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The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
TENER and TAFT
TO SETTLE CHAS.
MURPHY TODAY
Meeting of Magnates Saturday
Ii Is Relieved, Will BE To
Announce His Fate
FEDS TAKE THE DARE
AND SIGN TOM SEATON
X. B. Ward. Brooklyn Owner
Declares His Team Cannot
Play Sunday Ball

NEW YORK. Feb. Gov, Tener,
of Pennsylvania as president OF the
National league, probably will hold a
conference with Charles p. Taft here
today during which The topic which
has been cussed and discussed from
one end OF the country to the other
during the past two weeks will again
be warmed over.
Being heavily interested in the Chi
cagO Cubs, Taft is TO sit in when the
cards are passed out Saturday for the
final pot of the Murphy-Evers deal.
Taft admitted that he would be on
hand when the National league meets
in Cincinnati. but refused TO discuss
Murphy or baseball. ii rs expected.
however, that he will see Gov. Tener
here today and will have explained
to him just where G. Webb Murphy
stands, in the opinion OF the league.
The governor was in Philadelphia
last night but had reserved a room
at the Waldorf here for today.
With q conference between the
league president and Taft here ii Is
believed some agreement as to just
whet Is 10 be done with Murphy may
he reached before the magnates gath
er and as Gov. Tener has been given
full authority to handle the case the
meeting Saturday will merely being
for the purpose Of Tener telling the
league where he gets off.
The Federafs took the dare" Of or
ganixed baseball yesterday by signing
up Tom SeatOn TO pitch for Brooklyn
but lost another prospective pitcher
when Arthur Fromme's signed con
tract was received at Giant headquar
ters Fromme Is said to have been
flirting with the Federals.
r. g. Ward. owner OF the Brooklyn
Federals. has taken an interesting
position in regard TO his team by an
nounclng that Sunday ball will not
be played. In framing the schedule
Ward declared his team must have
Sundays open even in western towns
where Sunday ball Is permitted.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
Hap Hogan Hires Sprining Instructor TO Teach
His Venice Baseball Team HoW to Couer Ground

| ball players than any section Of the
country. should not have the best
quality OF baseball
| Just az he was in the mood along
came Mr.. Theory In the person OF
Boyd Comstock. athletic coach Of the
University OF Southern California
HVean listened. He listened hard.
and then he said SHOW me-
Comsteck. Splinter. coach and
thecrist. outlined his theories as TO
how baseball players might be taught
10 start, to stop 10 slide and run the
bases la Cobb. Hogan remembered
that King Kelly, Of Chicago. taught
every member of tbs old Chicago
White Sox the famoa sSplit slide
aud fall away" the N ksslide and a
few other things. II ore man could
teach all baseball, why not try out
Theory lie told the college coach
10 20 ahead and try his theories.
Comstock-. knew that ball players
are rs poor starters as any runners In
The world, that they are usually slow
Iva getting under way: that they are
slow starters In stealing bases, and
he argued that the start Is the chief
part Of rnnuing the bases a
Hogan Hired mp his best catchers
and pitchers, told the pitchers To
hold runners as close to the bases as
possible. ordered the catchers To
throw their arms or, and sent his
players down To first To give Theory
o try-out. In two days Hogan was
scratching his head and wondering
why, ip 30 years of baseball, no one
had applied college training To start
.lg base runners. Ills slowest run
ners wefe getting the jump on the
ball. getting started more quickly and
aivbng the catchers more trouble.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
Tigers President viii Be One of First 10 Grasp
Com,iskeys Hand Then Watch Him Greet Crawford!

IN RANK j. Navin, president OF the
II Detroit Tigers. will be among
= those present when the tug
bearing those who extend the first
welcome 10 Charles Comiskey and the
other worlds tourists steams ont 10
meet the globe trotters' liner.
A party OF Detroit men, headed by
Robert Tannehill. planned to be at
New York To extend the glad hand to
the wandering boys. but they have
been forced to change their plans.
Undoubtedly NsYiR viii pass quick
ly from Comiskey and McGraw To
Wahoo Sam Crawford who IA yet has
not signed a Tiger contract. Navin
feels confident that Sam will WELD
the fountain pen on Tiger document
shortly after Hire arrival OF the tear
lists.
Hughie Fullerton believes hat the
return of G0miskey- will have a great
effect on the baseball war. He says
Charles Comiskey's illness coming
at the critical moment in baseball
history. may change the entire COM
plexion OF the sport. Reports from
Rome and Paris are not as encoura6-
ing as the earlier dispatches, and Co
miskey is coming home. Not only
will his. enforced return mar the great
reception planned for the returning
worlds tourists. but IL is certain to
have a great effect upon the present
political situation in baseball.
'Comiskey is the master mind of
baseball. and has been its directing
genius for many years. Ever since
H. he, aHuinn anil
counsel have decided the moves of tine
leagues. Both the American leaguers
who are his partners and the National
leaguers, his sworn enemies, have
been praying for the return Of Comis.
key. They declare that the worlds
tour. which was planned before the
Federal leagues assault starred. has
been the most disastrous move ever
made in baseball They believe that
had Comiskey remained in America
this winter the Federals would have
been stopped almost before they start
ed and that their present success
would have been impossible.
IF Comiskey returns home at once,
and i'm good enough health TO work,
the chances are that the baseball tan
gle will be Strengthened out inside a
fortnight II he is too Ill to assume
charge of matters, the Federals Will
be In q much strengthened position
and the troubles that now beset the
two major leagues will seem mere
trifies
There is no doubt that Comiskey
Is desperately needed by the powers
OF organized baseball. For baseball
il In worse condition Just now than
It has been since the adoption OF the
National agreement. The Federals
have made gigantic strides forward
In the last week. and the Organized
Powers who gathered In New York
to tight them were outgeneraled and
beaten at every step. President Muir
phys move In releasing Manager
Johnny Evers at the wrong instant
WAS play straight into the hands OF
the rebels. and they took advantage
OF II. Further, the Federais knew
two days before any one else did what
was coming on, and they were In New
York planning a coup. and on top or
the Evers sensation they announced
their acquisition OF New York
grounds"
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
)NNlE MACK WILL STAND
PAT ON HIS ENTIRE TEAM
Eddie Summers, Ex-
Tiger. Starts AneU

Eddie Summers. former Tiger pitch
ing star. after layoff of TWO years
al his home al Padoga, Ind. viii try
to come back Summers is the prop
erty of the Providence club. Under
it's care he will take course at Hot
prings, Ark, In the bath curriculum
and then try to make good as Grey
with the hope of ultimately coming
back TO the Tigers. Summers best
work for Detroit was against the Ath'
letics,~ whose hoodoo he seemed TO be.
In the spring OF 1912 Summers pitch.
ad one good ball game against some
bnsh club in the south. That was the
extent OF his capability that season,
He was let go to the Providence club,
but ne failed to stick there. His arm
seemed completely gone. After two
years at outdor work at his home
Summers is ready To try comeback.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
Pennsylvania Starts Boxing
League for Collegiate Contests

n Feb. i9The University OF Pennsylvania
and
the of boxing league
tofsu that
boxine is
p as intercollegiate sport
the Amateur Athletic association
rule be TO
call regulation Costume and eight gloves
of be
by
the
O age ~ allowed compete
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
SWEENEY WILL BE
BRAVES CAPTAIN
Evers Asks To BE Considered
as YOungster Trying
Out For a New Job

BOSTON, Mass. Feb. is.--Johnny
Eyers. mum on the subject OF Charles
W. Murphy, prepared TO return 10
Chicago by way of Troy, n. v, this
afternoon. Boston fans made tn,
new Brave welcome Yesterday
Sweeney will continue as captain o.
the Braves. according to Manager
George Stallings. and will leave TO.
morrow for Hot Springs, regardless
OF claims that he should go to Chi
cago in exchange for Evers. Hub
Perdue is already at Hot Springs.
President Gaffney and Manager
Stallings also left Boston today. end
ing the Braves conference. and leay.
ing all in readiness for spring train.
Ing week hence.
Evers while here ASKED to be con.
sidered as d recruit trying ont for e
job. He wanted the fans to forge
his former managership and his bis
salary.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19

com 5ination with Theory and see
how il works out.
There is a perennial baseball plant
named Hap Hogan, who Is about as
clever q practical baseball man as ever
held the reins over bunch OF BAH
PLAYERS. He happens 10 control the
Venice, CAL baseball team in the
Coast league, and just lately he had
the common sense TO get Doe
White, the famous left-handed pitcher
for years the mainstay of the Chicago
White Sox and known throughout
has. ball as the sane left.hander" TO
handle the club.
Then Hogan had another theory.
His theory was that there is no rea'
son in the world why the Coast,
which produces more and better base.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19

first gong with confidence and de-
termination to show Brown up. That
freak style OF fighting which Brown
uses had no terror for him at all. 1t
looked as IL Pat knew exactly what
he was getting into. From the mo-
ment the gong started he went at his
work of systematically wearing Brown
down with cleancut. well-timed and
stoutly delivered punches to the face,
jaw and stomach.
Both left and right Pat failed with
and he jabbed Brown repeatedly with
that annoying left. OF course. Brown
is not clever blocker. He leaves
himself wide open and a novice
ought to hit him frequently. But Pat
peppered him SO much that he al
most tired himself out by his punch
! ing.
| Brown had nothing to come back
with excep tan occasional left swing
TO Pats body which sounded loud but
which seemed to have no effect what
ever on the Windsor boz.
early in the bout Drouillard was
careful to protect himself fairly we'll
Later he threw away caution and
went after Brown recklessly. swap
ping blow for blow and pummeling
the visitor mercilessly In an effort 10
attain the hoped-for knockout. At the
close OF the bout he was running like
Dutch mill in a hurricane but he
couldn't get the lucky counter over.
Drouillard has shown continued i'm.
provement. He made a hit even with
that element that is inclined to dis
parage local boys last night. But, on
the other hand, much cannot be said
for Brown. He looked TO be fat and
| iabby, although he was under weight
and he apparently had nothing to
brag OF except an ability to absorb
| jofts on. that TeHteH jaw of his like
sponge does water. Brown won't be
asked 10 come back to the Windsor
! club.
| In the semi-final Frank Brennan
beat RUDE May in vicious six-round
bout in which both men fought hard
every minute. May was game and
was given a round OF applause when
he left the ring.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
Anent Evers. Hub
Perdue and Sweeney

NEW YORK. Feb. l9.---John-
ny E,ers IL now In Boston. The
plan Is TO play Evers at second
and sweeney at third.
President Gaffney received a
telegram from President Muir.
ply of the Cubs informing him
thar neither Perdue nor Sween-
ey have repaired.
Murphy asked: What is the
situation -
Answering for President Can
ney. we would say:
Very embarrassing"
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
az HUGH s. FULLERTON.

Theory anu Practice have played 4
loi Of games. with the honors even
and Practice always claiming the
championship. Oddly. Theory never
mas been given credit for anything
aud old Practice has copied all the
glory. Now we are TO have a real
test, for we have found one advocate
OF Practice who is willing to form a
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
KID GLEASON TAKES
u RECRUITS WEST
Eddie CicOtte Joins the White
-Sox at Chicago for Trip
To PasO Robes

CHICAGO, Feb. l9.--With 90 re-
cruits in tow, Acting Manager vii.
liam Gleason Of the Chicago White
Sox made final preparations today for
the special train which tonight VIII
start with the party TO the spring
training camp at Paso Robes, Cal.
With the coast Ieaguers, fans,
scribes and additional White Sox
players that will be picked UP en-
route, the party was expected to num-
Der 80 by the time IL reaches the
coast. The opening practice Is SEIZED
uled for next Monday.
Eddie Cicotte, veteran pitcher.
joined the party here. coming from
Detroit today.
battling IeSInsky has beeu offered
"A match with Georges Carpenter. the
French champion In Paris. the plan
being to stage the bout ON the eve OF
the Grand .Prix.
The Island OF Trinidad Is 50 miles
long and 40 miles wide, and has an
area OF approximately 1890 square
miles. A chain of mountains extends
throughout Its length. the highest
point OF which Is about 5000 feet
above sea level.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
WALTER STEFFENS WILL
COACH CARNEGIE al"

CHICAGO. Feb. 19.--Walter Stef-
fens, aIi-American quarter in 1908, and
University of Chicago former star
athlete, will coach the football squad
Of Carnegie institute OF Pittsburgh
this fall, II was announced today. He
will secure a leave of absence from
his duties as an assistant district at.
torney here.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
New Yorker Has Only One
Round Of the Eight To
His Credit
BROWN is NOTHING TO
BRAG OF NOW, HOWEVER
Frank Brennan Beats RUDE May
in Vicious Semi-Final-
Latter Is Game
Ru RALPH L. YONKER

Except that Patsy Drouiliard. Wind
sor lightweight. failed to knock out
Knockout Brown in their fast eight
round bout at Windsor last night, the
little Canadian did all that was ey'
pected OF him.
Drouillard won the bout by big
margin having everything from 4
shade to city block in every round
but one which Browns friends can
claim for the New Yorker
Patsy went into the battle from the
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
Paul Smith, Former Adrian Player,
Now Senator, Is FastidiOus Boy


from
i baseball pleasure of It,
former
suits ands ell wears a
bushers He me
or the
h looking
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19

In the assig nment Of racing dates fOF
this year by the Jockey club New York
Is assured OF continuous turf sport
from MAY &c until the hrat--weak- In
September. III the game holds up.
fall dates may be arranged later.
There will be racing every day In
stead Of hut three days week as was
the ease last year.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19

William ~. Watkins was name,
business manager OF the Indianapoli
Federal League Baseball club. II VIA
announced by Attorney Gates, Of tn.
Federal league. He formerly ownc6
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
1nt See = Chance to Strength
MI ~ : Single Position for the
Coming Season
Ms GLAD TO SEE JACK
A 4 LAPP IN RUNNING AGAIN
k1Jee Of Hard Hitting Catcher
f viii Enable Him to Leave
His Outfield Intact.
Bv RALPH l.. YONKER

sxv ONNlE Mack, manager OF the
world beating Athletics, will
stand pat on his entire team.
n There II no other club In the Amer
3Gan league whose manager Is not
SorOhing for material with which to
1cA up the leaks in his ship.
~ HIT don't get wildly excited think
HI That Connie Is fast asleep just be-
1nSo the present combination he has
E1n0os him. No. The~Wily one has
gumshoe boys ready TO hit the
IA that leads to good prospects, and
has his raw recruits packing their
GV61lng bags and checking their
Ans through TO Jacksonville. Fla.
E1Ie Mack may be satisfied with
IN everyday baseball outfit that he
Y1xebd ND for himself he IS doing
~ of timely mending on his second
{I&g a. garments Mt a moment when
0 stitch saves the nine. mo harm
ont.)
&4 no department OF the game is
Sk hooking forward to making any
&nGea II any Of the young pitchers
~ shows up especially well he
ut chance to stick. especially
loombs fails to come back and
y Plank II really serious when he
that he won't sign the Athletics
The Detroit times., 1914-02-19

nlAel<ss lnsssld In Shape
|H6ksa $1Oo,Ooo infleld h ready now
~<nYt The spring training season.
4 not ~ required to get busy at
tnnvlIle, however. until the Sec
oek n March. from two TO three
" after tho greater part Of the
I'D leaguefs have reported. to their
<oF1 campo.
llczunis has been leading an
TH Ne 1t his home ut Gloucester,
1rcIunis devotes IL months In
flor 81 WORKING for Mack. II he
ntlng tho sape he's conducting
I'M - that he viii be IN TIC best
ooeib1e the next season.
1nlD passed up the tour around
R0flA merely because Mack adj
E1n 70 do 70. Stuffy told Connie
Ance 70 Gee the globe and
p6ftlt Bngxested that the boy
~ 6etter on II he should re-
Sl& Mass. So In Mass. Stuffy re-
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The Detroit times., 1914-02-19

lap Expected to Hit.
4eck can stand pat on his
tkIon Of last season Is due to a
AoGtoat to the fact that Jack
<cGer. II expected to be back
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-17
Summard Ioday's War News

French ofic retous sseu continue
their m Alsae where said To have
tho Germass well prisoners and the
anhan infantry regiment which view at
French wafee
PeterrepoTts by the Russian the
Aus,rians oraer whem the Austrian dragoon
to have auffe4verey In a sabre engasemenL
A Germa hdnOught reported by the captain a
been of action lie asserted
today she was lying In the harbor at Trondhem
damaged ""'s'on mas been received at hesdquarters
naval between French anu Austrian warshps off Budua
have resulted the sinking OF Austrian IRON
oads while ~ set on fire and another fled.
-Four Btatleships
cruisers dsari where they had established blockade
The s,a of the famous Deaths
an Is said to have been captured by the Besans
Greece had received Information Of the passage
through Bdn territory Turkish going
publ IT h said Greece has threatened to
take sml9 9sures
eemk followed Englands example and that OF othsr coun
trcs In dgng receipt Of rresde Wilson's offer Of Off
= h Company abandoned a proposed loan to
France oS Washngiona attitude the subject This
peoted "uer "mAr "ha' ""nA"eu"ns Wheh We're under
negotauq
The pc tho ultima,am Germany as
,ontaipl Enable demands.
LARGE of American arrived today
s,or t khenoe they OF war
Many persons even in
order l" get away from tho scenes OF their hardshps
and Prii
the Brs sent to London from the American
nesseo houth today
n, reported better today as result Of Inds
pos have been induced by sra the outbreak Of
TIprship effect by British authorities over
move empires armed forces afoat and Belgium effect
i've ,orkabe degree Not through
for shys past concerning the british military aciv
ed dispatches from b'usses and Paris have frequently
ree presence OF British troopa ~rrayed against the forces
ul but not one word has been allowed through
ree to indicate what the numerical OF the
Iah fy be- or where the units may be located
crecy Hhfouds the movements OF the British warshp be-
mevi holding the German fleet In check the North
word has come throush of the position Of any British
| the public Is concerned activities waters
II ar9 ..
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-17
NEW YORKER DETERMINED
AGsINSf ROOD SPECULATION

New York. Aug. i7.--plans 60 stop
speculation which is said 90 have
much to do with the increasing price
OF food were today perfected at .
meeting OF the executive board OF tho
mayors committee of i33 appointed
last week 20 aid federal aud county
officials in their investigation of the
causes Tor the upward trend of the
cost OF iiyiDg.
Joseph iiartgan. city commissions
er OF weights and measures. who is
working with tho committee, planned
20 present to the board scheme In
operation among grocery and orus
retailers by which they form aasocia-
lions and purchase in large quantities
ior the members stores thereby oh
tanning marked reductions from the
usual middlemens prices.
Mr. Hartigan believes that uniform
~ lower prices would bo realized IL
there were more OF these associations
or co-operatiyo stock buying COM
panies.
Ia the Long Island city section Of
Brooklyn disorder occurred yesterday
al the meat markets and groceries
where credit was refused TO persons
thrown out OF work on account of war
ciosing the industrial plants In which
they were employed.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-17

of the wording OF the various pIanks
The morning session. asitie from
the splendid speech delivered by the
temporary chairman, Lieutenant
Governor dc BRca, was devoted TO
routine business and welcoming ad-
dresses. The organlzation of tho
committees was effected shortly after
- O'Clock and the committees began
their work at 2 o'clock. ali four com
mittces sitting In the Commercial
club Although the recess at noon
was taken until 3 o'clock. Il was
o'clock when the convention was
called To order again. ana little In
the way of final action was consjd-
cred probable before s o'clock.
The delegates completely filled the
lower floor OF the theater this mora
ing and there was scattering Of
spectators and few ladies In the
galleries and boxes This afternoon
the theater IL crowded. A movement
Is on foot to postpone the nominate
ing speeches until an evening session
which has not yet been laid before
the convention.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-17

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Indications That Other Ma
tiOns Will Place Vessels at
Service of United States to
Bring Home Citizens.
NAVAL OFFICERS MAY
TAKE THE COMMANDS
This Country Must Preserv
Strict Neutrality If Other
Governments Supply Boats
for Use Of the Stranded.

Washington. Aug. -Germany's 3
offer to place az the disposal of the
United States passenger steamers
which would sail under the American
flag to bring refugees home from Eu-
rope was before members Of the gov
erDment board OF relief today.
Acceptance OF the offer was assured
and there were Indications that some
OF the other nations Involved in the
European war might divert liners FOR
the relief of Americans stranded
abroad. II sufflclcn. facilities are
available It Is probable that the plan
to send American transports to Eu-
rope viii be abandoned
Secretary GarrisOn announced that
II ships OF other powers were em-
ployed the strictest neutrality would
be preserved by the United States. II
was suggested that IN, refugee ves-
sells might be manned by American
oificers.