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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08
BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE AND
RULES 1918
SENIOR LEAGUE COMMITTEES NET
YESTERDAY AND ARRANGED
CLASSY CARD OF GAMES AND
FIXED IT'S CODE FoR SEASON.

AZ meeting % the senior basket
bail oommittce q the Y a. c. A. held
yesterday afternoon. rules % govern
the league during the present season
we've adopted. some changes have
been made IN the lire up Of tho teams
thereby nakinE them more evenly
matched. The regular schedule viii
start Oh next Wednesday aiEht aud
the PLAYERS arc ell Ga kood condition
owing 90 the preliminary games which
have been rlayCd and the earnest prac-
tices that the teams have INDUCED In.
The committeeman are very much
onthuaed over the outlook FOR the sea-
sou and each representative feels con-
adant that his tsam win ain.
The schedule was made up a. fol-
lows
Senior Baskstbnl sohsduls Season
fat2.tg.
Pirates Va NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Va
Rcxalls nec 10.
Rexalls vu. Pirates-w hitnans ".
sharks. Zee a.
WhHmuus We HcXails-aharts W.
Pirates. ian T.
sharks W. HeNalls-Whitrahn ~
Pirates Jan.
WNffmHnH VS. sharks Recalls 70
Pirates. Jan rs
sharks Sc. rirnter==pk hitrnans ~.
KrNaila. Jan. Gg
Whitmaua vs. piratcu-ne1aiia 70.
sharks. Jan 20.
Pirates We RsHnIs-sharks Va.
Whifmann neh. Iz
Recalls Va Whifu1ans-p Pirates Va
sharks. Feb ~.
Teams win probably lineup as fol-
lows
Botaus-phmips. Olsen. wallace.
Boyett Vinaon and Schools
sharks-furton. Roberts. smith
Brown. tiorrcIL Avery md sublett
Pirates Wilkinson. Ben Jones. Dun
can. Frnch. Brawner and m Jones.
whitmAna FrctaH. Gibson. Lang
ford Mcdonald. DIaa and Barrow.
The code ~ rules adopted is 81 fol-
love-
O. Cal-Ths icsEus shall - gov
erned ~ committee composed q one
member elected from each team IN the
lcaEIe. the physical director ~ the Y.
ST. G. A, always being ex-oneio chair
mar.
Cbl-Tsis COMMITTEES shall select ana
approve the various teams. arrange tho
schedules. settle disputes and IN short
be the fnai authority n al matters
pertaining o. the maintenance % the
league The chairman shall cau a
meeting of the committee on request
~ any member o. the COMMITTEES.
tc)-For The sesson ial2-l3 the COM
miftee shah be composed % ~. ~
Hopper. cx-omcio chairman. prank
rickaa. Chairman. y. o. Phillips. score
tary. a. A. Lurtnn and Va =. WiIkin-
son.
Teams and riayera
n)-The league shall 30 limited %
four teams.
bIEaeh team shall be umted 90
eight players
tc)-No more thar three playcfs %
any one seasons team shall 10 all
lowed 20 play on the same team cur
The following season.
tdJ-No player vho has ever played
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

In local y. ~. g. A. basketball shall
be allowed % enter the league without
the approval of the committee.
Ce)-No player shall be allowed %
play on one team in the league while
a member 81 another team.
0D-Ea4h player shall have the privi-
lege Of changing from one team 20
another. n he has first been released
BY the manager ~ tho FIRST mentioned
team. and provided such change does
not violate any % these rules such
change VIII FIRST have 60 be approved
BY the committee. and only one such
change SHAH bs allowed during any one
season.
oh the event ~ any team dis
banding before the season "a over
members ~ said team win be allowed
20 Join other teams only with the az
prevail % the committee and IN accord
anes with the provisions ~ these rules
(h)-No chanEing 81 players a.
signing 81 new players will be allowed
after the beginning of the last ZAP oi
the schedule.
N-Each team shall provide itself
with uniform suits not later than ths
third Eame after the opening - The
Z schedule
G--ffmuea.
! taD-The committee SHAH IN ths
I schedule q Eames.
! tbl-Gamea can - postponed only
With The mutual consent ~ the mar
ayers % the two teams affected. pan
IRE - team % appear FOR a sched
ule wame shall entlt,e sc opponent 20
a forfeit
/ tcl-Postponed games shall he PLAY
90 or on successive wednesday niEhts
Immediately follawinE the epa on the
season unless the managers affected
mutually ugrse o. an earlier date.
I tdl--in the event ~ any team DROP
PMS out before the schedule A. com
Fleteo. cuch team entitled 20 n same
Win ne defauitinE team shall bs cred :
tied with q forfeit
/ tel-in The event % = te Tor the
championship. Tire fie shall De- srttIed
~ series 81 three Eamsa 10 b.
PLAYED on the successive wsdresasv
nights immediately following the ts-i
scheduled game
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08
FIX
THE CRATES
LAND on IT'S NECK AND TAKE
or SPOTS WITH r.s SCORE AS
CHASER.

The second xams ~ the basket ball
series q the intermediate class vas
plaTcd yesterday afternoon between
the Lseopards and GtrGffes on the n.
"a &. A. court
The game was very close and eH-
citing Excellent playing was done
by both teams. The score stood ne
when the tlrnekseper blew hts whistle
Cor time %. The rules however. ro-
Quire that the az he played or, and
ths Leoparda succeeted in making the
first two points. thereby gaining VIC
tory ever the Gifaffes ~ ire score
% "a 20 g The linz ID % the teams
waa a. follows
Giraffas-Caro and poolos, Tuards.
Barrow. center. Roberts and I'd Leo.
forwards
Leoparda--Porxins and Richards
quarts. BrazselL center n. Lee and
De5ilya forwards
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08
NO DAMAGES WHERE
PUBLIC OFFICER % NEGLIGENT

Washington. Dec 7.-No matter how
much ioss a person sufferers because
letter carrier delays delivery Of mail,
policeman fails % walk his beat a
fireman neglscts an alarm or a water
company omits 20 install IRE plugs. the
sufferer cannot recover damages such
o. the statement of Justice Lamar ~
me supreme court IN an oficiai opin-
ion hled today among the records 81
TIRE court.
This utterance was made On arriving
a. the conclusion that an individual On p
habitant % a city cannot sue q water
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08
sUFFRAoETTEs TORMENT JOHN
REDMOND AT DEMONSTRATION

london. Dec Tl--sunragcttea put
John Redmond, leader ~ ths Irish ma
tI0nauHt PARTY 90 torment today "a a
bone rule demonstration in tho north
east uf London.
Eor half en- hour the Irish leader
watched the forCiblc eviction from the
hau % his dlstarbnrs whoas Interrupt
fIana end desperate resistance 60 the
uaharH caused a rapid succession of
rough aud tumble scenes
Men. az well as women. were thrown
Bodily out a. che hau Among the men
vert some rierEymeu uho had protest
- arBiuat the rough handling - the
women.
During chr hair hour Nr Redmond
waH able % utter only single sem
trnce which was t1 the erect that b.
seemed o. him almost tragic that the
q efneu'H cause which in the minis
end hearts ~ 90 many was no great
should De- turned into a.onutc tntrFlauc
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08
SPORTING NEWS OF INTEREST

necessary % stay on the water wagon
during the OF season. Re promised
faithfuily that he would never again"
after his fan az the close % last sum
meE. but he. perhaps. figures that a
pledge does not begin until tha start
Miller HuEgius has taken rsal
charge 81 the anairs % the ST. Louis
club. He has opened HE once IN 81
Louis and 10 making ths fur ~ In al
directions
Max F1eischmann. treasurer - the
Cincinnati club. was loaned 90 the
Brooklyn club for q short time durinE
tho recent league meeting IN the
east The rules o. the league prevent
more than two representative % any
club sitting IN q iaEus meeting. but
there r. no rule preventing q member
Of one club representing another club
Garry Herman had Julius and MAJ
Fleischaann with him a. the meet
Ing
one hiE point IN favor % Chanea 4
he should take charge % the Reds.
would he that al the players Ike him
and would gladly work for him and
be would have = good nucleus - start
with
Garry Herman would NOT make q
foolish move ~ any means n he
should pay Prank Chance the biEEust
salary ever givsn q manager. II would
soon come back into the treasury ~
the club and keep On ooming after
that q Chance should 80 well
The name 81 the lawyer acting as
Tom Lynch's representative IN the
league meeting last week we J. Con
way Tooie. Lynch never goes hack
on HE nationality.
The Cincinnati club vas wiling n
pay 5000 for Red Corriden in order
q wive him 70 the Chicago club. along
with Mitchell and Phelan. Tor Jos
Tinker.
n Tinker gets $4,000 for playing
with the cubs next season there q
just nngcring suspicion that joe
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

wrl jump a. a. This l. no, saying
that be Win Es' ne ehsr. though.
James J. Callahan. manager Of TIE
White soE. returned with ais family
nom q ten days vacation az West
Baden and today VIII wade into rs
& rrespondence a. ire Thirty-nfth
street headquarters. adjusting even
little detail Incidental % the annual
meeting % the Americzn league called
Tor De0'mssr u sera
william Brennan. National league
umpire. vii drop Ma proposed civn
suit for damages against Horace 70
Sc. former president u the Philadel-
phia club
baseball team. which recently PLAYED
series Of Hames IN Cuba returned
e. Philadelphia DurinE their stay In
Cuba the Athletics won ten out 81
twelve ganes pisyed
cub nsldinE hcnors for 1919 IN sha
National league 80 % the Pittsburs
team with a marx 81 nT2. FIRED
Clarkc's combination copped TIE sane
prize last year. haEEfnE an average
% .a63. TIE pennant. winning Giants
four points behind ne CUBS. VINO
rank seventh this seasun with. tEs
again totaled $50 and tied the Reds
for third place. Charlie Dooin'H Phil
iies run second 90 the Pirates with
SIS While last riace bsionEs 81 ere
Braves. who Tailed two points astsrn
McGraw's machine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08
MORE THAN 100000 ron
CHICAGO WORKERS

ChicaEo. Dee 7s-Employes % large
establishments On Chicago are % reap
bigger harvest during the coming
Yuietide than has been thu case within
the memory q The oldest head" ac-
cording % announcemsntn made today.
More than ts.oco. 900 n 90 be distrib-
uted IN various forms @ workers IN
banks hig stores and manufacturing
plants. The spirit q generosity u said
20 have been strenHthened BY a year
- trade well shove the norrnal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08
CPORT.& &
CNAP SHOT,

Afherta. s.o1 "a ~ searchiirht
1o3 Ia ia fhe smallest horse that
ever beat 9h1 re sfanda 10 hands
figh and tips thc scales az ass pounds.
Trninor GEORGE Iaag puts him ID
crate and chips him from town %
tsun at q saving q several dollars
trip ~ J. Mckenzie. The Canadian
millionaire hnraeman. formerly owned
Alberta. but save ne animal 90 q rel
ntivo IN winnipeE
Harry smith. former PIttahurE and
Boston National catcher. who 70 %
manager me Newark International
league team next season. "a one o. Ire
few EuEiishmen 20 make rood IN
hasehau Ho vas born n EnEland.
hob sterer. Ten tackle. may be
named a. narvnrdB next football cap
fnfn re is member % q prominent
Boston family.
Tom McCaruy. Los Angeles fight
nramotsr. ia anxious Tor Johnny kii-
hane 20 - 80 the coast February "a
and fight Johnny Dundee at Vernon.
a good purse has basn offered and
me featherwciEht champ thinks be
EN- a..
Vow that he's champ. willie PIT
chic wiu take 20 me footiiEhta Ter q
time and then rest SIC is very great
81 On need ~ rest dc fought Mandot
IN March aud Wolgaat four rounds IN
Nav Then 30 fought Wolgast again
az Thanksgiving. re certainly needa
rest ana probably wiu Loaf unui
February.
ffuEh Jennings says tho lamhastinE
fha PHILADELPHIA Atuieflca gave the
Cuhnns this fan confirms what he said
that there was no reason for the IS
81 ndsra 10 beat any good American lot
~ nIayera who would Keep in condi-
fian. Heretofore. says Hush, an the
ffina taken % Cuba have been nothing
but 500 iourneya uith no great effort
81 play han.
Jim FIVun ana Luther McCartv. who
ere to HRff twenty rounds az the
vernon. Cal. arena on December 10.
have both bad a very hard time find
ane nunrrluF partners Hcnv1rwe
seem a. b. rather scarce. al Palzer
vii nrht ire winner on January j
end Ia already training in Los An
neisa.
with "a puEdslc. owner AZ Seattle,
end Joe McGinulty. owner ht Tacoma.
Northwestern league fans wiz next
scar witness the spectacle OF old-tlme
tnttcrg mates rivals for the pcnnant
McGunitg and pugdaia made up the
eiaf battery for the Peoria team iu
tha cd Western Association tweuJ
years aEo.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08
NEWS. AND GOSSIP
OF BALL PlAVE as


The next move is up % Horace 20
So lie may have = fee warops 20
band out eefo = he disappears from
ne baseball MAG.
The friendship between FSsrs s-s
Tinker has not been MADE any warm
er ~ the recent negotiations between
TIE Reds and ne Cubs ~ half ~ uhat
Tinker has sid IL from the heart In
stead % having protected himself
aEatnst the loss ~ q ssortsfop. Ma
ager Evera evidently has caused a Ioas
CrrrkiNn would have been much bet
Ter tAan no shortstap a. an
The latest reports ssnt out from
Boston are that uius Jerry McCar-
my. me mascot fnr the Rad sor aurinr
the last three seasons va not R1vsn
$4,000 BY the members - the team a.
az first reported. bat the cum Vas orlv
$40 and an order Cor $50 wortA q
eiothinE
Cal EvfnE. president ~ ths san
Francisco club. who - planning % en-
larwing his seating capacity thia pin-
ter. SAYS that be viil build q landau
ceurt IN the club house % help his
players 70 keep ~ condition.
Biz va Konst-hy. TIRE Cardinals nrst
baseman. who owns q hiE touring car.
has invested heavily On soFns or stock
Hia car burns up gasoline az a rapid
rate and TIRE hig PLAYER figures that ne
VII reduce the cost % living hy be-
iuK IN on the dividends, ~ The Oh weu
Larry Mclean does not consider u
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

company Cor failure 20 install piuEs Ena
mains n had contracted With q city
10 install The case arose IN spartan
hurK. =. G. The opinion IL CONTRARY
% Law in Kentucky, North Caroline
and Florida. but urhnids decisions in
numerous states
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08
.eaItIlnyA
ISNE(SfIfSFS

Women Who bsNr children and 70
main healthy are those Who prepare
their aystems In advance q bahy's
ooming. Uniesa the mother aids
nature IN ita prenatal work ne crisis
nnds her system unequal % the De.
u,Anda made upon a. and she 10 ef'en
left with weakened health or chronic
ailments. No remedy IL 30 truly
help 90 nature 90 Mothers Friend.
and no expectAnt mother shoald far
20 use g. n relieves the pain and
discomfort caused BY the strain on
the liEamonts. MAKES plant and elias
&c those nbrea and muscles which
nature IL expanding. prevents numb
meas q limbs. and soothes the innam-
nation Of breast glands The system
being thus prepared By Mothers
Friend dispsla the fear that the crisis
may not be safely met hothsr's
Friend assures q speedy and complete
recovery for the mother. and she ia
eft a healthy woman 10 antoy the
rearing Of her
i P4isss !. H .Sis !; Mothers
drug atoTea E~an~>&
Write for our free EEMWNMNNM
book Tor expect
ant mothers which contains much
valuable information. and many sug-
gestions Of . helpful nature.
BRADHnD REGULATOR Co. AassaA. Co
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

Telling woman she haE pearls ir
her mouth lsnf EoIng o. cure her ~
wnatinE some f7r her ucck.--New York
IFrHH
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

our idoa 81 hard luck r. FOR q Won
an 20 marry Tor home and then ha.s
a. iivr out ~ psper naokA--naii1s
News
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

II Tinker gets $4,000 for playinE
with the cubs next season there ~
Just lingcrlng suspicion that Joe
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

The Cincinnati club vas willing %
pay 5000 for Red Corriden IN order
q give him 20 the Chicago club. along
with Mitchell and Phelan. Tor Joe
Tinker.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

Tom McCaroy. Los Angeles fight
promoter. ia anxious Cor Johnny kii-
hare 20 80 so the coast February "a
and fight Johnny Dundee 90 Vernon.
A good purse has basn offered and
the featherwciEht champ thinks De
wfTi 40.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

FNMFIUN O HNT
chnA Mothers
Friand 70 cold &c
drug stores
Write for our free
book Tor sxp~ct-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

The name 81 the lawyer acting az
Tom Lynch's representative IN the
league meeting last week was J. Con
way Tooie. Lynch never goes hack
on his nationality
The evening world., 1912-10-17
MANY SUbPOENAED
no EXPLA|N RUMOR
1, Of STORE MURDER
Bonner Employees of Abraham
& Straus Called Before
Grand Jury.
GIRL SLAIN, IS REPORT.
Story of Outrage in Depart
ment Store Declared Alb
:. surd by the Firm.
GIRL SLAIN, IS REPORT.

ne rigid Investigation by the Brook
m Grand Jury into the persistent re-
port that one Of the YOUNG girl employees
Of the firm OF Abraham q Stratus had
teen murdered and her body stuffed
Inc q clothes locker was continued to-
day under the personal direction OF Dis
trict.Attorney cropsey and Assistant
District-Attorney Kellogg.
AmonG other subpoenas sent out for
witnesses to appear before the Grand
Jury were at least twenty-five directed
% former employees Of the big depart
mont sore who, II was said. had been
discharged for carrying the tale OF the
rumored murder outside OF the store.
TAs firm Of Abraham 4 Strauss gave
81 to-day the following statement:
Tor two weeks We nave done every
th1ng possible to run down the origin
% q prsposterous and utterly inbound
- rumor that some one had been muir
dsrsd or that q body had been discov-
ersd in . locker In this store. We have
opused our store to the inves ffkations
Of he police, the Coroner and the state
IAbor Department and have requested
the authorities to help US fnd out who
started the Islander. or why II was
stsrted--all without result.
After . thorough investigation on
our own account we found that not one
was uuaccountably missing from our
stan Of employees. mat no ono had
been assaulted and that no body was
feond. and nothing upon which to base
in'ths slightest way the story Of the
nnding OF body had occurred here AT
any time. All we could discover was
t>uok SOME one telephoned the newspa.
DsPs ana followed this up with anony.
msss letters.
we have not been able to md who
started the slander and can md no mo.
tive for such maliciousness. The 30
10 the Coroner and others have been
Investigating the rumor night ana day
until every authority In the city know,
the thing TO be absolutely false.
The anonymous letter writing con
tiaues. however. ana ~ we believe II
juetics 70 ell concerned the District At
tegnsy should b. asked to investigat,
~ matter. How his Investigation
WI procssd 10 . matter for him 4
Decide"
fhs examination into the report of Z
0stsly murder having been done In tn,
0vingseon street annex Of hs>Brook
IN store some time in September
thers ars ~ many dates assigned I,
~ crtms - there are days In tn,
unsath-was initiated by q member O
tho 0rand Jury who had heard the stor,
an1 was not. ~ has been reported. 4
~ insusanon Of the proprietors Of tn,
olere themselves.
Such vide currency had the tale 70
The evening world., 1912-10-17
LUNe SUFFERER
PRAISES sIRoLIN
Swiss Preparation Gaining Many
Friends In This Country.

In speaking Of what s,rsiin. the swiss
Lung Remedy. has done for him. Geo. w.
II tel cure sh:t Y any pstisna can ca.
n my nina ssst even worse case. than
milne wiz YIELD: can ssy fsishsiaiiiy
70 pain :. Lprs: :I .':sn ate, very
spps.i,s ior and which "a: ,s:psiisnt &. e
nv breath q long time. General con :.
dii,on: p BODY a: fine. good complexion.
o. tirsd.' bu. feel Just fine. wishinE You
good luck and thanking you again for my
This 10 but ons Of . number Of thoss
praisine this new Swiss Remedy. which
has been Endorsed by the leading Special.
iniormsiion about sirolip can Be 90.
gas weet Broadway. New York. City.
Riker .Hegemsn stcres and 81! issdins
considerable success.
The evening world., 1912-10-17

seminAtor o. news Through N agency.
Do far a the detectives have been able
to run the thing down. II was he who
hrst passed the Zip to the newspapers
on the report. When detectives asked
him where he heard the rumor no
named . man IN Jamaica. but this In
dividusl denied that he had any knowi-
edge Of the mooted murder or had ever
told him anything about Il.
The Newspaper tipster was q witness
before the Grand Jury this afternoon.
tie admitted 20 reporters thst ne had
sent n bulletin" II thu rsin,or, a. no
had heard II. 10 the newspapers. Eu-
gene Crosby an employee In ths de-
partinent OF Public Works, q little shop
girl dressed In mourning. who told re-
porters she had recently been employed
BY the department store. but who re-
fused TO give her name. an an editor,
connected with an Irish publication In
New York, were among the Witnesses
examined.
Since the rumors nrst had birth and
spread. detectives ana newspapers alike
have gone over the September records
Of deaths In the Brooklyn ONCE Of the
Board Of Health with . fine tooth comb.
Every certificate OF the death and burial
Of girls between the ages OF fourteen
and twenty -four. which had been filed
during the month Of September. was
carefully scrutIniscd. but nothing was
found 70 give color to tho story Of the
Abraham & straus murder. Detectives
did discover. incidentally. that fve
death certificates. At different times re.
Gently. had been fraudulently made out.
In each case the death was that of q
young woman. following unla wful med
ical treatment
30 far no Investigator. whether oiI,cia,
or private. has found anybody who saw
the body Of a murdered girl In the de-
partment store annex or who saw q
body being removed. Nobody has bean
found to say that he saw . crime COM
mitted. Every girl reported missing
to the police during the month of Sep
TENDER has been run down and found
alive.
Still the story Of murder has spread.
and where a hundred knew Of Il one
cay . thousand knew II tho next.
The evening world., 1912-10-17

an eftort was made 10 take him forcibiy.
resisted with such effect that the effort
was abandoned. The ferryboat was
delayed fifteen minutes waiting for him.
He was at last iured on board by the
ruse Of having all his captors release
him and rush for It. He followed and
did not realize he was on his way to
New York until the boat started. He
tried TO jump overheard and swim back,
but was held.
There was smother struggle at the
ferry, when he was forced into .
taxicab.
Mr.. Van Meats friends attribute his
unsettled mind to a blow he received,
when he was thrown from his horse in
1903. while riding In Central Park. He
was involved In several suits for large
inheritances and they worried him
seriously.