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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
National League
Meeting Will Be
Heidi ebruary | |

NEW YORP, Feb. Thomas J.
Lynch, president Of the National
league. sent out notices to club presi-
dents today that the reconyened meet
ing of the annual meeting would be
held at the Hotel MeAlpin in this city
on Tuesday, February 18th. at
o'clock. The annual schedule meet
ing of the league will be held on the
same date and at the same place. An
hour before the time for the league
session the board OF directors will
meet
John Henry, the clever catcher of
the Washington Senators, has recov-
cred from the operation on his knee
for a floating cartilage, and in send
ing his signed contract to the club
yesterday said hts lameness had en-
tirely disappeared.
A verbal agreement has been made
between President Ebhets. of the
Brooklyn club. and President Far
rell, or the New York Americans. by
which the Dodgers will play the first
game at the new park up at Kings
bridge In 1914. When 1t was arranged
the other day 20 have Frank Chances
men open Ebhets Field en- April 5th,
and also appear there again on April
Tth. there was talk of return en-
gagement at the new home OF the
New Works. Since then. 1t was learn
ed yesterday, the two club owners
haye sGlinched the matter and the
Dodgers probably win meet Chance S
men next year in q series of three
games instead of two. According to
the present plan. the Rrooklyns will
open at Kingshridge, then play the
second game at Ehbets Field after
which they viii return to the stadium,
to be built on the banks of the Har-
lem ship canal to wind up the series
The signed contract OF Claude Der
rick. the shortstop. was received by
the Yankees today. Derrick said In
letter 10 Tom Davis. secretary oil
the club, that he had entirely recoy-
cred from d lame leg which bothered
him last fall and expected to make "A
favorable impression on Chance when
the players begin training in Ber-
muda.
/, After Connie Mack sold Derrick to
the Baltimore club. Of the Interna-
tional league. last summer the young
man covered short field with such
ability that he was a sensation and
attracted the attention of many of the
major league club scouts. He was
drafted by the Detroit club last fall,
but by an agreement was exchanged
for Rondeau, a catcher. who had
been drafted from Jersey City by the
Yankees.
1t Is said that Jimmy Callahan,
manager OF the White Sox, will have
reading room in the clubhouse next
season. and Install the works OF
Shakespeare, Macaulay, Tennyson and
other classical pen wielders Ping
Bodie. the fence buster, Is sure to
welcome the innovation
Joe Tinker, manager OF the Cincin-
matt Reds. who was bidder for the
services of Roger Bresnahan before
Charles Webb Murphy captured the
backstop for the Cubs. has changed
his tune. He Is now quoted as saying
Bresnahan signed with the Cubs be-
cause he don't like to work. He
knows he will have to get into the
game only when Jimmy Archer is in
jured. He caught for the Cardinals
last season only when he had to-"
There is an old fable about sour
grapes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
CALIFORNIA LAW MAY
PLACE BAN ON BOXING

Carroll bout And doesn't the Jimmy
Carroll Sammy Blakelock affair
linger in memory equally as yiyidly.
Biakeiock was a British light
weight and Carroll In Irish-Cookney
who through long residence has be-
come Americanized. When the date
of the contest at the old California
club grew near. Carroll found he
NEEDED more time to train. He dis
located his knee one day while doing
road work and Blackjack was mad
clear through when q postponement
was demanded. He was up to Car
rolls tricks and knew that Jimmy
could throw his knee out of joint
whenever 1t suited him.
When they met at the club to Sc
lect a new date Carroll smiled.
''Wot are yer GRIMM att" asked
BlRkelock heatedly.
Il was jest lawffin ter think er the
mug yer'll ave on yer goin' hack to
Lunron when get through with yer"
said Jimmy.
Sammy Gets wrathy.
Soy" said Sammy. fairly trembling
with passion. "I'n take yer houtside
roight now and give yer go with the
But Carroll merely shook himself
and .slawffed" the harder.
Sure enough when Carroll got
through with Blakelock the latter
mother would not have known him.
We also had to do with Ike Weir,
the celebrated Belfast spider. Who
will forget the night he boxed Billy
Murphy from the antipodes The
Spider just tied the other foreigner
into a knot. Once he tented at MUIR
ply and when the latter unwound his
arms from his head the Spider was
over by the far ropes tying his shoe
laces.
These are merely "reminiscences that
come 70 mind as ] write, Mingled
with these recoIfections are others oil
Joe Goddard. Jim Corbett, George
Dawson. Bob Fitzsimmons. Tom
Tracy, Dan Credon. Jake Kilrain.
George Godfrey. Danny Needham,
Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll. Young Nit
cheH Tommy Ryan, Shadow Maber,
Jim Hall and host of others who
have no further place in pugilism.
Assuredly when the moving pictures
of memory start unfolding. wonder
full procession of old-time ring heroes
pass in review.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE open
season of baseball is fast approach
ing. Two weeks hence John j. Mac
Graw will have inaugurated the act
i've campaign by leading his rockies
to the celebrated watering place OF
Marlin Springs, Tex Thereafter. at
short periods. the other fifteen big
league clubs will hike to lands of sun
shine to get in the first props for the
big campaign of 1918. All the clubs
have selected their various training
camps, 1t but remains for them to
rendezvous to start the wires hum
ming with the glad tidings of pros
teen major league ball grounds. Every
fan is entitled TO one pennant each
spring for his beloved idol.
1t will be much. the same this
spring, / suppose, as the many springs
that have gone by. Training or not
training class is bound to tell. Be
fore the fields get Strengthened away
Tor the back stretch run about July
the habitual trailers are very likely
to be trailing again or thereabout. Oh
course there lis no telling what may
happen in baseball, a little circum-
stance that makes the great game
what IL Is One or two of those clubs
now selected for the down and out
society Is likely to spring such a sur
prise aSO III Foxy NidFk GTfIfltn SpiiieC
in the American league a year ago.
These. however. viii be the excep-
tons.
Battle for Pennant.
The writer shall not at this long
range attempt to forecast the out
come of either race. for that would
be folly. do think that on the
whole the first division clubs will pref
ty nearly maintain as good as they
now enjoy. In the National league
Pittsburgh may hustle New York's
champion Giants and even Chicago
has a mighty good chance of finish
ing as well as she did in 1919. II
not better. Give Evers a pitcher or
two and he will make things inter
esting enough for both Smoke Town
and the Big Town. In the American
league the fight should be among
Philadelphia, Boston and Washington
all the way. The Athletics are likely
to nip the worlds champions IL Con-
ME Mack's old pitchers are to be de-
pended upon, for the wise Connie has
picked up two wonderful outfelders.
He already boosted by far the classi-
est infield in organized baseball.
Washington will be dangerous, too,
as much so as year ago, for now
the wonderful Walter johnson has
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02


teams stars the Tigers have sunk low.
They finished sixth last sEasun The
year 1918 is set aside IN their history
for the purpose OF upbuilding.
Jennings activities this year must
be devoted to task which he has
had to face sauarely only since the
time las year when he and President
Navin saw that there was no hope for
a pennant, he must face the task of
developing youngsters.
1t is true that every manager has
to keep in mind constantly the fact
that he is going to; need new ma
terial when his old men give out. and
It is the constant purpose OF every
manager to keep feeders for his team
ready.
But. on the other hand, Jennings
has never had to make 1t 50 COM
pleteiy his aim to bring out men to
fill positions left vacant by tho pass
sing of former stars as he has to this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

| SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lis box.
ing tn be placed under the ban In
California;
Senator Brown. OF Los Angeles
says 1t is. but senators err in the prog.
nostications at times.
Brown Is anxious to stamp out pro-
| fessional pugilisfn in this State. and
in pursuance of his purpose he has
framed a bill which Is to be passed
upon by the legislature at present in
session
| In the new measure everything
bearing upon boxing contests Is made
"a felony. Nothing in the shape OF
side issues has been overlooked. If 8
cuss the possibilities of scrap thai
| is to take place in Some other State
they will have TO go out into the sand
dunes and talk in whispers.
1t is such a prohibitory, alright
water-tight affair that there Is o
promise Of Ii being seif-strangled
Senators and assem- hlymen who ordi-
narily have little use for the sport
of gloves are likely TO conclude that
the Brown law Is too much of blue
law and refuse to accord 1T their sup
port
Followers Are Uneasy.
At that the fellows who derive q
sustenance from boxing are uneasy
1t is felt that soberness and severity
comprise the earmarks OF the lsl5
legislature in California, and that any
measure suggestive of reform Is liza
BILE to be passed to print"
II the sport IL tabooed Il VIII De
some time before San Francisco
adapts itself contentedly to new con-
| dttions This liz one place in which
the popularity OF boxing never wanes
| ri III nigh onto thirty years since fight
fling wsrs converted into an afrducf siaoFi
| In this city, yet the thing continues
to flourish like a green bay tree.
And 1t lis only fair to say that the
game has been shorn of many of is
objectionable features. The public
has become educated to ii, as the
saying is, and the changes of taking
successfully have been rninimized to
such an extent that crookedness has
been practically abandoned.
Living In the Past.
II the game goes under the older
of the fans will content themselves
with living in the past. And what q
pugilistic retrospect. San Francisco
| boasts. No other city in the world
has housed the ring celebrities that
thsS City HERS aaEtAS tAtN PaEt N1aAeSA
OF century.
We have seen John ]. Sullivan In
action with his old rival Paddy
Ryan We have watched Jim Burke
and Jack Dempsey swatting each
other with bigger gloves than are
used now and we saw Peter jackson.
Australian colored marvel in his open
ing engagement on American soil
| Champions and ncar-champions
from the four quarters of the globe
have hattied in front OF San Francisco
fight crowds. Among tn elittle fell
lows we have had frankie Murphy,
the English boy, Australian Billy
Murphy, Johnny Murphy. Tommy
Warren and Jack Havlin.
VIII we ever forget when Doughty
Abe Willis was imported specially
from Australia to give George Dixon
a fight for the championship and how
Dixon almost settled the visitors as
pirations with vicious left rips In the
opening round
Dempsey and LcBlanche
Who can forget the Dempsey-Le
Blanche and the Jack McAuliff- y imny
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
CHARITY DAY WILL
Be PROMINENT At
AUTOMOBILE SHOW

Richmond People VIII Decide
by Ballot Most Popular In
stitution and the One Receiv-
ing the Most Votes Will Pro-
fit in the Receipts--Society
Day Is Set; Governor and
Mayor to be Invited---Cabarct
Show
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
Cadillac Has Unique PIan.

"Given a competent and resources
full staff of executives and enginecrH.ss M
says E. G.. Howard, sales managers
Of the Cadillac Motor Car Gesaap6aSr
''plans and methods can be dcyiset4
whereby money can be saved In pEa-z
duction and utilized in the better
mAnt of the product and the co.,
of the product reduced to the 1itt-
mate user. Il g ID
Recently the Cadillac company dGSs
vised and adopted new idea III ifa
engine and chassis testing depaFf.
ments which accomplishes an extS1
ordinary saving. or rather enables N6a
to utilize power which previously ~ q
been lost. Es
'sAfter the engines are aAsemh1SGs
they are run for some hours on N Il
block The engines spin away z
they operate with srnOothnesa M
precision. HeretoforA. wht1e tho M va
gfnes were run under their oven n |
or. the power thus generated Z
wasted: that is. there waS 40
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
RICHMOND SURE Of
PENhANT THIS YEAR
IN VIRGINIA LEAGUE

Claim is Made in Advance on
Team Rounded Up by Man
aser Griffin---Peters Will
Join Rest Of League in Econo-
my Class---No Free Trips for
Three-baggers--Other Bits Of
Gossip
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

CONTINUED on Second Page,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

lcantina@A a ssssn6 1Ame
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15
y Classified Advertising

WANTED(- Your ~
blades to resharpen
ter than new. 25c =
dozen. Lakeland A.
Hardware Co. '
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

FOR SALE-Free dirt. kinollns
wood at 81 per load. Apply al
Kibler hotel. o'o
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

DUFFY'S DEAD SHOT CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC-2 to 5 doses
guaranteed to break up any case
Of chill and fever, or lagrippe.
Taken as tonic, 1t will build up
the system, improve the appetite
and make life worth living. For
sale at all drug stores Csc q bot
tie. Manufactured by G. E.
Scott, Lakeland, Fla. 96S
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

NO wonder Men TAKE TO Drink.
where she had hidden It would get II
out and take my chance on its being
carried OF by q burglar. Burglars! l
can fancy that q man could get so
lonesome that he would be glad to
meet Q burglar. I am sure II one
should turn up now would invite him
to sleep in the spare ROOM"
Then he slowly ascended the stairs
and entered the dainty gray and pink
bedroom where twin four poster beds
stood in solitary splendor.
IF she was so keen about putting
things away. why didn't she hide this
abandoned twin?" he grumbled a. he
turned from 1t. Again, like Golden
Locks, he ventured to try another bed,
the spare bed, which graced q room
which had no personal associations for
him and therefore seemed less dreary.
But the mothballs had taken posses.
sion of that room and in utter discour-
agement he returned to the twins.
which at least were innocent Of often.
sive odors.
Upon again entering his own room
his eye fell upon his wife's little ma
hogany sewing table, with It's armless
chair drawn up beside 1t. and out Of
Idle curiosity he opened one of the
drawers.
III were real hero Of romance"
he mused. Il ought to find a letter
tucked away in here, . letter that
would reveal my wife's hopeless pa.
sion for another man"
But instead Of . letter there were
the gold thimble he had given her, Q
neat little row Of scissors and spoels
Of thread Of all sizes and colors. These
seemed to agitate him a. much . .
guilt.revealiAg letter wsuld have dons.
and he looked away fron the drawer
70 the picture Of q happy face smiling
at him from the wall. He returned the
amile.
When later he tumbled into BED his
0nal reflection was: well, | don't
care how lonely an. II only she has
good time."-Chicago Daily News.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15
Sounds Fishy.

A French inventor has taken out q
patent for the catching of fish BY
means Of the telephone. It IL stated
that fish. when swimming. emit Ger.
tain sounds which can be detected BY
the telephone The inventors appara-
tus consists Of q telephone receiver
and . detonator. which are sunk In
the water and connected by wires to
Q post Of observation on the river
bank When f,sh in any number pass
the receiver q sound Is heard BY the
watcher, who has only to press Q but
ton 70 explode the detonator.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15
FOR SALE.

DR. SALD-Qood milch COW. T. D.
Terrell.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15
Ikea HAUNTED HOUSE
BY FANNY MAJORS.

"The melancholy days have come"
said Medford to himself a. he unlocked
his front door upon his return from es-
tablishing his wife at summer re-
sort, "and the fellow who said that tho
fall days are the saddest of the year
probably never had q wife who went
away every summer and left him to his
own destruction"
He stared about him when he enter
ID the familiar living room and It
seemed to him that a company OF
ghosts we're drawn up to receive him.
His wife's cozy. sleepy hollow chair
had changed its pretty tapestry dress
for q winding sheet. The Morris chair
wore q bilious looking blouse. and n
though his own leather rocker had
been permitted to remain unmolested
It looked strangely out Of place in this
ghostly company.
mo wonder men take to drink and
gay company when their wives are
away for the summer" he said to him.
self, ~ he dropped into his accustom-
ed place. Does any sane woman think
that a man is going to be satisfied with
shrouded chairs and blank windows
for society while his wife IL sitting on
. hotel porch talking to the swells!
II think that at least Lydia might
have left the curtains up. for she
knows how hate bare windows. A.
for this beastly carbolic smell, It
makes . fellow feel as II he were In
his grave or in hospital. which 10
about the same thing"
He wandered about from room to
room, assuring himself that he felt
like the heroine in the story Of the
"Three Bears" who was SO di1acult to
please in the matter Of furniture and
porridge When he came to the din.
ing room he stood aghast at the havoc
revealed there and he was shocked at
the absence Of the precious silver oof-
fee pot.
mo matter II am to take my meals
out, she might have left that coffee pot
Just for company" he mourned. 1T
II all very we'll for her, there In .
perfect forest of coffee pots, for she
will probably never give thought to
her own, but next to her there 10 moth.
ing that l miss 80 much. II I knew
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

FOR sALE-Tino ten'scra tract ID
city limits: good house OF four
rooms: ok acres hrst class truck
land anA fsur acres in bearing
Srsve A bargain for quick sale.
TIE Jehl =. Cox Realty co.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

WANTED-A few bos,,,,.
vate home, cool ~
bath, etc.; rates
only refined people J
400 N. Iowa Ave.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

In Lakeland. sa,ura,l
. bag Of gold: big na,
the finder. It viii /
5srsniah's Barpa!a {,
front ef D. B. D;etn1
Store and the reward !,
at Room No. II. nu. 4
baildiAg. By SmitA usIx
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

HARNESS and suitcase repallinS
carefully done. McGlashan. ~
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

The members of the Woodman
Circle will hold a cake sale next Sat-
urday at the store Of. the wilson
.rdwore Co 1866
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

II you get 1t from
store, its al right. u n
quality.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

FOR RENT-Three unfurnished
rooms for small family. Mrs. P.
R. McCrary. 307 South Florida
avenue. 1871
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

FOR sALE-One nice horse 9 years
old, safe, sound and gentle; also
buggy and wagon. Price right or
will exchange for good property.
J. r. Powell. lOoo
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15
Miscellaneous.

Arc you q bargain hunter7 Then
20 to tho Clonts' store IN your
rounds. You won't be disappointed.
Wv mil, hnd Il there. 1047
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

FOR RENT OR SALE-Easy terms;
five.room bungalow. oil modern
improvements. Near Lake Nor
ton; $1s per month. Ccally q
Bsseett. 1VoV
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-08-15

LOST-A fob with Ina.
Initials F. ]. W. s-
front of locket. Fiui,
turn to News Office ss,f
ward. d
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-08-14
District No. ~

A nice shower fell here Sunday night,
O. B. Hustled made trip to Forgan
after lumber to finish his house and to
make a windmill tower.
Tolbert Wright of Fowler, Kansas. is
visiting relatives in these parts.
Mrs. L. +. Gilbert and Miss Susie
Richards visited their sister, Mrs
Maurice Gaiford, near Clear Lake Sat
urday and Sunday.
John Kile and wife and Albert Pol
ing are holding protracted meeting
at the Geotzsinger school house.
l.. d. Goodwin and family who have
ueen in Ellis county, returned home
this week. They report il very dry
down there.
Col. J ]. Frey visited with Adam
Walters the first Of the week.
J. +. Montgomery and family are
visiting his brother near Hooker.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-08-14

Joe Jsntz, living only FIVE miles from
Gray, has surely solved the question of
good cheap living and a means of
paying his grocery bill. He has fenced
small garden which he irrigates from
his windmill and the vegetables which
he produced thereon is some thing won
derful Tuesday he brought a supply
to the Gray Mercantile Company, that
consisted of cucumbers, onions, beets
aud cabbage They were all as fine as
can be grown anywhere and show what
can be accomplished on every farm in
the county by use of water from a
windmill and little hard work - :
The Glazier Review says Speaking
OF hogs Last week Dan Wentz paid
John Richardson of Ochiltree sixteen
hundred and thirty-siY dollars for 80
hogs delivered at Glazier Richards
son bought these pigs several months
ago for four hund red dollars. Feed
was plentiful in his locality aud the
profit from his Investment proved
enormous. Another man delivered
nine hogs which brought him two hun
idred dollars. Charlie Bowman had ten
which weighed % hundred and 80.
which brought eight sno quarter
cents his check called for sl3? 25.
These 10 hogs ran on two acre patch
Of alfalfa, and were fed on stack Of
feed that was not marketable Clear
water was the only liquid, Beaver
County Republican.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. T. q Burns and Ed
ward Lane and family returned from
their visit near Sealing and report a
fine time. Lots Of geese. chicken and
other game
Maurice GaiYord and wife have re-
turned from their visit to Ochiltree,
Texas. and report a sad looking lot OF
crops euroute.
Mrs. Lon Streets lost her mother
some time during the las, week in July
Her friends and acquaintances extend
their deepest sympathy. TO lose our
mother is our greatest loss.
The runaway of july Both was Arch
Rancier's team. Mrs Raucier surely
displayed rare presence OF mind. The
tongue dropped just as they approach
ed down grade. As Mr. r. jumped
to the ground to catch the wheel he
was Knocked down and dragged quite
a distance Mrs r. aud son we're in
the buggy and no lines and the team
dashirg down hill at breakneck speed
she, in cool manner, known only to
women, took her son by his heels aud
lowered him To near the ground over
the rear end OF the buggy and dropped
him. He rec eived scarcely scratch
and was soon on his feet chasing the
team. Mrs. K. then cIimed over back
ot the seat and letting herselfout with
ease. With her mouth filled with dirt
and her clothes covered with dust WAS
about the only evidence she could pro-
ducc that she tpo had been in runa-
way Has the day of miracles passed?
M rain since Saturday evening, July
26th, aud none in sight and we Gin
spots need 1t now.
Monday August itI Is the fourth day
NJ no wind and no water where mills
are the only dependence.
Maurice Ga0ord has his father aud
brother helping him pull brush. It is.
his early crop
More rain wanted. Tom How has
just finished cutting volunteer stun
out Of sorghum. 7. Il. has u acres
looking good but needs rain and lot, Of
10 soon.
The contract was let to Harry Lane
to drill well at our school house one
half mile east, work TO commence as
soon as our hardware merchant can
secure the casiIg.
+ A. Macy Of near Mareugo hut now
OF Knowles was visiting his tenant and /
other friends the last of July lie il. /
Of back to the farm for
Eddie" /