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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10
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is hardly to be hoped that Grifith will
be able to pick up a Collins or a Baker.
but he should, in course Of time, be able
to present a stronger lineup than has
ever represented this city before.
The assertion that there are several
men on the Detroit team who can beat
Ty Cobb hundred yards Is perhaps
correct and yet cobb makes these same
players look like cart horses when 1t
comes to running the bases. Cobb's sue
, cess lies in the fact that he uses good
judgment on the bases. and furthermore
1t is a fact which experts have observed
that Cobb has as much speed in his hrst
step as he has in his last. He is q quick
starter and this, together with hts daring.
easily makes him one Of the foremost base
runners of the game. Cobb VIII beat out
infield hits which faster, men ara thrown
out on, simply because he gets away
from the plate with his swing. Base run.
ming does not depend entirely on speed.
In fact some of the best base runners
the game has developed were not mast
he was not fast. This was true OF Buck
Ewing and Bill LANCE. but they had the
judgment to get start and that more
than made up for what they lacked in
speed.
AL PaIzer's victory over Al Kaufman
put him in the limelight. and there ara
those in New York who believe he has
q CI0uCc 10 DedI lfUUs WIN 10 10 DC
Jack Johnson's opponent next summer.
According to Tom O'Rour<e. Palser's
manager, Flynn will meet his man In a
ten-round bout in New York within the
next few weeks. Should Palzer beat
Flynn there would be no occasion for
him to fight johnson. but 1t would neces
state match between PalZer and Carl
Morris, and the winner. would then have
to tackle the col0red champion.
1t does not take long for a ball player
to lose his reputation. Jack Murray OF
the Giants did as much as any member
Of that team to win the pennant and
yet because he fell down in the worlds
SERIES i'm which he did not get single
hit, he was marked for exit from the
big league. Fortunately for the Giants
and Murray. John McGraw is too wise
a manager to allow himself to be in
fiuenced by public clamor, and Murray is
assured Of his job and the chances are
he will make good. McGraw has a lot
of patience with a ball player who shows
him ability. He carried Fred Merkle
along for years and finally developed him
into a splendid ball player. and II took
him three years to make RUDE Marquard
q star pitcher. Realizing that good ball
players are scarce, McGraw hangs on to
those players who give evidence OF abil-
ity, even though they have periods dur
ing which they look like bushers.
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WANTS COFFROTH TO
HANDLE BIG MILL
Jack CurIey Desires to Drop
Out as Promoter of John
son-FIynn Scrap.

CHICAGO. January 0.-Jsck Curley last
night announced that he feels that, as
manager for Jim Flynn, he should not
promote the worlds championship battle
articles for which were signed Saturday
night by Jack Johnson and Flynn.
II am going to propose to the men 1
represent that James Coffroth. the great
est promoter In. the business and one
whom the sports know to be absolutely
square. be given entire charge Of the ar
rangements for this fight, said Curley.
Curley expects to start for Salt Lake
Wednesday to get the $4,000 which he is
to post as q forfeit to carry out the condi-
lions provided In the articles.
Flynn said that he expected to have the
greatest defense that fighter ever had
when he steps into the ring with the big
black
clemson Is so much heavier than I am
that shall need a great defense said
Flynn. For this reason l am going to
train under Tommy Ryan. expect Ryan
to give me a great finishing or
johnson spent the afternoon lookina
over q. new automobile. He said he had
made no ARRANGEMENTS for training YET
and would do nothing until q date for the
fight Is set.
II keep in coutittsn Ill ths time.' said
the big negro. land 4 won't need much ex
ira. work to !eet in shape for Flynn Of
anybody elsss"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10
MAGEE MENTIONED
In Divorce Cross Petition of st
Louis Officeholder.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, January Io.-Fred w.
Kleine, in his reply and cross-bill filed
Monday i'm court to Mrs. Harriette r.
Kleine's divorce suit, accused her of as
sociating with three base ball players
Magee, Bliss and Knight-whom. 1t IN
stated, she met at the National League
Park. It is charged she entertained them
at her home. -s
Lee Magee of Cincinnati. utility inneId-
err, and John j. A. Bliss. catcher, are
well known Cardinal players. Knight .
first name or nickname is given by tho
husband as Kitty No player SO
named is In the National League.
Kleine is superintendent In the city
street department. Last June. Kleinc al
leges, his wife sent kitty knight q
post card, addressed to Oakland, Cal.
with the words: Write soon. with love.
X"
The KIeines we're married May ~
1905. In Springfield. Ill
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received wide recognition last year. and
in the season OF 1912 big Oscar should
draw well.
L.ajoie and. jackson. Larry has been a
mammoth card for years. In several sea,
sons he was the one man who attracted
|. attention to the Maps as an Individual
Jackson's speed and batting now take
some OF the limelight from Lajoie, and
the southerner keeps attention conferred
on right field. Gregg made wonder
full record last year. He Ii q remarkaDie
pitcher. easily one Of the best In either
league and will be greater drawing
card this year.
Ed walsh always brings out the crowds
when he pitches for Chicago. me pig
right-hander threatened to nave q rssaI
for Sox publicity this year when Ping
Bodie broke into the big league. Da. lug
italian from the Pacific coast proved any
thing but a fence-buster in 1911. Jimmy
CaIlahan SAYS that Bodies style at bat Is
faulty. and that he will correct II TINS
year and make q better bafsman OUT Oh
chance to break into the neaniihes' iie
may develop into a star.
Rlackburne. 1.-THE ten.thousand- dollar
beauty." IL another White Sox hzzie OF
recent years. Blackburne, ike b0ofe. Us
expected to round into promised form
this year.
Naw York will again have Hal Chase.
vear before last 1t had Russell Ford
- 3 ssist in accommodating the dollars. but
last reason Russell did not appear quite
the same as in 1910. He may do better
this year under Harry Woiverton. The
make him a great attraction as long as
he lasts in the majors.
Boston did not have a particular star
last year, but during the season Of 1912
it promises to produce q wonder The
gefitlemar, referred to In Buck o. Brien.
Cobb says o Brien 10 one OF the greatest
pitchers he ever looked at. BUCK"
startled the major leagues late last sea-
son. He Is in the same class as Marty
OToole and Grover Cleveland Alexander.
He was bufYeted about several years be-
fore he developed. He is one of those
fellows who suddenly develop. There Is
nothing gradual about their elevation to
stardom. They roam along In groove
until suddenly they burst forth as Won
ders.
walter johnson has been washington's
nnainstay for a few seasons. IL the
washington team 10 In a slump and play
ing at its lowest form the team can al
ways look for . big crowd when the an
nouncement IL made a day in advance
that johnson will pitch. johnson is un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10
BY J. ED aR1LLo.

Notwithstanding the fact that for the
greater part Of the season there were
scarcely any accommodations at the To-
cal ball park last year. and thu
team was showing no especially brilliant
FORM. the club nevertheless had a healthy
balance on the right side OF the ledger.
For three months while the stands
were In course OF construction, there was
no. covering over them. and there were
other annoyances which tended to keey
down the attendance. Had the team been
up in the race there might be reason
team is down and no accommodations
are offered It speaks well for Q city which
turns out crowds to its ball park.
Seventy-five per cent Of the clubs
profits last season was spent for new
material. Figures close to the twenty
thousand dollar mark cover this item,
and yet there was a balance. Now that
the club has q modern plant the posi-
bilities are difncult to imagine. A WIN
ming team in Washington would undoubt-
ed1y show this city to be the superior OF
several In tho American League circuit.
There can be no assurances given that
the Nationals OF 1912 will do better than
the teams which have preceded.it in rep
resenting the National Capital in the
American League, but 1t seems to be
generally conceded that the effort to i'm
prove the team which Is now being made
stands better chance to succeed than
did the plans formerly in vogue here.
Having the nucleus Tor winning team
to start with. any competent base ball
man should, in the course Of two or three
years, make q great Improvement. but
this cannot be accomplished without con-
sistent hustling. Clark Griffith has al
ready created the impression that he His
the bill He has team to build up here,
and Il will take time and lot OF work
and incidentally a few smiles from Dame
Fortune to bring this about. But having
a nucleus is an advantage. Connie Mack
built up q championship team around a
fair nucleus. The team with which he
won the pennant In 1905 was not strong
one. It landed in front because OF the
splendid work Of Mack's pitchers, but
had no class in any other department
THAT team went to pieces the following
wear. but showed again in 1907, only to
TAN absolutely in the campaign of 1908
But Mack had a nucleus and was fortu-
nate enough to pick up some young stars,
and by 1910 his team became one or the
strongest in the history Of base bali. 1t
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Harry ("Slim") sallee, the lapAy. left
SANDER. who always has the Giants num-
Der any time he Is half way right, has
signed the pledge. He claims to have
been on the water wagon for several
months already. II this is SO. and he
sticks, to his resolution. the Giants will
fiud a formidable obstacle every time
they stack Up against the Cardinals In
1919. SaIlee is fellow who has lot
Of brains, differing In this respect from
sBi,eS" RAYMOND and fsube'' Waddell.
IIerefofeFe 10 he's been his enc worst
enemy
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!. ALI-AMERICA CREW
Nay Be Sent to Stockholm Next
Summer for Olympic Races.

NEW YORK. January SAN all-Ameri-
can crew for the Olympic games at
Stoekholm next summer is the latest
idea of the committee in charge OF this
cOuntry's athletic representation in 1912.
While the plan is only tentative as yet.
IT appeals 50 strongly to the members
OF the committee that unless insurmount-
able obstacles arise 1t appears certain
that tho United States will havo-erewu ID
the Olympic meet,
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Buck OT3rien and Joe Wood give him q
nucleus around which 10 develop q really
srsat stitching stan. He has the niftiest
outfield In either league. But the Red Sox
have mo really great catcher and tho in
dsl6 he's bsen asnA. barring tho advent OF
Q hunna-nGW star. win be Weask.
Ne Yhgboo0 aaooo e. 1R the clubs that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10
YANKEES HAVE BEST CLAIM
TO RUNNER-UP POSITION
Other Contenders in American League Pen
nant Race Most Depend Upon
New Players.

hGure as first division clubs actually eed-
ed only new manager to put them up
In the fight. There Is a pitching STAFF
that requires only proper handling to
take rank as one Of the strongest in the
Johnson circuit.
The infield could very easily struggle
along without a change, though 1t would
be improved greatly by q switch that
would transplant Hartzell from short to
the outfield. The team can hit, field and
run the bases. All IL has ever needed
was a manager with q sufficiently magnetic
spirit. From all accounts Wolverton is
such a manager.
Needs Only q Little Luck.
Even Chase could have finished closer to
a bit of luck. But each time his team did
get started playing anything like real base
ball four or five Of his players usually
bumped into a strained tendon or q dis
located joint or an illness Of some sort
Injuries and sickness necessitated SC
many changes that his team never did
get fair chance to develop teamwork
Harry VOTERS played for weeks when he
should have been on farm somewhere
resting UP. Earl Gardiner was UNIT fol
service most Of the second half OF the
season, though pressing need kept him in
the lineup good part Of the time.
New York had the team last year, but
lacked luck and a manager. It has the
II needs Is a fair share OF the luck to give
six clubs In the league considerable battle
for second. It Is the only club, barring
Philadelphia. Of course. that need not de-
pend on new players or new managers
who have not already been put to the test
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$4,000 OFFER FOR
NOVELTY AND zEUS
Daniel N. Cant, British Turf.
man, Sends Mcdonald to
Buy Crack Racers.

NEW YORK. January 10.-It was
learned yesterday afternoon that the
offers to buy Novelty and Zeus from the
millionaire manufacturer. Charles Kohler,
came from Daniel NJ. Cant OF England.
who is represented here by George Nc
Donald Twelve thousand FIVE hundred
dollars was offered for Zeus and the same
amount for the winner Of the Futurity
stakes.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who was formerly man
ager for the crack English boxer. Matt
Wells, was seen at the Hotel Metropole
yesterday. He was. Of course. disap-
pointed in not securing the colts. for
which he had crossed the ocean. This is
the second trip that Mr.. Mcdonald has
made to this country in an endeavor to
purchase Novelty and Zeus. Early in
September last Mcdonald arrived here to
look over the Hildreth horses and attend
the auction sale Of Americas leading
stable at the Sheepshead Bay paddocks.
Bidding on the first two horses 0nered
was unsatisfactory, and Mr.. Hildreth
called the sale on.
Mr.. Giants representative had, how
ever, an opportunity to examine the colts
he sought and he was so impressed with
their conformation. breeding and per-
formances that he induced his employer
to try to purchase the horses from Mr..
Kohler.
Representative Sees Kohler Horses.
Mcdonald visited the course Of the
Coney Island Jockey Club few days ago
and complimented Trainer Leary on the
appearance Of the horses in the stable.
He considers Zeus one Of the best indi-
viduals he ever saw, and said he would
run all day on the turf courses Of Great
Britain.
of Mcdonald, one OF the greatest horses
ever foaled. On the maternal side Ze-s
traces to an especially good racing fam
lily, and when he is through carving
silks will prove particularly desirable
Mr. Cant maintains q string OF thirty
horses at Vantage. 12O miles from Lon
don. The Cant establishment adjoins
! Whatcombe Vantage, the stabling q.ar-
tiers Of Lord Carnarvon's horses. The
Cant stable was strengthened last au-
tumn, when the proprietor purchased
Mustapha and q number Of two-year-
Odds at q cost Of 100000. Two Of the
juveniles bought at that time are consid,
cred Of high class. They were ofel AMI
raced in ireland.
Mustapha. O ix-year-old chestnut geld
ing by Obsron or Uncle Mac. out o,
Chatty-Raconteur. fetched $7.SOO an un
. usually big price TOT SeioIu8 u A.s %
Mustapha is a handicap horse out OF thu
ordinary. He packs weight well and is
, clinker at a mile and a quarter. de mn
ished second in the Cambridgeshtrs
handicap three successive years, and thu
Indications are he will race on indefinitely
Trainer George Boutell. who IN his da,
was n rider. Is in charge OF Mr. Giants
horses.
Butwell May Ride In England.
Jimmy Butweli. tho American 3ocke,
who rode in Russia last year, has beer
communicated with by OR. Mcdonald,
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NEW york, January S.-With the ex-
ception of a noble but ill-advised few,
who figure not upon actual performances
on the playing field but upon the posi-
bility Of an Athletic blow-up. players ana
critics in both major circuits bank upon
the mauling Mackmen to win their third
successive championship.
The dissenters. prominent among whom
is George Mullin. hang their hopes Of an
upset upon the outside chance that the
Athletics, like the old Boston Americans
and the more recent Cubs. will go to
pieces between seasons: that the pitching
stan that held the mightiest batsmen in
the National League TO the next thing to
no batting average at all across six
game series will lose the strength and
skill that SO completely baffied the Giants.
Banking on Experiments.
Careful dopesters. however. rate the
worlds champs as almost certain repeat
era They figure the fight for second and
third places as the only argument likely
to srise during the next campaign.
Detroit, Chicago. Boston and Cleve-
land have already claimed the runner-up
position-the Tigers because OF expected
Improvement thSu hihCsu Pi0y oAa IA
the pitching staff; Chicago partly because
OF an all-around bolstering and partly
because Jimmy Callahan has succeeded
Hugh Duffy as manager Of the knights
Of the Pallid Hose.
The probability that Lena Biackburne
win return In some sort OF shape to
make stab at earning his purchase price
ID Q contributing factor. but Chicago. Ike
Cleveland and Boston. hopes for higher
rating next season chiefly because q new
men win direct her diamond battles.
Maps Are Hopeful.
II IN doubtful II any manager could
have done more with the Maps last sea-
son that did George Stovail Davis may
show an Improvement. but he has not the
material to work with that Mack has in
Phradsiphia. Mack played the sacrifice,
hut not because he had to. The Athletics
rank with the fastest base runners In the
country. though their records Of last year
do not prove IT,
The talent Davis had bequeathed to
him does not possess this speed. II IL a
fair fielding outfit. hits well and knows
as much base ball as II ought to. But
base-Yuuntng game, for the simple rea-
son that II not shifty enough on the
hoof.
The White Sox haven't the pitching
stsn to carry them to second place. Ed
Walsh was the only reliable slabist on
tho team the greater part OF last season.
Several good young men have been pick
ed up. but when all the dope Is sifted
out Chicago really hopes for second or
third place because of the elevation of
Jimmy Callahan to the management.
Cal made such q success Of his comeback
az a player that no one would die Of
shock II he developed into a high-class
manager. Jake Stahl the new Boston
leader. never set the earth and adjacent
parts afire as leader. He may have
heen born to the job and ell that. but
he has yet to prove that he knows how
TO handle . team so as to win pennanti
with II.
Yankea proayaects
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Butwell May Ride in England.

Jimmy Butwell, tho American jockey
who rode in Russia last year. has been
communicated with by Mr. Mcdonald,
ana the probabilities are he win done the
Cant silks next Season Butweli 10 at
present at Charleston, where he will ride
during the winter months. Mcdonald
thinks that Shilling and Butweli will
make a hit on the English race courses.
He saws Wooton, Danny Maher, Trigg
and walter Griggs are the best Jockeys
now riding in England, but that ]. M.
(Skeets) Martin and several others are In
fine form.
PASSENGER list will include Harry Payne
Whitney. Charles Kohler and Mr.. Nc
Donald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-12-18
DYNAM|T|NG CASES
NEARING An END
Government and Defense
Rest at Trial and Motions
to Dismiss Overruled.
DOWD Is DISCHARGED
Nine of the "DOubtiuI Ten" Defend
ants Did Not Take the Wit
ness Stand.

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 17.-Sensa-
lions marked the close of the evidence
in the dynamite onspiracy case here
this afternoon.
The defense closed Unexpectedly a
full day in advance of the predicted
time. The government then followed
by closing it's case without rebuttal
Today marked the beginning OF the
twelfth week of the trial The de-
Tense began it's case fourteen days
ago.
The preliminary motion for dis
missal of all defendants followed and
Chester Krum, of council for the de-
tense, made a motion that the govern
ment be made to elect on what
charges the case against the two de-
PENDANTS he represented should go to
the jury. Judge Anderson took the
motion under advisement to report
during the arguments.
Four days were allowed each side
by the court for arguing the case.
The government will open tomorrow
morning and will close when the
defense has finished.
Nine of the doubtful ten defend
ants did not take the stand in their
own behalf. These were Ola A. Tvelt-
moe and Eugene A. Clancy, of San
Francisco; ]. E. Munsey, of Salt
Lake; Herbert S. Hockin. of Indian
apolis; Edward Symthe and James d.
Ray, of Peoria; w. J. Mccain, Kansas
City; Frank G. Webb, New York, and
Phillip A. Cooley. of New orleans,
1t was known the district attorney
was prepared to subject these defend
ants to long and rigid cross exam
nation and the defense feared to put
them on would injure it's case.
Clarence e. DoWd, defendant from
Rochester, N. Y, was discharged by
the court. All motions for dismissal
on behalf of the other defendants
were overruled. Forty men now await
| the verdict Of the Jury.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-12-18
MORE COTTON FROM
THE STATE FARM
200 Bales Are To BE Put ON the
Market by the state OF
ficiais.

Little Rock, Dec. 17-State Auditor
John R. lobe, president Of the peni-
tertiary board has received infor-
mT;ion that another 200 bales Of cot
ton which will class as bender, is
ready for sale. In add ton to this
the state has "a bales OF EXCEPTIONAL
ly fine long staple cotton, as well as
26 bales of short st1ple, which can
be sold at any time. The state has
already sold 800 bales, but that which
is now ready for market will hardly
be Offered before the holidays are
over.
The 800 convict cotton pickers now
working on the farms have gone over
the entire 1890 acres of cotton, and
if the weather is favorable this week,
will go back over it again, stripping
it of every ounce of lint. The con-
victs will then begin to pull the
stalks and burn them, so deep winter
blowing can commence by the rst
Of the year.