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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12
Many Veterans Take Toboggan Into Minors;
Others Have Left the Game for All Time

The season Of 1912 was a hard one
for major league veterans. many of
whom were knocked out of the spot
light by Old Father Time. Perhaps
never before were SO many stars of
leagues in a single season.
One of the first to fall by the way
side in 1912 was Old Cy Young. Be
fore the season was half over the ia
nous old veteran was convinced that
his days of usefulness on the diamond
were finished and he retired to his
Ohio farm. never again to be seer in
big league baseball.
Young. however. was not the only
league baseball in 1912. Mordecai
Donovan of the Tigers are other
former prize twirlers who tipped their
last big league games in the season
just passed. An injury to his leg help
ed to shorten the career of Brown.
but Donovan played out his string and
Providence team. Wild William
pitched for the Brooklyns before the
American league eve threatened to
invade the east.
Kickapoo Eddie Sommers. also of
the Tigers. was another pitcher of
more than ordinary ability who was
lassooed by Father Time last season.
A sore wing assisted Pop in Sum
mers' case. Cy Morgan, the Cross
Roads cut-up of the Athletics. was an
other capable MOUND artist to take a
Brodie out of the majors. Cy was
sent to Kansas City by Connie Mack,
but went into vaudeville instead.
Other lesser lights on the hurting
hill to turn in their big league uni
forms last season were King Cole. the
boy wonder who led the National
league pitchers in 1910: Barney
Petty. q time-honored members Of the
Browns, who finished his major
league career with Washington: Har-
~ Krause of the Athletics and Cleve-
land. who was a marvel in 1909. and
Jim Vaughn and Jack Quinn, both of
the H~ighlanders.
Perhaps the catching department.
vas assailed the hardest by Father
Time In his 1912 attack. The back
stops Pop captured last season were
In their day the best in the country.
Four years ago Johnny King was the
greatest catcher in the National
league and Billy Sullivan and Gabby
Street divided the honors in the
American league. All three Of these
former stars are through as big
leaguers. though Killing is retiring Of
his own accord.
The best known second baseman to
fade from the big league map last
season was Jim Delehanty. Dave
Fultz, head Of the Players Protective
association. says Ban johnson forced
Del out Of fast company because of
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have approached an entry list of near.
ly 1000. individually this would mean
approximately 500 players. 1t is easy
to understand that only a perfectly
devised system could schedule such q
field of players within the week OF
for in England the prescribed time
for the meetings is practically the
same as in this country.
1t is with such monumental exam
pies as these in mind, the recent eX.
cellence which prevailed in the work.
ing through of the th~irty-second an.
nual all-comers' championship on the
that Americans are beginning to be-
stir themselves in the development OF
tournament management. 1t is an
object which now is attracting more
attention than hitherto. and this be-
cause the American game has shown
that it was passing through a critical
period, and rather drifting backward
than advancing in the sturdy way it
promised to do at the beginning of
the century.
a prominent follower and player of
tennis. whose is approaching the
h~alf-century mark. made some inter-
esting observations relative to Ameri-
can tournaments and their manage
mcnt a day or " ago. in discussing
1 kAA W SAoN VA ~ SpSA
~ am perfectly willing that you
should quote me-" he said. but l pre-
fer not to have my identity known.
do not profess TO know it all. My
observations have been gained by more
than twenty years of attendance at
tournaments. and. while to my mind
these observations have some value,
still l have no wish to start Il per-
sonal controversy, or have some of tho
fellows at nv club take violent issue
with me.
Too Many Cooks Here.
ITO my mind. the failure and nue..
Of the veXation which occur in many
tournaments is due to Il top-heavy
Icommittee. which has not one man
ment from the start TO the finish. 1t
Is more true OF cnnis tournaments
than of anything else that too manv
cooks spoil the broth
ut would be possible for me to
namc offhand. many tournaments in
which Mr.. a. otnciates on Monday,
MIR. Is. agrees to come on Tuesday,
on Wednesday Mr.. c. is to take his
turn. hut somcth!n" delays him. and
!,c arrives 'atc, finding everything in
chaos. and known" little of how the
men have worried out the players on
the first two days.
Mr.. G. is apt to get things BADLY
muddlc'. and on Thursday most OF
the players have n crouch. Some of
them do not appear. and Mr.. A.. who
has e~ndcavored To taFe MI The, man
agcmcnt. once more finds himself in
hot water. and this condition is likely
to prevail until the end of the week.
The English system of the "aid
tournament manager is ideal. The
ila,r T.. G. Eveleigh was responsible
for il. He has been followed by IT.
=. Scrivrner. r. II. Rurruw. ID. X. Lar
connie. and others who make for the
success of English tennis along the
lines which his experience laid down.
lContinued on Page Il
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12
LYNCH TO
HEAD NATIONALS
Present Incumbent to Con-
tinue-To Try Rigler's and
Bresnahan's Claims.

New York. Dec. 12.-Thomas J:
Lynch was reelected president and
John A. Heydler, secretary and treas
urer of the National league at the
meeting Of the league. II former for
q term OF one year and the latter for
three years. The league would not
permit a rumor even of a ripple of
report hat one club had opposed the
reelection of President Lynch was
denied. The present board of direct
ors was continued except that C. j..
Sullivan of New York succeeds the
late John T. Brush.
Riglcr Claim .Adjustcd.
President Wiler OF the Philadelphia
club cleared up the claim of Umpire
Rigler for $4,000 for services in sign
ing Pitcher RiXey, by assuring the
league That the sum would be paid.
The league. however. went on record
Do opposed to .umpires acting as
scouts in the future. declaring such
employment to be against the best in
terests of the game.
1t also was decided that in drafting
players in the future tho names of the
club shall be drawn first in accord
ance with Il rule adopted by the ma
tional commission. The James of play
ers have been drawn first on several
occasions. it appeared. in violation of
this rule.
A discussion Of telegraph facilities
at the games and other matters rela-
tive to the reports OF games resulted
in the naming OF Messrs. Ebbetts.
Hampstead. Gaffney and Locke Il COM
mittee TO arrange these details with
telegraph companies.
To Inspect Iibhctts Park.
The club owners and officers will
visit the new Brooklyn baseball park
as the guests of President Ebbctts.
Those attending today's meeting
were G.. w. Murphy. Chicago: August
Hermann. Cincinnati: Harry Hemp
stead. G. ]. Sullivan and r.. II. Me
Cutcheon. New York: Alfred Wiler and
n. j. Hogstoz. Philadelphia: Barney
Dreyfuss and William Locke. Pitts
hurgh; Mrs. Helen Britton. James $.
Jones and w. +. Crawford. ST. Louis:
James +. Gaffney and Herman Nichol-
son Boston: Charles II. Ebbetts and
s. W. McKeevcr. Brooklyn.
To Try Hrcsnahun's Ease.
The National league decided to try
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(lSy Otto Floto.)


In his anxiety to win several thous-
and dollars. did Tom Jones invite the
defeat of Wolgast" That seems to he
the idea OF n of the best posted men
IN the business. who sat al the ring
side and watched every move of the
battle. MY informant writes: After
the fourteenth round Jones sent VOL
CAST to finish Richie. Jones had bet
several thousand dollars that Wolgast
would win inside Of eighteen rounds.
When the fourteenth round arrived
Jones Kept sending Wolgast in as hard
as he knew how. and forced him to
take unnecessary chances. This in a
great measure gave Richie the OPEN
ing that allowed him to drive his right
hand across and land the title.
think that had Wolgast used the same
tactics after the fourteenth round he
did previous to that time he would
have received nothing worse than a
draw"
OF course. this is the opinion of one
man: there may have been dozens of
others who would not agree with this
statement. However. the mar from
whom l received this letter is posted
thoroughly ON all angles of the sport.
and ! would as soon abide by his
opinion as my own. If what he SAYS,
is 50, then Jones demanded Of VOL
gas, that he defeat Richie in practi-
,niiy four rounds. and this in itself
seemed an impossible task to all who
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considered baby work to use a glove
IN n other position. This made the
game a matter of heroic endeavor.
The glove used by the backstop wasn.t
anything like the employed TO-DAY.
4 compared rather with the old-fash.
'Haed cricket glove with little protec-
ION for the hand but reinforced with
'"avy strips of leather at the finger
Ups.
We umpircs had to be mighty care.
ful. too. or these catchers would slim
something over on us. The clever
tacks:ops used to have a trick of OK.
tending their gloved hand an inch or
$" ahead of their bare mitt. The ban.
striking the hard pieces Of leather.
would make a sound MOI unlike a foul
tip.
las foul tips were out then. no mat.
ter how many strikes the batter had
on him. We had to be mighty vary or
Il clever catcher might get us asleep
and then claim an out on a foul tin
when. really. the batter hadn't cvcn
touched the ball."
An Admircr Of Hurst.
Wood Is a great admirer Of Tim
Hurst. whom he calls the greatest um.
Pirc u fight referee who ever lived.
They never Ofiiciated together, MS
Wood preceded Hurst. hut they have
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12
Tie Game Started Detroit
On Way to Three Pennants
Game at Philadelphia in 1907, That Went II Innings, Vir
Ironclad Rule to Govern Postponement Play-ofs.

hurt. When it was over O'Loughlin
allowed Crawford's claim and called
Davis out. He also ordered Rossman
out Of the lot.
Wild Bill" Donovan pitched the
whole seventeen innings for Detroit,
and 1t was a remarkable performance,
considering the fact that he was hit
safely fourteen times in even in
nings. After Detroit made it's brace
Donovan pulled himself together, and
held the Athletics down to six hits in
the last ten innings. Only three bases
on balls were given by Donovan all
day. Dygert, who started for the
Athletics, was taken out with only one
gone in the second round. Waddell
succeeded him, and began like the
world heater he was when right. RUDE
struck out six of the first eight Tigers
who faced him but could not hold the
save the game. Plank finished stead
lily.
Puts Tigers in Front.
That draw left Detroit In possession
OF the lead by a one-game margin.
Combined with the rain of the day be-.
fore, it wiped three games between
the Tigers and the Athletics COM
pletely off the schedule. If those three
games had been finished there might
have been a far different result in the
pennant race that year. So much
a resulted from this situation, and
from the previous luck Of the Athlet-
les in avoiding important postponed
games. that the matter was taken up
at the next meeting of the American
league. The result was a rule COM
pelling the home team to work of all
postponed games or ties on the first
opportunity after the opening series
Of III season between W. teams.
Following that terrific drawn battle
Detroit and Philadelphia had v
games apiece left to play, and the
Tigers held on to their slender mar
gin. But 1t was not until the day be-
fore the schedule ran out that the
pennant was cinched beyond the pos
sibility of losing it. Here is the box
score of the game:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12
Tennis IN J.. S,
BADLY HANDLED
Life of Game Depends on
Better Management Of
Journeys. Says Wrenn.

Bob Wrenn. president of the United
States National Lawn Tennis associa-
ton. has placed himself emphatirally
ON record as believing that the ul-
building of American tennis depends
Upon tournament management. He
gave to the all-voners' championship
at Newport last august the most re-
markable. systematic and expeditions
direction that the great meeting ever
has known.
Henry W. Sloculn. vice president of
$50 dss ociation. and the members of
a." committee. who are carefully re
,.A;ng the rules AT present. are to lay
"%"ft!cular stress upon this matter, and
u: Xill he the most important part in
%ar!slation AT tho approaching annual
meeting of the national association in
the Waldorf Astoria in February.
1t is IL poor European or English
tournament that will lot list at lcas,
ten or eleven hnndicaps. for the handi-
cap is the foundation stone of all
European lawn. Tennis. 1t is almost
impossible for IN American follower
OF tennis to appreciate the magnitude
q such English tournaments as the
Brighton and the great E%astbuurne
at DcvOnshirr park.
These tournaments several times
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12
Batted for Dygert.

Batted for Dygert,
Two-base hits-Crawford. Cobb, o.
Leary. Hartsel CO. Nichols. Davis. T.
Collins. Oldring (2). Home rune
Cobb, Davis. Sacrifice hits-Crawford,
Schmidt. Nichols (2). j. Collins, Pow.
ers. Stolen bases-Cobb, Coughlin
OLeary, Hartsel. Struck out-Rv
Donovan. II: by Waddell, z; BY Plank,
3. Bases on balls-Off Donovan q:
Dygert. 1; off Waddell. 1: off Plank, 2
Hits-Of Dygert. I in 1 1-3 innings:
on Waddell. Z in Z 2-3 innings: of
Plank, Z in 8 innings. Hit by pitcher
by Plank. I. Wild pitch-Donovan
Gmpires-O'Loughlin and Connolly
Time OF game hours and so min.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12
TINKER
REDS MANAGER

New York. Dec. 1.-THE expected
trade to make Shortstop Joseph Tinker
of the Chicago Nationals. the manager
OF Cincinnati was effected Yesterday at
the National league meeting.
BY the deal Chicago gives Tinker,
Catcher Chapman and Pitcher Louder
milk to Cincinnati In exchange for
Pitcher HUMPHREYS. Shortestop Hum
prizes Corridan. O%utfielders Mitchell
and Kni2ly and Player Phelan.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12

the case involving the claim of Roger
st. Louis club. for alleged breach of
contract by that club, at a special SEES
sion OF the board of directors prelim-
mary to the February meeting Of the
league.
This decision was reached at a meet
ing of the board of directors. The st.
Louis club was directed to file within
twenty days an answer to Bresnahan's
complaint. An official copy Of the
complaint will be supplied forthwith
to the st. Louis club.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12
OLD CA7CHERS
FOOL UMP|RES
Had a Habit of Making them
Believe that Foul Tips
Were Being Made.

Washington. Dec. 12.-Baseball Of
years AS" compared favorably with
tho game Of today in tricky plays and
asst thinking. Capt. Arson u Tim
Murnanc, players of tho seventies,
have always held this. and now T.. II.
Weed Of Chicago. IL substitute umpire
IN the National league during the early
eighties. claims the same" thing.
~ remember when only the catch
"rs wore II glove said Wood. II was
in ST. Louis at the time. and II was
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the part he took in the strike Of the
Tigers. This seems to be one time.
however. where Dave is talking
through his hat. as D%elehanty's legs
troubled him for several seasons
Germany Schaefer. who also earn
ed distinction as a second baseman
for the Tigers. is pretty near through
as a player. but he will be kept in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12

Other famous old veterans who will
play little or no part in big league
baseball mex season are Catcher
Charley Schmidt. once of the Detroit
Tigers: Frank Chance and Harry Da-
Wis. two former star first basement;
Arthur Devlin. once the best third
sacker in the country: Briscoe Lord.
Danny Murphy and Matty Mcintyre.
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1t is also time a man appreciates
that there was some method in the
madness his wife displayed in tina
! fruit canning season.
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lcontinued on Page u
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-30
FIRE
is COSTLY

While P. w. Parson was in Sc
attic last night his coffe house at
1915 Commerce street caught hre
and caused alarm among nearby
merchants.
The fire broke out supposedly
from a defective gas pipe and
spread from the coffee house to
the Donkin's second hand store
and then to the Lewiston hotel
on Pacific avenue. Water caused
great damage, sinking through
the floor to the Cheim Clothing
company and into the Penny Ar
cade. The pawn shop of 8. Far
bar, 1913 Commerce street, was
also damaged to the extent OF
about $500.
Capt. Olson of No. 1 station
was overcome by smoke and had
to be carried out by his compsn-
ions. An inmate of the hotel with
a broken leg was removed with
difficulty
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-30
We CAN ALL
GET RICH
NOW
OEzOSUs PLOTz SHOWS HOW
$40 A WEEK MAN CAN
SHOW UP WORTH $4,000.

II understand you are worth
Between $4,000 and $4,000 a
year?" 1t was our old college
chum Gaseous Plotz, the Sixth
avenue philosopher, who flashed
this on the unsuspecting city edi-
tor today.
Lock him up, guards, he's raw
Ing again." said the @. e.
Nope, straight goods; I've fig
ured 1t all out. I've solved the
problem of getting rich. / can
show you how a $40 a week clerk
is worth $4,000 a year. This
getting rich business is a cinch by
my system"
The city editor tried to change
the subject but Gesozus plunged
on.
Explains His System.
Il don't know how much you're
getting, but for the sake of argu-
ment, we'll say counting in vaca-
tions and sickness and losing your
Job maybe"-the city editor tried
to protest-"we'll say your salary
averages between $40 and $50 a
week.
We'll be conservative and call
1t $40. That's little over 81, 900
q year. Now figure it like the
rich man does. Capitalize your
earnings.
"At five per cent it would take
100000 to earn $1,000 a year IN
dividends. Call yourself the
News Butchering Co., Ltd, Inc,
for instance, capitalized at $780,
900. The company is earning
five percent on it's investment.
That figures out $1,000 a year, or
$40 week. See the point?
$18 Fortune.
"That Center Aisle to the
Right young fellow who wrote In
to the Times is worth $4,000. A
five-dollar week shop girl Is
worth $4,000"
Your dope sounds goud to
me-" grinned the city editor. II
guess I'll go out and pick out my
automobile Anybody worth $780,
900 or $4,000 can afford an
automobile, surely
Don't do it," said Gesozus. ''I
know my figures are right, but
don't do it,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-30

A new request as to the initi-
ative, referendum, and recall, sub.
mitted a year later February 90
1912) received the following re.
ply:
I voted for the initiative
and referendum in Missouri
when the constitutional
amendment was submitted.
That ought to be proof
enough on the subject. IL
you will examine into my
record in the legislature and
in congress you will find that
I was getting progressive leg
is1atton passed before some
of these progressives were
heard Of.
Failing still to find any answer
to the question relative to the re.
call, l again submitted to the
speaker the question in this form
You have omitted--per-
haps by inadvertance - to
state your position on the res
call, and particularly the re-
call of judges. You will
note that this was one of the
questions. In order that your
answer may be complete,
will you please give our
readers your position on these
two matters? Your cour-
tesy In sending an early reply
will be greatly appreciated.
The above request was sent to
the speaker on March 8. So far
no reply has been received.
Compromise Candidate.
Speaker Clark is In the very
difficult position of being q com.
promise candidate. His role IL
not to be too progressive for the
conservatives and not too conser.
vatiye for the progressiyes. But
the people, of the country are en-
titled to clear statement from
every presidential aspirant az tc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-30

Bernarr McFadden's advertis-
ing cards, For Men Only" drew
a big crowd to the Temple of Mu-
sic last night to see the physical
culture man.
The entertainment was entirely
proper.
. That is, except Bernarr's cos
tune. He appeared first in slip
pers and a pair of trousers that
ended mighty unexpected. He did
some strong man stunts, including
tearing up a deck of cards, then
slipped into bath robe and
talked.
Afterwards he answered ques-
tfons.
l"What exercise is good for indi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-30
Don't Sleep On Your Back
Saws Husky Health Expert

gestion?" asked a man with a long
face.
Don't eat so much" said Mac.
whats best for a letter car
rier?" asked another seeker after
bioeps.
isn't too much enough?" quer-
led Bernarr.
"Can a man drink too much wa
ter?" asked a man with an 49,
inch beard. 81 drink two gallons
at sitting"
"The city had better put me-
ter on him." shouted a man in the
rear.
McFadden gave number OF
health hints. One was Don't
sleep on your back"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-30
CLARK D0DGES ON RECALL
AND PROGRESSIVE QUESTIONS
BY gibson GARDNER,

WASHINGTON, D. c. March So-Speaker Champ
only of the prominently
either party who has failed to declare himself
cialIy the recall of judges.
AS far back January Speake
Clark statement of his position
to him the following:
Do believe in the initiative the referendum the
recall corrupt practices
senatorial candidates. presidential preference primary?
Tis 8 follows
am in favor of primary elections o The eIec-
ton of United States "
that, would
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-30

two and one-half pounds in
weight. At the rate of two
pounds per day, IL lost for 80
days, she would lose go pounds
and would weigh but rs pounds.
Dora Williamson, sister of
Claire, weighed but So pounds
when she was carried away from
Starvation Heights"
Rev. j. d. o. Powers, Thomas
G. Macdonald of the S. A. c, and
the Seattle Star are keeping close
guard over Mrs. II; zZard to see
that she does not eat or receive
any smuggled food. Macdonald
will take her on long walks and
horseback rides.
From time to time during her
fast she will be photographed and
an accurate record kept.