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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
The Grain Market.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, April 11.-More encour-
aging reports concerning the crops
gave the market q slightly bearish
tone today, though foreign cables on
the whole were bullish. Local export
sales helped the buyers. May wheat
opened Arm and up Nc. but was
easier later in the day and declined
&c before noon. July declined Nc.
Corn was firm at noon and up &c
over the days opening for both May
and July. Reports that bad weather
is delaying farm work constitute the
principal bull factor.
Oats was Arm at the opening with
buyers and sellers maneuvering for
an advantage in market where Of
ferings were very light Toward noon
both May and July eased on hc.
The small run Of hogs at the yards
gave the provision list a strong un.
dertone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11

Bot Of Lightning in Hotel.
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INDEPENDENCE, La, April H.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
Weather Conditions.

Yesterdays depression has drifted
slowly from Iowa to the western lake
region, and was attended by rain from
the Mississippi valley eastward, and
somewhat warmer In the eastern
districts.
A field of high pressure overlies the
eastern slope of the Rockies, where
generally fair weather has followed
snow, and the temperature is near or
below the freezing point In the north
ern sections.
In the northwest the temperature is
rising slowly, with depression on
the coast.
Conditions indicate continued cloudy
weather for this section tonight, fol-
lowed by generally fair Saturday, and
the change In temperature will be
slight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11

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When Light Comes From the Dam.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21

The stir which is being made in Congress by Senator Hoke Smith and Representative Hardwick over the ny Cobb case is likely to result in an investigation of the methods of con
 ducting professional baseball by the
 National Commission and the two ma
 jor leagues. Cobb demands a yearly
 salary of $15,000, and has refused ro
 sign a contract with the Detroit Base
 ball club, unless it gives him his
 price. By not signing his contract be-
 fore to-day, Cobb has automatically
 suspended himself, for according to
 baseball law a player must sign his
 contract within ten days after the sea- son begins. 4
 NTo play ball again. Cobb must first
 mission, the supreme court of base ball. Meantime, he is barred from playing with any of the 325 clubs which come under the National Com mission. This includes every minor league in the country. The baseball business is so closely and carefully organized that there is not an out Jaw league playing to-day. The lat est attempt to form an outlaw league and invade the territory of organized baseball was the United States league last year, which went to pieces a few weeks after it started. An effort is now being made to reorganize this league,
 Although Cobb's contract with the Detroit club has expired, there is reserve clause operative under the National Commission, which makes Cobb still the property of the Detroit Club. Each fall, the clubs send a list of reserved players to the National Commission. By mutual agreement, the list of reserved players takes the form of a contract, which is closely adhered to by all parties to the Ma tional agreement. Cobb's name was sent to the commission last fall on the Detroit reserve list, and no other club is at liberty to negotiate for his services without the consent of the Detroit organization.
 This reserve clause is the part off baseball which has often caused the cry of slavery and monopoly to go up against thegame. Baseball men maintain that this clause is necessary to insure keeping the players they have developed into star performers when there is a big demand for their services. They also maintain that If one club was at liberty to bargain with another club for its star players, the richer teams would get all the best players by salary inducements, 1 and clubs would be so unevenly that. all the close competi- l ton among the clubs. which is the game's life, would be stif1eA
 Last March Representative Gala | gher of Illinois, introduced a bill in l Congress to investigate the so-caIled |
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
CONNIE MACK WAIVED
 ON GREEN BY MISTAKE

Boston, April 21.-They rarely put anything across on Connie Mack, but Frank Chance slipped over on the Athletics asutet manager the other day. The authority for this assertion Is none other than Mack himself, who told how he had accidentally, but none the less effectively, waived upon Paddy Green of the Highlanders' pitching staff. Mack, it appears, has wanting him long before the New York Americans paid $1,OO0 for the Huntington, Mass, woodchopper last summer. And Mack has frequently asserted that he would never permit Green to get out of the American league. Nevertheless the Athletics manager did waive upon him, discoV ering what he had done only when too late, with Green on his way out of the American league and to the Pittsurgh club of the National.
 Here's the way it happened: Greens real name isn't Green at all; that is only his nom debaseball. Rather it's Grinier and that was the name under tract. When Chance asked for waiv- der the name of Grinier, not Green. The Paddy Green part of it wasn't even in parenthesis, Mack not know ing that Grinier was Green, was pleas ed to accommodate and promptly waived.
 Chance was himself surprised as he had imagined Mack would block tae deal. But having Mack's consent, Chance couldn't hustle Green out of the league quick enough and Green was at once sent to Pittsburgh. Drey-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
MACNATES DENY BASEBALL
 IS NOW ORGANIZED AS TRUST
Lynch and Johnson Alarmed Over Congress
 sionaI Investigation in Cobb Case

l Baseball Trust He maintained thai i the game was dominated by com l b1nation for the restraint of trade 1 that baseball players were enslaved
 and territory was apportioned in a way to prevent competition. Repre- 1 sentative Gallagher also maintained | in his bill that baseball players were | forced to accept terms and salaries or be forever barred from playing with ] other clubs.
 Baseball men scoff at the charge
 that baseball is a trust. President League says:
 ''So far as the National League is concerned, we invite an investigation.
 There is absolutely nothing savoring of 8 trust in our league. We do not in any manner stif1e or attempt to man of ability who desires to get in the game, especially the college boys. Let the investigation proceed. We have nothing to fear.''
 President Ban Johnson of the American League says:
 we would be glad to have an i'm vestigation. There is no baseball trust. and competition is not stihed. Any one who desires is welcome to get in the game. As far as men be- ing enslaved is concerned, large number of players are drawing salar- les III excess or what Is pa1O 10 con- gressmen. That does not look like enslavement."
 August Herman of Cincinnati, the chairman of the National Commission, says:
 There is no baseball trust, and from the nature of the game there never can be. The commission does not fix prices. Different prices are charged in different cities. There can be an investigation at any time, with out any objection from the National Commission"
 Cobb, at present, is said to be one of the best paid players in the game. His salary is close to $10,00O, for, as one of the best players in the game, he is a great drawing card for the Detroit club. The Detroit club through it's president, Frank Navin, has made the clubs attitude in the matter clear. It refuses to accede to Cobb's demand for disciplinary reasons. Cobb has always been 8, trou- b1e maker, the clubs managers say, and last May he was the cause of a strike in the Detroit club which al- most brouet+oSzoout the loss of the clubs franchise.
 Cobb, because Detroit will not meet his demands, wants to be traded refuses to do, because Cobb is the teams most valuable asset. If he to play with Detroit, he will probably be barred from playing ball for the present season anyway.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
KETCHAM MIGHT PLAY AT END FOR
 YALE'S ELEVEN

At the practice of the Yale football team last Saturday at Yale field, Cap tain ketcham was placed at the posi- ton of end by Coach Jones. Ketcham, when asked yesterday about the possi- biIity of his remaining at that position throughout the season said that it had not yet been decided. Ketcham is considered fast man for end and would probably make a star in the position though his excellent work at center last year at which position he was placed on the AI1-American team of 1912, renders that place in the line rather weak
 Practice at the field Is progressing rapidly under the novel instruction of the new coach The curriculum of each day is first a little dull in the fundamentals of the game, such as starting; kicking, catching punts, fall ing on the ball, and tacI1ing, and then a twenty-minute scrimmage. This will continue for the three or four weeks of the spring practice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
COBB TO VISIT
 DETROIT SHORTLY
Will Confer with Owner Navin of Tigers Once More About
 Salary

DeL----tt Mich, April 21-Tyrus Cobb will be here this week to meet the president of the Detroit club. This was the statement made last night by persons who have the confidence of Frank Navin and of the player, who wants $15,000 a season. The statement was made that Cobb would halt in De troit long enough to make up his mind whether there would be any chance of coming to terms.
 The opinion was expressed that MT. Navin is willing to make one more attempt to reach an agreement. The talk of a Congressional investigation of the baseball trust it is thought here, would be stopped if the Geor- gia player signed.
 MT. Navin said when he issued a statement last week that he would not add anything to his declaration; that Cobb knew the location of the club house.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
RAGE
 IN BIG LEAGUES
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Show Remarkably Good Form
 So Far

Reasonably good baseball weather the past few days, after an opening period of moistness which caused nc less than twenty-five postponements within week. has accelerated the maor leagues.
 The National League list, with Phil adelphia, New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago showing first division class, looks the more natural of the two ta- bles; One of the big features of the weeks play has been the rise of the Giants from last place to near the top of the column
 Philadelphia, in the lead, has had only Brooklyn to contend with, and all it's games have been won by a one run margin.
 Pittsburgh has devoted it's princi- pal attentions to Cincinnati It found the Reds a hard club to beat, but got away with three completed games, although played to a standstill in the dusk in the other.
 Chicago could do better than break even with St. sLouis but had The latter clubs pitching staff is now showing something of it's expected form and the Chicago, box work has likewise been picking up. Richiee good game of Saturday was an en- engagement and the addition of Over all will be a big help if the one-time star is in anything like his old-time form
 Cincinnati's lost games have mostly gone by close scores, and better work from Tfnker's team may be expected. The Bostons, while fighting brave1Y, seemed outclassed in their recent games with the Giants. St. Louis still may be put down as an uncer- tain quantity.
 Again the remarkable struggle be- tween Philadelphia and Boston fea- tured the week in the American league. The advantage has been all with the Mackmen, Boston having talk en only one game of the five so far played The form shown is just the reverse of last years, when the Red Sox feat of trimming the Athletics in fifteen out of twenty-twO games proved a big factor in the formers success in winning the league pen nant.
 The Washingtons breezed through the week without a defeat, won the only three games they played and hold the undisputed lead in their
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
GAN "AL" KETCHEL STAND OFF WELSH? Sports Are Awaiting Coming Bouts With Much Ex-
 peCtancy

The interest in the all-star boxing
 show which the Union Boating club
 will stage at the Park City Rink Mon day evening, Apr. 28 is increasing and
 as it will be the last show of the season the fans will undoubtedly turn out in large numbers to see it. Look. ing the bill over it appears to be the
 best card arranged for this city in many years.
 Every act is headliner. There will be thirty rounds of fast work with Dave Fitzgerald Of New Haven doing the honors as referee Al Ketchel the state champion who is booked to meet Freddie Welsh the Englishnan in a ten round bout work ed out at Captain Bonds in Stratford yesterday afternoon in the presence of large number of devotees. Al is alrady in fine shape and he says he is going to win. WeIsh's name on the card makes 1t doubly strong. Managers throughout the country have been trying to land him since he struck these shores a few weeks the lucky one. Welsh is hard at work getting into shape and is confident of winning.
 That semi-final between Tommy Ginty and Bunny Ford Is goig to be a hummer They will go ten rounds. No dull moments will be witnessed for both are always out for hard work. Then there will be the opener of ten rounds between those two well known mitt artists, Kid Lewis of Wa terbury and Kid Palftz Of New Lon don
 In looking over the card one cannot but realize that it is a great one. Six of the best boys that could be pro- cured are on 1t. That the sporting fra ternity Is interested is shown by the large advance sale of tickets. Sports from all over the state have sent in applications for ringside seats. Pres ent indications point to packed house and Promoter Hogan says that everywhere he goes he hears nothing but praise for the fine card he has ar- ranged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
ST. JOBS TAKE BROOKLAWNSTNTO
 CAMP BY 12 TO 8
(By Dunigan.o

At the St. Joseph's Oval, yesterday, the Joes defeated the Brookla-wns by 12 to in a loosely played game due to the cold wind which swept across the field. The game was called at the middle of the sixth inning with the Joes four runs to the good. Jack Gallagher was the leader with the stick, connecting for three doubles in three trips to the plate, while Denny put the game on easy street in the fourth with a triple with three on bases. For the Brooklawns, Graham and Finlayson did the best work Fourteen stolen bases is some record to hang up and 1t will be some time before it Is duplicated at the Oval. Both Meerback and Lefty Gallagher caused six to fan, but Lefty Gallagher was far more effective than Meerback. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21

1Gdgu6.
 Cleveland is showing aIl-around strength and acquitted itself well in both the series with Detroit and that with Chicago. St. Louis and Detroit have both been playing uneven ball, with the Browns showing the better form thus far. Chicago, next to Cleve- land, has shown best of the Western teams, finding St. Louis easy but hav- ing it's troubles with Birmingham g club.
 New York's lone victory was scored at the expense of Boston. Frank Chances cripples so far have found the Washingtons unbeatable oppon- ente. The infie1d problem of this club still perp1exes. Chase, temporarily, at least, is back at his old stamping ground around first base, but there has been no official intimation as to the meaning of this move. It may mean Chase for the outfie1d and Me Kechnie on second when Chance comes back.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
FANS IN LOWELL
 CHEER M'GAMWELL
 AND JAKE BOULTES

The Bridgeport team tore a wide gap through the New England League clubs on the recent invasion. Mo Cann's men beat Worcester, Friday. by to 8, took lawrence into camp Lowell by 15 to 8 in the afternoon. The crowds were poor in Worcester and Lawrence. but about 2,100 saw the battle in Lowell. That in addition to yesterdays receipts will give the Mechanics about enough to pay train ing expenses.
 Manager McCann took the trip not so much with the idea Of winning as of getting his pitchers in shape. He worked Tuckey, Snyder and Curry against Worcester Curry was wild but the other two were good. In Lawrence he used Blum, Sager and Tuckey. Sager did the best work He allowed only two hits in three in nings. It was the first time this sea- son that Blum had a ball in his hand and he couldn't show anything Against Lowell, Tuckey and Snyder labored. They didn't have to exert themselves because Bridgeport made nine runs in the first inning
 BouItes and McGamweH were loudly applauded in Worcester every time they came to bat. The fans all won dered why they were allowed to go The teams in that league are having a hard time to get by and 1t was necessary to let their high salaried men go in order to keep down ex- penses
 The Worcester Post said of the Me chanics: Bridgeport has fast ball club this year,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
MECHANICS WIN LAUGHABLE GAME FROM so. NORWALK
By WaRner.)

NDy FFdSIlGI.J Yesterday might have been just right for Eliza crossing the ice or some other polar scene, but it was no day for the national pastime. Still about 800 fans braved the sandstorm that swept across NewfaeId Park and they Norwalk and Bridgeport battle with l the Mechanics.
 McCann's crowd were sort tof a sec ond varsity team. Jake Bou1teS was
 given permission to remain in Lowell in order that he might have a hand shaking bee with friends in the town where he played last year. McGam- well was i'll.
 Eddie Burns was on first, where he appeared very much at home. Ben Silzer was strong at third, and Elan nery also did well at sHlortStop. Chief Snyder roamed in left garden in place of Burns.
 Col. AIcCann used all his pitchers ih the campaign against the 8Tassachu- setts team and he had only Bob Stro- ther left. The Virginia boy didn't show much but the sometimes genial McCann had to sit on the bench. swaI- low several cuds of Navy cut plug and let Strother take his punish ment.
 After Hiram had his hfrelings ahead by 10 to in the ninth he thought there was nothing to do but collect the winners end of the purse. But he aWoke with shorts of dismay- The Mechanics came through with five taI- lies in their half and as there were none out the boys might have been scoring yet if the fans hadn't walked out on them. The final returns were Bridgeport Il, Norwa1k To-
 TIowfe Baker, who was traded to Lowell, played second for the Ladd cohorts, and did we'll Bill Yale was a power on first. He was the author of double and single. Manager Ladd got two safe blows but he exploded with a loud report when he came up with the sacks stuffed in the eighth and fouIed to Russell It was a great catch by Harvey, who had to run to the fence to get the ball with his ex~ tended glove.
 Harry Cornen and Jalrey Vo1tz did the box work for the visitors. They didn't show much. After Vo1tz filled the bases in the ninth Coles deserted third base and attempted bo pitch. He couldn't control the ball, either, and the damage was done.
 The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21

fuss having been wise to the Grin fer-Green business. Chance, while he couldn't carry Green himself, wasn't anxious to have 8 young man on a team that the High1anders were likely to oppose during the season. In fact, the move was made so quickly that no agreement has yet been reached as to what the Pittsburgh club must give for him. But then. Chance and Clarke have trai1ed along together in the Ma tiOnal league for years knowing each other well, and Chance was perfectly willing to talk terms later.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21


 the Frenchmen who were in that country. Of course his aim was Niche gan, but Hughie was delayed in Eng land owing to his matches with Welsh and Wells, and Frank had to go after other game. The American born lad had been considered fairly good boxer on the coast and he also made a good showing down east, but the critics there considered him g. good second class boy.
 After meeting a heavy weIter- weight and winning Picato was matched with Ali Mercy, a native of west Australia, and he won after a terrific battle of 15 rounds. Not long after he was matched with the French star, Poesyss and again he won,- beat ing the clever little French boy in jig time.
 The defeat of the Frenchman was the signal for tougher game for the Yankee boy and he was matched with Johnny Summers for the weIter weight title. the weight being 147 pounds in that country. Picato's best weight is about 140, but he had to give away considerable to Summers to get the match, which was a big drawing card In Sydney. It also proved one of the hardest fights seen there this season. For 19 rounds the two boys fought like two tigers, first one and then the other having the shade. The end came Tn Lne n1neLeenIn when E1caCo, who had slowed up under the severe handicap, received a hard right to the body and a left to the jaw. It was Summers chance and he was too ex- perienced not to take advantage of it. He rushed and sent another swing home, the American boy taking the count just at a time when he appear ed to have weathered in splendid style through the entire distance. At that ft was no disgrace to lose such a bat tfe and there is talk now of a re- match.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
(By Wlagner.)

According to a story by a Pacific Coast writer, Lou Litschi. the former Mechanic shortstop, has struck 1t rich in the California oil fields. and will retire from baseball at the close of this season. He and a player named Patterson, a teammate Of Litscht on the Venice team of the Coast League. took flyer in oil and are said to have got in right. Litschi has nu-
 nerous friends here who will hope that he really has worked a shoe string up to a bankron
 Foot F1e11, who played third base for Bridgeport in 1911, has made good with Vancouver of the Northwestern League. He is playing third for. that club. One writer in that circuit speaks of him as the smooth fielding and hard hitting third baseman."
 Arrangeme ments are all ready for the big opening of the Eastern Association season when Holyoke plays here We'd neSday. There will be a nauto pa- rade with @ band, and the music-mak- CTS will bat out few tunes at the and former Mayor Buckingham will ride in the first car They will be accompanied by Secretary of State Phillips and Manager AfcCann. Own CT Freeman and number of city of ficta1s wd11 be in the second car and the players will follow. If the wealth CT Is good a big crowd will be out.
 New Haven beat Troy by 3 to at Savin Rock, yesterday. Burch and Leach pitched for the champions,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-21
HANS WAGNER TO
 REST FEW DAYS
Injured Knee Keeps Pittsburgh Star Out of Pirate Line
 up

Pittsburgh, Pa, Apri l 21-Captain Hans Wagner, of the Pirates, will be out of the game until next Friday at least His injured knee was in such shape when the team went to St. Louis that his physician advised him to rest
 consulting doctor to ball players, had told ''the flying Dutchman'' that it would be better for him to play and Timber up. But Manager Clarke and Wagner decided that it would be saf- est to follow the advice of the doctor and rest.