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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31

Charlottesville. Va, January Go
Virginia Military Institute closed dis
astrous three-game trip here tonight.
losing to Virginia. 80 10 IS, before the
largest crowd OF the season.
The contest was the first real test
of the season for Virginia, and the fact
that larger score was registered
against the visiting Cadets than was
made by Georgetown last night. against
the same auint. proved very gratifying
20 the supporters Of the Orange and
Blue.
Virginia started on with rush,
Gill and Campbell caging the ball IN
rapid succession. Leech. for the Ca
diets. tossed the next goal, but the locals
struck their pace again and the first
half ended 20 10 in favor of Virginia.
The second half was fought with
more spirit on both sides After Viz
ginia had thrown four goals from the
court the LexingtOnians scored two
in succession. but IL was only Hash
in the pan, for their scoring stopped as
suddenly as II began. and Virginia
steadily rolled up the points.
Stickley. the dimInutlve forward
from Virginia Christian College, topped
his team mates TO certain extent
He was not content with sending the
ball through the netting six times
bu: Travelled over the floor like the
proVeribal fee. being here. there and
everywhere. Much Of the credit for
the victory was due TO the superb
guarding of Captain Churchman and
Campbell. The latter also gave
pretty exhibition of dribbling. more
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
SHAFER FAILS TO
SIGN CONTRACT
Sends Back Second One With
out His Signature, De-
spite Increase.

Los Angeles Cal. January 30
Despite the fact that he has Just re-
ceiVed a contract from John } McGraw
manager of the Giants, for large
increase in salary. Artie Shafer. utility
inhelder of the Giants. announced to-day
that ne would stick to his determination
10 Quit baseball This is the second
contract that McGraw sent has TO
Shafer. Artie having returned the
first one unsigned.
II have positively decided to get
out of the game said Shafei Nc
Graw has not enough money in his
treasury to tempt me to alter my pres
ent plans. 1 have had enough OF the
game and think that | will tour Europe
this wear" Shafer would have been
the regular shortstOp Of the Giants next
year If he had accepted the terms OF
McGraw.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
GEORGE BROOKE
WILL COACH PENN
Old-Time Fullback and Great
Punter Quits Swarthmore
for Red and Blue.

Philadelphia. Pa. January 30
George II Brooke probably the pest
known fullback who ever played root
ball at the University OF Pennsylvania
who has coached the Swarthfnore
College eleven for a number OF years
has been chosen by Pennsylvania ;
football committee to coach the hed
and Blue team next season. There n
no room for doubt for Brooke has sIghed
a contract 70 coach the Pennsylvania
team for three years rms contract
has been made subject to ratihcation
by the board of directors of Penn )
athletic association. and of the athletic
committee However. this rs mere
matter of form. for the directors ana
the athletic committee have never been
known to decide any way but in ac-
cordance with the action of the FOOTBALL
committee.
This progressive move is undoubtedly
due largely TO the policy of 7 TruXton
Hare, chairman OF the footoail com
rnittee. Hare is backed by John II.
Minds. Louis 4. Young. captain-elect
of the footabll team Richard Hulty.
manager of next years team, and
Thomas Reath. IT. The choice OF
Brooke as head coach should do much
TO pave the way to games with such
teams as Harvard. Yale and Princeton.
With Hare, d well-known society man.
leading the committee. and Brooke.
also well known in social circles. direct
ing the work OF the players. the general
tone of the sport VIII be raised at
Pennsylvania
PENIS supporters had practically
given up hope OF seeing Brooke on the
Red and Blues sidelines next year
Immediately after the season closed
there was talk Of securing the great
full back who had drilled an ordinary
squad OF players into powerful
machine. which humbled Pennsylvania
and gave the Navy long-to-be-
remember drusbing. IL was the
hope Of the undergraduates that the
association would spare no expense 70
secure q man whose knowledge OF
football and whose personality and
reneralship have been tested. For a
zine il seemed that Brooke might accept
hut then came the report that at the
Cwarthnore football banquet he had
assured the Maroon players that he
rrorld be with them again next season.
rTbis seemingly left the position up to
..pilI'' HoIlenback Dutch Somnner.
nike" Bennett and Andy" Smith
1Io,Ienback sitned his contract with
state a few days ago. so that 1t seemed
So PENIS committee would ind
itself stranded and would have to take
Iof4overs Truxton Hare knew what
he was doing. however lie was evident
l., incorornunicatiOn with BROOKE ana
rad decided on d little surprise 1t IS
not known what salary Brooke viii
drau for MS services. but II Is rumored
that he will receive so,Op-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
GEORGIA CAN'T
PLAY trinity
Cancels Basketball Game With
out Giving Reason
Durham Disappointed.

Trinity College. Durham. \ c.
January O-Manage ger J. A Rand. of
the basketball team stated last night
that he had received word from the
manager of the basketball team Of the
University Of Georgia saying that II
would be impossible for them TO come
here for. the game that had been
scheduled Tor tonight The tales that
have been coming here from the
Cracker state in regard 70 the Georgia
team were such that lead one 20 believe
that a great hght was in store for the
pleasure Of the fans here when the
southern team appeared on the local
floor. and the game was being looked
forward TO with the greatest interest
nv the entire community Georgia
ALWAYS puts out one OF the best basket b.
bah teams seen on the local diamond
during the baseball season. and. while
that university has never been seen
mere u sketball ~ was generally
believed that they would put out a team
EQUAL n every respect 20 the one on
nc diamond.
10 reason Vas given as TO why the
Georgia game was called on. 10 merely
heIng stated that the team would not
cone here Several Other games had
been arranged lu this section. bu- all
were cancelled
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
CADETS LOSE AGAIN
AFTER STIFF FIGHT
Orange and Blues Five Shows Better Form Than
V. NJ l., Missing Few Shots While Lexing-
tOnians Pass Up Many Opportunities.

than once running the entire lengih
of the floor and tossing the ball 10 the
ever-ready Gil. Rixey. at center, war
not up 70 his usual form. Five times
in succession he failed 70 cage the ball
from the foul line Lyman, who was
substituted for Gill IN the last hve
minutes of play, Melted the BAH three
times.
The Cadets did some clever passing
and kept the ball in NirginIas court
much of the time. but they fell down
badly in their shooting. Ewing, now
ever. scored on nearly every oppoi
tunity from the foul line. Leech ana
Stroud played a star game.
COhhower Ofhciated as referee and
gave entire satisfaction.
Virginia meets Georgetown to-mor-
row night. and Fred Rice viii act az
referee. Thorpe. Of Columbia. with
Rice viii ofnciate a the Virginia
Washington and Lee game in Lynch
burg Saturday week. Tonight $
lineup.
Virginia. Positions v. NJ. 4.
Gill ...-........R r.. i. ........ Ewing
Stickley. .......L l.. r. ....-. Leech
RiXey. &. .... Hardaway
Campbell ..... h. q. .... Lowry
Churchman. l.. 6. ..... Clarkson
SubstItutions-Lym for GIL
Stroud for Hardaway: Batten for
Lowry. Field goals-Gill. a. Sucklcy.
(6); Rixey. 80. Campbell Lyman. a.
Leech. %; Lowry. Stroud. ~; Goals
from fouis-Gill. "a. Stickley, Ewing.
80. Referee-Colifower fGeorgetown).
Time Of periods. 20 minutes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
ORDINARY CARD
AMUSES CROWD
Sport Tame, but Faithful Find
Plenty to Keep Them
Interested.

Charleston :. c. January 90
The six events that furnished the
sport at Palmetto Park this aftcrnOonI
were very ordinary ones, consequently
the sport was OF the tame order q.
Still. IL was thoroughly enjoyed by the
good crowd that journeyed to the
course. Francis j. Pons. secretary and
general manager of the track. Won his
first race OF the meeting. when john
FurlOng galloped home IN the handi 1
cap at one mile. John FurionG. who
was All odds on choice. was rated inl
second place. while I. NJ. Green set
the pace until the stretch. where
John Furlong took command and won|
hard held by neck. MUsgravc Todc
his first winner OF the meeting on
John Furlong There were more al |
rivals in town yesterday. among which,
were W VI. Murray. the weil-knOwn
starter. and Tim ieary, one Of the
largest stock holders in the fiavre do
Grace. Md, track. Sir Blaze. backed
from TO 20 70 ?. was good thing
cut loose IN the third. as he just gal 4
loped home.
Summaries
First race-Maiden threc-year-oids
and upwards, six furiOngs. WinifrcdI
D.. 100 Wan Dusenl y 10 8. o TO s. 3 TO z.
won. Dustpan. III (Aartin) 5. ,, even.
second Flora Fina. lO9 (BUxtonj 9. 4. 4
third time Is 2-5. r H. Gray. Good
Day. Rock Bar. Sweet Times, CIf]
Top. Morgan Wilson. also ran
Second race-Threc- year-olcs. selling
5Is furlongs Polly Worth. 100 lObert /
4 20 l. even to 5. won; Guide Post !
1913 Peak, 10 10 ! 70 }. out, second
Occur Dalene e5 (Snider) 9. ?. to s..
third time l 0S Is. Tuscumbia. AMI
con. Prince Fonzo. also ran
Third race-Three-y ear-olds and up
wards. selling six furicngs- Sir Biaisel
100 Peak to ?. 20 5. to 10. won 4
Wander 100 Wan Dusen) :. ? toj !
second Sylvestris, loi (Plckens) a
4to5. Ito ;. third Time IA. Father
ola. Ruisseau Black Chief. Hoffman. !
also ran.
Fourth race-Handicap, three year
olds and upwards. one mile John Fur
long. 100 (AIusGravel. 3 to 5. 10 ,. out i
won. 7. NJ. Green. l0i VanDusenl \
;. even. out. second: Milton b. rod
Buxton. : to ?. : TO 10. out, third Time j
I.i3 3-5 5awbone also ran
Fifth FOur-ycar- olds and up1
wards. selling five and one half furlongs
6 10 5 won Jack Nunnaily. Ill Peak /
II 10 s. even. to ?. second Mailman. M
fAiartinf. : to ?. TO 5. third Time. 81
IS AIartre. Eaton, Bush. Sidon. DeOroI
S5ellbound Dance Away. also ran.
sixth racc-FOur-ycar-O and up-I
wards. selling Eve and one half furlongs j
Silicic. III (Bauerl. %. 10. s. won Corcop1
sis I07 Wan Dusenl. 4 to 5. 4 to 81
second AbrasOn. 100 (Musgravel. ,, o toI
3to 5 third. Time. 90 Is. Dipper Il
NIonarni. Bad News IL. Cynosurc Lady,
Sybil Swarts Hin, Cheer Up, Camel.
also ran.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
DARTMOUTH NOT
.TOPLAY HARVARD
Crirnson's Football Schedule
Shows Break Has Come.
Date Easy to Fill.

Cambridge, Mass. January 30.-Har-
ward and Dartmouth have broken in
football juft as the same institutions
did in the track athletics last fan. In
making up the Harvard football SEIZED
ule for 1913 the Crimson has taken
the initiative step and has drawn up its
list of weekend engagements a. the
stadium gridiron next fall without ex-
tending a visiting card TO the Dart
mouth players.
Little trouble vas found in locating
a successor to the existing vacancy.
Brown for the past two seasons has
not been wholly satisfied with its niche
in the Harvard date book a later date
was desired and the proposition 10
act as runner-up TO the Yale contest
found favor. This viii bring Harvard
and Brown together on NOvem Der Is.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
Administrative Board Asked to Help Amateur Baseball
Executive Committee
of r. A. A. F.
Meets Tonight

The executive committee of the
Richmond Athletic Federation VIII
meet Tonight at $3.50 o'clock In the
Central Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. At this meeting the ques-
ton of holding an indoor track meet
will come up for discussion. Like
wise the ACCESSIBILITY OF inviting the
several organizations i'm Richmond
composed of girls and young women,
to affiliate with the Federation.
Indeed. there are number OF
matters TO he considered and all
important. DIR. &. Nj. Hazen. presi-
dent of the federation, and chair
man Of the committee. has outlined
several plans TO be considered by
the members for furthering the
work In hand. The session Is apt
to result In something being actu-
ally accomplished. Every member
Is expected TO be on hand.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
CAROLINA GIVES
LETTERS TO MEN

Chapel HUI. y. c.. January 90
After prolonged hesitation a. to the
advi-abiiity of awarding mOnOgrams TO
members Of Carolina 1912 football
SQUAD the athletic council has taken
action by awarding sweaters to the
following memb ers of the team that
participated in the Virginia game
Jones Dortch. johnson. Jennings. Stew
ems. IIorncwood HGske. 4 Alternately
Moore. Taylor. Stars were awarded
10 THlett. Strange. Applewhite. Wakely
and 4 acrnafhv
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
TEARNEY MUST
ANSWER CHARGE
President of Three-I League
Accused of Keeping Saloon
Open After Hours.

Chicago. January 3o.-A1 Tearney
alderman and president of the Three-l
Baseball League. also saloon proprietor.
was fined $40 by jury in the municipal
court. which to-day found him guilty
of keeping his place open after closing
hours.
Much attention has been attracted
20 the case for the reason that Tearney :
alleged violations of the closing ordi-
nance were reported more than lOC
times by the police. yet he was not
hailed into court until a local newspaper
began pressing the charges. Three
similar charges against Tearney re nam
to be disposed of.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
OLDF|ELD MAKES
JEEER|ES WAGER
Barney Causes Big Fellow to
Swear Off for One
Whole Year.

Los Angeles. January 5O-In Jim
,Iefries saloon to-day Barney Oldheld
began 20 banter the ex-champion about
his ability TO leave off the use of liquor
and cigarettes. Jchries became angry
and offered 10 bet any amount that the
automobile racer would cover that ne
could not only keep from drinking for
Twelve months, but could drop ciga-
Tettes.
BY bidding against each other they
finally had s. 800 as the stakes which VIII
20 to Jeffries next year on tins date II
he observes the conditions Of the wager
II he does not. he will lose ms own sl,iV
as well as what Oldfeld put up
Some Of the bystanders through that
.Ieffries made the bet SO that he might
be forced TO get into condition and thus
come back as a white hope. but he
iaughingly denied this.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
STEWARDS RULES
NOT PLEASING
Detroit Driving Club Will Not
Limit Amount Won
by Horse.

Detroit Mich. January 3O.-Direc-
tors of the Detroit Driving club de
cided to-day 70 notify the stewards
OF the Grand Circuit that they cannot
abide by the rule limiting the amount
of money won by d horse The rea-
son given was that the rule might pre-
vent the starting of the best trotter in
the merchants and manufacturers
$40 go stake. or the best PAGER IN the
s. 600 cham Der Of commerce stake.
When the stewards met at Pitts
burgh recently they adopted resolu-
ton whereby any trOtter winning =
gross OF 5000 or any PAGER Winning
$40 900 gross shall not be eligible TO
start in other early closing events.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
new 70 K WILL
EORM NEW LEAGUE
Meeting for That Purpose to Be
Held-PrOtection Has
Been Asked.

New York. January 90 meeting
Will be held soon to organize lot OF
nearby towns and cities into new
minor league The organization Will
be known as the New York New Jer-
sey League. and 1t has already applied
for protection to John H Farrell, sec
rotary of the National Association OF
Minor League Baseball Clubs
The league will probably be com
posed of YOnkers. POughkeepsie. New
burg and NliddletOwn, of the Empire
State. and Elizabeth. Paterson. New
Brunswick and HOboken, OF New Jer-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31

Charlottesville. Va. January 80 --
Virginia may run against Princeton ana
Penns ylvania IN triangular two mhe
relay race al the George Washing on
indoor meet on Washington birthday.
said Pop Lanuigan. the Orange and
Blue trainer. tonight.
Definite information viii ne received
from the Hatchetite management with
in the next few days lannigan ls behc-
ing every energy now IN an effort 10 Art
his track squad IN shape for the hist
indoor meet of the season 20 be held az
the Fifth Regiment Armory IN Baltimore
February Is II she indoor relay chaW-
oionshlp of the South is 70 be DECIDED
81 that meet. l4annlgan VIII very PROB
ably send down two teams the bestW
pionship Of the South Is 20 be DECIDED
80 that meet I.annigan viii very prob
ably send two teams. he best team Will
90 course. compete for The champion
shin while the second VIII be pltted
against the Carlisle indian quartet.
\ crowd OF students watched the
rack squad of forty work out this at
rernoon on the board track back OF
Madison Han. Interest centred in the
TINE trials for the relay fours. and III
the half-mile event. -Four teams com
petcd in the mile relay. which was won
hv Diebolt. Manson, Guy and Bone.
nieboit. the Buffalo boy, ran pretty
quarter, exhibiting some OF the form ne
showed i@SI s-ASOL. iNA4i4Ss N~N- - .
Minor and Massie were second in the
race. Beckett. CAN'T. Hart ano Bar
ION composed the third team, while
'ThornhiB. Gooch. Randolph and Bal
ms constituted the fourth.
Todd Gives squad Hope.
-FOUR runners competed IN the half
nile event--Gantt. Rumbougn, Tucker
and Adams Tucker jumped into the
cad, which he maintained until the last
urn on the final lap. when he was
passed by CAN'T. who finished in good
form. Rumbough was second, Tucker.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
COMMISSION Is
. ITO NAME REFEREE
Governing Body for Boxing IN
New York Issues
Drastic Order.

New York. January 30-The state
Athletic Commission may take upon
itself the assignment Of referees for
all boxing bouts IN New York. Inc
plan. swhich has already come up al
meetings Of the commission ana re-
ceived favorable action, Will be hnaily
acted upon next week. II IS proposed
IN reduce the official list OF referees
Of whom there are now more than
sixty holding licenses 20 fully one
half the number and 10 have the
latter not only assigned 10 duty by the
commission. but named and governed
by that body.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
B OWLIN G

The Alcos rolled like real Calm pions
last night in their regular scheduled
match at the Newport Alleys and broke
two of their own records for individual
and team total. Whitman broke his
own high record OF 81. when ne made
e7s in the three games. The Alcos put up
or ! 037. ee0. for a total of ? .ss9.-
Tonight the Vaughan Robertson
DRUG Company team met the Everett
Waddey on the Newport Alleys The
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31

an application FOR a mandamu- 10
compel Crr ~herff Mercer Co put
Perry Brothers % possc-siou Of a dwei-
ling Cd rs Norfh seventh Street was
filed Yesterday in thc ticrH- Office 80
fte tItT tlrCsif Court. and VIII re
heard before Judge Scott next Monday
The sheriff has de.-inrd 30 Ter 90 eject
frc oU.auar of fhc house who claim
q have a lease or the premises ne
90 i-e fne plaintiffs have failed fo givc
al inl.urIf. bond Goo save him
naru.Ir-s Dbl tlr event mat Is valid
ie--r -aol.i ff rrodlrrd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
Reds Want ThOrne.

Carlisle. Pa. January 3o-Frank
Bancroft. business manager OF the Gin
cinnati National League baseball club.
arrived here to-day and cndeavored 10
Cet the signature Of James Thorpe.
the recently depOscd champion anna
teur athlete. 10 a contract with his
club Thorpe stated tonight tnat he
intends 20 play professional base ball.
but has not yet agreed upon terms
with any one lie has received a mum
l.r ,r aaffo~lug Offers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
MANY CHANGES
IN LEAGUE NAMES
Carolina Association to Be
Known as North Carolina
League Hereafter.

Auburn. y. Y. January 30.--John
IL. Farrell. secretary of the National
Association of Professional Baseball
Leagues to-day announced several
changes in minor league baseball.
The Carolina Association is reOrgan-
lied under the maine of the North
Carolina League and will embrace Ashe-
vile Charlotte. Durham. Greensboro.
Raleigh, and Winston-Sal
Saginaw Mich. is added TO the
Southern Michigan League and the
league has qualified in Class G.
Names changed Central Kansas
League TO Kansas State League. and
Connecticut League to Eastern Associa-
ton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
DIR. H. G. LEIGH
IS REELECTED
Succeeds Himself as President
of Cockade City Athletic
CORPORATION.

Petersburg. Va. January 30.-A meet
ing of the directors of the CockaGe
City Athletic Corporation, owners of
the Petersburg franchise IN the NIr-
ginia State League. was held this eve
ming for the election of officers. Dr. II
c. Leigh was elected president. John
r. Jones. vice president. and r. 7
Wilson. secretary and treasurer +. II
Patterson was elected a director 70
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Jos W. Seward.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
VIRGINIA'S CHANCES
ON TRACK IMPROVING
Addition of Todd to Squad Big Boost-Orange and
Blue May Run Against Princeton and Penn
sylvania in Triangular Relay

third. and Adams fourth Captain
Cooke is not being worked hard, for the
reason that he is Just now running
almost az fast as any man who ever
represented Virginia on the clndet
path should he spring tendon, IL
would Kill Nirginia's chances at the
coming meets.
Todd. last years captain, who has
Welded to pressure and reJoined the
squad. warmed up for d half-hour 10
day. With his return the present
prospects are that the relay viii he
picked from the following men. Cooke,
Todd Guy. Wright, Sprague and
Cronly Sprague. the Western Mary
land lad. had narrow escape from ser
iOus injury at the close of practice
to-day While setting the pace Tor
Jack Harris. in the half mlie, ne
stepped from the board track AT one
of the turns, slipping up on the mud
and getting a nasty fan on the straight
away boards track. hurting both knees.
MaXson, the Texan. - coming fast
in the sprints. Lannigan rs working
MN hard each day in order that he may
reduce his weight.
The change IN date OF the Richmond
meet date TO March will enable Viz
GINA TO send down quite representa-
tive squad
Baseball Squad Practices.
The spring-iike weather to-day
brought out Nirginias baseball squad
on Lam beth Field for the first time in
zen days Forty men were in uniform
and they engaged in light practice for
an hour The field was in good condi-
ton Douglas NeT Is exhibiting much
promise as twirler and will no doubt
rank next TO Grant in ability Captain
Finlay may succeed Carter, last year :
captain at first base. in case II Is de
cided to leave most OF the catching to
Green and Anderson
Daily outdoor practice viii be Kept
up as long as tho weather permits
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
Horton Sets New Record.

Saranac Lake. y. y. January 90
In thc international amateur cham DiOn-
ships skatcd here to-day Edmund
Horton. OF Saranac Lake. SGT world :
record m the 30 yard hurdle event OF
% - seconds Robert Mclean. Of
Chicago. retained hi- title Of champion
IN -hs- mile event 4 feature Of the
carnival programme today was ar
sxhibifion jump over twelve barrels
"A distance 90 twenty Eve feet sever
inches. by Edmund Lsmy. professional
champion jumper
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-31
Thorpe Not a Free Agent

Chicaco. January 20. Managers
% baseball teams Who have been
tclegrAphiug and writing Isrsr>
Thorpe the Indian athlete. Tor his
terms. may begin again a. Thorpe.
" was announced Tonight by Prrsi-
dent johnson. ~ the American
League. T. not a free agent.
Thorpe u under contract with
Tavrtfetfllc. -. G. club and " viii
be necessary 80 negotiate for hts
release through the owner ~ that
club.
President johnson received this
Information IN Telegram from
secretary Farreu. 81 tLr National
Assoc ton.
IN 1910 Thorpe signed contract
With the Rocky Mount. y. &. club
~ STyf month. Later hc was
transferred 60 Fayetteville and re-
served ~ that club.