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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02
1de Milan Sign Contract Charlottesville for Eddie Foster
CONNIE MACK SAYS JUMPERS
WERE NOT SURE OF PLACES
Tall Manager Declares Falkenberg Alone Will Be
NIissed-Grlls Nap Pitcher for Attack
on Somers.

Cleveland has always been Known as an
anarchist | read the interview in winch
he said that he Jumped because Soners
paid him minor league salary last year
and raised it only S9.3s week this year.
This pitcher has been in and out OF
the ma ior leagues a number of years and
last sea son was the only time ne ever had
a real good year
II know that he received an adequate
salary last season and that the raise OF
fered him this season was many more
times than S..3S d week. In fact, his
salary was increased almost 80 per cent.
Somers Is Liberal.
Nobody can accuse Charles Somers OF
being parsimonious. He always pays
good salaries to the Cleveland players.
ball owner, and nobody knowing him will
believe this outrageous attack Falkenbers
made on him"
Mack declared that his mission in Pitts
burgh was removed from base ball. lie
said that he accidentally came across the
members of the national commission and
had a few minutes chat with them, but
denied that he attended any conferences
with them.
The sage of Lehigh avenue has all OF
his men in line except Plank and Thomas.
Neither is dissatisfied. and they Will senC
in their documents in due time. Plank
seldom signs until just before the Mack
men leave for the south. and usually he
personally delivers his contract TO the
tail tactician. :.
The detection of Falkenbers won
wreck the Maps He might have slipped
back into dubdom, anyway BIrming-
ham has a powerful squad of curNcrs lett
and he will be in the pennant race lust
the same" Mack concluded.
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BY ]. ED GRILIo.

In order that the two major leagues
may have thorough understanding as
to plans with which to oppose the Fed
eral League, a joint meeting of the
owners of the two leagues is to be
called some day next week. 1t is most
likely that when the National League
ma gnates meet in New York February
10 the American League magnates will
be on hand. and that a joint conference
will be arranged. 1t Will be the first
time in the history of the two leagues
that a joint conference has been held.
1t is understood that. an agreement
was reached at the meeting held in
Pittsburgh Saturday to have the club
owners of both leagues pass on several
plans to fight the outlaws 1t is be-
lieved that in view of the fact that or
ganized base bail has been assured by
the best legal authority that the reserve
clause will hold good. the courts will be
resorted to to stop the players VINO
jumped from taking part i'll any games
with the Federal League.
According to a story sent out from
Pittsburgh. Connie Mack has agreed to
help out the Cleveland club by turning
over several of his pitchers to the Maps.
for Mack is none too well supplied with
pitchers and it is decidedly question
able if he could spare any of them.
Because Manager Carrigan has said
that he proposed to try out Scott at short
field and shift Wagner to second the inn
preston has been created that he would
trade Steve Yerl1es. 1t is understood that
the New York Americans are anxious 10
obtain both Yerkes and Nunanaker. The
former would undoubtedly strengthen
Chances forces, but it is not likely that
Carrigan will be in any hurry to let him
go.
Scott, the young shortstop obtained
from ST Paul. is said TO be a remarkable
ball player, but Carrigan will undoabt-
ediy want to see him tried before he will
put him in Wasner's place permanently.
Yerhes has been a mighty valuable man
for the Red Sox. He is a hitter above
the ordinary and a fairly good fielder
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NEW RULES FOR GOLF.
American Amateurs Will Face Novel
System Of Play in ENGLAND.

NEW YORK, February Tho
American golfers who compete in tho
British open championship next .Iune
VIII face q system of play unusual both
In this country and England. Accord
ing To a recent decision of the man
aging clubs the entrants VIII plav
qualifying ROUNDS on one or more
courses, and the 100 returning the best
scores viii be eligible for the cham
pionship play on the Prestwick links
June S and 10 This innovation will
DC of particular interest 10 Jerome D.
Travers, Heinrich Schmidt, Francis
ouimet ana Fred Eerreshoff. the quar-
tet of United States players planning
a golhng invasion of the British Isles
This summer
Announcement has not been made Of
the courses to he used for the qualify
ing rounds, but il is believed that the.
81. Nicholas and TreOu courses will be
selected for the preliminary tests The
constantly increasing entry hist with
its attendant congestion, when the. en-
tire tournament is played over one
course. made the change in the rules
necessary ana caused the adoption of
the following conditions:
The qualifying rounds will be held
on courses other than the champion
ship course.
"AIl competitors Will play one round
on each course, and the lao returning
the best scores VIII play in the cham
psonship proper four rounds of the
green.
.Any ties for the last place will be
played oil Saturday. the 18th of June
and Will he decided by one round OF
eighteen holes ON the championship
course
players who qualify Will have tn,
privilege az pFacticiug on the champion
ship coursr On the 13th, 18TH. 10th ant
18th OF Juue-
THE championship win be played a
.i'rcst~iek June Is and 10. the qualify
ia. rounds oA courses to be name'
later. Ju8e III and T."
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SAYS BLOW FALLS ON MINORS.
Western League Magnate Sees Men
ace to Federals.

SIOUN CITY. February 2.-"The plan
for a one-hundred-and twenty -tive-doliar
guarantee in the Western League is one
joke the proposal TO play 16s games in
stead of 154 is another joke, but the ad-
vent of the Federal League is no joke
for any one in the minor leagues" de-
clared E j. Hanlon, vice president of the
Western League on his return from an
eastern trip.
1t isn't the majors who should worry
about the new league he continued. 1T $
the minors The big major clubs can
spare i few players each. even when
those players are known as stars and box
office boosters, but with minor league
club the loss of one or two good men
is a serious blow. and the independents
are certain to make a lot of trouble for
US before they get through.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02

PHILADELPHIA. February Con
ME Mack reached here from Pittsburgh
Yesterday morning. and took occasion to
major leagues to the new Federal cir
cult
The Federal League" said the boss
OF the kings of the diamond, hasn't OBJ
tanned one valuable player except, pos
sibly. Falkenberg of the Maps
'-All the others are players about
whom there was much doubt on their
ability TO retain their positions. They
are men likely to go any minute.
Il was much amused when l read in the
papers about the line-ups of the various
teams in the Federal. They put especial
stress Oh the players the Chicago and
Baltimore teams have dug up. I looked
in the list. and. were betting man. l
would like to wager that neither the Chi
cago nor Baltimore team could finish one.
TWO, three in either the American Asso-
citation or International League. AS for
the others. they are no better than the
rawest bush teams.
Fans to Judge.
The Fedcrals cali themselves Il major
league. but just wait until the fans have
a chance to see their teams, and hear the
howl After all. it is the public that is
going to decide the fate of base ball, and
don't think for a minute YOU can dupc a
fan. He won't need any AID in telling the
difference between a major and minor
league team.
"F-alkenherg, who. it seems, has left
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SCHEDULE IN BOWLING
LEAGUES FOR TONIGHT.

National Capital League
Climbers VS.. Potomacs, Mt Dia-
mOnd alleys.
District League-Jeds VS.. Good
fellows. at Casino alleys.
Arcade LcnEue-Bankers VIZ.
ArgyIes. at Arcade alleys.
Commercial League-Welsbach
vs.. Tolman's Laundry. at Pal
acc alleys.
Navy Yard MISUNDERSTANDING
Mount Shop VS.. East Gun Car
riage. at Southeast alleys.
Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. C. A.
League-ShOps VS.. Southern, at
Union station alleys.
Mercantile League-YOung Mems
Shop VS.. Xander, at Arcade al
legs.
Departmental League-Treasury
VS.. War, at Palace alleys.
Westminster League-Reds VS..
Greens and Whites VS.. Blues. at
Palace alleys
Colonial Tenpin League-PiO-
neers VS.. Nfrgininns, at Palace
alleys.
Departmental Tenpin League
Interior vs.. Agriculture, at Pal
nee alleys.
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PALM BEACH GOLF TODAY.
Travis and Other Good Ones in Field
of Starters.

PALM BEACH. February a.-One OF
the largest fields of golfers that ever
participated in Lake Worth golf cham
pionship is on hand for this annual tour
nament An eighteen-hole qualification
round will open the play. with Walter J.
Travis, Garden City, favorite for first
honors He has been well down in the
70s several times the past week.
Other favorites who have scored a. or
better in practice include Walter Fair
banks. Denver: ii. c. Richard, St An
drews: John Naething. Englewood: Or.
w. 5. Harlan. Washington; Fl. p. Far
rington, Woodland: John Shepard. jr., a
former Rhode Island champion. and II. p.
Scott jr.. and Dwight Partridge, former
Yale golf team stars.
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should he be sent to New York
The Federal League is said TO employ
a unique system in signing some players
with a certified check. Ii he signs the
contract and presents it to the bank the
check is cashed. 1t is understood that
Blandms of the Maps had this SORT of an
arrangement with the Feds. As yet he
has not presented his contract at the
bank. but he threatens to do SO unless
the Cleveland club comes through with
the salary he demands.
The value of having a seasoned pitcher
or catcher to instruct young players on a
team seems to be generally recognized.
The Pittsburgh club is the latest to make
such an addition to its employees. having
just decided to carry Chick Frazer, the
veteran twirler.x south to instruct the
young twiriers. Frazer was a star in his
day and was given credit for being above
the average in intelligence 50 far as
pitching was concerned. The Pirates
have a large pitching squad this spring
and every effort will be made to develop
= few OF the youngsters.
1t is only a little more than two months
when the season will open. and yet the
Federal League has to build a base ball
plant in every one of its cities. This. OF
course, can be done. but it will necessi-
tate the work to be rushed which will
add to the cost of the structures In
erecting expensive plants the Federal
League is taking long chance. During
the early part of the American League
career the Johnson circuit had Very or
binary accommodations, and it did not
begin building modern plants until it
had been thoroughly established. In
those days even the National League had
but few hgh-class plants, and the inrad-
ers of those days were not forced to go
to the great expense that are the Fed
erals OF today in order to compete.
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NEW CLAY COURTS TITLE.
Western Lawn Tennis Body Estab-
fishes a Fixture.

CHICAGO, February 2--in annual clay
court championship was established here
at the annual meeting of the Western
Lawn Tennis Association. The classic
will rotate among the leading clay-court
clubs of the middle west
The western championship tournament
was awarded to the Onwentsia Club and
the Illinois state championship 10 the
Wanderers Club.
l.. Harry Waiduer was chosen delegate
to the annual meeting of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton at New York February II. He was
instructed to vote in favor of The new
national amateur rule, and also 10 re-
quest that the preliminary doubles be
again held on the Onwentsia courts.
Officers We're reelected
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BIG SUM FOR CREE.
Outielder Says Federals offered Him
$4,000 for Three Years.

SUNBUR1. Pa. February 2.-Mana2er
Gessler Of the Pittsburgh Federal Leasu,
base ball club came here IN an effort
to induce Birdie Cree, the New York
American outfie.der TO sign a three-year
contract with the federals.
Cree declared tina; he had been offered
S5c.ooO and that the Pittsburgh manager
had presented certified check for half
the amount in advance. He said he had
not yet signed contract with the New
York team and that he had taken Cess
lers offer under consideration.
1t was reported last week that Cree
had been offered $3.50 a year for three
years by the Pittsburgh Federals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02

Otis CIymer of the Buffalo club of the
International League is employed during
the winter ofY-season as a chauffeur in St
Paul. MINI. Clymer, while driving a party
of merryInakers following a New Year
eve celebration, smashed head-on into a
telegraph pole, but refused to pick the
heavy pole up after knocking it down and
Was fined few kopecs.
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WEEGHMAN DOUBTS AND OTTO
STIFEL SAVES THE FEDERALS
St Louis Magnate Objects to Angry Speech and
Flashes 100000 Check Guaranty
of Good Faith

hands OF the Chicago magnate 2, check
for 100000. Said money was to be used
in signing ball players of the major
league caliber and said players We're 10
be turned over to the ST. Louis cluo hrst.
and after team was recruited for that
territory that the additional big league
fellows were to be distributed among the
other clubs of the league.
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New Worlds Record
Made on Juarez Track

FL fN>o. Tex. February =
SUPREMACY. "a tvo-y~ar-o!d from
the James Butler stables. clipped
fifth of second on the worlds
record time for three ana one
hnis furlonSs yesterday. AT the
Juarex race track. running the
distance in 9.33 i-5. The record
was formerly held by Calissc, n
Tex5S-i,rcd mare.
Iron MASK sia-furionE record
horst failed IN his atte,np.
10 lower the record for the
mile made fwenty-four years ago
h. >ai,ntor. His time was
i-::3 -. four seconds slower than
tEaf Of Salvador.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02

Famous antipathies of history: Water
and oil hawks ard hens. nature and a
vacuum lobster and ice cream, bulls and
china shop, Doom and Mccullough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02

London Cairo, Melbourne, Colombo,
Paris, Berlin Rome. New York, Harlem,
Chicago Olean, Bisbee and Marin--John
McGraw will have visited all the metrop-
oIises by the time the Lusitana pokes
her PROV out past the Needles.
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The man who described certain player
AS "a bone of contention doubtless didn't
mean III a technical sense.
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o. Stifel Becomes Angry.

Mr.. Weeghman followed by saying that
he had gone into this thing heart and
soul, and that he had lot of money tied
up; also that he had his private opinion
of any fellow who didn't have a bunch
of stars: also that his opinion was that
the fellow who said he was willing to
pay but didn't have the stars, was -four
flushing
Which aroused the ire of the st. Louis
magnate: also the ire of one other.
Whereupon Mr.. Stifel arose and remarked
that he was quite willing to place in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02

Some players tango swiftly to the
Federal League. while others are doing
hesitation waltz.
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CHICAGO. February 1T was Otto
Stifel. st. Louis rnagnate, and his check
for 100000 that saved the Federal
League and you can wager the family
plate on that.
Magnates in organized base ball and
those in the Federal League may tell
YOU that the future of the third league
depended upon whether organized base
ball or the Federals secured the twenty
five feet of ground on the North Side
lot.
Forget it, That wasn't the big point.
II wasn't a question Of whether the Chi
caso club had grounds or not that
threaten the future of the league when
Charles Weeghman demanded show
down. 1t was a question of dollars and
cents, And it might me mentioned that
the ball players who are being signed
today are affixing their signatures be-
cause Stifel not only displayed that
e-hundred-t h ousand- dollar check in the
Saturday meeting. but because he placed
it in the hands of the Chicago magnate
This story comes from the inside. And
by that is meant from one of the men
who sat in the meeting. He was there
when Weeghman made his demand to be
shown. And he was among those pres
ent when Weeghman was shown
Weeghman Was Sore.
Here is what happened: When Neegh-
man and William Walker, his partner
in the Chicago club, went into that meet
ing he was dissatisfied. He was OF the
opinion that he was about the only fell
low who had made good. Every man in
the organization had agreed to get at
least five major league players for his
! team. Weeghman and Tinker had theirs.
| But some of the other fellows didn't have
| theirs. That naturally made no hit with
| the Chicago owner. So he arose and de-
| livered himself of an ultimatum.
| He remarked that ball players wers
| easy to secure, and that if any team
| because the owners thereof didn't care
to exert themselves. OF course. there wa:
one other reason. The Chicago magnatt
! intimated that the other reason was be
cause the rnagnates didn't care to cut tho
| tie strings Of the money bag.
This speech was resented. Some of the
magnates arose and said that they were
| quite willing to unlooSen, but that the.
| didn't know how to go about it. This &C
casoned a great guffaw on the part o.
| the Chicago crowd. Weeghman. Walker
| Tinker and others said that signing biz
| league ball players was the easiest thint
| in the world, provided that the owner.
were willing to put up the money.
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nERTNENI @nlENT
IN Happenings 1Sportdom

He is undoubtedly a better ball player
than Zeider. whose place he would take
should he be sent to New York.
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G. A Dbl l. L. A C.
BAKER ELEC.

I he Cook S Stoddard Co..
1880 conn. AVE Phone $50
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
Standing of the Clubs

Quite fair sized delegation of La
mar fans went to Las Animas for the
Decoration Day game considering it
was Saturday when so few Of the bus
mess men could get away. The fire.
quent defeats of the Las Animas team
had discouraged fans there so that
the crowd was not large, but the La
mar fans were amply repaid for their
trip by seeing their favorites play
the classiest game of the season in
the league Pitcher Fred Littler had
the Las Animas players guessing all
and allowed one of them to get on
the bases, he Immediately thought
better of it and proceeded to strike
the side out. Only twice did they
get men to third, and they never had
the slightest chance to score with Bud
Littler backing up his brother behind
the bat like stone wall. All the La
mar team gave fine exhibition both
in the field and at the bat. They
outclassed the Las Animas team SO
Dhu tildt thcy cNch hdu oohic Va ehe
Las Animas fans roofing for them
before the game was over.
Las Animas had secured a new
pitching marvel from Trinidad NAM
ed Lockhart, who was loudly pro-
claimed before the game to be able to
win any kind of-a-base ball contest.
He proved about the softest PROPOSE
ton the Lamar sluggers have found
yet as the sixteen hits for total of
twenty-five bases shows. The score
was IL to o, and it is well to remark
that the full nine innings were play
ed although train left during the
eighth inning which the Lamar play
ers could have come home on and
saved considerable expense.
The box score Of the game follows:
lamar
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
Plain Facts Make Their Own Argu-
ments

Following q famboyant speech by
Representative Vollmer of the Sec
ond Iowa district, setting forth the
sumptuous prosperity Of Iowa farmers
under the free trade tariff, Represen-
tative Joseph w. Fordney of Michi-
gan, on the 10Th of March, presented
the diverse Of the picture in the form
of facts and figures showing the enor-
nous increase in importations Of for
eign food products which takes the
place of equivalent products grown on
American farms. Mr.. Fordney said:
Mr.. Chairman, few minutes ago
I listened to some remarks made by
the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Voll-
mer,) recently elected to membership
in the house, and the gentleman refer
red to importations of agricultural
products, especially of corn. He states
that the amount Of Argentine corn
coming into this country under the
new tariff law is insignificant in guam
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
The Question at Issue

Speaking of the strike situation,
John Lawson says: "There has been
no change in the nature of the de-
mands since the strike was called. l
do not know of any prospects of a
settlement. The miners will never
20 back to work without recognition
of the union, if they follow my ad-
vice."
This is really the basis of the whole
matter. While other questions have
come in from time to time, such as
company doctor, the check weighman,
and SO on, the real, vital issue of the
coal strike was and is the recognition
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea.
The strike was called primarily for
this purpose, and it was called under
the direction of the union officials.
Those closest to the situation under
stand the issue. Many people say the
operators should consent to arbitrate.
Little Ben Lindsey says if the mine
operators do not arbitrate that the
mines should be seized by the presi-
dent.
But as Lawson clearly shows, the
one question at issue is recognition of
the miners union, for that question
embraces all other questions. This is
the question which the mine operators
are refusing to arbitrate on the
ground that it means the closed shop
and the employment Of none but ac-
ceptable members Of the miners un-
ion.-Colorado Springs Telegraph.
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pense. The large crowd which turn
ed out here came from all sections of
Prowers county and expected to see a
full game. They can rest assured that
in the future full games will be play
ed or the Lamar team will withdraw
from the league.
Owing to the game the day before
the regular pitcher, Fred Littler, was
unable to pitch but two innings, and
the only relief pitcher was the catch
err, Bud Littler. The Las Animas club
made but few safe hits off Of him,
but as Lamar at this time had no
extra catcher the work behind the
bat it fell to Hines, the best third
baseman in the league, but who makes
no pretense of being catcher. TAX
ing advantage of errors through
swapping the team all around to
places they were not used to playing
the Las Animas team gained lead
of two runs in the sixth inning and
then the umpire called the game. 1t
was a disappointment to all of the
assembled fans as everyone felt that
in spite of their handicap the boys
would have pulled the game out of
the fire as they did the one at Rocky
Ford the week before.
They proved in the first two in
nings that Renel looked just like all
the other pitchers Of the valley to
them as they batted out seven runs
in the two innings. Caulk carried off
the batting honors Of the game, get
ting home run and a three base hit
in three times at bat.
The box score follows: