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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09

Tomorrow at 1 o'clock in the north
hall of Georgetown College the first meet
ing of the representatives of the colleges
belonging to the Southern intercollegiate
Athletic Association will be held to draw
up a constitution and bylaws that are
to govern the body in it's relations to
collegiate athletics in the south 1t is
planned to have this new athletic Dooy
assume control of track athletics during
the early stage of it's existence and grad
ually extend itself to all the branches of
sport that are taken up by the southern
institutions. This new athletic body will
comprise all the universities of note in
the south Atlantic section, and as a
great many of these schools are charter
members of the newly formed organiza-
ton, and most of the other institutions
have already applied for membership.
nearly all the schools in the south will
be represented at tomorrow's meeting
on the. hilltop.
In the absence of Manager Kingsley,
who will be in Boston with the Hilltop
track team, Thomas F. Smith, president
Of the Blue and Gray Athletic Associa-
ton. will represent Georgetown. Joseph
T. England, Handicapped of the A. A. u.
and director of athletics at Johns Hop
kins, will represent the Baltimore insti-
tuition. while Neff will be on hand to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09

Georgetown Eleven May Clash With
Old Rival Next Fall.

1t was officially announced this morn
ing by Manager Loichot Of the George
town University foot ball team for next
season that negotia tions for a game with
Fordham for the coming season had
practically been completed. The fact
that the faculty of the New York univer-
sity has not reinstated foot ball among
the branches of sport that the Maroon
institution participates in is the only
reason that the final arrangements for
the game have not been completed.
However. it has been definitely learned
from the school in the metropolis that
the gridiron sport will be again taken up
next fall and ic consideration OF this
fact the final arrangements should be
signed by the managers OF both uni
versities in the near future.
The Hilltoppers will in all probability
meet Fordham next season election day
afternoon, the date on which the two
| teams had their annual meeting before
| foot ball was propped from among the
sports of the latter institution. There IL
! slight possibility, however, OF the con-
/, test for next year being played on either
| the I'd or the 9th, as in the event OF the
West Enders meeting the New Workers
election day there could be only that
one game played between the 1ndtan
and the Virginia games, while IL the
contest is booked for either Of the for
mer dates the remaining date will be
filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
BY J. ED GRILLo.

The Nationals will be the best uni
| formed team in the American League
next season, according to Manager Crit
nth. With Griffith the uniform ques-
ton is not trivial one. He believes
this Just as important matter as any
thing else pertaining to the ball team,
and he has given it much thought and
study
This morning Griffith selected his uni
forms, and they are undoubtedly both
neat and novel. On the road the team
will wear gray suits with brue trim
mings. The caps are solid navy blue
with gray stripe around the bottom
and along the edge of the visor. 1t is
I the stockings, however, that will prove
an innovation. They are gray up to the
middle of the calf and then solid blue.
F.: the effect of this being quite different
from the stripe which, many teams wear.
To set it off there is a slight blue belt
At home white is used instead of gray,
with the same blue trimmings. Whether
| the players will wear a sweater or coat
has not yet been definitely decided. but
the chances are that a gray sweater coat
will be used. t
Cleanliness is to be the watchword.
Once week the home uniforms are to be
cleaned. Griffith believes that 1T Is
essential to have his team look neat on
| the field. He considers 1T most important
that no player wear a soiled uniform.
There is nothing which strikes the eye
and pleases more than neatly uniform
ed ball team" said he. Il believe that
the Athletics would prove-a better draw
ing card il more care was taken to uni
form them. They are not a neat looking
lot to say the least. and make poor
impression on the field. OF course, it is
wonderful team. artistically speaking,
but that is not the only thing to be con-
sidered. The people who go to bali games
don't want to see lot Of slovenly look
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09

Charley johnson, bought by Utica last
year from Johnstown. goes back to the
Tri-State League. Manager O'Nein hay-
ing sold him to Trenton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
lean and Neat Uniforms as Essential as Good Ball Playing Says Gr
TO BE NEATE>T
:. UNIFORMED TEAM IN LEAGUE
Griffith Selects Wearing Apparel to Be Seen
at Home and on Road-Hopes
for Fast Outfield.

ing ball players cavorting about 1t is
just as easy to have them looking neat
and clean. I shall try to have the Ma
tioals the best uniformed and neatest
looking team in the league
NO one could be more anxious for the
training season to open than Manager
Griffith. He is actually counting the days
when the first squad leaves for Char
lottesville. Not being familiar with the
ability Of more than a few of his players,
Griffith is anxious to see his men IN &C
ZION that he can get line on them.
! He expects that by the time the season
opens he will be in a position to-
know just what chance he has in the
race. Milan, Mcbride, Schaefer, Johnson
and Street are known to Griffith, but the
others he has never seen in action. bar
ring Flynn, whom he saw in a number OF
games against Cincinnati when he man
aged that team.
Griffith, of course realizes that much
depends on his pitchers. Under the
most favorable conditions he does not
expect to have a smuggling team, SO that
alright pitching is necessary to make
it winner. Being an experienced
pitcher himself, he proposes to give
much of his time to developing and
improving the twirlers he has on his
list
Griffith feels sure that his outfield
will be stronger next year than 1t ever
has been before. lie HgureS tndl WITH
Milan to build around he should be
able to find two others who are fast
and can hit. On past performance 1T
looks as if these positions would fall
to Moeller and Schaefer, though, of
course, one of the several youngsters
may loom up strong enough to make
one of the positions. He admits that
he is at sea so far as the infield is
concerned, for he realizes that he
would have to have lucky break to
fill both second and third competently,
though he appears to feel satisfied that
Mcbride at short and Flynn at first
will come up to expectations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
n6ERTINENI COMMIT
YssHappeniq&$S1 SPortdom

with the new league are hesitating be-
cause there is not the necessary display
of the long green.
The proposed Columbia League, which
claims a western circuit, is even worse
off and has not turned a wheel aside
from awarding franchises, which means
nothing.
For fifteen consecutive seasons Hans
Wagner has batted over the 300 mark
thus tying the record of Pop Arson. But
Wagner is still in the game. and the
chances are that he will pass Arson S
mark in the coming campaign, for it can
not be figured that the Flying Dutchman
can possibly hit under the coveted mark.
Wagner is undoubtedly one Of the most
remarkable ball players that the game
appearing individual, he is fast, covers
a lot of ground and there is not single
position which he cannot play to perfec-
ton. But for the injury to Wagner in
the last campaign Pittsburgh would have
come pretty near to winning the flag.
Without Wagner Pittsburgh is as badly
+, off as would be Detroit with Cobb out. of
the lineup. Wagner says he is COM
pletely recovered from the injury which
put his team out OF the last race, and
that he is not yet in a position to say
when his career on the ball field will end.
If the Nationals are made up from the
material Griffith has on his list it will
| ball team in the American League
Barring Mcbride, every one Of the in.
| fielders will be youngsters, while
Schaefer. if he makes the place, will be
| the only veteran in the outfield, though
ne is not experienced in that position
| If such team shows ability there is a
great future for it, as 1t is sure to i'm
prove with every season. Nor is there
more than one veteran on the pitching
staff, Hughes. The others have had al
the most three or four years experience
and should be at their best.
Jim Callahan wants to save the race OF
| catchers from becoming heavy-hocked
and slow. He thinks the present system
Of squatting before each pitched ball in
| order to hide the sign from the opposing
team is responsible for stiffened legs and
uses up catchers long before Father Time
and Dame Nature intended.
In the course of game the catcher is
compelled to put unusual stress on the
muscles of his legs as often as $50 times.
The wear and tear on the especial mus
cles, Callahan argues. is certain to affect
the catcher's heetness and general activ-
ity.
And it sounds probable. But because
1 the catching fraternity has been doing
| this trick since the beginning Of time al
most 1t has been slow to abandon the
bad practice. Surely. however. a system
of signals could be devised that doesn't
| involve the leg-wracking stunts now in
vogue. It's up to some hackstOp's in
genuity to devise a signal plan that can
be used while in standing position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
BY J. ED GRILLo.

Barring the Johnson-Flynn fight is one
of the leading pastimes of every COM
munity that has been mentioned in con-
nection with the proposed fistic affair.
The chances are that if it was believed
that Flynn had chance to beat johnson
that the door would be opened for him
almost anywhere, but it is the impression
that Flynn will be nothing more than a
chopping block for the colored champion
and this is to a large extent the cause
for the prejudice against the bout.
AS matters now stand there is hardly
a chance for Johnson to get g. match In
this country. In cities where limited
round bouts are allowed he is barred fol
the reason that his appearance might
arouse a sentiment against the game
There does not seem to BE a fighter who
stands chance to beat him and conse-
quently any match made with the pres
emit crop Of heavies would be considered
a one-sided affair and for this reason il
would be difficult matter to find a spot
| where it could be pulled of with any
assurance Of financial success. 1t has
been a year and a half since Johnson
won the title and it may be as long again
before he will have an opportunity to de.
fend it.
Hal Chase, like Lajoie, is thoroughly
contented since he has been relieved from
the management OF the Yankees. *
great is his relief that he has even re-
fused the captaincy under Wolverton, say
ing that he preferred to give his entire
attention to playing first base and hitting
the ball.
Lajoie tried the managerial game, bu
gave it up, though it must be said to hi
credit that the Maps did better under his
regime than they ever have since or be-
fore. But it was public opinion tha
forced Larry to give UP the management
Cleveland folks got the idea that he wa:
| too easy with his players, and no mat
| ter what happened Larry was sure to b.
blamed. Chase has had his fill OF man
aging. and SO long as he can play bal
he is not apt to aspire in that direction
again.
Just to show what fimsy proposition
| this United States League is built on, Il
need but be said that Charley White, Il
whom the New York franchise wa.
awarded. has not yet located q grounds
nor signed player.
White says that 1t may be necessary
for his team to play all its games away
from home the coming season, which Ii
an ideal proposition to start out under
| 1t seems that In several cities soptions
on grounds have been secured, but aside
from this no money has been shown by
the promoters, and even the ballpiayers
who are in q position to accept positions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
HOME RUN BATS.
Frank Baker Orders an Even Dozen
From Louisville.

LOUISVILLE. KY, February Am
even dozen of those home run" bats
is the order John Franklin Baker of
the Philadelphia Athletics sent to a
Louisville turner. Accompanying the
order was the bat with which he made
his two famous four-base drives that
won the championship for the Ath-
letics over the New York Giants last
fall. 1t was made in Louisville of
Kentucky mountain wood that contains
luck. or something equally potent, and
he wants the twelve new ones made
just like it. Also, he wants the sacred
relic of his proves returned to him
at his farm, Trappe, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
Kinsella Says St. Louis Would
Paw 500. 500 for M. Brown

CHICAGO, February 9.-Richard
Kinsella. former owner of the
Springfield club of the Three-Eye
League and now scout of the ST.
Louis Cardinals, today said that
the st. Louis management would
buy Mordecai Brown from the Cubs
and pay $4,000 for him.
Kinsella did not mention those
figures, but he said that the Car
dinals would give as much for
Brown as the Pirates gave for
Marty O'Toole. O'Toole cost Drey-
fuss $500 in real money, and
Barney Dreyfuss gave ball player
in addition.
Kinsella said that he would see
President Murphy while here and
ask whether he was sincere in his
efforts to dispose Of Brown and
whether a cash payment would get
the services of the three-fingered
twirler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09

The meeting of the South Atlantic
League set for last week has been post
poned until schedules can be drawn and
submitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
Checker Exhibition.

Tomorrow night. February 10. Charles
A. Farquhar, champion checker player of
the District, will give an exhibition of
simultaneous play at the rooms Of the
Capital City Chess and Checker Club,
18th street and New York avenue north
west, at o'clock.
All checker players are cordially invit-
ed and will be given an opportunity to
take q board against the champion if
they SO desire. This Is the first of a
series Of similar exhibitions which will
be given at the Capital City Club during
the coming months.
After the exhibition it is expected that
the checker players will organize tour.
nament to commence very soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
FARRELL AS SCOUT.
The Duke Shifts From Yankees to
Boston Nationals.

BOSTON, February 3.-Charles (bet.
ter known as 'Duke'o Farrell, the old
time catcher, recently with the New
York Americans, has been signed by
the Boston National League Base Ball
Club as a scout. He will go south
with the team on it's spring training
trip, and help Manager King with the
young pitchers and catchers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
WILL HOLD FIRST MEETING OF
COLLEGIATE BODY TOMORROW
Southern Schools to Get Together
Georgetown to Discuss Matters
and Formulate Rules.

look out for the interests of the Uni
versity of Virginia. Branch Bobock. di-
rector of the sports and head coach of
the foot ball team of North Carolina, will
represent the Tar Heels and will also
vote by proxy for the Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute. There will also be several
other men who are noted in the southern
collegiate world of sport at the meeting
on the heights tomorrow afternoon who
will play an important part in the for
nation of the Southern Collegiate! Attn
letic Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09

opening day half holiday for their en-
ployes. to give them an opportunity to
be present at our Inauguration. Several
have purchased blocks of choice seats to
is no question in my mind the attendance
record will be shattered so extensively
that it will be some time before it Is sur
passed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09
DICK GRANT RE-ENGAGED.
Will Once More Act as Coach for
Minnesota,

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, February g.
Richard Grant. a graduate Of Harvard
University and track coach OF the
University of Minnesota, has been re-
engaged for the coming year by the
athletic board Of control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-09

The name New FORK State League has
heen good enough for the Farrell circuit
for twenty years, and the suggestion COM
ing from Bill Clymer of Wilkesbarre that
it be changed to Eastern League will not
be accepted.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-30
WILL INVESTIGATE REPORT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O.-The state
department has ordered an investiga
tion of the recent report that the Toyo
kisen Kaisha Steamship company is
obtaining options on lands at Homo
lulu, on which it plans to erect a coal
ing plant of 100000 tons capacity If
the report is true there is not the
slightest doubt in official circles that
the state department will imm ely
make representation to the Japanese
government on the matter. Japan will
be notified that the Toyo Kisen Kaisha
company cannot be allowed to secure
possession of any land in Hawaii.
either by sale or lease, for a coaling
station.
This will be in line with the policy
adopted a long time ago by this gov
ernment and recently reiterated in the
Lodge resolution at the last congress :
sional session, which declared in sub
stance that the United tates will not
permit acquisition of land for coaling
stations by foreign steamship corpora
tions anywhere in North or South
America.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-30
COTTON CROP MARKETED

PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 3O.-The
Egyptian cotton crop of the Salt River
valley now is being marketed. The
total Egyptian cotton crop of the
whole country will amount to over 450
bales, on the testimony of E. Martin
Philippi and r. c. Kerr of the Amer
lean Thread company, now here. OF
this amount, 275 bales will be from the
salt River valley around Phi oenix and
Mesa. Some will be marketed from
Yuma and from the Pima Indian
agency at Sacaton, with 80 bales from
the Cudahy ranch in Lower California
The rest will be from the Imperial
Valley, where the greater part of the
cotton produced is of shorter staple
varieties, such as is grown in the Gulf
states. The quality of the local product
is declared even above standard and a
bid has been made of % cents a pound
in New York, about 10 cents above the
price of the short staple variety.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-30
NOTES ON EXPOSITION

SAN DIEGO, Nov 30-Fifty thousand
tickets for Pacific coast points have
heen sold by 1900 immigration agents
n Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, HoI-
1he Panama canal. The difference III
fare from European points to New
York, and from the same points to San
Diego is less than SO, and according to
transportation experts not less than
aalf a million immigrants will embark
for Pacific coast points before 1916.
Twelve thousand San Diego school
children are engaged in a story writ
ing contest for prizes offered by the
exposition and certain private indi-
giduals, the theme being the San Diego
exposition. The handling of the sub
iect and the title OF the story will be
left to the contestants A committee of
twenty will deliver addresses to the
Ehildren of schools early in December.
Exposition commissioners from Utah
nsited the San Diego exposition re-
Gently and approved of the site select ii
ZSE dU tNIllDll III 1910 L pun their re-
,urn home they will urge the appro-
yriation of 100000 for a suitable ex-
tibit in San Diego, 1915.
lose de Garcia Cruz, familiarly called
-AeU," hereditary bell ringer for the
mission at San Juan Capistrano, has
Been invited to ring the bells a. the
San Diego exposition in 1915. The aged
MAO rs years of age and is one or
the unique figures of an olden time.
He is a fun blooded Indian.
The Monterey Bay County league
sent supervisors and commissioners to
San Diego recently 10 look over the eX-
position site and perfect details for an
exhibit in 1915. The party was ten
dered a banquet at the Hotel del Coro-
1ado while in San Diego. The coun-
ties of the league are San Mateo, Santa
Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Mon
terey and san Luis Obispo, and the Wis
itiDg delegation included James A
8aN, mayor of Watsonville; William
PGImtag, mayor of Hollister; J. P
Pryor, mayor of Pacific Grove; John
Roll chairman Santa Clara count :
supervisors; Ralph Mattison. chairman
u Santa Clara county supervisors; Will
4am Casey, chairman of Monterey
county supervisors, and Edward H.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-30
SEEK TO D|SFRANCH|SE
ON PECULIAR DECISION

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 29-On behalf
Of the Progressive electoral ticket,
Frank r. Devlin, one of the Progress
sive candidates, has brought suit in the
appellate court of Sacramento to com
pei a proper canvass of the votes in
Sacramento and San Joaquin counties
in which Roosevelt was deprived of $50
votes under the method of tallying
adopted.
In Los Angeles the Democrats and
reactiOnary Republicans are fighting
the efforts of the Progressives to have
an accurate count made of the votes
| in two precincts. They are taking their
stand on a decision of the appellate
court in the First judicial district, which
decision has already been overturn ed
by the appellate court in the Second
judicial district at San Francisco.
The settlement of these legal dis
putes must be accomplished before any
certification can be made by Secre-
tary of State Jordan relative to the
result in California.
On the face of the returns already
certified in Jordan's office from fifty
five counties and the unofficial returns
from the remaining three counties Wal
lace, the high Roosevelt elector, leads
Griffin, the high Wilson man, by 12S
votes. This is. in spite of the court
decision in Los Angeles affair and just
determination of the issue. The de-
cision practically takes away from
Roosevelt a plurality of 200 votes in
these precincts. The votes were cast
for him; there is no charge of fraud
against any of them, yet the court
wants them thrown out on a technical
ruling which if applied all over the
state would throw out about % coun-
ties in which Wilson has pluralities.
The statement of Assistant District
Attorney Ford Of Los Angeles, who
voted for Wilson, has done much to
clear the matter in the minds of those
citizens of whatever political creed
who desire to see the matter deter
mined justly and fairly.
81 voted for wilson," said Ford, "but
I would hate to see him given the
electoral vote of the state by that de-
cision. I think the Democrats are
making a grave mistake in resorting
to such tactics. I am in favor of see
ing the vote counted honestly and
fairly"
An attempt has been made by the
reactionary press to give. the public
the impression that the Los Angeles
decision meant that the vote would
simply be recounted to arrive at an
accurate determination. The fact of the
matter is that an attempt is being
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-30

Lorenson, associate editor Watsonville
Daily Pajaronian.
Work on the San Diego & Arizona
railroad will be pushed with vigor and
the road completed before 1915, accord
ing to reports given in the local press
l. is rumored that the Rock Island is
interested in the completion of the pro-
iect and will be identified with its
policy.
Birmingham, Alabama, is planning
for an exposition in 1919 TO celebrate
the one hundredth anniversary of Ala
bama's entrance into the United States
AS an example in point at what pluck
wise management and determinatio On
may do in the way OF building an ex-
position, the Birmingham press cites
San Diego.