ho home in tln" t" attend the
convention He intended sailing ON tn.
steamship France. winch was 10 have
I"ii 'lavr" on saturday afternoon ard
WhlCh would have reached New York in
tim" to rgrn't him to h" IN hicago at the
opening Of Ia" convention. She did not
coal ia time and was held up un' il SUNDAY
According To the statement filed by the
Eoosc welt campaign committee IN Newark
Mr.. Osborne contributed $500 To the fund.
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well made Il point that Taft people could
not have controlled except through the
vote of the holder of n forged proxy. Mr..
Hemingway insisted that this was the
first their u attenfion had lpen called To this
point and that in any event the oiiestio
should have been raised in the convention
when the proxy was used
Ivy VIVA vOCE NOrI.
The Taft delegates from both Of these
districts were s.1ted by vive vocc votes
with few negative responses. Then the
contest in the Fourth district waswi tn
drawn and the contest in the Thirteenth.
the last Indiana contest, WIS reached
This was the one district in Indiana in
which the Roosevelt people said the
national cominiite tee would bp comuelled
to recognize the Roosevelt delegates 4,
turned ont that in the Congress district
convention the Taft people had IL. votes
and the Roosevelt people 1os, votes. The
TAFT people were taken bv surprise when
Mr.. Stilwell presented the case of the
Roosevelt delegates. He said he had the
at'idavis of delegates to The Thirteenth
district convention reprc-enting1t votes.
or one-halt vote more than IT appeared
they had on the roll call in the convention.
the control of the convention dcpendins =
on who did have this one-half vote
The TAFT attorneys promptly made tn.
point that according to the rules OF the
national committee the fa"t that these
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'N'N >'fk' i NOT mer"ly u farce. hat a
'rH,''hHi iaI'" what vas done III New
i"lN i SUBSTANTIALLY what Mas done IN
'hdidha ana ~ colorado
Against all the money n n the patrona -n
all IN" Efforts ot IA. keal,n: machine iu
Indiana, with nothing tlt the plain rcouic
of the Stat" To rely upon We carried IN.
state convention handsomely and then hv
fraudulent action. which can only be- called
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af'idari'S wer" 10 ho 'r"s"'r"i should
hav" been mentioned wl"r ~" brief vas
ili"d with III" npic" of contest
Nr. hemingway de lar"d tha, ths-"
afldHvltS had been secured WITHIN the
past ten DAYS, al'hou-iI ~" convention
had been h.ld III Alrll ana that tn"v had
! been gptt"n NJ ~""r"tlr and could mo- h,.
received under the rules uf Ia" oony"i,-
tionL
AFrIptNI1S t'-TrY tnrGltt
Tia" question Of receiving tines" am
oav';- caused Qrii'" a f!rOr', which lasted
tor nearly three hours finally Na'iOiial
committeeman New declared that a man
could 90 down into South Bend with a
handful of s. bills and get opposing af'i-
dayit-
! When questioned further regarding
ih"-" startling statements Mr. New said
> that what hc meant wa. 10 call the uticn 70
ton OF tho iawV"r- on III" coinm,'"" 20
III" !act that II was easy "a get a'lidavits
@" on" sd" or the other and thar il was IA
! poor way in which 10 try "a Dv"rturn the
regular c"r'ifiCa'" Of a party convention.
I senator ROrah made a strong stand in
this Ease, declaring that III" Taft p"ople
I should b" NOR" Interested in having the
| people Oi the country know that h. was
not to he nominated through the votes
! of fraudulent delegates and he warned
! the committee against going to m" coiIn-
| try with a candidat" from Il cues ticnablc
! convention.
! Finally the committee hv u vote of
ay"- ~, noes 30, refused TO permit the
| affidavitS to be introduced in evidence.
| Both sides III this contest then started
/ to present their case. when Mr.. MCHarg
declared tnat they had nothing to ofirr,
as they had presented IN" best evidence
possible and ii had been rejected
! The committee talked the ma,t"r over
for another hour and finally al the s,lg-
| gestion or Mr.. New III" a.tidavtS were
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PUTS IT UP TO TAFT.
judge iiundIry Wants d" know 10
lie Approves COmmtttec'a Action.

CHIchGO. Jun" lp.--.Iudgc oscar Humid
Icy OF Birmingham. who with q. T..
Lewis Of B,sscmer were the Hoosc-
welt delegates for the ninth Alabama
district unseated by the Republican ma :
tional committee, sent Tonight the fol-
lowing telegram to President Taft:
70 the President, Washington, ID. G.
THE ma iority Of the national COM
mttco have voted to unseat the rcgu-
larry elected delegates from the Ninth
Congress district of Alabama.
This action Was taken in the face OF
the undisputcd official records show
ing the action Of the Congressional dis
trict committee Of that district in which
your friends participated. when twclv.
of them. particularly Federal office
holders Withdrew, leaving eighteen of
the Commttr" present. who elected
these delegates who were unseated.
After the twelve members withdrew
they proceeded by adding To their num-
Der as member of the committee a
man shown 10y the records to have
never been elected thereon nor even "a
nave participated in any of the meet
ingS Of the committee.
"They also added the name of a mem
Der of the regular committee who had
resigned ihcrefrom and whose resigna- =
tion had been accepted and his place
filled by appointment of the chairman.
even 10y these unhcard Of and ille-
gal proceedings your friends did not
have "a majority of the committee, and
tn" delegates sent here by them arc
without any semblanCc of authority or
regularity. These facts are sustained by
the unrontrovcrted official records of the
district committee Of the Ninth district
of Alabama
"Do you vouch for this unheard Of
act on the part Of your partisans and
do YOU desire your nomination secured
hy such methods"
oscar r. HCNpLEY."