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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13
Giants Scrappy Manager De-
cIareS Athletics Smashing
Second Sacker Can't
Be Equaled
By BILL LANCE

John j. McGraw, one of the most
famous managers that baseball
has known, says that Eddie Col
Inns of the Athletics is the great
est player in the game today, but
] can't agree with him. I think
Hans Wagner of the Pirates
stands out above Collins, and /
would not even go so far as to
say that Wagner is the king of
them all either. It's almost an
impossible task for any man to
pick out the king Of ball players.
l really think that McGraw was
unduely influenced when he made
that remark about Collins. He
saw this wonderful young player
at his best and he noted how Col
Inns brilliant work was robbing
him of the championship of the
world. Many another player In
either the National or the Ameri-
can league might have done the
same thing had he been given the
opportunity.
l don't want to take any credit
away from Collins, but, in justice
to Wagner, one of the grandest
ball tossers who ever put on
words in his defense
This wonderful Pittsburg in
fielder has been playing major
league ball ever since 1897, when
he started out with the old Louis
vile club. when the National
league had 10 teams on its cir
cult He has been going ever
since, and he always has been
ri ,7r, x1rfff
FANS TIRE OF PLAYERS
Now. Collins has been at it for
four years only. ] will have to
admit that he is a remarkable
youngster and that he has gotten
away with some plays which made
the whole country talk about him.
But so had Wagner. We were
reading about Wagner and his
work when Collins was little more
than a child And still old Honus
is grinding away.
This leads me to believe that
sometimes they tire of the grand
old men of the diamond. The pub
lie is looking for new faces. Col
Inns is just coming to the front,
while Wagner has been there so
long that they probably consider
him a has been. But he Is still
very live and active tosser, and,
barring accidents, he viii be good
for many a day to come.
Now comes Collins to the front
with lot of his fiashy stuff He
has managed TO dazzle the leader
of the Giants. who saw him do
more than any of the others to
rob him Of the championship of
the world It's no wonder that
Muggsy takes his cap off to Ed
die. ! might do the same thing
myself, under the same circum-
stances, but l am out of the
game for keeps.
Wagner has played in a few
worlds championship contests
himself, and he always did shine
more brightly than the other fell
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13
Dan 5 DAY
Dreams

Only the fans take worlds series
seriously.
Walter Johnson has it on the most
of us-he has signed for next year.
~ y
Season FOR baseball pool is about
ended. Ever play it? It's vastly diff
ferent from Kelly pool. 1t is possible
to win in Kelly pool. while in base
ball pool-bht what's the use?
Hank Bilkins SEE as how his boy,
Bill. is at college learnin' the art of
hand readin'. Bill writes Hans thet
he held tew bad hands last week.
Elder Berry.
Father, dear father. come home with me now,
- The clock in the steeple strikes eight;
Inc grub has grown cold and you're in for a
For ma thinks you're out on skate.
Nay, gentle kid. ri eat free lunch tonight.
So, just let the old woman roar.
lie game locks to me like IL innings light.
TEL your ma that I II phone her the score.
Batting Nelson Saws h. ! conaaen.
ne can hand AID Wolgast the Morpheus
punch Even so, why should we be
come agitated?
X
STILL MORE ABOUT THE SERIES
He stood in hire for sixteen hours
And wilted fifteen collars;
Then Spectator got to him
For something like ten dollars
4 n
An OLD FAMILIAR SAW CARE
I.ESSLY RESET
It's long lane that has no Joy
Eddie McGoorty says he believes he
can hand the Little Memo blow to
Bombardier Wells. However. in this
land of the free and home of the
brave man is entitled to believe
anything he may care to, just so his
bellef doesn't infringe upon the rights
of others.
x x X
GRIHM's FAIRY TALES-REvTSF,D
Once upon a time there was a sport.
scribe, otherwise known as a baseball
expert He was connected with a
New York newspaper, and when the
worlds series rolled around he re-
fused to pick the Giants as winners
OF the big series.
SAID Grahame-White 'sI'll make 'fite'
Across the Atlantic ocean:
But say Goodnight to Grahame-white
II no follows up that ''nocean",
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13
BY ]. w. McCONAUGHY
Novelist and Baseball Expert

- ~A~SN NsA& AS1*5~b1kA ANA kNAt
N done ON '0''N' go - s'n' =
This Is the answer to any at
tempt 10 beat tile Athletics in seven
game series fo> the winners end of
the worlds championship gate money.
When II or us young and active
men can do anything and everything
there Is to be done in nine innings on
a ball field better than another col
lection in the business, it follows that
they are bound to win. So the am
sWer is:
1t can't be done
This makes a summing up or the
recent nuisance 8 very simple matter.
The Well known and highly respected
alibi is off its beat 1T is true that
most of the breaks were against the
Giants, but as they made most of the
breaks themselves there is not much
pasturage for consolation along that
line. The Athletics didn't make any
breaks. They're too good ball team.
That Is why, by the way. that there
is no real hero" of the series. The
Athletics don't go in for the hero bust
ness to any great extent
ALL ATHLETICS STARS
No one is starred on that club. for
the reason that they are all stars.
Frank Chance, himself the directing
genius of the famous old Cub ma
chine, used to sit UP at the Polo
grounds and watch the white ele-
plants kicking his Yanks around, en-
thral1ed, mesmerized
How can you beat a club like this
one?' he said one night after the
game. Amy team that l have ever
seen before you could look over and
say. Now, 1T they had better man at
this place or that they would have a
stronger team But this is the only
team | ever saw without a weakness"
The position of the National league
champions In this fracas is somewhat
like that of the souse who strolled
into gin mill and announced that he
could lick any man in the place He
was ignored, so he extended the chaI-
lenge to cover anybody in New oYrk,
and. still failing to get action, he
roared that he could wallop any man
in the world Whereupon some one
weary of the noise, arose and smote
him. When he came to on the side
walk he said. Il know what's the mat
ter with mel tried to cover too much
territory"
This was the case with the iGants
4 ney sort OF SI0DDereds through the
National league race, the same being
a slipshod affair this season, and then
for the first time in the year they
went up against a clean cut. finished
ball club--probably the greatest in
the history OF the game-and they
were out Of their class
LUCK DIDN'T FIGURE
They were not beaten by luck, nor
did they have the worst of the luck.
AS a matter of fact they were lucky
to make ii as much OF contest as
they did. McGraw was as alert as
ever to take advantage of any slip,
but there was only one of these
Plank's muff of that little fly Satur-
day, and the Giants promptly turned
that into rum
1t is those fractions of seconds
gained or lost in thought and action
that win or lose ball games against
clu bike the Athletics. Our Mr..
Merkle had to think twice on the base
line Saturday and by the time the
second thought had shaped itself the
worlds series was lost Murphy and
Baker had only one thought each,
and they pulled II instantly, the for
mer racing for home and the latter
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13

'stalling' Merkle for that fateful
fraction of second on the base line.
When Merkle shot the ball to Mclean
It was just fraction of second too
late and Mnrphy's run was the win
ming one
The only place where the great
team looked uncertain at times was
in its pitching. But look at the re-
turns. Every pitcher on McGraw's
string with the exception of Matty
was knocked out of the box Big Six
was the only one who finished the
games in which he started Every
one of Macks twirlers finished
pitched the whole game-Bender,
Plank, Bush, Bender, Plank. Thus
in the five games each went the full
route.
At the conclusion of which we re-
peat. 1T can't be done!''
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john DIS Income Not
Big as Ball Players
RHILADBLPHIA,

hHfIsADIHPHI Oct. h.
John ID. Rockefeller, gem
orally credited with being
the richest man in the world,
viii! have TO grow little
weather. before his earning
capacity in sprint race can
compare with that of the mem
bers of the Athletics or the
Giants.
The oil king Is credited with
an earning capacity of 5000 n
minute, sleeping or waking.
Members OF the Athletics DUR
ing the recent worlds series
made SJ1.z4 minute. or about
So cents Il second. while the de-
feated Giants made $34.49 n
minute. or a trifie more than 81
cents n second.
From their regular share.
without any bonus that may he
paid, the Athletic players are to
receive S3,244 and the Giant
players $2,1G2. The actual play
fng time of the five games was
627 minutes.
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BABY BORN IN CAB ON
WAY FROM FUNERAL

The joy of motherhood assuag ICED
the grief of woman over the death
of her husband when Mrs. Bruce Mer-
rick of Chicago gave birth to a baby
boy while on her way home from
Mount Greenwood cemetery following
the burial of her husband
Mrs. Merrick became i'll in her car
riage few moments after the
funeral cortege had left the cemetery
A stop was made at reStaurant in
the village of Mount Greenwood and
the woman and the baby were carried
inside A physician was summoned
and he had both removed to a hos
pita1
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Here's How Athletics
Will Use That s., $50
BY FRANK G. MENKE

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10
The majority of those worlds
champion Athletics who today
were each mailed a check for APP
proxiniately $3.2S0. are going to
use their winnings in buying
farms. investing 1t in business.
educating themselves or laying it
aside for the rainy day while
a few OF them are going to spend
a small part of 1t doing such
frivolous things as taking trip
abroad or buying new automo-
bile.
My check goes to the bank to
stay with the little wad have
there now" said Captain Eddie
Collins Some of these days.
when my account gets quite sizs
able, Til look around for some in
vestment that Will bring me nice
returns when my bali playing
days are over"
FRANK BAKER. third base
Inan-The bank for mine. Don't
quote me as saying I'm going to
buy a farm. I've got some farms
already. When / get through
with baseball / hope to go into
some other business than farming.
RUBE oLDRING. left fielder
The minute that check reaches
me I'm going to rush over to
New Jersey and buy farm that
took an option on a few months
ago, when 1t looked as if wed
surely grab the pennant.
EDDIE MURPHY, right fielder.
I'm going to use part of the
money buying a new automobile.
trading in my old machine ia part
payment. The rest of it Will buy
farm near my home in White
Mills, Pa.
AMOS STRJ Nix, center fielder
I haven't made up my mind yet.
For the time being I'll put the
money in the bank.
DAN MURPHY. utility ont
fielder-I've got a cafe up in
Norwich, Conn 1t will return
bigger dividends If / enlarge it
and improve the looks of the
place, and I'm going to use the
larger part of the money making
these changes
sSTUFFY" McJNNIS, first base
man-Part of mine goes to buy
a share in a jewelry store in my
home town, Manchester, Mass
With the rest Of it I'm going to
buy a big sailboat so that l can
go cruising around and please one
of my whims.
BENNOCk, pitcher-Guess I'll
use part of it taking a trip to
Europe.
HOUCK, pftcher-Part of it
goes into the bank, and the rest
will buy me an education l want
to learn some profession.
BROWN, pitcher-Tm going to
buy some real estate.
SCHANG, catcher-Theres a lit
tie farm just outside Buffalo, N
Y. that l have wanted for some
time, and the first thing I'm go
ing to do is to buy it.
BUSH, pitcher-I'll use about
$1,000 and buy poolroom in
Brainard, MINI. The rest goes
into a farm.
ORR, utility infieIder-Tm using
mine to buy farm near my home
in San Francisco.
SHAWKEY, pitcher-Real es-
tate for mine.
Jack COOMBS, the star tvirI-
err. who has been laid up in the
hospital nearly all year, no doubt
will use portion of his winnings
to fatten the bank account of
sundry doctors, nurses and the
hospital
CONNIE MACk-Save it until
he gets enough to purchase the
other half of the Athletics He
already owns one-half of the
stock.
Arizona republican., 1913-10-24
ORDINANCE NO. 569

An Ordinance requiring Motor Ve- hicles coming from out of the State of Arizona to register their number with the City Marshal of the City o. Phoenix.
 THE COMMON COUNCIL OF PHOENIX DO ORDAIN AS FOL- LOWS:
 Section l. It shall be and it is hereby made unlawful for any motor vehicle to use any of the public streets, alleys or grounds of the City of Phoenix without first having a number for such vehicle placed upon the rear of said motor vehicle so as 10 be plainly discernible, as provided by the laws of the State of Arizona or where such motor vehicle has the number of some other state, or sub division thereof. without registering it's said number with the City Mar shal and having such number placed upon said motor vehicle so as to be plainly discernible.
 Section 2 The term motor ve- hicle" is hereby defined to be any automobile, whether driven by elec tricity or gasoline, other than street cars, or used for the purpose of car rYing persons or commodities from place 10 pldce m the Clly or InOeIllA
 Section 3. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, fined in a sum not less than Ten Dollars ($10.0O, nor more than Fifty Dollars ($5000), or by imprisonment in the city jail for not less than ten G0) days, nor more than fifty (50) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 Section i. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are here by repealed.
 Section g. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage and publication, as by law required.
 PASSED by The Common Council of the City of Phoenix, this 14th day of October, A. D., 1913.
 LLOYD B: CHRISTY. Attest: Mayor
 FRANK THOMAS, City Recorder.
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Streets or Sidewalks Within Three Days After Completion of Improve nent" be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
 It shall be unlawful for any person. firm or corporation to drop, place or leave any brick, stone, gravel, sand, CT building material of any kind or nature whatsoever on any public street alley or sidewalk in the City of Phoenix, or to suffer or permit any person in his, their or it's employ to drop, place or leave any brick, stone, gravel sand or building material or any kind or nature whatsoever upon any such public street, alley or side walk, without immediately removing the same.
 Section 9 It shall be unlawful for any person. firm or corporation to drop, place or leave any goods, wares CT merchandise, or any property of a movable nature whatsoever, upon any public street, alley or sidewalk Of the City of Phoenix, or to suffer or permit any person in his. their or it's employ to drop. place or leave any goods, wares CT merchandise, or any property of a movable nature whatsoever. upon any such public street, alley or sidewalk without inn nediately removing same.
 Section 3. It is the intention of this ordinance to make it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to drop, place or leave any com modity, material or thing of a nov able character upon any public street. alley or sidewalk of the City of Phoe- nix, or for any such person, firm or corporation to suffer or permit any one in their employ so to do without immediately removing same.
 Section 4 Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, fined in a sum not less than Five Dollars ($5OO). nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.OO), or by imprisonment in the city jail for a period of not less than five (5) days, nor more than five Hundred (500) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment
 Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be Tn force from and after it's passage and publication, as by law required.
 PASSED by The Common Council of the City of Phoenix, this 14th day of October, A. D. 1913.
 LLOYD B. CHRISTY, Attest: Mayor.
 FRANK THOMAS,
 City Recorder
Arizona republican., 1913-10-24
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
 ORGANIZE GERMAN CLUB
Purpose to Cultivate German Tongue and keener Appreciation of
 Literature.

The third and second year German students of the high school, under the direction of their teacher, Miss Ida McDaniels, have organized a German club. The purpose of this club is the cultivation of the German language also to enable the students to get keener appreciation of German itera- ture, music, art. and so forth.
 The first meeting of the club was held last week for the election of offi- cers. Max VosskuehIer was elected president The remaining officers are as follows Vice President, Miss Eliz- abeth Thornton; secretary, Richard Scofield, and treasurer, Miss Eugenia Pierce
 A committee of arrangements was appointed by the president, consisting of Neil Cook, chairman; Miss Elizabeth Thornton, Miss Eunice Abbott, Miss Marjorie Chilberg and Ulrich Thal- heimer. This committee will have charge of the programs and all other business of the club. The name of the club is very unpretentious, as they are merely beginners. Der Deutsche Yer ein-The German club-is the one se- lected and the motto adopted consists of the last words of the immortal Goethe. "Licht, mehr licht," translated. Light, more light" The club will meet every second Monday after school, at which meetings there will be a pro- gram, the members furnishing the en- tertainment. Moreover, they have the promise of some people to come and speak to them of German life and GUS toms.
 The first meeting will be on. next Monday and all are looking forward to an excellent time. This is the first German class of the school that has formed a club, therefore the class feel a responsibility and are determined to make 'Unsren Deutscher Verein" success. All credit for forming this club is due Miss McDaniel and the members are deeply grateful to her for her kind help and suggestions.
 The membership consists of the fol- lowing students in the high school: Misses Elizabeth Thornton, Marjory Chilburg. Eugenia Pierce. Helen Man del, Helen Halderman. Jessie Robin son, Mabel Nafziger. Cynthia Marian, Hattie SnOdgrass and Eunice Abbott, and Messrs. Max Vorkuchler, John Sedler, Cornelius Sudhaus. Neal Cook. James Conan, George Luhrs, Richard Schofield, Joseph Doron and Ulrich Talheimer.
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Metal.

NEW YORK, oct. 23.-Coppe nominal. elnctroYltic $16.&71h
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE RAPID TRANSIT COM
 PANY OF PHOENIX.
FRANK THOMAS, City Recorder.

Know all men by these presents:
 That we, the undersigned, do here by associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Ari- Zona and to that end do certify and declare
 l. That the names of the incor- pOratOrS are: John J. COrrigan, of Phoenix, Arizona, R. A. Campbell, of Phoenix, Arizona, Carl Brady, of Phoenix, Arizona, T. H Adams, of Phoenix, Arizona and w. $. Brad ford, of Phoenix, Arizona, and the name of the corporation shall be The Rapid Transit Company of Phoenix and said corporation shall maintain offices at Phoenix, Arizona, and such other places as the board of directors may deem advantageous.
 2. The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted and the purpose for which this corpora tion is organized is as follows, tO-wit: :
 To construct. conduct. maintain.
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Attest:
ORDINANCE NO. 570
FRANK THOMAS, City Recorder.

AN ORDINANCE amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 44O. entitled, An Ordinance Requiring Contractors and Builders to Remove All Building Material, Tools or Appliances Used ny Them Off of Streets or Sidewalks Within Three Days After Completion of Improvement"
 THE COMMON COUNCIL OF PHOENIX DO ORDAIN AS FOL- LOWS:
 Section 1. That Section 2, of Or dinance No. 440 of the City of Phoe- nix, entitled, An Ordinance Requir- ing Contractors and Builders to Re move All Building Material, Tools or Appliances Used by Them off of
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months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator with the will annexed at it's office at No. IS North First ave, Phoenix, Mar icopa county, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate, in said County of Maricopa, State of Arizona.
 PHOENIX TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY, Administrator with the will annexed, of Henry Gilman, de- ceased.
 Dated this 27th day of September. A D. 1913
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guilty of malicious misrepresentation of facts, or is ignorant of them, I quote from General Order No. 5, dated June 17th, 1912, of the Arizona Corporation Commission, under au- thOrity of which Special Rate Order No. 1436, covering this fare was is sued, the following:
 Rules Covering the Publication of
 Passenger Excursion Tariffs
 Fares for an excursion limited to a designated period, of not more than three days maye be established with out further notice. upon posting a tariff, one day in advance, in two public and conspicuous places in the waiting room, of each station, where tickets for such excursion are sold and mailing a copy thereof to the cOmmission.-
 Had the Fl Paso & 4Southewestern system seen fit to make a rate of $1.0O, 50 cents or any other amount for this limited excursion Douglas to Bisbee and return, they could have done so, by posting such tariff one day in advance and filing copy of same with this commission.
 The statement that the Arizona Corporation Commission is responsi- bIe for the publication of rate of $1.70, instead of $1.25 as at first an nOunced. is either a deliberate or unintentional mis-statement of facts, which we trust you will courteousIy correct.
 Yours truly, ARIZONA CORPORATION COM.
 By Edgar A. Brown, Rate Expert.
Arizona republican., 1913-10-24
ORDINANCE NO. 568

AN ORDINANCE amending Section ; of Ordinance No. 536 of the City of Phoenix, entitled; An Ordinance Relating to the Installation and Con struction of Electric Signs, Electric Outlining and Decorating"
 THE COMMON COUNCIL OF PHOENIX DO ORDAIN AS FOL LOWS:
 Section l. That Section 5. of Or dinance No. 536 of the City of Phoe- : nix, entitled An Ordinance Relating to the Installation and Construction of Electric Signs, Electric Outlining and Decorating" be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows
 SECTION 5. No sign illuminated by electricity shall be erected unless such sign has all letters or devices marked out or formed by incandes- cent electric light globes, or raised transparency letters such as glass, passing through metal face of sign from back to front will be allowed subject to the following restrictions: That all electric signs must be pro- vided with not less than one CD lamp of eight (S) c. P per square feet of sign surface, except that smaller or larger lamps may be used provided that the equivalent of eight (S) c. P. per square foot of sign surface is maintained.
 Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication as by law required.
 PASSED by The Common Council of Phoenix this 14th day of October. A. D., 1913
 LLOYD B. CHRISTY, Attest: Mayor.
 FRANK THOMAS,
 CitU RapOr6ar
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