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Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
SCHOOLS WILL ORGANIZE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

The presidents of the leading prep
schools of the state which are not mem
bers of the Atlanta city league, have
Y. NJ. G. A. building for the purpose Of
organizing Georgia Interscholastic
league.
The need OF such an organization has
been obvious for a long time
The prep school athletics in Georgia
are in terrific condition at present
The only chance TO better conditions
VIII be by an organization Of the charac-
ter suggested
Previous attempts at an organization
nave been made. hut with no success
However, the fact Jhat present condi-
tons are intolers hlp ought now to make
lhe matter of organizing league an
easy one
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25

He always showed more prom
ise than ability But anyhow
Brooklyn grabbed him Just why,
nobody is prepared to say. The
scout who landed him must have
been gifted for the moment with
clairvoyance. Zack was batting
but .245, fielding tolerably well and
not stealing any bases.
The amazing thing has been that
Zack has improved every year in
the National over what he did in
the Southern. Fer instance, in 1909
he batted .245 with Mobile. The
next year he batted 2S4 for Brook
lyn.
Here are the marks of Wheat his
last two years in minor league ball:
Year. alb. h. ba. Club
1908. 339 81 .269 Shreveport
1908. 81 19 226 Mobile
1909. 460 113 PAS Mobile
Batting average for two years,
.25O.
Now contrast these marks with
Ilo9S liS same man Hldue III lle
years that followed in the National
league:
Year. alb. h. b.a. Club
1910. SOC 172 .284 Brooklyn
1911, 534 1913 .2S7 Brooklyn
1912. 453 1873 .3O5 Brooklyn
Batting average for three years,
POI
Wheat batted .25O in minor
leagues, .291 in the big leagues!
According to those figures it must
be easier to hit them in the Ma
tiOnal than it is in the Southern.
1t happens, however. that Zack
Wheat is one of the few who dem
instrated an ability to do such a
thing.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
By Percy II. Whiting.


in. In the main, ball players
are like burglars An artistic job
is an artistic job But now and
then one smashes in like a bungler
and sticks like a burr.
Take Ty Cobb.
When he went to Detroit he
looked like a spring chicken with
the pip He was skinny, wild-eyed,
scared. His hair was cut Royston
style and a shade too long. He was
just country lad, uncanny fast.
He looked to lumpy that Detroit
was on the point OF turning him
over to the St. Louis Browns. 1t
took the long headedness of Bill
Armour to see that Cobb had pos
sibilities.
Don't let him go, for the love of
heaven" Armour told them. And
they didn't. Now he's holding out
for $4,000 year.
p OBJ SPADE is an example of
the chap who broke in strong,
stirred up an awful row and then
broke out again.
Atlanta got Spade from Macon.
That was in the fall of 1906 He
unquestionably helped Atlanta win
the pennant of 1907. He won Is
and lost II games, and hit ,295,
breaking up lot of games with
pinch hits. He and Sid Smith did
the pinch hitting for the club.
One day that fall Walter Taylor,
now city clerk. whispered in my
ear IF anybody smelling of beer
and hailing from Cincinnati asks
for me, I'm dead
What's the matter?" | asked
him.
We'll, the Cincinnati club asked
me about Spade. and Bob's an aw-
ful good friend of mine, and ! told
them he was wonder They
heven't had a scout down here to
see him. So they took my word
AND DRAFTED HIM! Wait till
they see him pitch. hate to think
what they'll call me-"
The odd thing about it was that
Bob went up. and for a while made
more than good. He had been up
once before with the Cards., but
that didn't daunt him.
OF course, Spade didn't get under
way very fast. And along toward
mid-s season the Reds decided to get
rid of him, They got waivers on
the way and New York was going
to take him. Then. to the vast
amazement of everybody, Bob was
sent in to work against the Giants.
He won. He was sent back, and
won, \ third time he was hurled
against the Giants and third time
he won From a dub he had been
transformed into a hero.
The transformation was soon
worked with a reverse English Bob
can't stand success He didn't The
next year he held out on the Reds
for more salary and was out of the
game for year, Finally the Reds
slipped him TO the Columbus club.
't' ~ NphAu hpA VNVlA HNANN tllSLF
If Bob's strength of character
had been equal to his strength of
arm he'd be up there yet
T HE history, Of the Southern
players sent up is fun of
quJrks and turns. For example, Sid
Smith
Now, Sid Smith was the best
looking catcher who ever played in
the South, He wasn't quite the
man that Ed Sweeney was. phys
ically. and he couldn't throw to
bases like Archer But for ability
to catch, throw and hit that ball
especially the hitting-he looked
the greatest man ever sent up.
In the fall OF 1907, the same time
Spade went up, Sid Smith was
gathered in by the Athletics. He
seemed just exactly Connie Macks
style of player-young man. col
iege man man Of good family,
smart chap, and all that. Just con-
MES sort
He hardly lasted until midSeason
The ambition that made him the
most aggressive PLAYER i'm the
Southern league oozed out He de-
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
DALE GEARS TEAM TO
TRAIN IN LITTLE ROCK

LITTLE ROCK. Jan. 25.-Little Roc,,
may see a little baseball this spring
in spite OF the fact that the burg has
little chance of buying the Montgom-
cry franchise. Manager Dale Gear uf
the Topeka. Kans. club Of the Western
league wants to train here He win
very likely be given the use of Wesl
End park
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
Bv J. w. Heisnaan.

TT will be remembered by all
that Immediately at the con-
clusion of the Olympic games
at Stockholm last summer it was
'eported that a number of the Eu-
ropean countries were going to
prepare for the next war in time
Of peace, and not wait till the war
was found to be on their hands
Particularly of England and France
was this the expressed determina-
ton; and 1t proceeded from the
fact that their athletes had not
made much of showing in the
games.
Sweden and Germany We're not
behind i'm their promises to make
things warmer for the American
team four years hence, but their
determination arose not from
chagrin or humiliation, but because
Of the interest they had been COM
PEELED to feel in the games on ac-
count of the favorable showing
their representative had made.
Many of us had a notion that
these promises. or threats-call
them which YOU like-were little
more than hot air, and that their
bluffs would blow over in a week
or two, as they have in the past
But have they What have been
the developments?
IN the first place, we and that
Sweden has determined to re
tain the services OF Ernie Hjert-
berg. Of Swedish parentage, but Of
American birthright, to train their
Olympic team for the coming four
years, and get it ready for the 1916
meet in Berlin. This, though was
rather to be expected. as Sweden
had shown before the games of last
summer that she was thoroughly in
earnest about his Olympic pennant
business by having engaged Hiert-
berg for the whole Of the year pre-
vious, And then the Swedish
team met with such splendid sue
cess in the games and the Ameri-
can methods Of training, as exem-
plified by Hjertberg, were 90 thor
oughly vindicated that there could
be no other outcome to Sweden's
experiment and experience.
1t was something like two months
ago that news came that Germany
had closed with Alvin Kraenzlein
TO handle their team for the whole
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
A. & NJ. REMAINS IN c A

STARK VILE MISS. Jan 25.-Nfissis.
any proposition to enter an orpa ni1e tinSs
IN opposition to the Southern Intercollegf-
ate Athletic association
The report that Mississippi A. G. NJ
would JOIN the athletic Outlaws is
strenuously denied here
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
NEW YALE srRoNc MnN

NEW HAVEN, CONN. Jan 25..N f
koos OF Hoboken \. j., is the new
strong man OF Yale, He recently broke
of 2.665 points '"'
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25

Linas E. Davis, the Camden. Tenn
semi-p pro picked up by Nashvilie for -
trlal IRA TINS spring. stole nineteen bases in
season. P"Seu ldSl
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25

Jqnh rs Tener, the baseball govarnor
on Pennsylvania continues to dsnv thet
ne was connected in any wsv' Win "a "a
recent sale Of the Phillies "'' lhe
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
FODDER FOR FANS

Absolutely no use to pass rules forbid
Ding players to appear in vaudeville and
to write for the papers. The public will
wake up to itself after a while and abolish
them by ignoring them.
Cook, who was with Macon last season.
viii be tried out this year by Lou Cas-
tros Portsmouth club.
Chrlstty Mathewson says it's a cinch to
there is nothing to eat there
Herman Schaefer was offered A good iob
as manager on the coast but he preferred
to stick with the Senator'S Way in the
back of Herman's head is a notion that
ne may get a chance at some worlds
series money this fall
The Pirates start for Hot Springs
A bill has been introduced in the
day ball.
Connie Mack has sold his half interest
in the Reading club.
Paul Sentell has signed to play with the
PES MONIES team. of the Western league,
this season
Well, anyhow. Little Rock will have a
city league this season:
nooyo Cy F0rsythe o0r;y has signed his Chatta-
early in March, with his old bat BETSY
packed IN cotton He ought to give
the squirrels a busy season,
The average Phillie regular was ort ~
~ per cent of the games his team pIayed
last year-because of injury or illness
Luderus led the regulars in regularly"
ai', ne missed m. but four games. Lobert was
Bell Cord Bill Chappeue has gone to
hot Springs to get in trim.
The Maps wanted to trade Pcclinnsugh
for George Mcconnell And though Cbanca
wanted Peck he refused TO let McC,on.
nell go.
Charles C'Deacon'1 Pbntppe has oono
TO work in steel plant in Pittsburg
working along with wops and such, Ne
does not have to, either, for he owns
property But he says he is going to
learn the steel business from the Jpl.6 er6rnG ~
up He is Al years old.
Bill Bernhard has secured eleven nitob
ers Ss Ior trial in the spring-mostly un
Joe Birmingham will try to teach Joe
Jackson how to run bases He is NOT
likely to get very far 1t requires a IT,
of mental effort to outguess the pitcbers ,ot
Linas E. Davis, the Camden Ton,
seim,i-pro sem, pro picked up by Nashville for for; a
tbe IiSi In siis sprlng. stole nineteen bases in
season. P'"Seu iast
ot '2nn pn, r., Iener, the baseball governor
he vae g,.iiSS cons ,nanIs, continues to deny that
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25

Joe Birmingham will try to teach Joe
Jackson how to run bases He is not
llKely 10 get very far 1t requires Iot
Oh mental effort to outguess the pitchers
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25

Charles t"Deacon'D Philippe has gone
TO work in a steel plant in PfttsbIIrg
working along with wops and such. he
does not have to, either. for he owns
property But he says he is going to
learn the steel business from the ground
up. He is Al years old o 0"Iiu
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25

Bill Bernhard has secured eleven mitch
ers Ss Tor trial in the spring-mostly un-
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25

The Maps wanted to trade pecl,inna,,h
FOR George Mcconnell. And though Chance
wanted Peck he refused to let McCon-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-06
CAR COMPANY IS SUED
BY WOMAN FOR $4,000
Dressmaker Says She Was Compelled
to Walk Across Trestle and
Was Injured,

Leila b. Austin, a dressmaker, yester-
day brought suit against the Washington
Railway and Electric Company for s. ZOO
damages, alleging that the motorman did
not stop the car at the place requested
by her on a ride to Cabin John Bridge
compelling her to walk for some distance
she says, she slipped. and in saving her
self from falling wrenched herself badly
and injured herself permanently.
Louis B. Diegins has filed suit against
c. w. Trey for $1,000 damages. Plaintiff
charges that defendant April 10 last
caused him to be arrested on a charge of
maintaining a public nuisance in the
shape Of an ''unclean yard" The case
was dismissed in the Police Court May Z,
1t Is stated.
Claiming that he was permanently in
jured by a car of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company. Lewis
Henley has filed suit for 5000 damages.
He alleges that a horse and wagon he
was driving across Fifth Street at X
Street Northwest on March % last was
struck by a car Of the company. and that
he was permanently injured.
Ferdinand Beckett, an infant, through
his mother. Mrs. Clara Beckert, has filed
suit for 5000 damages against Richard
f.. Boiseau. Mrs. Beckert alleges that
while on Eighteenth Street Northwest
August 30, 1872, her son. who was then nine
years old, was struck and knocked down
by an automobile operated by Boiseau.
She claims the child was permanently in
tured.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-06
FREE STORE DELIVERY
UP FOR DISCUSSION
Retail Merchants Consider Proposed
Diseontinuanee-Taif Suspension
will Be Asked.

Tentative plans of the fight to be
waged by the local merchants before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
against the proposed discontinuance
after September !. of free store delivery
were outlined yesterday at a meeting of
the board of governors OF the Retail
Merchants Association by NJ. D Rosen-
berg. general counsel for the organiza-
ton. 1t is probable the local merchants
will seek a reduction in the freight rates
and make no attempt for the restoration
OF free delivery.
Mr.. Rosenberg explained in detail the
legal phases of the fight to be waged
and reported to the association what ac-
ton he had taken in the matter. He
was authorized TO cooperate with
Chaplin Brown. general counsel of the
Chamber OF Commerce. and formulate
some plan of battle.
Mr.. Rosenberg stated that the first
steps to be taken in the legal battle was
the filing with the Interstate Commerce
Commission of a petition requesting a
suspension OF the proposed new tariffs
of the railroads pending a full investi-
cation and hearing. He announced that
he expected to file such a petition with
the commission either today or tomor-
row.
President Andrews was authorized to
name a special committee of five to act
with similar committees from the Board
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-06
GOOD OUTDOOR GAMES
FOR THE YOUNGSTERS

Here is a good game that the little
Chinese children play in the streets OF
Hongkong. 1t is something like our
old game Of .'hop-scotch."
number of straight sticks are laid
on the ground in a row within easy hop
ping distance of each other. The play
ers stand in a line at one end and hop
over the sticks one by one. Only one
foot may touch the ground at the same
time. although the same foot does not
have to be used ali the time. When
the end of the row is successfully
reached the last stick is kicked away
and the hopper hops back to the be-
ginning of the line and hops down again.
She continues her hopping back and
forth until the last stick is kicked away.
II she puts both feet on the ground at
the same time she must begin all over
again.
A good variation Of drop the hand
kerchief' Is to use a handful OF some
kind of grain or even rice instead. 1t
is much harder to hold and TO transfer.
and so adds to the run. The leader goes
around the circle. putting her closed
hand into the outstretched hands of all
the others and then suddenly opening
her hand and depositing the grain in
the hands Of the most unsuspecting of
the players, who must then chase her.
II she does not catch her before she
gets into the vacant place the girl who
received the grain then becomes ''it'
and in turn goes around the circle.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-06
COMMITTEE TO WAIT
ON COMMISSIONERS
Randle Highlands Citizens Associa-
lion to Present Its Wants to
the District Heads.

! President S. E. Snyder, of the Randle
| Highlands Citizens Association, was in
! formed yesterday that the Commission
ers would grant an interview in the near
future to committee of the association.
which desires to present its wants to
them. This committee will be headed by
| c. a. Barker. Other civic bodies in this
| community also are endeavoring to Sc
cure interviews with the new Commits
sioners. The Anacostia Association will
robably send A committee, but il Is be-
lieved that the particular item desired by
this association. an appropriation to per-
init of the improving and widening of
Nichols Avenue. is known by the new
board, and that it will be included in
their estimates tc Congress.
a meeting of the special committee of
the congregation Of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church selected for the purpose of ar
ranging a lawn fete met last evening in
the parish hall Of the church in V Street,
with the rector. the Rev. W. Oscar
2oome, jr.. presiding. 1t was decided to
have the fete the evenings of August
10, 20, and u. There will be dancing in
the large hall. Various committees were
appointed last evening. The proceeds will
be devoted to the general expenses of the
parish.
Miss Alice r. Quad. Of W Street, has
gone to Oakland. Nd, where she will
spend her vacation with Mrs ]. c. Nc
Claughlin. of Washington.
Albert Z. Beck and DR.. Clayton Beall,
Of Anacostia, have returned to their
homes after a trip by water to Baltimore
and return.
Rapid progress is being made in the
erection Of the large pumping station on
the Anacostia side of the Eastern
Branch, at the foot of Howard Avenue,
and it is expected that within the next
few months this station will be ready
for operation. The station will be used TO
care for the sewerage system in Ana
costa and the surrounding section.
Anacostia Council, No. 49, Junior Order
of United American Mechanics, held a
meeting last evening, and many candi-
dates were initiated.
Mrs. James Green and daughter. Mrs
Alice Maughars, of st. Elizabeth's
Heights. have gone to Pittsburgh, Pa,
where they will spend a month with rela-
tives and friends
The regular meeting Of the vestry of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church is scheduled
for tomorrow evening in the parish hall
in V Street. Many matters of impor-
lance are to be considered, and the treas
urer will present his report of the finan-
cial condition of the parish at that time.
Richard A. Estep is spending his vaca-
ton at Camden. Laurel Springs, and At
lantic City. n. ].
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-06
COMMISSION FINDS
SCALES INCORRECT
Gross lnesularity Of Weights Exist on
Balances Used at Railroad Tracks
and Rebuilding Is Ordered.

In a report yesterday made public the
Interstate Commerce Commission de-
clared that a majority of the railroad
track scales now in use in the United
States should be at once rebuilt in order
10 obtain reasonably accurate results
and the statement also is made that cit
is also apparent that many additional
scales should be installed.
TIE commission says that as a result
'of its Investigation representative of
shippers have this matter under consid-
Grafton with the carriers, and II is ex-
pected that as result of these confer
ences satisfactory rules will be formu-
lated, and the commission issues the fol-
lowing warning 10 carriers and a hint
to shippers and consignees:
IF not, the matter will be further pro-
ceeded with by the commission. and any
ject of complaint.
Inaccuracies in Weighing result in the
imposition of unreasonable charges and
in discrimination between shippers just
as readily as do differences in the freight
rate itself"
The commission says that this investi-
cation was undertaken in consequence of
numerous complaints received from all
sections that the weights upon which
freight charges were assessed were
grossly inaccurate, and that great diff
Guilty was experienced in correcting these
inaccuracies" 1t is added that THE
principal complaint was against carload
weights. and the weighing of carloads
by track scales has been the principal
subject Investigated. although some at
tention has been incidentally given to
platform scales.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-06
new AQUEDUCT Bridge
ENDORSED BY CITIZENS
Virginia Connusities to U,e Every
Effort to Aid IN Securing Appse-
priatiou for New Structure.
MEETING PLANNED NEXT WEEK

Citizens of Virginia communities just
across the Potomac in Alexandria
county are busily engaged preparatory
TO launching a big crusade for the erec-
ton Of a new aqueduct bridge.
The people are stirred over the condi-
ton OF the present structure. the piers
OF which are honeycombed with cavities
beneath the surface OF the water and
constantly are growing weaker
The first formal step toward securing
the new bridge will be taken next Tues
day. when the Board Of Supervisors of
Alexandria County will hold a meeting.
The plan of action is now being for
mulated, and 1t was announced last night
from an authoritative source that the
boards first action would be to appeal
to the Secretary OF War and the indivi-
dual members Of Congress, pointing out
that the bridge is antiquated and that
the erection OF an entirely new one In
imperative.
The Senators and Representatives from
Virginia first will be called upon. Al
ready they are thoroughly in sympathy
with the movement because OF its i'm
mense importance to the State, and II
is understood that they will use every
effort to bring about the appropriation
OF the sum required for . new structure.
The Citizens Associations OF Clarendon.
Balston, Cherrydale. and Fort Myer
Heights are behind the movement solidiy.
THE present bridge is in a disgraceful
condition." said Crandal Mackey, Com
monwealth Attorney for Alexandra
County, and one OF the leading citizens
in the crusade. II would
not like to say that the bridge was un-
safe for traffic. and yet whenever I pass
over 1t I always feel somewhat shaky.
the trafifc is becoming heavier.
and yearly the structure Is becoming
weaker. Last Sunday I noticed three big
Bluemont cars on the bridge at once.
and II was obvious that the structure
was being subjected to a severe strain.
We shall use every effort to bring about
the erection Of a new bridge"
Col. William c. Iangfitt. army en-
cineer In charge of the improvement Of
the Potomac in the vicinity OF Washing
ton. is out OF the city at present. but
officials in his ONCE yesterday afternoon
said that no definite action concerning
the bridge had yet been taken. Gen.
William II. Bixby. chief OF army en-
giners. said the matter had not yet been
referred to the Secretary OF War, as
final decision as to the method to pursue
had not been made.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-06
Chevy Chase Lake.

Encores are quite a feature Of the
evening concerts out at Chevy Chase
Lake. The leader OF the Marine Band
musicians present every night, Is usually
quite generous in this respect. conse-
quently while the printed programs give
only a stipulated number of selections.
the concert is very liable to consist of
a far greater number. This is also the
case at the pavilion, where the demands
OF the dancers result in many more
numbers being rendered than the dozen
the card sets.
A variety of other diversions await the
visitor who cares neither for music nor
dancing. These include bowling. shoot
ing, boating, &c. The artistic illumina-
tions are a source of delight to all.