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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-06
SOFT SNAP FOR ARTIE.
Farrell Makes Irwin Business Man
ager of the Highlanders.

NEW YORK, December 6.-President
Farrell Of the Highlanders made his first
| important move yesterday In reorganizing
the clubs affairs for next year. He ap-
pointed Arthur A. Irwin business man.
ager. For several years Irwin has been
| the clubs leading scout in search Of new
talent. He has landed some valuable
players. but in addition to these duties
he made numerous suggestions for the
accommodation OF the fans at the hilltop.
including the roofing the bleachers in
left field and the building Of the new
stand in center field.
Irwin will look after the financial at
fairs Of the club away from home, just
as Frank Bancroft has done for the Gin
cinnat Reds for many years. He also will
attend to various matters at local head
quarters which have become burdensome
for Mr.. Farrell. Irwin will not be asked
to look for players and will have nothing
to do with the management of the team.
In appointing him to the post of business
manager Mr.. Farrell has rewarded Irwin
for his loyalty to the club.
Irwin Is shrewd base ball politician
and has been identified with professional
base ball for more than thirty years. He
was captain and shortstop of the famous
played that position or the champion
Providence team. He also was captain
and shortstop Of the Philadelphia Ma
tionals in 1888 and 1850, and in 1890 he
manager of the Washingtons, Philadel-
Boston Brotherhood team. In 1891 Irwin
led the Boston American Association to
victory. Subsequently he became the
manager of the WashingtOn's, Philadel-
phia Nationals and the Giants, later TAX
ing hold Of several minor league teams
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ford are astride the fence; in Cleveland
Larry Lajoie is expected to balk on
terms; the ST. Louis Nationals and Amer
leans are having their troubles with KO-
netchy, who is demanding a considerable
share of Mrs. Britton's coin, while Earl
Hamilton is none too well pleased with
his proposed 1913 terms from the Browns
management.
Joe Tinker is cutting up didoes over the
ultimatum of President Murphy of the
Chicago Cubs, while in Philadelphia some
of Connie Nack'S stars are slightly dis
gruntled. Over in Brooklyn Rucker has
cast hints that his services in 1913
should be worth more than they were in
1872
The Boston Americans have the Casey
Hagerman troubles to contend with. but
nothing of real significance is stirring
George Stallings of the Boston Nationals
Clark Griffith seems to be about the
only manager who will not be up against
the hOld-out proposition. Pittsburgh al
ways has one or two players who hang
off until the spring training season be-
gins before signing their contracts, while
McGraw In New York stands an excel
ficulties. these because Of the many SEEM
ingly inexcusable- errors made by the
Giants in the worlds series last fall.
Larry Lajoie, according to Cleveland
reports. is standing for a renewal Of the
contract under which he worked in re-
cent years. His contract called for a sum
around $4,000, and it is said that Larry
believes he is worth as much now as he
was a few years ago.
Whether he will get it is another Ques-
ton.
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a machine. but has been brought to this
state of supple perfection through quick
response to the mind. For this reason.
a trained wrestler can throw a much
stronger opponent, because the man who
is skilled gets to the right place in the
right time.
Now. without aiming to bring the
muscles to that high state of perfection
that Is found in the professional ath-
lete, the business man should look toward
suppleness and ease Of bodily movements
as the most desirable end to be attained.
That Is why very light exercise. such as
skipping the rope. working slowly and
easily at the wall pulleys, swinging In
dian clubs or dumbbells will bring about
that freedom of bodily action that is the
thing that he most desires
Any individual who VIII enter a course
OF moderate training Of this nature will
find that he Is never fatigued through his
exercise. but that day after day he is
accomplishing the result that he wants
After g. few weeks he will notice the diff
ference. He will not be stiff or awk-
ward. He will feel better, and although
he has added but little quality to his
muscle. he has added great deal to the
elimination OF bodily waste and to the
reflex response OF his muscles to his will.
This form OF physical fitness lies within
the power Of anybody who shrinks back
from going through course Of hard.
physical training in a gymnasium In fact.
vigorous physical exercise will do more
harm than good. The business man is not
seeking that keen edge professional ath-
letes must possess. His muscles are not
violent exertion. The thing he needs most
is to feel good. have clear mind and
possess bodily vigor sufficient to make his
work enjoy able and effective.
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Physical Fitness for Business Men
EXERCISE AND SUPPLENESS
BY Frank A. Gotch, Worlds Wrestling Champion

In turning toward physical exercise OF
any kind. the business or professional
man deGires a supple body. rather than
large muscles The moro rhythmic the
exercise, the more supple the body be-
comes. To illustrate. we cannot deny
that saving wood. shoveling dirt. pitch
ing hay, and doing other manual labor
Is exercise And yet the person who
takes no other form Of exercise Is stiff.
uncertain In his movements, clumsy and
Inuscle-bound. Hence. we see pr1zehght-
ers and wrestlers engaging In what I'M
such as skipping the rope. playing hand
ball and doing shadow boxing.
The business man will profit most
through rhythmic forms OF exercise that
give him an easy swing and agility. Some
locomotives are ponderous and very
heavy. and are designed 10 haul long
freight trains that move at q low rate
OF speed. Other locomotives are built
more on the lines Of race horses. with
@ less actual hauling power. but very great
speed.
The muscle of the day laborer IL a
coarse. heavy muscle. not attuned to
speed but capable OF heavy Flooding.
quality. and have been developed for
speed and quick response. as well as for
actual endurance power.
Many business men have never taken
any more serious form Of exercise than
dancing, and while they may lack actual
their movements are graceful and their
bodies have been benefited not only be-
:. cause Of actual bodily motion. but
through the rhythm Of that motion.
This rhythmic action Is. in reality, re-
fiex. The body has not been trained as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-06
BY J. ED GRILLO.

From Chicago comes the rumOr that
there will be another big row in the Ma
tional League when that body meets in
New York next Tuesday. Garry Herr
mann of the Cincinnati club is said to be
the one to precipitate the trouble by
bringing charges against Murphy of the
Cubs as having been instrumental in hav-
ing Fogel make the charges of crooked
ness against the league
1t is said that Hermann will take this
step to get even with Murphy for having
broken his promise in the Tinker deal.
There is, perhaps, very little foundation
for this rumor. Hermann has never
been the man to make trouble in base
ball. He has made many sacrifice in
order to have peace in the organization
and there is hardly a chance of his
changing front at this time. though his
ire may have been aroused by Murphy
action in the Tinker negotiations. 1t is
a safe prediction that if charges are flied
against Murphy Hermann will not DC
the man to do so. The head of the Gin
cinnati club does not enjoy connic.s' ne at
is for peace all the time. and Is one OF
the few club owners In the old league
who deplOre' the rows which nave come
to the surface in that organization.
The plan to have the H1ghlanders play
their games on the Polo Grounds in New
York seems to have been abandoned
Work has been begun on the Highlanders
new park at Kingbridge. and 1t is est,
mated that the new plant Will be ready
early in the summer and certainly o!
fan. In the meantime it is announced
the American League will continue te
play its games on the old field. Failure
to come to some understanding with the
National League club SO that both teams
could play on the Polo Grounds Will prove
a heavy financial loss to the American
League. The new park is to be even
farther out and less accessible than the
old one, and is not apt to be any more
popular.
While there are undoubtedly severa
clubs in the American League anxious
to make trades Of players it would mo-
be at all surprising If not single dea
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VIGILANTS PLAY AGAIN.
Will Meet All-Army Eleven in Game
Sunday.

Manager Oliveri OF the. champion Vigil
liant foot ball team stated this morning
that Ray Brown. the star halfback Of
his eleven, would be in the game Sunday
at Union League Park against the ALL
Army aggregation from Fort Myer.
The All-Army team will number some
of the best gridiron stars of Fort Myer,
and as this team defeated the Alexandria
Cardinals by a 12-to 0 score Thanksgiv-
ing day, the Vigilants will have to hustle
to win.
In the articles of agreement signed by
Manager Oliveri of the Vigilants and
Manager Carpenter Of the Fort Myer
eleven 1t was stated that the winner will
receive the entire gate receipts, and this
insures another hard-fought contest such
as last Sunday. The big game will start
promptly at 3 o'clock. preceded by a
battle between the Nationals and the
Spartans for the 14O-pound championship
of the District.
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BOARD Of REVIEW
CLEARS THE DOCKET
Horsemen Hand Down Bunch
of Decisions-AItoona As
ISOLATION Fined $500. ]

NEW YORK, December 6.-Members OF
the board Of review of the National
Trotting Association cleared the docket
and adjourned yesterday at the Murray
HILL Hotel after handing down another
lot of decisions affecting horses and horse
men. Driving clubs, local trotting ASSOC
Citations and their officers were among
the defendants before the turf court at
the final session. One of these was the
Dubuque. Iowa. Trotting Association.
which this year had to declare off all its
races on account of continued rain. The
organization had opened several INSTALL
ment purses and as usual many OF the
original nominators declared out after
having made one or two payments.
The Dubuque association kept their
money when the races were drowned out.
The right to do this was disputed by at
least one norlinator, l.. ]. Goodspeed OF
Rockford, ILL.,. who demanded the return
of his entrance money and carried the
case to the turf court. The board sus-
tanned his claim, laying down the new
rule that 1.-The race not having been given
all payments must ne returned to the
nominator" The Dubuque association
took the ground that nominators who de-
clared out before the final payment for
feited their installment. The ruling was
the most important OF the session to
horse owners.
Drivers and owners who have long
complained that the ruling of the board
was not without bias in favor of the
track managers had to acknowledge that
even handed justice was melted out at
this session when two members of the
National Trotting Association were sus-
pended for failing to observe its rules.
In one case the board fined the Altoona
(Pa) Road Drivers Association 500 and
expelled it's official timers for misrepre-
senting the time made by horses in races
at its meeting last summer
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nAfRTINENI @lr1ENT
ESsHappenin&$S1SP

was made at the coming meeting in Chi
cago. Playing material of the right sort
is so scarce these days that club which
has a promising player does not want to
take any chance of losing him unless 1t
can better ITSELF and it is this condition
of affairs that makes trading rather diff
cult
There are some clubs, Washington
among them, that have nothing to trade.
Griffith will stand pat with the material
he has. Those players that he figures he
could get along without are not wanted
by other clubs, hence he is not even
broaching the subject Of trades to any of
his rivals.
The American League cannot boast of
hard-hitting shortstops. Heinie Wagner
of the Red Sox led them with an average
Of .274. and he was the only one of the
! lot who came anywhere near the coveted
800 mark The shortstops in the Ma
tionaal League are better wielders of the
ash than their brothers in the rival
league, and. Of course. are led by that re-
markable veteran, Hans Wagner.
Barring Cobb, Crawford, Dubec and
Stanage. President Navin of the Detroit
Club says, any of his players are on the
market to be sold for cash or to figure in
a trade. Navin realizes that before De-
troit can expect to cut figure in another
pennant race he will have to almost en-
chances are that he will not be annoyed
with lot of offers for the men he wants
to get rid Of.
What the Tigers need most is pitching
strength. Dubuc appears to be the only
member of last years staff who stands
chance to make good. Mullin seems
to be through so far as Detroit is con-
cerned, though he might be able to come
back for some other team. Detroit
seems to have picked up a couple of
likely youngsters in Veacn. the outfield-
err, and Louden, the second baseman,
but further than that there is not much
material that looks as IL it could be
shaped into. a pennant winning aggrega-
ton.
Notwithstanding the precautions that
the boxing commission of New York
takes to keep the sport clean, the bout
between Gibbons and McGoorty the
other night was a rather unsatisfactory
affair What was expected to be one OF
the most scientific bouts OF the winter
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VETERAN PEDESTRIAN DEAD.
George Littlewood Passes Away in
London. of Tuberculosis.

NEW YORK, December 6.-Dispatches
received here yesterday told OF the death
in London of George Littlewood, once a
noted pedestrian. His death was due to
tuberculosis.
Lttlewoods greatest achievement was
at Madison Square Garden. New York. In
December, 1888. when he won the six-day
go-as-you-please race, covering dis
lance of 623 miles and 1890 yards. He
won two other big American races OF the
same description, the first in Philadelphia
and the second in New York.
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The early rumors indicate a multitude
of holdouts in the spring of 1913.
Practically every club owner in the
American League has one more star
ball players who are demanding high
sums for their services on the diamond
next season.
In Detroit Tyrus Cobb and Sam Craw-
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Birthday Greetings
CONGRATULATIONS TO FRED ALLEN.


conference meet was born in San Jose Ca December 1890 Allen
He
a athletic At
ike orine of he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-06

| While there are undoubtedly several
clubs in the American League anxious
to make trades Of players it would not
| be at all surprising If not single deal
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proved rather tame, with neither con-
testant having as much as a scratch
when the end came. Both men proved
clever. but Gibbons was on the defen-
sive from start to finish and this fact
naturally prevented any lively mix-up.
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Headline: Thinkers Reasons for Quit
ting Chicago" None is necessary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-06

CTS.
 The excitment towards the close was intense. The campaign man. agers of the different contestants throneed the office with their con testants who were at the office in force. Everywhere the greatest in terest has been displayed. The crowd wh c surrounded the Daily Graphic office from an early hour in the evening until the judges took the ballot box for the final count, bore witnes: on ;he part of those who labored for the,r friends interests in the race. 5-.
 The Graphic contest was the talk of the city yesterday, on the street corners CT in the stores, in fact the closing of the contest and who would win the automobiles was the chief topic of conversation i'll the thous- ands of homes.
 As the judges took the ballot box and started the final count of the ballots, the count that was to bring joy and happiness to many and on the other hand disappointment to the losing contestants, an air of strained expectancy lowered over the crowd in the office of the Graphic. The voice of the clerks and tabulators rose and fell as one, as each vote and tallot was called off.
 Cheers would break forth from one
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-06
MANDOT-RIVERS
 MATCH ARRANGED

Los Angeles, Cal, April 5.-Promot- er Thomas J. McCrary, of the Pacific Athletic, has definitely set at rest all rumors that Ad Wolgast would be substituted for Joe Mandot in the proposed match between ole Rivers and the Memphis lightweight on July i, by announcing that the Rivers Mandot fight will be pulled off at Vernon, as originally scheduled Vol gast will be welcome to the Labor Day date if he wishes to meet the winner.
 "I have accepted the terms made by Mandot and have closed with Rivers, said McCarey today "These boys have been working along sensational lines for the past year or more and in sign ing them I have secured one of the classiest matches to be had
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CLANSMfN ARE
 STILL AT LIBERTY Detectives and Bloodhounds Unable to Run Down Al
 lens and Edwards.
MEN OF ENDURANCE
Picked Men Go Out and Say They Will Not Return Until They Cap-
 ture the Outlaws.

Hillsville, Va, April 5-Ne.ther de- tec'iv scouts nor bloodhounds were able today to pick up any recent trail of Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards the outlaw clansmen.
 The men aYe known to be lodging back and forth s strip of IF un:ain territory about e.sht miles lG4 g anl two or three II l wide. The task of the searches Vcwv much resembles that of hunter after rabbit in [ big patch of woods. He may find f5 in moment or it may elude him in- definitely.
 The posse now consists of about ten picked men, headed by Captain Tom Felts, who tcok the field again today with the announcement, We won't be back until we have our men,
 Copies of the proclamation recently issued by Governor Mann, warning all residents of the country against assisting the desperadoes, were post ed today throughout the mountain region. It is hoped that these will deter the k.nsmen and friends of A. len and Edwards from secreting or maintaining them.
 The amazing woodcraft and won- derful endurance of the two fugi- tives has enabled them to elude their pursuers now for three weeks and two days. More than 200 men, most of them skilled ill the way of the wilds have day and night pursued the pair of outlaws. The best trained bloodhounds that could be found in the South have been used in an en- deavor to find them, but although half famished and able to sleep only few hours at time and exposed te cold and rain and wind, the moua ;aineers have been able to evaE both men and beasts.
 Today the pursuers are no nearer their quarry then they were when the chase began. They are relying upon a number of spies whom they have sent out into the mountain wilder nesses. Inevitably the clansmen W Il be caught They cannout escape from a section of the Blue Ridge country, about fifteen miles long and seven miles wide, in which they have been doing all their lodging. Every road leading to this world is guarded, but from present indications Sidna and Wesley may remain uncaptured for another three weeks or even long en-
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FEAR LIZZIE
 CANNOT HOLD Engineers Believe St. Fran cis I.evee Will Give Way
 Before Flood.
CRISIS LAST NIGHT
Water Rose One Foot at Memphis Ses- terday tave-In is Expected in
 Ieycc at Golden Lake.

Memphis, Tenn, April 5.--Little hope is held out tonight for the safe ty of the St. F'ranvis levee, which pro ta> is thousands Cf acres of land in Arkansas. The engineers in charge of the levee announced today that though there were several places where the water was overflOwing, they expect the evte to hold even through a stage of firtyfive feet. SeV- era others who are in close touch with the situation believe the levee cannot hold another twenty four hours and look for break any mo- rlent
 The crisis in the flood so far as the levee system is concerned will come late tonight when q stage near ing ,he 45-fcot is reached The most threatened point tonight in the levee IS Golden Lake, where cave-in is feared.
 The river at D. m. stood at A 1-2 feet, a rise of nearly foot in the past 24 hours.
 In North Memphis the water today was several inches higher than yes jerday. Reports from the charitabse institutions say that no sufferers lave
 cen brourht to their notice. incom- ing boats today brought scores of re- fugoes from all points along A t1v CT. All men will be able to secure employment about the flooded district if they are seeking work. Some of the negro refugees seem to think that the city or charitable organizations will take care of them, and to convince them otherwise orders were issued at police headquarters today to arrest all lettering negroes on vagrahcy charges. All arrested on this charge will be put to work.
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GOOD OLD SPRING TIME HAS
 ARRIVED

and now is the time to plant yolu garden and farm. We have the lara as: and Lest selected garden anf field seeds that we have ever had We carry from ten to fifteen thous and mammoth s'ze paper seeds an. nearly everything in bulk seeds. Al kinds of fancy seed corn, sorghum kaffir corn, german millet, dwar essix rape, timothy clover and al. falfa, Triumph, N. Y. Rose and earl. Ohio seed Irish potatoes just arrived A fresh shipment of onion sets have received 100 bushels of bunc' yams seed sweet potatoes. w are headquarters for everything f the staple and fancy grocery line also fresh vegetables every week gye us a call.
 Yours tnlly,
 d tf..s MCCAIN GROCERY co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-06

With the largest vote ever cast ln a sim lar contest in the South out eide of New Orleans. tha Graphic's gigantic voting contest came to a close last night at 8 o'clock.
 The office was the scene or great activity from the time the contest depas tment opened in the morn ns until the hour of the closing, with the contestants and their friends turning in votes on subscriptions an" and job work which they deposited n the ballot box with the hope that it would result in their winning the Flanders ego" automobiles or one of the other valuable prizes. The con- test was closed in blaze of glory and the fortunate rrize winners are receiving the congratulat, ,ons of their numerou2 friends and support
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and another as the results were an- ncunced and then when another big batch of votes would be uncovered the applause would start from an~ other side.
 Thomas Green, ST., called the votes as they were taken from the ballot box and the other gentlemen who were act ng as judges tallied them on marked sheets of ear board pr9- vided for that purpose.
 When the names of the winners were announced the fortunate coll tc2tants hardly seemed able to req liZe their good fortune.
 Notwithstanding the lataness of the hour a large crowd waited for the final returns to be announced and then some one suddenly shoulted "The last car is about to leave. Consternation for momen$ resigned but immed ately afterwards the crowd said as one "Wel what is the difference" It is not every day that an exciting contest comes to a close as this one and I guess that I can stand it for once" That was the