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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-03
FARRELL WINS SUIT
OVER HILLTOP STOCK
Justice Bischoff Dismisses
Gord0n'S Action to Declare
He Had Been Partner.

NEW YORK, January 3.-The action
brought by Joseph Gordon to have the
supreme court declare that he had been
a partner of Frank J. Farrell. the presi-
dent of the New York base ball club of
the American League, and for an &C
counting of the profits due him since the
establishment of the club terminated yes
terday in Farrells favor. when Justice
Bischoff dismissed Gordon'S complaint.
Justice Bischoff said he was not per-
suaded by the evidence that any con-
tract of partnership or joint venture ex-
listed between Gordon and Farrell.
1T am asked to find" the court says
"the fact of the contract, the plaintiff
asserting it was orally entered into and
the defendant being equally emphatic
in his denial. The parties are equally
interested in the event Of the action and
are equally credible.
"Resort being had to the probabilities,
thew are found to be against the plain
tiff;s contention and the conclusion is
reasonably inevitable that he has not
discharged his burden of establishing the
fact of the contract
THAT Gordon aided Farrell in launch
ing the enterprise is not disputed. JUS
tice Bischoff ADDS, and it is admitted by
Farrell that he owes him for his services.
Gordon alleged that he was to have
half the stock in the club after Farreil
was paid the money he put up, when
before 1906, when the association was on
q paving basis, aggregated $14O,OU fai
rell. according to Gordon, got back TINS
sum. but refused to carry out his con-
tract, Offering him only the income OF
$4,000 worth of the stock.
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CROSS COUNTRY RUN
OF SOUTH ATLANTIC
Annual Affair on Washington's
Birthday to Be Classy
Affair.

The annual South Atlantic champion
snip cross country run will be held in
Washington February % (Washington's
birthday at o'clock. over the Bright
wood course. This will be good news to
local distance men. as rumor had it that
Baltimore was to have the honor of hold
ing this event this year.
The Brightwood course is considered the
best in the south, and this is the main
reason why Washington was able to land
this event. The men start at the loop at
the end of the 18th street car line at
Piney Branch road and run in a circle
which is about three and one-half miles,
which ends at the starting point. This
route has to be covered twice, which
makes a total distance of about seven
miles. 1t is so arranged that the specta-
tors not only see the men twice on each
of the laps, but that by walking a square
or so they can see the men again. This
is such an improvement over the courses
which compel the spectators to wait
around for an hour or SO after the start
without seeing any of the race that the
\. \. L. officials could not help but see
it's advantages.
Local men are now making plans for
training with the idea in view Of winning
the handsome team trophy offered to the
team of five men scoring the least num-
Der of points. The Baltimore Cross
Country Club won this trophy last year,
setting a new record, and the local Cross
Country Club in particular is determined
that it will not repeat. The regular
championship die medals will be offered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-03
GRIFFITH SENDS CONTRACTS
TO MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM
New Manager Believes in Rewarding Players
Who Make Good-Does Not
Expect Single Kick.

well paid these days and they deserve to
be because the game is prosperous.
believe in paying players for the goods
they deliver. The fact that some young
ster is signed at low figure does not
mean that he will have to draw the pay
regardless of how well he may do.
make ii policy to reward my players.
The fellows who deliver the goods will
not be forgotten when the season is over
regardless of what their contract may
call for. That is the system which | be-
lieve always proves most successful.
The fact that Griffith was not elected
10 the board of directors of the club
came as a surprise to many who believed
that this was planned WREN Griffith came
here But Griffith does not want to be
burdened with the duties of that office.
He feels that he will have his hands full
managing the team and that the present
board will be well able to look after its
affairs without his assistance. Just as
soon as the players begin to report Crit
fifth figures that he will <,e too busy to
look after anything else, for he intends
to give his time to the players and the
welfare of the team from the very outset
of the training reason.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-03
BY J. ED GRILLO.

The first move to get the players on
the Washington clubs list in line for next
season was made this morning, when
Manager Griffith began TO send out CON
tracts for the season of 1912.
Excepting Ray Morgan and Walter
Johnson, the only two players who have
signed, every man on the list will have
the document before him before the week
is out. So far as can be learned the play
-ers will not have any complaints as to
the amounts offered. Several of the
Youngsters will receive increases and it
is not believed that single man on the
list will be cut. Griffith does not expect
the slightest trouble in signing his play
ers and he believes that by next week
he will have a majority of the signed
contracts in his safe.
THE Washington club has been very
considerate in offering salaries to its
players and l don't expect to hear sin
gle KICK said Griffith. Ball players are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-03
BY J. ED GRILLO.

When the finding is made known in the
ticket scandal controversy, If this ever
comes to pass, there is apt to be gen.
uine surprise. If rumors are 10 be be-
lieved which We're current during the
recent annual meetings of the two
leagues. then the New York club will be
exonerated from any wrongdoing, while
facts will be displayed which may place
the Philadelphia American League Club
in a rather undesirable light. According
to these rumors the Athletic management
violated all rules by absolutely failing to
have a public sale. But the chances are
that when the commission comes across
with it's findings it will be diplomatic
document in which no charges will be
made. but a disposition shown to smooth
matters over. Nothing is to be gained
nv rehashing all that was said about the
understanding matter. but the commits
rules which would prevent IL reoccurrence
of this evil.
1t is safe to say that the commission
will do nothing to start strife. What it
by the. selling of tickets by scalpers he
comes impossible. If this can be accom-
plished much good will have been done.
When Clark Griffith warned his associ-
ates in the local club that too much be
not expected from his team right from
the outset of his career he merely voiced
the sentiments of every intelligent patron
of the game.
The fact that new manager has been
placed in charge of the teamdoes not mean
that It, will become a factor in the race
the very first year of His regime. Grit
fifth has begun to install a new system
here, and 1t Is not to be expected that
this will result in making a poor ball
team q winner over night What moves
the new manager has made to date have
met with the approval of local lovers OF
the game. 1t seems to be the consensus
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TWO PHILLIES' PITCHERS SIGN
Brennan and Rasmussen Send Their
Contracts to President Fogel.

PHILADELPHIA, January 3.-The
signed contracts of two more pitchers
were received at the Phillies' headquar-
tiers yesterday. One was from Addie
Brennan, the southpaw. who is expected
to hold permanent place on the staff
next season. Brennan was sent to Buff
falo last season, and proved to be one
of the star twirlers of the Eastern
League.
The other pitcher to send in his con-
tract is Arthur Rasmussen, the big right
handler from the Vancouver team of the
Pacific Coast League. Last season
Charlie Doom was very anxious to Sc
cure Rasmussen, who is touted as real
wonder. and he is counted on as one Of
the regular pitchers this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-03
BY II. C. BYRD.

In the course of the winter and spring
al hand practically every big college VIII
be seen in competition against local col
leges Several of the larger schools VIII
be brought down during the winter TO
compete in the indoor track meets to be
held. while others will be seen on the
basket ball courts. With the exception
Of two or three, every one or the i>ig
institutions Will be seen in competition
against either Catholic University or
Georgetown.
While it is probable that only one of
the Big Four" teams will APPEAR on II
local court in basket ball. several fTes
will be seen here that have never before
competed i'm this section. one OF these
is the University of Pittsburgh. which
will meet Georgetown in February. The
Dickinson and Bucknel quints will also
play the Blue and Gray quint during the
coming winter. st. Johns Of New York
will also be brought down, and last year
that school had one of the best basket
ball teams in the country, winning from
Yale and every other college on its
schedule.
This winter track teams representing
every one of the big schools with the ex-
ception of Harvard will take part in the
indoor meets to be held. Already assur-
ances have been received from Yale and
Princeton that the two-mile race between
the relay teams of the two schools will be
on the card for the Georgetown games
the first week in March. Another event
in the Georgetown meet which VIII be
a meeting OF two good tours Will be the
annual race between Wesleyan and Cor
nell FOrdham and Nillanova Will also
be represented. 1t is probable that some
PENNSYLVANIA men will also appear in the
same meet
In the first meet George Washington is
planning to bring down some OF the big
schools, as an added attraction. Since the
| institution of their meet the Hatchetites
have had teams from Pennsylvania and
| Swarthmore and twice Cornell has APP
| peared This year il is the intention to
| have more of the larger institutions rep
resented.
! Besides taking part in the indoo,
| branches of sport the larger schools viii
/ almost without an exception meet one oil
! the local colleges on the diamond. Har
| ward may resume its southern trip again
| and the possibility of the Crimson meet
! ing Georgetown is thus made apparent. Il
! has been rumored that Pennsylvania an6
| Dartmouth will not take southern trip:
| in base ball this spring. and consequent,
may not meet any or the southern
| schools except on their own grounds.
| Taking all things into consideration, i
| begins to look as though the local fol
| lowers of college sports will see the clas
| Of the country in competition before tn
| season ends.
When it comes to picking the men 70
| the team which is to represent tn
United States in the Olympic games mex
summer those having the selections Il
charge should not be guided too much b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-03
MURRAY SEES O'TOOLE.
7 ittsburgh Scout Finds Pitcher Con
fident of Doing Good Work.

BOSTON. January 3--Chief Scout Will
lam Murray Of the Pittsburgh club was
IN Boston Yesterday. He ran out to South
birmingham 10 zee Marty OToole. the
Young pitcher whom Pittsburgh paid a
fancy price for last year on Murray's
recommendation, and found the moist ball
pitcher in good form for this time of
wear. OToole feels confident of starting
next season in his very best form, and
that means that the Smoky City lads will
be I'm the running.
Mr.. Murray always comes to his home
in Peabody to spend the holidays. He
dropped in at the Boston National League
headquarters yesterday. and later in the
day mad pleasant chat with Fred Lake,
Hugh Duffy and Tom McCarty.
Billy Murray has gained considerable
flesh since giving up the managerial end
~ the game. but is still drawing a tine
salary from the Pittsburgh club and
looks prosperous.
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they could but with them it was a case

they could. but with them it was case
of holding. their positions as long as posi-
BILE. for the future never looked bright to
them With Griffith it is different. The
opportunity is offered him to make him.
self wealthy man. There is no doubt
about Washington as a ball town. 1t
has supported weak teams for a decade
or more and If under Griffith matters can
be improved, the success of the venture
is assured.
There is no way to figure Carl Morris
out Of the present scramble to become a
challenger for the worlds pugilistic title.
True. it may take some time to bring this
about, but compared to the other social
ed white hopes Morris looks as good as
any of his rivals. His victory over Tom
Kennedy. who only a short time before
had stood off Al PalZer, who recently put
AL Kaufman away in five rounds shows
that he is not outclassed by any Of this
contingent His next important battle
should be with Palzer, and if he defeats
him he has a perfect right to demand a
return match with Jim Flynn. Flynn de-
feated him badly, but Morris was not the
improved fighter then that he Is now.
and judging from the able way he is being
handled he should continue to improve
for some time.
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nERTlNENT: COMMENT
RsHappenin&$SrS

of opinion that he has adopted the right
plans eventually to assure success. But
it takes time to work out the proplems
which confront him. Building up a pail
team along the lines GRIMM sussests re- Ie.,
has to secure an entirely new team. and
It is not to be had for the asking or Tor a
fortune Strict attention to business aho
q liberal display Of energy Will bring
success to Griffith. but he cannot WELD a
mvstic wand and bring about changes
which would SAVIOR of the fairy tales
All Griffith asks is a fair chance, ana ne
will get it, for others VINO nave peen Ia
charge of the local team less deserving
have never had any complaint COMING 'i'
this score.
When the owners of the Washington
club decided to have Grimth become a
part owner in the local property they
made q. wise move. Even If Grihth had
not made such an investment he inquired
on ma st performance to give his employers
his very best efforts. out there is no
doubt that with his own money at stake
there will be more OF an lneentNe Ior
conditions here not only from an artistic
standpoint. but in every other way
Though he has bee in base ball twenty
five years Or so, during which period ne
has been plaver and manager, this is the
first time that Griffith has been numbered
among the owners of ball clubs. So
while his coming here and taking charge
of a team which has been failure might
not he construed as meaning advance
mont vet il has furnished him the best
opportunity ne has ever had to show his
ability. He will not be hampered here
by outside influences, but will virtually
be working for his own interests.
Barring accidents Griffith should do no
worse with the team than did his prede-
cessors and the chances are that he will
he Is sure TO give an intelligent adminis-
tration. For Griffith there is n great
future here.
His predecessors no doubt did the best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-03
MURPHY TO TRAIN PHILLIES.
Celebrated Mike to Look After
Horace Fogel's Minions.

PHILADELPHIA. January 3.-Mike
Murphy. the athletic trainer of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, 1t was an
nounced, will go to Hot Springs with the
Phillies and will supervise the spring
training Of the players.
Horace 8. Fogel. president of the Phla-
delphia club. said that Murphy's tnp
would not interfere with his training
work at the University of Pennsylvania.
Murphy will be the trainer of the
American team which will compete i'm the
Olympic games in Sweden the coming
summer.
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ashngton Ball Players Contracts Are Put in the Mails Today
AMERICANS FAIL TO
WIN SINGLE MATCH

CHRISTCHURCH New Zea-
land, January 3.-Australasia
has succeeded with ease in re-
tanning the Davis lawn tennis
cup. beating the American team
in all five matches. Norman r.
BrOOkes, the Australasian play
er, today defeated Maurice r.
Mclaughlin. who was substitute
cd for William 4. Larned
when the latter suffered
strained tendon I'm the singles
match by Ct, So, 4-6. I-3,
Ga.
Reals Wright. who was to have
met Tod Heath in the other
singles match, was indisposed.
so that Heath was awarded the
match by default.
Australasia thus won the series
by five matches to nil.
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HANGS UP WORLDS
BEST BOWLING MARK

CHICAGO, January 3.-The
worlds best mark in bowling,
though not standing for a rec
ord. was moved thirteen points
higher last night when Lind
Eren and w. Richter dropped
1,421 pins in three games in
&ren and Bangart scored 1,4oS
pins. The marks In the games
last night were phenomenal,
each man bowling well above the
200 mark in each trial. Lind
gren's total was III and Rich
ter's 104.
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Indianapolis is quoted as Offering
$1,000 for a good backstop to work with
Johnny Mccarthy next season. An
Indianapolis scribe complains that out
of all the chickering's of Watkins and
Burke at San Antonio and New York
the Sonly result was Rabbit Robinson.
whose coming is not hailed with en-
thuSiaSm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-03

James Mullen, signed to manage
Scranton i'm place of Monte Cross. might
have gone to Montgomery. in the South
ern League. but international League
clubs refused to waive on him, with the
understanding that he should land as q
manager somewhere. Toronto then made
the deal with Scranton. -
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BIG NORTHERN SCHOOLS WILL
BE SEEN HERE THIS WINTER
Local Followers of Track and Basket Ball
Will See Best Talent in Coun-
try in Competition.

the performances of the runners indoors
What some men are capable OF DONG on
indoor track and what they can ac-
cOmpliSh on regular clnder path are Two
entirely different matters. and often the
runner who looks like a novice on snort
board track is the champion on quar-
ter-mile course. heavy, long-striding
runner would have practically no chance
in a uuarter-mie event against man
who was light and took a short stride
The main factor in a race on an indoor
track lis the ability to take the corners
sell and the man who can get around
tne sharp turns in the track with the
greatest facility is the one who will win
races under such conditions, While the
fellow who would be much better out
doors, would have little chance. OF course,
i'm the SprintS where the course is Il
straight-away, the difference is not 50
great. but even in those events there are
men who cannot perform nearly as Well
on the boards as they can on the outdoor
track.
There are several good men in the coun-
try who absolutely refuse TO compete on
an indoor track, and until this year there
have been many college trainers VINO re-
fused to allow their men to enter the IN
door meets at ALL or at least in as few
as possible during the year
No matter what kind of records are
made during the winter on the indoor
ira OK the committee which makes the Sc
lectons of the men who are to represent
this country should base its opinion in
the main on the performances on a regu-
lar cinder path.
The advent of the new year has de-
veloped one big surprise in an athletic
way and that is the poor showing of the
American tennis players in Australia.
When Iarned Wright and Mclaughlin
went to the antipOdes to attempt to bring
back the Davis cup, which was taken
from this country to England four years
ago by the Doherty brothers. there We're
few who thought that they would not be
successful and the fact that they have
failed to win a match has caused great
deal of speculation to the poor form
shown by the challengers. The general
opinion of those who have seen the
| matches is that the Americans have fail
ed to play up to their real standard for
some reason or other, and it is naturally
| being wondered at even over there
The fact of the matter Is that the
change in the climate is probably the
cause of the mediocre play of the three
men. American athletes have often fall
| ed to perform to their real standard In
| that country because of the adverse
| change in climatic conditions and the
same thing has probably affected the men
| who went there to lift the Davis cup. 1t
is not to be supposed that either Wright.
| Larned Mclaughlin, experienced as
| would be upset by anything like the stage
| cribed their poor showing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-03

When il comes to picking the men fol
the team which is to represent the
United States in the Olympic games mex
summer those having the selections IL
charge should not be guided too much b,
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AT THE END OF The RAINBOW.
MISTAKEN KINDNESS
BY WALT MASON.

THAT man Leathertop is queer chap,
remarked the druggist. His wife died
last week and | hadn't seen him since
until this morning, when l stepped up to
him to express a few words of sympathy.
had barely opened my face for that
purpose when he told me to cut it out.
His wife was dead and the incident was
closed and he didn't want to hear any
more about it, l felt Ike pushing him
off the sidewalk / was so Disguised with
his heartlessness.
land yet / think Leathertop was per-
fectly right commented the village
patriarch. Il don't know of anything
more eXasperating than to have people
grab your hand and hang to it for half
an hour while they explain how their
hearts yearn for you in your affliction.
Il remember when my fifth wife eloped
with a sewing machine agent. had
the sympathy. of the whole community.
for everybody knew that | was one of
the aolest husbands in town. ] had been
fitted for the position by much experience
and study. and the wife who didn't ap-
preciate me had something wrong with
her moral character. For several days
my friends would drop into my feed
store taxing it for granted that vas
across my shoulders i'm the mos: affec-
tionate way and tell me to be brave and
patient. that the wind was tempered to
the shorn lamb, that the darkest hour
was just before the dawn, and all hat
sort of thing.
Most OF these people were good Gus
toners of mine and | didn't want to
offend them. so I had to pretend that 1
was muc,i affected by their consolation
but the way. they annoyed me was
Sin and shame. Finally old Bill Pc
terkin came In with a lot of sympathy
He owed me for hay and ground feed
lie had bought the previous winter. and
| had given UP all hope of ever getting