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Evening journal., 1913-11-17
TRI-STATERS
ARE WORRIED
OVER INVASION
New YOrk-NeW Jersey League
Action a Surprise to Fran
ChiSe Holders
MAY LOSE TWO
OF THE OLD CITIES

The proposal of New York. New Jer-
sey baseball league officials TO enter
lri-Statc territory has caused no little
comment among York fans. as well as
in other towns in the 'Iri-S State circuit.
Reading and Easton. bu,n OF which
places have been applied Tor by the Ney
Workers. were counted upon 10 be rep
resented ON the Tri- State circuit f.r the
1914 season. Should this new league
get both. York fans urc at loss TO
know where two other baseball towns
AS good can be secured
There !, one hope for the Tri. State
TO get Reading and Easton, and that IS
By prompt nction Even at that there
is liable 90 bc q merry chase lt has
been learned that the New YORK mag
mates have long been looking over both
towns. as both are cunsidercd nrst glhss
Ton the game. The rri-State was noJ
represented in Columbus, Ohio, several
days ago, and in this way the New York
ers got the az antage. Now, unless the
Carpenter organization can offer letter
inducements there is strong probable
litv That is officials will have 10 cast
laruund for other towns it u suggested
that perhaps il was the opinion of the
D
/ the Iri-Statc League would not 'naieri-
lclile next scason, and tins caused their
Iactiun.
Z As soon ms the announcement was
made in Reading the fans o. tlat
town promptly thought of Jacob H.
, Ncitzcl. the well known baseball mag
nate. who was NO the head Of the Read
ling rri State team Tor seevral seasons
and connected practically with every
bschai movement lamchcu In the Pret-
zel town in recent years, as the promot-
or But "Jake' was totally unaware
of the move. In fact the application
must have been made with the strictest
secrecy, as the dtmiry of the party
or porties who handed IL IN mas caused
much speculation among tne Reading
fans. ami Ncit1c appears To know no
more than the others. He said after
hearing Of the proposition; - nave not
the slightest idea who could be back Of
the move, as no mention was made to
me py amy one If il would have been
an nppli> ton TO the New York, State
or rii.State Leagues l would not have
been surprised
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
What Do You Want
TO Know About Spori3

Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL;
Who is the best iniclder of the Ma
tional League and who is the best in
icldcr, of the American Leaguey
. FAN.
Fan" you are certainly asking two
tough questions. There are so many
great inheldcrs in both leagues that IL
is almost impossible to determine who
is the real king. The National League
lrieldcrs are on a more even rating
than arc those in the rival league Some
years ago your first question would
scarcely cause moments hesitation
for reply and Hans Wagner would be
the answer to il. but Hans has got so
vel along in years now that he is no
longer at the top OF the heap, although
ne is stin dangerously near the top,
Mike noolan Of the Philhes is consid-
cred by many experts the finest infield-
er in the veteran major league.
After the recent worlds series most
experts declared that Eddie Collins was
/ the greatest infelder in the business
He certainly showed class in that series
that has never been equalled since thu
American and National leagues havl
been clashing annually. If a vote wer
taken as to the best infelder of tn
Ban Johnson circuit Collins would un
doubtedly be the choice of a majority.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL
Could runner ever 90 TO secon
without touching first base in the las
ten vears' TIP,
Up to the Merkle incident at the Pol
Grounds, Sept 95 1908, it was custom
airy for the player to pass up touohin
first before going to second. They di
1t because they "got away with
MerlSle proved the "goat' for them a
T. and was only called out because u
wise Johnny Eyers called the umpire
. attention to the tcchnicality.
Nowadays nobody fails 10 touch
bag.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL
What is the height of Charles l.
doux. the French bantamwoight char
pion and his agey BONER.
He has just turned twenty--one yea
and he is S feet IL inch
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL
At the beginning OF the season Ne
e York plays Brooklyn and Boston fac
Philadelphia New York wins its gan
E while the Boston-Philly battle is pos
Z poned What is the standing of {
n teamsg a. BRIG.
] New York is placed first, hut I
+ though Brooklyn, Boston and Philad'
+ phia are all figured 900, Brooklyn
placed at the bottom on account
d having had a chance to win and losir
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL
What was the score OF last years Ha
a ward Yale football games Z. B. X,
Havsrd won, % to 0.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
HIGHLETS UP
AG INST HARD
GAME NEXT

The Wilmington High School foot
ball team. sadly crippled and bruised
from its victory over the Chestet
High School on Friday afternoon, is
about all in and has to go up against
a tough proposition tomorrow against
the Glenn Mills High School, at Front
and Union streets park Glenn Mills
comes tuned up for its biggest game
OF the season and they are prepared
TO fight a hard game Wilmington
High School this afternoon is about
80 per cent. as strong today as it was
Friday afternoon.
Aschenbach will most likely be out
OF the game tomorrow and probably
for the remainder of the season. He
was hurt several weeks ago and re-
turned to the game for the first time
since then on Friday against the
Chester High School team. In this
game he was again hurt, and now il
may be that he will not be seen In the
Cherry and White lino-up again this
season. Dunn, Donohoe, Durstein and
Adair were also hurt in this game, but
very slightly. They will be handi-
capped, however, because OF the
bruises they received.
Coach Speer has renewed conf
dence in his team because OF the vigoi
that they put into their playing anC
that time-honored fighting spiri
1 which they displayed in the Chester
game. In spite Of the fact that the!
arc I'm crippled condition. DOC" II
expecting nothing but victory
"Ducky" Keesey's field generalshir
the great work of Dunn. both on tn
offense and defense, and Donohue'
punting usually suppresses their op
ponents. AS these kids" will with
out doubt. be In the game. Docs" eX
pectations are not without ground.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
HARRY FRITZ IN
CAGE GAME AGAIN

On next Friday evening Brownson
quintette viii meet St. Elizabeth
A. c. Of Philadelphia The same five
defeated the Brownson FIVE by one
point last season Harry Fritz. third
baseman of the champion Wilmington
Tri-State team. is with st. Elizabeth
again this year. The line
up OF St. Elizabeth's will be as fol-
lows; Heating. who is none other
than Russell Blackburne. the famous
shortstop of the Chicago Americans,
forward: Fisher and Moore. forwards;
Yates. centre; Harry Fritz, Crenny
and Fuch- guards
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
Y.M.C.A. BOYS
INDOOR MEET
NEXT MONTH

The first indoor Y. NJ. C. A. meet of
this season will be held on Thursday
night, December 4, and will draw
some of the best athletes in the city
in the contest There will be four
events, as follows: 20 yard dash, po-
tato race, running high jump and 12-lb
shot put. The 20 yards dash is always
a very spectacular event, and there are
many entries. The local record is .
3-5 seconds, and is held by j. Norman
Craig and r. c. Hall, Both OF these
men will enter and will be hard push
cd to win by such stars as Dave kee-
sey, Mace Luton and Preston Baird,
The running high jump record is 3
feet. six and three-fourth inches, and
closely pushed by his brother Har-
ry, who has an record indoors OF five
feet five inches.
This year there are quite a few who
have developed into jumpers and cas-
lily clear five feet, and with practice
should add several inches to their
height by the time of the meet. Among
these are William Jack, Carlton
Yearsley, Fred Lorenz, w. II. Bar
nard.
Justus Davidson holds the record
for the potato race and from the
looks of the field it would appear that
Davidson record of "a 3-5 seconds
will be broken Hall. Craig and Pal
matary will no doubt lay up a new
record between them. G. Roger Dan
iels holds the record in the 12-lh. sho
mt with hpavo Of 37 IL 1-2. ROg
or is again in the city and may com
pete. Fred Blatz and Charles Bour
don will no doubt make a try 10
Daniels Scalp.
Interest in athletics has never beel
as high in the association as 1t i
now, and the coming meet Will n
doubt draw a large audience to wit
ness the event.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
FOOTBALL RESULTS

Yale 3, Princeton 3.
Carlisle 80. Dartmouth 10.
Harvard 81, Brown 0.
Michigan l3, Penn 0.
Navy 10, Penn State 0.
Army So, Villa Nova 0.
Cornell 10, Lafayette 8.
Colgate 35, Syracuse 10.
Amherst -, Williams 0.
Buclnell %, Gettysburg 0.
Washington and jefferson 10, P~t-is
burgh 6.
Holy Cross so, Fordham 0.
Lehigh 10, Haverford O.
Ohio State Is. Case 0.
Oberlin %, Ohio Wesleyan 0.
Swarthmore 2l, Dickinson H.
Illinois 0, Purdue o.
Johns Hopkins 10, Western Mary
land o.
Georgetown s, Virginia Z.
Chicago l3, Minnesota Z.
Michigan A. c. 10, South Dakota I.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
WHITE WITH COAST LEAGUE.

BY The United Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 17-"Doc" White,
member of the White Sox twirling
corps since 1902 and a former mem
ber of the Philadelphia Nationals.
has pitched his last game in the big
leagues. White announced today
that he had accepted terms to join
the Venice. Cal, Coast League team
next season and that President
Comiskey will consent to the deal.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
FIsHERMEN HAp LUCK.

Captain Henry Paris, Engineer
Oscar Courtney, First Mate Isaac
Blaine. Cook Herman Husfelt and
Peter Perry. c. Whitelock, Frank
Bursler and Patrick Hurley return
ed last evening from fishing trip to
Salem canal. They brought home
good sized strings.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
Delaware GossipQuees Answered. Odds and Ends
MATHEWSON AND MEYERS
WILL NOT GO ABOARD
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
MEDFORD, Ore, Nov. 1z.-Christy
Mathewson and Chief Meyers, two Of
the star attractions of the White Sox-
Giants round the world travellers,
were missing when the teams arriv-
ed here today. Matty and Meyers re-
mained behind in San Francisco de-
claring that business would prevent
them from making the trip across
the water.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
To pICK RROwNsoN SECONDS.

All Brownson members desiring to
play, in the basketball league are re-
auested to report at the nall ON We'd
nesdav evening, whc/ the second team
will be picked and the league season
opened. Anybody who does not report
"Wednesday win not be considered in the
picking of the team.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
CLOYER STARTS Mail.

Glover Academy defeated Old
Swedes az basketball on Saturday
night. by the score of "a to %.
Glover will play Haskell at the
y. NJ. c. A. tonight. Captain Chand-
Ter would like TO arrange games with
any amateur team in the city.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
RUSSELL WON THREE GAMES.

Official fielding averages of the In
ternationai League show that Aller
Russell OF the Baltimore team pitched
eleven games, winning three. allowed s.
hits and 35 runs He struck out 3
men and gave 80 passes
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
LOSES;
EDGE MOOR TIES;
la. FORFEITS

Marcus Hook of Chester threw the
hooks into the Windsor team here sat
urday afternoon, for Second Division
Allied League points, goals to l..
The visitors showed surprising strength
and held their own in the first half,
when each team scored a goal, and had
all the best of the second, when il scor-
ed another goal and prevented the To-
calls from doing so. Greenwall was re-
sponsible for Wndsor's goal. and Hib-
bert and Flannery scored Marcus Hooks.
Both teams played good football. but
the visitors were alwayss ashade better.
Line up:
Marcus Hook Windsor
X. Chew ...... goal ........ Morley
r. Scott e. right fullback A. Lacey
H. Scott ..- left fullback ..... Lacey
Tate .... right halfback ..... Helms
IA Detwiler, centre halfback Greeuwall
A. ID, .wilcr left halfback j. Bradshaw
Fannery =. outside right .. Barton
Heatlcy .... inside right f. Bradshaw
HILBERT centre forward M Morris
II. Chew .... outside LETT .... Martin
In a Third Division game of the Al
leu lttHuts lidlth at .NIt huui Ni
Saturday. Disston Reserves held Edge
Moor down to a egcal tie game.
Edge Moor obtained its goal in the first
period from penalty kick which was
converted by Wood Ball equalized the
score for the Reserves by scoring in the
final period.
Edge Moor Disstou Res.
! Faulkner ...... goal ........ Lanard
Adamson D.. right fullb3ck 800 Costello
Stretton left fullback ... butcher
Tarver 80, right haliback ..... Ball
j. Donaghy. centre halfback M Ericsson
W. Donaghy, lett halfback 500. Semor
Bagg m outside right .... Arnold
Buckley ~ inside right .. . Southwcl
Wood .. centre forward Strickei
Darby ... inside left .... Roger.
Fish .... outside left Longmor,
Referee. Hanlon. Linesmen Hal
and Buckner Length of halves A.
minutes. Goals-Wood penalty. Bali
Kensington A. A. and North Philadel
phia y. NJ. c. A. were without game
Evening journal., 1913-11-17

ON Saturday. owing TO the lrish-Ameri-
cans forfeiting TO the former and Vim
come to the North Phhlies. The two
teams played friendly game, Therefore
and Kensington was returned the win
ner, 3 goals 70 none
Evening journal., 1913-11-17

FIX ul7 a brief. concise, but ac-
curate and complete Want Ad and
you will soon get the home workers
Ee2 an looking for.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17

Smith Refcree-iiarrigan. of Whining
ton High School Jmpire-Cloud. of
Wilmington High School, Time Of halves
! -l0 minutes. Timers Allen and
Neatly. Linemen-Logan and Foster.
Epal score-6 to 6.
Mercury had it soft with Cirard in a
game that ended SO TO O.
Lineup.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
REFS SHOOTS
HIGH In THE
/ CUP EVENT

over the DUPONT Club traps satur-
day afternoon S. A. Refs led field
OF 20 entries in the Connable cup
event with q breaks.
The regular hit and out event had
number OF entries. Among those
making good scores were: j. II. Min
nick. s; S. A. Rwis, q William Coyne,
Is; ID. S Wood, 8.
The club had among its visitors
r. G. White, Canadian representative
of the DUPONT Company, and G. r..
Clark, of Duluth. Mimi Both are eN-
pert shots. Mr. White scored 90 out
Of 100. breaking the last 25 straight.
In breaking the last twenty-five, only
ammunition containing "a drains Of
powder and 1 ounce of shot We're
used.
The club had among its visitors
+. G.. White. Canadian representative
OF the DUPONT Company, and G. r..
Clark. of Duluth, Mimi. Both are Ok
pert shots. Mr.. White scored 80 out
OF 100 breaking the last 25 straight.
In breaking the last twenty-five, only
ammunition containing . ga drains OF
powder and ounce Of shot were
used
Next Saturday the DUPONT Gun
Club will go to Camden, n. j., tC
participate in a. match in the Phila'
delphia Trapshooters' League series
The scores In the Frank /. Con
nahle cup contest In detail are:
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
MIST. MARY'S
LOSES GAME
TO DELAWARE
Blue and Gold In Splendid
Condition Battle Down Old
Rivals 20 to Is
city TEAMS END
WITH TIE GAMES

Delaware 20. Mt. st. Marys l3.
Parksidc o. Mt Vernon o.
Highland G, Hillcrest 6.
Concord cights 20, Whiteman 0.
Mercury 30, Girard o.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17

" elcu, raj ikelut. hedu Hhcohanf
Keatly. Linesmen. Smith and Haf-
ner Timers Sparks and ed. AbrA-
hams Time. four 10 minute periods.
Highland and Hillcrest could do no
better than tie also in the preliminary
game. Both teams were evenly match
ed and many fast plays were pulled of.
iuc-liD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-14
THE NATIONAL CASH
REGISTER COMPANY
OFFICIALS GUILTY
CONTINUED From Page One,
3. Il. Epperson. MinneapoIls.

f. H. Epperson, Minneapolis
Edgar Parks. New York, dismissed
The jury deliberated on the case for
almost 10 hours and there was but a
scattered few OF the defendants and spec
tators in the court room when Foreman
Edward C. Morrow announced the YER
dict.
President Patterson, when asked for a
statement, said:
.In view of the civil litigation against
the National company, ] desire not to
make statement at this time
The indictments were returned Febru-
ary %, 1912, after special agents of the
government had put in many days in The
search for evidence.
The trial began November 10 and has
occupied about so actual trial days.
The total expense to the cash register
company is estimated at little less than
half a million dollars. The government
expenditures have been estimated at about
half as much.
The indictments named 80 men, but Ed
gar Park was dismissed recently by Judge
Hollister upon the representation that he
was in no way connected with the COM
pany in the last three years, the time
named in the indictments.
Each of the three counts carries with
it a maximum penalty of 5000 fine and
Jail sentence of not more than y months
thus bringing the maximum sentence for
each man up to $4,000 fine and SO months
in Jail.
District Attorney Mcpherson said it was
a great victory for the government.
No statements were made by attorneys
for the defense other than that all legal
methods would be used in an effort to
set aside the verdict and in the last re-
sort to appeal the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-14
NEGRO BAPTISTS
HEAR DIR. MORRIS
President of Colored National Baptist
Convention Spoke Here
Last Night

About 1900 negroes head DIR. E. c. Nor
ris, president of the National Baptist con-
vention, the largest organized body of
negroes in the world. speak last night on
"The Origin of the Baptists,' at the Sixth
Avenue Baptist church, of which Rev. J..
w. Goodgame is pastor. The address was
upon invitation OF the Birmingham Ne
gro Baptist Ministers council and was
listened to by a large number OF negro
ministers of the Birmingham district.
DR.. G. W. Goodgame acted as master
of ceremonies. The speaker was intro
duced to the audience by Dr. j. H. Ia
son OF Admission, president of the Alabama
State Baptist convention. The address
was strictly denominational and pleased
the large audience that came out to do
honor to the head of the denomination
in the United States. He digressed from
his subject for some time and gave some
valuable advice to the people of his race.
He pleaded for unity and aggressiveness
in negro race effort and declared that
the time had come when denominational
lines among negroes could not be toll
Grated in their larger efforts to upbuild
the race.
II was negro before l was Baptist"
he said. I'VE must learn lesson from
the hand. Each finger is separate, but
neither of them can pick up pin unaided.
The opportunity has come to the negro
that has come to no other race of people
The American negro has the splendid
opportunity to teach to all the world, the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood
of man. The white man cannot fully do
this because of his prejudices'
DIR. Morris declared that more would
be done for Africa this year, the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
Livingstone than in any other year of
the worlds history and that the Amer
lean negro would have big hand in it.
A drive about the city to various points
of interest and luncheon at the resi-
dence of DR.. Goodgame were the prin-
cipal features of entertainment given the
prominent negro leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-14

White Cross society reports It is caring
for Approximately 1900 wounded.
The president of the Red Cross has
been killed. Some members Of the White
Cross detected by adherents of Diaz in
the act Of conveying ammunition were
executed.
III protect Americans endangered in
Mexico city. .Aipbassador Wilson was
today ordered to draw on the state de-
partment for $1,000. This could be used
for relief of the destitute or for getting
Americans out of Mexico.
Apprehension about wire communication
with Mexico was relieved tonight by a
dispatch To the state department from the
Mexican Cable company saying t1eir line
out or Vera Cruz was in working order
Consul Hama reported from Monterey
that the telegraph line which for brief
time had demoralized between that city
and Mexico City was again working with
communication uninterrupted to Laredo,
Tex, Saltillo, Terreon, Durango, chihua-
hua, San Luis Potosi' and Cuidad Por-
firic Diaz
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-14
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MEDIATION RATHER
THAN INTERVENTION
URGED UPON TAFT
CONTINUED From, Page one)


large number of foreign ambassadors and
ministers to the state department and
several of them seized the opportunity
to gather from Secretary Knox news of
conditions in Mexico City. as reported
by the American ambassador. In no case
was there the slightest evidence of dis
position to criticise the administration for
falling to adopt an aggressive attitude
towards Mexico
Secretary Knox's view is that while
some American lives may be lost through
the wild and reckless firing in the City
OF Mexico. 1t is certain that great many
more lives would be lost in an assault
upon the city by an American attacking
force
Special Message Denied
Rumors today that President Taft is
framing message to be sent to Con-
gress to lay before that body an exact
statement of conditions in Mexico and
soliciting an expression of it's will for
guidance of the administration, were de-
MED by officials who would be called
upon TO supply data for such a COM
munication
Discussing the Mexican situation in the
House today Representative ]. Hampton
Moore of Pennsylvania said it would be
deplorable IF in order to maintain the
honor and dignity of the United States
VIC shoulu ne oDHSeu TO SEND troops ihto
Mexico. but if even our we'll intentioned
diplomatic negotiations are to be trifled
with, then, of course, the matter as
sumes different aspect
Citizens of the United States, he de-
elared, were entitled to protection while
travelling in foreign countries. ''and II
would be making a laughing stock of our
government If we failed to AFFORD for
the representatives we send abroad The
assurance of our national support"
Approximately 100000 American citizens
are either temporarily or permanently re-
siding in Mexico, according to figures
based upon estimates made by the state
department. More than 47,000 Americans
have been granted passports to Mexico.
Although the laws of Mexico do not re-
quire passports from American citizens.
most of them ask for certificates when
they expect to remain a long time.
An accurate census of Americans in
Mexico has not been made. hut state de-
partment officials estimate that only one
person in live or six asks for a pass
port.
Ambassador Wilson's overnight ds
patches We're laid before President TAFT
Immediately upon his return from PhiIa
deiphia. They contained chiefly an ac-
count of the most disauieting feature OF
the fighting in Mexico City. the killing of
TWO American women yesterday
Administration officials look with much
apprehension upon the effect of the kill
ing of two Americans and one Of the
first results OF the incident was las
nights order to Ambassador Wilson TO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-14
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WEIGHT OF SAFE
PREVENTS ROBBERY

Nacaville, Cal, February 13.--The
dead weight of coin safe, toppled on
its face by nitroglycerin, saved $780,
600 in gold today for the Bank of yaea :
vile. Automobile bandits slashed the
telephone and telegraph wires, blew
open the bank vault and set their final
charge to crack the coin safe.
The safe fell face down on the steel
floor of the vault and the robbers
failed to move it before citizens,
aroused by the detonations, drove them
off. They escaped in a stolen motor
car. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-14
COURTS BUSY
Several Convictions Before Greene.
Gwin Disposes of Heavy Docket

Several convictions were had yesterday
in the first division of the criminal court.
Judge 5. b. Greene presiding. The docket
set for the week is non capital feonies.
Those convicted will be sentenced Satur-
day. Judge Gwin disposed of heavy
docket in the second division of the
criminal court, consisting of appealed
cases from the police court. There were
Il number of convictions, but the majority
of cases were dismissed for want of prose-
cution or the absence of important Wit
nesses. large docket of similar cases
is set for today.