Evening star., 1914-11-18

| The leader of the Giants cannot un,
derstand why any concessions should
| be made to the outlaws As usual
! McGraw does not lhince words IN slz-
ing up the SITUATION III IHe ioiio " 2
statement:
| "(;ilmore and his crowd are as good
as buried now, and for the life OF me
! l cannot understand why the Nationai
League is fussing with Weeehhlan a.
Ban Johnson has the right dope. Or
oanized base ball should let the whole
crew sink together.
"Down in Baltimore it is realized that
the Jig is up. Those in close toucn
| with the inside admit II; me press -. ,s
that CITY. however, is sullen and covers
| its disappointment with lnnuehdoes oi
a dreary outlook for the International
League when the outlaw cause IS END
ed Personally l am of the opinion
/ simply whistling to keep up their
courage They have been mt TOO marc
financially to recover and are staining
along in the hope OF some soi "
| leniency at the hands of organized pase
ball Personally ] cannot see where
cons;deration should be shown to any
one who tried to wreck years of pain.
fuI effort in the uplift of the national
game"
\ ,areement to fight Jess Willard seems
W assure a meeting of this pair some
| time in the spring. But the chahces
are that this contest is gong TO prove
| a big financial failure for the very
| pood reason that the Sport-loVlng pup
| lie will not believe that willard STANDS
| chance with the colored champion,
even if the latter has deteriorated.
| willard is really an inexperienced
hoxer. without exception all his bouts
have been with fourth-raters. Ac-
cording to the reports from London on
each of the fighters has posted Sl,ooo
| forfeit to guarantee his appearance
which is rather small sum % Ior SO - ihi ~
! receive $4,000 for entering the ring. ~
=, is said, and that will probably be more
| money than the event will draw.
! If Connie Mack succeeds in his eIorIs
TO make a trade for Willie Mltcheii,
the cleveland southpaw, he is sure 10
miss Eddie Plank next season. Mitcheil
is undoubtedly one of the pest ieit-
| handlers in base ball today. he is
,, young man, too and is is sure re, TO 2;ksiv laI
! that the Nap management Will part
with Mitchell even though Mack's oner
! should be tempting. A star ie1t, manu-
{ er is Of great value to any pail Team
| and TOO valuable to figure in traue.
| Owner Frank Farrell of the New York
| Yankees is busy these days denying
that this or that player Is gong 10
manage his ball team next ScdSoil. hS
latest is that the job will go to Ira
Thomas. Mack's lieutenant. But there
10 no assurance that Thomas would
/ make good. Harry Davis. who for
| Years was Comics right-hand man.
9aye the managerial end of the game a
| frial in Cleveland and he was dismal
1 IA iIure. Davis looked every bit as ca
+, pable as Thomas while under Mack
! wing.
| It is limited in Chicago that President
| Gilmore and his followers are taking 1t
| for granted that the peace plans VIII
: fail and are still negotiating with play
| ers in organized base ball and trying TO
| sign them. IF peace should be ar
| ranged it is going to leave some play
| ers in a rather embarrassing position.
| Ivy Wingo. the st. Louis catcher VINO
| Jumped to the Feds, will not be consid-
cred a contract jumper II peace should
| be declared before he appears In a Fed
| uniform, in which event Wingo Will be
very much in demand by other clubs OF
| the National League. Cincinnati FOR
| one Is speculating on obtaining Wingo.
| for it is the general belief that the Car
| dinals will not take him back II the
| Federals blow up.
| Bosnian Bulger, in the New YORK
World, complains that Garry Hermann
is not giving out the facts with refer
ence to the peace negotiations. He
| argues that the fans will eventually
! forget what it is all about, and that