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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
First Real Workout
for Big Giant Pitchers

~ in the NTH on an error q sacrifice ny.
hit batsman and a double steal, ana
then i'm the sixth the fireworks started.
evary man I'm the batting order making a
hit until Josh Devoro. up for the second
time. flied To Cooper FOR the first out.
After his experience In centre field yes
terday McGraw put Jim Thorpe back on
first base for the second team. Robertson
going To centre Tor the regulars. The lnd-
ian did not look any too good on the
initial sack with Merklc here the con
trast between an experienced player ana
q green recruit il sharply drawn. II only
goes 10 show what lot Thorpe must
learn He has improved little IN the last
,reck. and It VIZ bc "a loue time before
he becomes high class bah player unless
tho knack of the thing comes 10 him IN a
flash
# b. too carly To pass judgment, but a
matters now stand he Is hclplcs, before
curve ball pitching. and until he shows
that he rs able to stand up against high
class twirline he must be- considered more
49, less ~ an experiment or course. ~"
will stick with the team a. drawing
card and poe siblc pinch base runner. but
he will be on the bench most of the time
ard tho fans" can hardly expect to see
lin in Il regular berth this season.
The advent 81 the regulars. even though
not i'm mids"asOn form, enables TN" spec
tators 10 get a trucr line or the recruits
lbs WAY of contrast There are only two
Youngsters who begin To- hit Is hard as
- II 'rh.e, I,Oh,fI L
son and Torrcy The latter has fine
batting eve. and SNAPS the ball to the
fence on the slightest provocation.
Cooper stood a good show 10 stick WITH
fine team until weak back gave way
and he had To slow up. lie had this trouble
last year and if the ailmcnt is chronic II
Is doubtful whether he can stand the
strain OF big league campaign. stock Is
q fast little player Of the type that Nc
Graw likes. but with Groh and Shafer ON
tap there may not be room for him. How
ever. he hits well and fields even better
or the new men this year those who
stand the best chance OF sticking are
Robertson and Torrey FOR the outfeld
stock for the infeld. IL McGraw wants a
third substitute. and Demarce. Schupp and
Fred smith as pitchers. smith has a
wide curve ball after the type Of Amcs
lie is a big fellow.
Nrter Wilson had looked over Ames's
curves in the game to-day he came back
10 the bench and said that the big fellow
had moro stuff than any other twirler In
the league. ard he did not see how man
ever go; nit of him
The game to-day was played for
charitable society. - cents admission be-
ing charged DOYLE and Meyers were both
out with sore fingers. Joe Evers taking
Doyles place
jacobsen. the Young outfelder. who has
been laid Up with twisted knee was
around on clutches to-day. but Bader and
iIandloy were both in bed. The doctors
have decided mat IIandley has had pto-
maine poisoning.
Tho score by innings follows:
8: ~ T..
Gegulsis ........" ~ . " in ii :
Sc ord tca.i ....l o . '
Bate 'es Nmes. Mathevson. Wiltsc and
Uariioy. Tosreau. Hrancs.I and wilson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
ATHLETES OF MARK ENTER
Three Mile Run To Be Feature
of Clinton Indoor Games.

Prominent Amateur Athletic Union and
schoolboy athletes of the metropolitan
district will be seen i'm action tonight m
the annual indoor meet of the DE Witt
Clinton High School A. \. in the 7lst
Regiment Armory Harry Smith. ten
mile national Champion Louis Scott. for
mer ten-milc title holder: Arthur Roth.
junior metropolitan 'cross-country cham
pion; -. Gibbons. j. J. OConnor. Harry
Nyo. Harry Biddle. Tommy PNyer Harry
Jensen, Billy Rozette. j. j. Stack. Frank
Eugericro. RUSSELL Springsteen Eddie
Jordan ard VI. Taub Will toe the mark in
the thrce-mile special limited handicap
invitation run.
Alvah Never will compete against Der
rold Trenholm. the New York \. G.
junior champion hurdler: Frank Brady
and NJ. Mcdonald of Columbia unver-
sity; Ben Story. of the New York A. C..
and Hooking, Schnable and Bergman. Of
the West Side Y. NJ. e. A.. in the special
eX-membcrs race
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
Ames. Matty, WiItSe and Tes-
reau in Fine Form.
THORPE NOT SUCH A STAR
Few Recruits Show Up SO Well
in Contrast to the Reg
ulars at Marlin.

Marlin. Tex. March G-Thc fruits 81
two weeks Of hard training came 10 'he
veteran pitchers in seyen-inning game
between the first ana second teams here
This afternoon. .he regulars running
away with victory by a score OF 10 10 O.
The difference between two DAYS and
two weeks OF work was clearly demon
,arated when the big quintet of Amcs
Matty. WiltSc. Tesrcau and Crandal
went in the box. The first four. who
came for an early start. were wcllnigh
invinciblc. while Otis was found cor
twelve hits ana ten runs In the three
innings he twirled. and as he worked for
the second team. the regulars had a
walkovcr.
Ames started on the mound FOR the
three innings. ono Of these was a home
run by George Burns in the third inning.
who is hitting them harder than any
ether man ON the team this spring. \
pass TO Burns and n hit by Shafcr
coupled with q put-out. gave the second
team run in tho first frame so they
scored twice on Leon.
Matty then took mp his duty Oh the
mound and Let his opponents down with
one hit i'm three innings. but allowed. a
pass just before the hit was made. 80 a
run counted. Wltsc twirlcd the seventh
and retired the side in order.
The youngsters tailed three runs or
three hits and two passes. but it was all
they needed with Tesreau OH the mound
for them. jeff shut out the veterans for
three frames. allowing four hits. although
he hit two men and gave a pass.
Crandall went in i'm the fourth and
BANKED the side. but a run was picked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07

LIPTON'S CHALLENGE HERE
Text of the Document To Be a
Secret for the Present.

Ceoroe A. Cormack secretary o. Tie
New York Yacht Club. announced yes
terdav that Sir Thomas Lipton's email
,enre for the Americas Cup was duly
received from the Royal Ulster Yacht
club.
The text Of the document. he saia'
would not be made public until the hcA'
meeting Of the club, on March :" ""@i'
il would be read to the members pres,"'
and action taken thereon, unless specia'
meeting should he called. Wtiich "'
thought would be unlikely, as the races
are not to be sailed until 1914.
Soon after the receipt Of the chaIiehse
Mr. cormack sent cable message 10 ''''
secretary of the Royal Ulster yacht 'ic''
at Belfast. ireland. acknowledging It's re-
ceipt.
If the precedent established In the case
of former challenges for this famous "o
ply is carried out. committee W ="
known as the Americas cup commute
will he appointed, with power 10 hidh'
al arrangements as 10 the dates Tor sah-
ing the races. and also a. TO the selection
of a Yacht to defend the cup.
Two former cup defenders, the Reliance
and tire Columbia. are dt CITY isial"'
Robert Jacob. al whose yard the Reliance
has been lying for nearly ten years sat'
Yesterday that she is in good conditio'I'
and If recessary could be- put Ia conmIs-
sion az a trial boat within a month OF
six weeks.
The Columbia. which j. said 20 DC ~
.ai.a!ly GOOD condition il la, led oIt a.
U,,ykin..s ,ard. a short distance cast of
Tue other Ecth boats ar constructed -
tobin Mlopze and steel, which does poo
dcteriorate t. any extent.
Many .achtsnen agreed YESTERDAY
hoNevef that new boat would have ~
be- built IT, defend the cup.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
Marshall, Beaten in Last
Game, Wins Chess Prize

by both Janowski and kupchik against
themselves had any chance 10 over,ake.
Tremendous cheering greeted these two
masters as they concluded their anal
round. Apparently Kupchik lost little, II
any in popularity because of having
blocked the ambition Of the Cuban cham
pion.
JanoWski was placed third but Kupchik
had to share the fourth and nf,h prizes
with Oscar Chajes Of Chicago. who
Dlayei a Sicllian Defence against Corzo.
the Havana champion. and. after rc,ov-
crine from a bad position. won in forty
one moves, Jaffe. who also had a chance
to tie kupchik. came 10 grief with
Blanco. the latter playing tine white
! ieccs in e Three knights opening and
winning after forty-seven moves Janc
was thus relegaled to sixth place
Marshall. the winner IF the tourns-
ment. received ;he following message
from New York: Manhattan Chess club
heartily similar mes
sage came to hand from the Brooklyn
Chess Club. An informal reception was
held at the Athenaeum at the conclusion
of the tournament. over which Senior
Leon Paroles president Of the Havana
Chess club. presided. Judge Alberto
Ponce, who acted a. referee ~ the
, The final scores Of the players follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07

Fred Mitchell. onetime catcher OF the
Yankees and at various times with the
Rochester and Buffalo teams OF the IN
ternational League. has been secured by
George Stallincs to play with the Boston
Braves this season Mitchell WAS a mem
Der of the Yankees in 1910 when the
c2imo Of Stalings ended and the career
OF Hal chase AS a manager began.
Through all the internal strife that. II IS
said. shook the Yank IS from turret 10
foundation in those days. Mitchell, win
a few others. remained stanch friends or
Stallings When the latter was deposed
in favor OF Chase Mitchell was allowed
to drift To the minors. and he played
the season of 1911 with Rochester. Stall
ings. however. found a berth for him with
Buffalo last year. where he played ST.
perior brand of bail. When Stallngs had
the good fortune II such ii may be called,
10 find his way back TO big league COM
pany one of mis- first moves was to angle
Tor Mitchell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
HOMMEY WINS ON POINTS
Beats Beecher in Ten Mediocre
Rounds of Boxing.

\ fair sized crowd turned out AT the
Forty-fourth street Club last night To
witness thirty OF more rounds crammed
fun of action In the star bout that will
Ing warhorse. Willie Bcechcr. the idol of
the East side was beaten on points By
'Packey" Iommey. the cock-of-ihe-walk
on the West Side. II was the poorest en-
hibition in a series OF mediocre bouts.
The announcement was made that
Reeche, timed the scales AT 1861, pounds
and Hommey at l@2i4 pounds but both
looked pounds heavier The West side
boy did the cleaner hitting, and continu-
ally smothcred Beecher's best blows. Up
until the eighth round "Packey' sported
q broad grin on his face, but in the last
two rounds Willie got to him with heavy
body blow.. and the smile faded. ON his
work in the earlier ROUNDS Hommey
gained a slight lead which Beecher could
not overcome
The second bout Of the night. between
Billy Bennett the self-styled champion
of Ireland. and Tommy Gnty OF Scran-
ton. Penn. was tine best OF the evening
with both boys doing fast work, although
neither was at any time in danger OF "A
knockout Bennett had an awkward
style. which puzzled Ginty AMI gained the
honors in the second third. sixth and
seventh rounds The fourth eighth and
last rounds were even, with Ginty having
the advantage in the remaining three
When the bout ended Bennett was en-
titled to the decision. Bennett weighed a
fraction over 1873 pounds and Ginty a
pound more.
frankie Burns. of jersey City. claimant
10 the bantamweisht title. opposed Mickey
Brown. OF Boston i'm the third battle The
Jersey hoy seemed to lack his old fire
and dash. although he still carried his
punch. Brown was easily the cleverer OF
the two. and made Burns miss repeatedly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
A Bomb for American League
Players of LITERARY" Taste.
JOHNSON TIRED OF "STUFF"
Onetime Catcher with the
Yankees Signs to Play
with Boston Braves.

Byron Bancroft Johnson. president oi
the American League, VIII shortly nun
a bomb into the camp of the would-be lit
erary baseball players in his Organiza ton.
lie is convinced that recent request
for the players to give up signing sto-
ries and stick to playing. for which they
are well paid must he followed UP by
something more definite ard binding. To
this end he - preparing to issue an
edict which will either stop players srom
airing their views-or. To- be more exact.
have. somebody else air thcm-or stop
their salaries. johnson is quoted as say
ing:
1T f. not the intention to infringe upon
the rights OF players. but alleged expert
criticism and ball playing do not mix.
would not mind 50 much if the players
themselves wrote the stun which appears
i'm the u.wspap.rs throughout the land.
but ia ia" great majority Of cases tn"
PLAYERS lever -" tho stories 70 when
their names are appended uatil after the
hay, been printed
These writings frequently have been
an injury To the league, and II II can he
done-and | think II can-nO American
League PLAYER Will be- allowed To write
these criticisms I'm the near future
STUFF" Johnson calls H. Some will 90
SO far as To- say that he has hit the nan
on the head.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
TASK FOR COLUMBIA TEAM.

Columbia and Cornell VIII meet in a
dual wrestling contest in the Columbia
Gymnasium Tonight. The ithacans. who
won the championship last year. have IA
strong. well rounded team.
They have beaten Pennsylvania. Prince
ton and the Navy. columbia, on the
other hand. lost to the Navy and to Yale,
bat scored decisive victory over Prince
ton. The Columbia team will be strength
ened by the fact that Captain A. w. Car
Iuthers will he able To wrcstle for the first
time in almost month
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
BEATEN ON HOME GREEN
Travis Bows 10 Corkran in
Pinehurst Golf Tourney.

PinenuTst. y. g.. March 6.-Waltcr j.
Travis. Of Garden city. lost to-day's see
ond round Of match play in the ninth an
nuai spring golf tournament To Il. -.
Corkran. II Baltimore. ! down. The
match was decided on the home green.
Corl,ran bringing in a score OF 20 and
Travis -.
Jonn r.. Porter. of Oakmont to-day de-
fcated &. W. Bass. New Hampshire cham
pion. and tomorrow will meet corkran.
W. &. Fownes. IT,. former national cham
pion. to-day defeated G. l.. Becker. Of
Woodland, and will meet Robert Hunter
Of Wccburn. tomorrow. Hunter won his
match to-day from Chisholm Beach. OF
Fox Hills.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
Old Records Crash as
Athletes Fight for Titles
on
Track and Field
TRACK EVENTS.

TRACK EVENTS.
Event. Champion Time.
s5-yard dash. ii. T.. Drew ...... O:O' 80
Emile walk, *. Il. Clifford 14:32 SO
I.OO0-yard run. a. II. kiviat 2:l5 SO
sO-yard hurdles, j. I. Wendell. 0:O9 20
emile run. w. !. Kramer. 9:le l-3
600 lard run. A. X. kiviat. ..... 1:l5 10
3OO-yard dash. Fred Burns. 0:33 Id
FIELD EVENTS.
Events Champion.
Putting 2i-pOuDd shot p. j. Mcdonald
distance. 80 feet 3i4 inchesD
Standing high jump. ...... Platt ADAMS
(Height. ; feet inches)
standing broad jump. .Piatt ADAMS
distance. 10 feet incbes)
Running high jump. 81. ID. Johnst"ne
Height. feet inch)
56-pound weight .........P. y. McDonaid
Height. Is feet inches.)
Pole vault for distance. Platt Adams
distance. IS feet I inches.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07

Hf bIfIllE gun III lllf bdNAi' ipi th'
pennant OF the New York State League
viii be fired on April %. and the fight
will be waged until September u. when
the final games will be played and the
champion declared. According To the
schedule made public yesterday Albany
viii meet Troy at Troy. Syracuse viii
lo-k hcrns with Utica at Utica. Bingham
ton will engage Scranton at Scranton and
Elmira will cross bats with the Wilkes
Barre team on the latter's ground in the
opening games.
The National Baseball Commission re-
stored Cyrus Dahlgren. a pitcher OF the
cincinnati club IN the National League.
to the good graces of organized baseball
In a decision handed down yesterday.
Dahlgrcn failed To report to Cincinnati In
1912 and admitted having played with a
cmi-profes ,onal team. lie was fined 80.
Ralph Capron the former football star
of the University Of Minnesota will not
PLAY with the st. Paul club. of the Amer
Jean Association. this year. The question
Of salary could not he settled. Unless
some other American Association cluo
meets Caprons demands he will be turned
back TO Pittsburgh under an optional
agreement clause.
Jake Gryer. the "hold-out" pitcher OF
the st. Louis cardinals. has seen tn"
error of his ways and signed a contract,
but Ed l<onetchy. the star first baseman.
and Lee Mage. the outhclder. are still
on the outside.
Georgc Stallings. manager OF the Boston
Braves. Is i'm bad way for outlielders.
and will attempt To convert Art Bues
the hard hitting third basoman, into an
outer gardener. The only players available
are Titus. Jackson. kirke aud seymour.
Kirkc. while a good hitter, Is hardly up
10 the standing IN fielding. while S"y-
mour's legs are In poor condition. Stall
ings does not expect to use him except
as "A pinch hitter. The retirement OF VIM
cent Campbell. the fast outiielder, is
being kcenly felt.
Del Gamer, the fast first baseman or
the Detroit Tigers. has proved 10 liughie
Jenningss that he has entirely recovered
from his injuries and will be able Ia play
his regular position. Before he was hit
on the hand by pitched bali by Jack
coombs i'm the summer Of 1911, Gamer
did wonderful work at first for the Tigers.
Al kIawitter. a big pitcher. trlcd out
bv Nc,;raw u few years ago. has greatly
IMPRESSED Jennings and Is practically
sure Of being retained.
Joe Tinker. manager of the CINCINNATI
beds has issued orders To his pitchers
that they refrain from cigarette smoking
betwcen now and the close OF the season
Two hundred and hfty baseball 'fans
of Tacoma turned out few days ago
merely To watch "A few laborcrs gei the
clubs diamond, in condition. II sometimes
satisfies TO even look upon the spot when
has beeu the scene of many happy day
Al the annual meeting of the Turf and
Field club Yesterday Lawrence l.. Giles
hi, was elected "A governor. Onhccrs were
elected as follows: President. +, h; SUR
gis: vice president. Henry W. Bun; sec
ictary. T.. G.. Livingston. treasurer. Johh
r. 'owdin assistant secretary, h. y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-07
HOPPE TO PLAY TONIGHT.

william T.. Hoppe VIII meet Joseph
Mayer Tonight in another practice match
of iJo points 1T the Morningside Acad-
envy. l2Jth street and Lenox avenue.
Hoppe will play 1871 baIkline billiard,
against the 1872 balkFne of the amateur.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23

ing women the right to vote. in specific
terms. This Is what the Chamberlain
resolution does. and IL IL the resolu-
ton which seems most likely to pass
Congress, should one prevail and the
suffrage question be submitted to the
States.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
URGE IMMEDIATE
ACTION ON RIVERS
Drainage Congress Committee
Ask Clark and Marshall to
Aid Their Fight.

Efforts of the general education
committee of the National Drainage
Congress for legislation to prevent
disastrous floods as we'll as to extend
Federal work on rivers and harbors,
were renewed today when the commit
tee called on Speaker Clark and Vice
President Marshall at the Capitol and
later discussed the matter with Secre-
tary Houston of the Department of
Agriculture, and Secretary Lane OF
the Department of the Interior.
Members of the committee asked that
the Government begin the work OF
flood prevention in the Ohio valley
and other threatened districts. and
later reimburse the national treasury
by assessing the benefited regions for
the amount expended.
I'VE are not interested so much in
the means. but chiefly in the end that
is accomplished" said Edmund T. Per-
kins, Of Chicago. who is president Of
the drainage congress and chairman
of the committee of fifty members now
in Washington. I'VE believe that all
matters relating to rivers, navigable
or otherwise, all drainage work. and
everything that has TO do with water
ways or harbors. should be brought
under one head"
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
BerIiner Is Honored
By Franklin Institute

Emile Berliner, scientist and inventor.
Of this city. has been honored with the
highest award In the gift OF the Frank
lin Institute Of Philadelphia for distin-
guished achievements in science. The
award consists in the presentation to
the inventor of an Elliot Crosson. Fol-
lowing the presentation of the medal.
which took place at the institute In
Philadelphia last night. the recipient
read a paper on his work on the tele-
phone and talking machine discs. 1t
was particularly his remarkable tnven-
tion allowing the etching Of the human
voice on metal that gained for Mr..
Berliner the award.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
Back to Land Fast.

MT. VERNON. ILL.,. May 23.-A holt
Of lightning singed the hair from
the head of ]. A. Van Winkle, a
farmer: stripped him of his clothes
and left him unconscious. Two hours
later he was plowing again.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
Smoot Defends Bankers
Against Thomas Charge

In long speech in the Senate. sena-
tor SmGot read the records Of the
American Bankers Association, and
also a letter from Fred E. Farnsworth.
general secretary of the American
Bankers Association. denying that the
association. as alleged by Senator
Thomas. had issued a circular in 1893
Of their silver certificates and call half
their loans in order to bring about a
stringency.
Farnsworth in his letter called the
circular "a fraud and a dastardly at
tack on the American Bankers Associa-
ton and the bankers Of the country
A lengthy debate between Senators
Smoot and Thomas resulted, and
Thomas expressed his belief that the
circular. which he had previously read
into the Record, was issued by re-
sponsible authority.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23

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