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LEAGUE RACE
BETWEEN THE ATHLETICS.
SENATOR'S AND RED SOX
Dope Makes Mackmen Look Like Sure
Winners, with Worlds Champions Nc
Higher Than Third

4 BILE signs Of slowing up. He hits well.
but IS SLOW On the bases and > very
errat tic fielder. Jake Stahl Is also in
the class Of the rusty hinge brigade
Of near has-Beens. After his spst
with Joe Wood. Buck O'Brien VII not
be worth much to the Boston team
because the fsed Sox fans VIII ne4sr
forgive him fer losing his temper and
turning on Smokey Joe during tbs
all important series when everything
depended on Wood wing.
The Chicago White sox have an
ordinary 1eaaI. which is always dan-
2 erous while Wash holds ouf. The
best the White Sex ever do II seems
= to beat the pennant eontenders IN
he pinches when one or the othes
of the pennanf -es1asers needs a game
real badly. Waaah \ the main cause
Of this ..pfenonena because be j.
always sent in to pitch an important
game. and Walsh generally wins
The Cleveland team under Birfia-
ingham does NOT look like a first dtvi-
sion aggregation. The Detroit Tigers
should heat our the Maps. but sn
Npite of Hnghet Jehnings's prediction
he viii have tough tussle 70 edge
his way back into the first division
Frank Chances team may prove the
sensation Of the race just as the
Senators did last season.
With the team he now has Chanes
will be lucky and VIII have 10 puil
hard to finish two places higher than
last season One. can't pick posi-
ton for the peerless leader until his
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w. LOCKE RESIGNS
FROM THE PIRATES

PHILADELPHIA Jan. Evil
lam II. Locke has returned TO Pitts
burgh. but before he went he showed
a friend his resignation which he'had
written and dated January II and
which he will leave in the smoky
city for President Dreyfuss, OF the
Pirates. who has returned from
Aiken. 5. C.. TO meet Locke there to-
day
He will be back in this city tomor-
row. when he will meet By appoint
nent Charles p. Taft. who Is at pres
ent in Washington; New York
banker who looks after Mr. Tafts at
fairs in the East. and a local repre-
sentative Of the club since Fogel was
ousted from the presidency. At this
meeting the cash win be paid over,
tho transfer made and the club will
become the actual property Of MT
Locke and his syndicate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-13

Every major league race furnishes
one surprise and disappointment.
Clark Griffith's Washington team was
the surprise package in Ban john
sons league Connie Macks Ath-
letics were the disappo .ntments The
Red Sex lowered near the top Of the
adder for several seasons, and they
just took advantage Of the situation.
The Athletics were handica pped By a
poor start and lefhargic speel which
overlook them in nfidseason. spread
ing it sensc'es over the entire tea n
and robblng Il Of the Kim and pepper
whiah characterized the work Of the
Philadelphians when they won the
worlds series ribbon for two seasons
in succession.
II was a case Of the automob lie
craze beating the White Elephants.
After coping their second world :
champ .onship nearly every member
Of the squad bought d car or received
buzz wagon for a present.
The fact that the Athletics came
through with such a spectacular
wind-up proves that the youth. The
fire and the vim is still there. and
when the Athletics are there" there
is not doubt that they can beat
anything in the baseball world.
The washington team viii be the
dark horse Of the American League
during the coming season. and. in the
writer's opinion, the Griffithites viii
finish second TO the Athletics. with
Boston no higher than third ms
prediction may seem rather TAI
fetched at this stage of the season
but It must be remembered that the
Washington team. on the whole. IS q
Younger aggregation. and. team thai
developed rapidly last season. while
the Red sox have to be filled up Il
they hope 10 remain in the race.
Duffy Lewis has shown unmlstak-
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TOURNAMENT
DATES CHOSEN
BY GOLF ASSN
Big Events to Be Held at Gar.
den City, Brookline and
Wilmington.

NEW YORK. Jan. l3.-The exeeu-
tive committee Of the United States
Golf Association. following out the
Instructions given 1t at the annual
meeting of the association on Sat
urday night, has fixed the dates for
the three national golf champion
ships of the year. which are pub
lished today. The amateur cham
plonship win be held during the en-
tire week of September at Garden
City. Long Island: the open cham
pionship, June and >, at Brook
line. Mass. and the women's tonrna-
ment October 10 to is inclusive. at
Wilmington. Del.
There was renewed talk at the
meeting of a movement to place the
selection of championship courses en-
tirely in the hands of the board of
governors 1t was suggested that all
the active clubs place their courses
at the disposal of the association.
and that some means be devised for
holding the CHAMPIONSHIPS over a
certain number of these courses in
rotation
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Chips from Winter Diamonds

Paul continuous han through pr
trance OF the Central TnIernatie1al
League. At least this Is the Hartic-
uiar purpose announced. but i re-
calls the rumors recently Of the
Western League sharing American
Association territory
The rumor has started IN the East
that Larry Lajoie is to be traded ~
the Maps 60 the Red Sex for Catcher
carrigan. just what Jake Stahl
would do with Lajoie and just what
the Red Sox would do without Carr
rigan is not explained.
Bill Gleason discovered John Nc
Graw and handed him over to Ypn
der Abe in 1881 The Giants man
ager al that time was so small the
famous old St Louis club owner
didn't want to give him trial
Third Baseman Dodge. Of the Pfii-
lies. is doing a vaudeville torn =.
the Keith circuit with an acf entitled
Going to the Worlds Series Dodge
is assisted in his act by Leftv
Miller. formerly Of Cincinnati and
Miss Marie Clarke Next year he viii
come out IN an act entitled Big
League Pitchers ] Could Not Hit"
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YANKEES ARE HOMELESS

NEW YORK, Jan. s1.-Frank
Chances Highanders are homeless.
Unless the Giants generously return
compliment TO Frank Farrell. the
local American League team may be
put about somewhat in securing
grounds for this seasons schedule of
saraes. Farrell's lease on the Hilltop
aeld expires on April l. so that the
present plant will be unavailable un-
less ne-Y lease is taken. Such a
step would incur tremendous ex-
penditure. for the owners, realizing
that Farrell intends to move IN the
very near future have asked an
exorbitant rental.
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FOUR MORE MAckITEs SIGN

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1s.-Connie
Mack is signing the Athletics nearly
as fast as the United States mail can
carry the contracts to them and bring
them back. Last night the monarch
or American League managers an
nounced that he had received the
signed documents for one year of
servitude at Twenty first street and
Lehigh avenue from Captain Danny
Murphy, RUDE Oldrinf and Amos
Strunk, outfielders, and Ira Thomas.
catcher.
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CENTRAL HIGHS ATHLETES
FLASH AHEAD OF FIELD

Central High Schools relay team,
composed of Joe Myer. Baer. Rubin
and Captain Frank Lagay. won the
one-mile relay race at the second an
nual indoor meet of Erasmus High
School, Brooklyn, held in the Four
teenth Regiment Armors Saturday
night. Lagay, running last. made a
wonderful squirt and won over Tren-
holm. of Dewitt Clinton, by inches.
C opposite. another Central High
lad, finished second in the 7o-yard
junior race Myer took third honors
in the one-mile open. Gardener. the
only Barringer. entry. won his heat
in the 75-yard race. but failed in the
semi-fnals. Van H. Lsggren. the
Pingrey Prep crack. won the all
around championship.
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MAY BAR JESS WILLARD

CHICAGO, Jan. 1s.-Jess Willard,
the HEAVYWEIGHT boxer from Kansas,
who desires to meet Luther McCarty
again for premier honors, may not be
permitted to box IN New York State
he mas been summoned by a letter
from Charles Harvey. secretary OF
the New York Boxing Commission
to appear before that body January
10 and explain why he broke an en-
gagement to box One-round Davis. OF
Buffalo, n. Y, in Buffalo January 1.
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KETcHAM SELECTS AIDES

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Jan. n
Captain Henry \. Keteham. Of the
Yale football team. last night am
bounced the following advisory conn
mittee, which viii aid him IN selecting
a head coach for next year s eleven
Walter Camp. 50. chairman; " H
Corbin. $50; Burr Chamberlain. I'll.
L. NJ. Bigelow. os. and J f Field. IA
1t Is understood that the COMMITTEES
lis in favor of a professional coach
Selection VIII probably be made
within the next few months
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CHAMP FOR M'LEAN

CHICAGO. Jan. l3.-Bobert Nc
Lean, of Chicago, international ice
skating champion, won the half-miie,
mile and two-mile Illinois State
tontdoor) in the races
here yesterday under the auspices OF
The Northwest Skating Association.
w. e. Gunderson finished second in
all three events. The time was:
Half-mile. us 20: mile. 1850 tnew
state record) two mile. SIS 80.
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DREYFUSS HOPEFUL
OF LANDING ROGER

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Jan. Ia
Barney Drexfuss. Pirate owner, is
not convinced that Roger Bresnahan
has determined TO catch for Chicago.
1.-The reason | don't believe the
story" said Dreyfuss, lis that we
have not heard from Bresnahan. II
he had decided to become a Cub I'm
sure he would have extended us the
formality of a refusal of our offer.
However, we're not worrying over
Roger Well try to get along without
him.
For perhaps the first time in his
fifteen years in baseball Dreyfuss
made "stove league" prediction con-
corning the next worlds series. When
asked why he had broken away from
precedent and arranged games with
the Red Sox on the spring training
trip. Dreyfuss said:
"Oh. we just wanted to show them
what we'll do to them in the world s
series next fall"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-13

When President Barrow, of the IN
ternational League. stepped in ana
outbid Boss Chiv.ngton. of the Amer
scan Association for the services OF
Gerald Hayes. the crack A. A. umpire,
he landed one of the most able indi-
Gator manipulators N the business,
Hayes. who halls from Kansas city,
was one of the veterans of Chiving-
toms staff. and the only reason ne
quit the A. 4. was because Barrow
was able to dangle a bigger salary IN
front of his eyes than the associat on
executive could offer
Before turning TO umpiring hayes
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KNOWLES ESTABLISHES
RECORD IN SCORING OF
GOALS FOR THE HUDSONS
Great Half-back TalIieS Five Times for His
Team Against cOttish-AmericanS- No
Change in National League Standing.

club in Chicago next season. Mckay
leaves for Scotland Wednesday.
These men were offered Western po-
sitions as result of their recent
showings in the West.
The Thomas A. c. downed the
Birminghams. goals to /, at Rose
vile oval yesterday.
T Referee Andrew Laurie, of Newark,
who officiated in Saturdays game be-
tween the Taeony and Hibernian
teams. at Philadelphia, said it was
his first match in that city in seven
years. Laurie lis secretary of the
Newark Soccer Referees ASSOCIATE ton.
and is trying TO form a National Ref
erees Associa ton, divided into dis
tricts. He was in conference with
several of the local officials yester-
day regarding the matter A meet
ing is to be held in this city on Feb
ruary 8, when Philadelphia may have
delegates present. There are sixty
referees in the Quaker association.
FALL RIVER, Jan. 1s.-F'all River
Rovers eliminated the West Hudson
eleven. of Harrison, present holders
of the American Football Associa ton
challenge cup competition, by defeat
ing them, goals to 0. Saturday. The
Rovers will next meet the True Blues.
of Paterson. in one of the semi-final
games, while the Hibernians and
Tacony teams, of Philadelphia, will
clash in the other semi-final contests.
The winners of these two games will
play the final for the trophy and
medals in March or April next.
Drawing a heavy gale. the soccer
warriors of the New York Celtic and
Newark elevens met at Jasper Oval
yesterday, and after a spirited tussle
the Celtic squad walked over the field
victors by the score of goals to /.
BY virtue of this victory the Celtics
have the undisputed honor of leading
the first division of the New York
State League, with a fine chance Of
finishing with first honors
AWRENCE, Jan. 13.-The New
England Referees Association, the first
organization of its sort to be formed
in this vicinity, has been organized
here with membership confined to
recognized soccer football officials of
New England. The purpose of the as
ISOLATION is to protect the interests of
officials. to raise the standard of eff
cheney. and to boost soccer football.
James E. Scholfield. of North An
dover, has been made secretary of the
new association.
PHILADELPHIA Jan. 13.4The Hi
bernians top the Pennsylvania. League
soccer competition by beating Tacony
2 to 0 Saturday. Victors We're I'M
able to play their game with the This
ties on account of the poor condition
of the Fairhill grounds. The Irish
men now have lead of one point
oNers Victor. and the clubs have
played the same number of games.
PHILADELPHIA, jan 13-Left
Halfback Jacovelli, of the Hibernian
Association football eleven, leaders of
the Pennsylvania League. fractured
his leg while kicking ball around in
practise on the clubs grounds. Phila.-
delphia, yesterday morning. He was
taken to the Episcopal Hospital.
Jacovelli has been playing clever
game for the Hibernians this season.
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IRISH HocKEMTEs PROTEST

NEW YORK. Jan 1s.-The Irish
American A G has filed protest
with the Amateur Hockey League
against the summary action of the
executive committee in suspending NJ.
r. Mcdonnell. the young Canadian
player, upon the understanding and
belief that he had played professional
hockey. and has asked for reopen
ing. of the case.
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Leach Cross. of New York. and
Joe Rivers, the sensational Mexican
lightweight, are ready for their ten
round bout at the Empire A. c., Man
haitian, tomorrow night. This bout
ranks above any lightweight contest
that has been staged around the town
of old Father Knick' since PaciSey
Mcfarland and Matt Wells showed
their skill at the Garden A. c. last
April.
Rivers has never fought in the East
and the natural curiosity to see him
in action has brought more attention
to this contest than it would have re-
ceived otherwise. The unsatisfactory
finish of his bout with Ad Wolgast
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Training Camp for Senators

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 49,
Within the next few days it will be
definitely decided where the Ma
tionaIs will do their spring training.
Manager Griffith will pay final visit
to Charlottesville. and if possible,
make the necessary arrangements for
the housing and feeding of his play
ers. He contends that there is still
a good chance for charlottesville to
be chosen. but he wants to come to a
decision at once, so that If chariottes-
Vile is not Achosen some other town
will be-
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EARLY START FOR DODGERS

Manager Bill Dahlen, of the Brook
lvn Dodgers. has decided to have his
team make an earlier start than usual
on their spring training trip Dahlen
VIM start for Augusta early in March.
Those of the PLAYERS who start from
BROOKLYN will go by the Ocean Steam
ship line to savannah. thence by rail
to Augusta. They will be ordered TO
report at the training camp no later
than March s..
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Arthur Nelson, the mueh-touted
white hope. of Chicago, who came
East labeled by the Western sport
writer's as the White Hope De-
stroyer." is all that has been claimed
for him.
lie will be given stiff try-out on
Thursday night in the heavyweight
tournament at the F'ortT-fourth
street Sporting Club. when he faces
George Weigner.
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TROPHY FOR ADAMS

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Platt Adams,
all round jumper. has been awarded
the Charles f. Smith trophy for hav-
ing tailed the greatest number of
points during 1912 among New York
A. C. men. The trophy is a depletion
in bronze of victorious chariot racer.
the figures being mounted on bronze
and ebony base, With the whole
standing FIVE feet high.
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MASSACHUSETTS BOXING
BILL MAKES APPEARANCE

BOSTON, Jan. 13.-The provisions
of legislative bill seeking to have
boxing in this State supervised by
commission were made public yes
terday. The bill is based on the
Frawley law of New York, with the
exception of the number of rounds
to be permitted and the manner of
giving decisions. It provides for the
appointment by the commission Of an
inspector to sit within fifty feet of
the ring and keep written record of
all bouts, round by round. the same
to be filed for official publication by
the commission. Six rounds are
named in the bill as the limit for all
bouts. and the weight of the gloves is
given as six ounces.
The Rev. F. B. Boyer, of New Bed
ford. is mentioned as one of the in
dorsers of the bill
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CENTRAL LEAGUE WILL BE
Slx-cLUB ORGANIZATION

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Jan. 13.-On
the eve of the annual meeting of the
Central League. scheduled to be held
here today, President Louis He'll
broner issued a statement in which
he declared the organization would
be composed only of six clubs this
year Last years circuit was made
up of twelve teams. The business
will be to close up the affairs Of the
twelve organizations. adopt sched-
ule for the coming season and the
election of officers. Heilbroner is not
opposed for president
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Observation-Disclosures

Three National League contests de-
cided yesterday made very little
change in the standing. The Jersey
A. c. retained its lead by overwhelm
ing the Brooklyn F. c.; the West
g Hudsons landed in fourth place by
beating the Scottish Americans. and
the True Blues and Wherefore elev-
ems held their respective positions of
second and third, by engaging in
draw.
The West Hudsons won a National
League contest from the Scottish
America al Harrison yesterday
!. afternoon, goals to l. Knowls. the
winning teams half-back, scored five
q of the Hudsons points, setting up a
new league record for total points
scored by an individual in a single
rontest. The Scots were without the
services of George Richardson, who is
now on his way to Scotland. Nc
Holland. one of the Hudson's cracks,
was also missing. The winners tall
8 lied all but two of their points in the
first period.
The True Blues and the Wilber-
force eleven, both of Paterson.
fought ninety minutes to ] goal to
/ draw in league game at Paterson
yesterday afternoon. Taylor scored
for the Blues in the first half and
Laycock for the Wilbys in the second.
The Jersey A. C. esta blished new
National League record yesterday at
home. when it drubbed the Brooklyn
F. c.. IA goals to 2.
The warriors of the Newark F. G..
ard New York Celtics met in a New
York and District League contest at
Jssper's oval New York, yesterday
afternoon, and the result was vic
tory for the latter by goals to l..
Thu locals turned out poor lineup,
playing but seven of their regulars.
BY virtue of this win the Celtics have
the undisputed honor of leading the
first division of the league.
The st. George F. c. gained place
in the semi-final round OF the A. A.
F. A. cup tie competition yesterday
by defeating the German F. G., .
goals to 4, in New York.
Andy Kettles. of the West Hud-
sons, will leave this city for St. Louis
tomorrow, to play as a member of
the Innisfall eleven of that city. Neil
Clark and Jimmy Wilson. of the True
Rlues left Paterson Yesterday for
that town, having been guaranteed a
good position there. They will play
soccer football for the st. Leo's. 1t
is also likely that Bob Mckay, of the
Hudsons, will play with Scotch
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Barrow Hooked q Live One
When He Signed imp Hayes

was a player and manager His last
managerial venture was with the
Beaumont CTex) club. shortly after
he was offered a job as umpire in the
Observation-Disclosures League. From there
he went TO thesAmerican Association.
where he has been ever since Like
Bill Guthrie, who recently went TO the
National League, Hayesris a pupil
and protege of Brick Owens, The
young star of Lyneh's staff He is
short on stature. bst long on fight
and nerve. and A. A. critics think. he
viii make good with vengeance in
the Barrow wheel
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HEIR AND DRoBAcH WIN

Paddy Hehir and Peter Drobach
We're first in the Buffalo six-day race.
which came TO an end Saturday
night Gordon Walker and Worth
Mitten were second; Percy Lawrence
and George Cameron. third, and
Grassy Ryan and Lloyd Thomas
fourth. These teams had been tied
at the end of the event, but they
finished as mentioned in a special
mile race.
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When the Hustlers take the Mid
nsahf choo Choo for Alabam'' Dir.
McMurray will be aboard MeMur7
ray is a Flower City product and vii
be taken along as one OF four caleh-
ers Big Jawn has on his windpao
staff
ON board the same special will
be Jimmy Emery a third saciSer
who halls from Plainheld. n j.
Emery will be given a chance 10
fieht for third place with Paddock.
the former Yankee. Emery IS fast
on the bases and hits the ball II
clever style, according to reports
from Plainfield.
The Tigers will travel with fast
com pany going down 10 Georgia The
Dodeer regulars will make the trip
an The same boat with the FIRST squad
Of Newark pitchers and catchers.
Charlie Comiskey is hailed as or
OF the best boosters for California.
Taking the Sox TO the coast IS re
garded as one Of the best ads the
coast ever NAV
$500, As.fsraw II the Giants.
iies a. : S,,,s,.,,,,, eena tors 10 be
W. - 49, n,tal Anril and S.
80 -. ssnator fans let ont a big
howl because Maesa no 49,.
Nertiseo 10 sNe paAsi Ia fast
Johnson Due son'eDo1s =. 80
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,.,... !. ,.,a,.;,,s o,ev The
-, ~ yanlseas last
season hnds consoiatloh "a the ise'
that the Aanks ranked nltn IN esain
eating and stole more pases aas'''i
the Red SoN, VINO won me peiiiiasa'
nd the world nag. thanee mus
however. that the hlshlanuers Wert