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Evening journal., 1914-12-10


Boggs. .: Dowd. /; Strebb, /. Foul goals
-McCardle, ,: Mack, 3. Referee Della
plaine. Timer Magigan. Time OF
halves-2O minutes.
In an exciting game ON Saturday
Penlyn Third defeated Claymont Second,
25 to l3. The Pcnlynites were out
weighed about Is pounds to the man,
and the losing team was composed OF
two of the Claymont First team. The
game started of fast and the home club
soon passed into the lead. The first
half ended $ 20 ., in favor OF Claymont.
The lineup:
Evening journal., 1914-12-10

Meerschaum and Briar Pipes.
Ladies see us first before you buy
him a pipe. Durstein, E. Second
Adv.
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The two mon who have been al
most unanimously picked as having
Evening journal., 1914-12-10

On still another sporting page we
find the following "solemnly stated. -
THE Braves eXcelled at nothing in
particular All of which the figures
bear out But they raised hob with
everything i'm general and especially
in the matter of producing the VIM
ming amount of speed and pep.
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DOOM TO SIGN WITH GIANTS.
Recently Deposed Manager to Aid
Rackstop Department.

NEW YORK, October 31.-The chances
are that Charley Doom. recently deposed
as manager of the Phillies, will be on
the catching staff of the Giants next
season. On what may be considered alb
solutely reliable authority it is said that
McGraw has offered Doom two-year
contract at a figure as high as that he
received for managing the Philadelphia
club, and has assured him that arrange
ments can be made with the club owners
for his transfer.
1t is not known whether the plan con-
templates the trading of players to the
Phillies or the outright purchase for
cash. but there can be no doubt that
the negotiations are on. McGraw is
in Laurel Nd. and the representatives
of the New York club in the offices here
could neither confirm nor deny the re-
port, not having heard from the Giant
leader.
Doom admitted to close personal
friend two days ago that he had the
offer under advisement and expressed
the belief that the deal would go
through.
The Giants are badly in need of new
catchcrs on account of the gradual
slowing up of Mclean and Meyers. The
new man, Harry Smith, may or may not
turn out to be star. At any rate, a
catcher of the caliber of Doom can be
used to advantage.
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BY ]. ED GRILLO.

The Federal League has a dual object
in trying to sign Walter Johnson. In
the first place, the going of the Ma
the outlaws would be a great adver-
tisement for the new league. and incl
dentally there is no doubt that many
ballplayer who is hesitatins about
accepting Il Federal League proposition
would lose no time jumping if he knew
johnson had taken that step.
The Federal League may be forced
to pay more money to Johnson than he
could possibly draw at the gate, but
the fact that the speed marvel signs
with the independents may induce a
number of other players who are afraid
I" take the chance of jumping to do
likewise.
Just how the Feds are going to ma Ike
both ends meet by continuing to in
though no doubt they figure that if
they can get more stars in their line
ups the fans will desert organized
base ball and give the Feds their
patronage.
Tom Hughes has had Il remar ka BILE
year out in Los Angeles He won
twenty-four games and lost but seven
all season. He pitched a game last
Sunday which. if he had won it, would
have been his twenty-fifth. y prize of
an automobile had been offered for the
pitcher on the Los Angeles team who
would win twenty-five games. and
Hughes was just one run shy of ac-
complishing this
In referring to the veterans failure
to win his twenty-ifth game the Los
Angeles Times has the following to
say:
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FEDS SEEK JOHNSON FOR MORAL
EFFECT HIS JUMPING WOULD HAVE
Tom Hughes Had Great Year at Los Angeles
Failure to Win Final Game Cost Him
an Automobile-Base Ball Gossip

THE day was saddened by the failure
of Mr.. Hughes to win an automobile
he falling one run short after an entire
season of bitter striving. Tom was Sc
verely punished in the second game
both by the Tigers and mis- own friends
There is now talk of starting sub
scription paper among the fans to buy
Mr.. Hughes a bicycle, or a pair of roller
skates. 1t is felt that his magnificent
efforts should not go unrewarded."
Most of the ajor league ball clubs
are trying to devise means whereby
they can make more use of their ball
parks. Under existing conditions the
plants must remain idle four days out
of I'VE, and 1T seems great waste and
expense to have such conditions exist
In some of the cities where both major
leagues have representation the teams
double up. using but one park, but most
cities have at least one and frequently
two parks which are idle most of the
time.
There are seventy-seven games sched-
uled to be played at home by each club
Rain and cold weather frequently
cause poStponementS and the clubs sell
dom open their gates more than seven
ty times during season.
All sorts of schemes have been tried
to make use of the ball parks during
the off season, but few of these have
proved successful.
There was vaudeville at Forbes Field
in Pittsburgh. and it did we'll for a
while. Other cities also tried to make
the parks more useful, but little prog
ress was made. The Brooklyn CLUB has
the latest scheme. 1t intends to build
a bicycle track around its field which
can be easily removed. Another plan is
to have a movable ice palace built at
the park, and Brooklyn place IA team
In the professional hockey lead.
The expense of the ball clubs will be
materially reduced if some genius can
devise scheme whereby the ball parks
can be utilized more extensively.
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WAIVERS SOUGHT BY ATHLETICS
ON BENDER, PLANK AND COOMBS
Connie Mack Admits He Cannot Meet Fed
erals Proposition, But Wants to
Protect American League.

PHILADELPHIA, October
3I.-Connie Mack, manager OF the
Philadelphia Athletics, TODAY an
nounced that he had asked waiv-
ers on Pitchers Bender Plank and
Coombs.
Mack announcement was in
confirmation of a statement made
by 1lughey Jennings. manager OF
the Detroit team. in Atlantic CITY.
The Philadelphia manager said
he had no intention OF retaining
any one OF the three pitchers for
the season of 1918.
Asked if he dis. not feel that Bender
and Plank were good enough to pitch
for tue Athletics next year, Mack said
he wanted it understood that he did
not think their usefulness as pitchers
was over
One of the three pitchers, Mack said,
mad approached him with the statement
that he was doing business with the
Federal League and that he received an
offer so large that he did not think
the Philadelphia management would
meet it. Mack said he suggested to
TINS pitcher, whose name he would not
give, that possibly there was an Amer
lean League club that would meet the
Federafs figures
Aims to Keep Players IN League.
II am for the American League in
victory or defeat" Mack said, "and 1
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Had Steadying Effect.
B. H. SMITH REELECTED.

BALTIMORE, Md, October 31.-The
annual election of officers of the Mary
land State Game and Fish Protective
Association was held last night at the
New Howard Hotel. All of the officers
were reelected for another term. They
are: Dr. B. Holly Smith. sr., president:
Felix X. Sullivan, jr.. first vice presi-
dent; L. NJ. lowering, second vice presi-
dent. and J. Il. Hartman. secretary and
treasurer.
u. C. Speenburg, the federal game
inspector for this district. gave a very
interesting talk on the migratory laws.
while James r. Curley, the state game
warden, talked on the protection Of
game in Maryland. More than zoo new
members were admitted into the ASSOC
citation last night.
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BREAK MORE RECORDS.
Homers Fly From South Carolina
Here in Eight Hours.

Again the juvenile pigeons have es-
tablished a world record. this time
from Columbia. S. c.. to Washington, a
distance of about 40 miles. Six lofts
of the Eastern Racing Pigeon Club
were represented in the liberation
which took place yesterday at Column
bia, the pigeons being released at $40.
AS the best performance from Column
bia by young pigeons was second
day record. none OF the participants
was on the watch out for returns, and,
unfortunately, the winners are de-
prived of their just rewards Neverthe-
less, every loft broke all standing rec
ords
The first to find his pigeon was Mr.
Richards at 2:46. and the following is
the time the pigeons were clicked aud
the average speed registered per min
ute:
Richards, Y:4S. 1,467 yards.
Dougherty. 3:0S. 1.403 yards.
Engel, 3:19, 1873 yards
Darr, 1852. 1921 yards.
Brent, AIS. 1928 yards.
Hartley. 5:3S. 1867 yards.
This establishes a new high water
birds. The winner flew at the rate of
fifty miles per hour, and at an I'M
seasonable time.
The Eastern Racing Club established
itself as the premier club of Washing
ton for the year 1914. Its average
speed for both old and young bird
races exceeds that of any other, and it
reduced the previous 400-mile young
bird records by nearly so per cent.
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GOOD CONTESTS IN
OF MATCH PLAY AT CHEVY CHASE
Lord, De Sibour, Dalzell and Taylor Are
Winners and Come Together in Semi
Finals for Presidents Cup.

finally going down in four. while Bak-
err took five. AS Lard was conceding a
stroke on this hole the match still re-
manned even.
The twentieth hole was without a
handicap and played almost exactly as
the nineteenth. Lard going down in par
four while Baker took a five and the
battle was over. Lard is conceded to
i'o ono of the clubs best golfers, but
he had to cover the last five holes
played in par figures to win out. Had
he wobbled on either of these holes he
would have been defeated. Baker ap-
verse conditions. On the seventeenth
hole he got good lies and generally
topped the ball, but on the eighteenth,
nineteenth and twentieth he made real
forth unstinted praise from the gallery
The Thompson-de Sibour match was a
nip and tuck affair and carried to the
seventeenth green for a decision Both
gale and rarely went off the beaten
path, the holes being generally lost or
won on the greens.
LOTUS Driving Faulty.
In battling against Dalzell Lotus
found that his drives were faulty, and
as he remarked after the match he
deserved to be beaten on this account
The sixth hole furnished d good illus
tration of both games. Lotus drive
carried into the run. and he had to
pick up his ball for the loss of d
stroke. Dalzells drive was slightly
sliced and carried into the sand pit to
the right of the green. He got out
cleverly and. of course, won the hole.
While the match was won by only 2
up, Dalzell was never down
In the other match, Taylor caught
Newbold off his stride. and gained
quite a one sided victory Roth carry
, the same handicaps. and it was expect
ed that the finish would be very close.
but Taylor fought the wind better,
winning out with plenty to spare.
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MRS. sTETsoN CUP WINNER.

PHILADELPHIA, October 31.-Mrs. G.
Henry Stetson defeated Mrs. George II.
Frazier by up and l to play yester-
day afternoon in the final match Of the
invitation handicap tournament of the
Huntingdon Valley Country Club for
woman players with handicaps Of II
or more. BY her victory she carried off
the handsome silver cup donated by
Percy c. Madeira for this competition.
Mrs. Frazier won her way into the
final round by defeating Mrs Henry NJ.
Watts. up, while Mrs. Stetson won
from Mrs. C. r. Wood by up and 3 to
play. though the latter had - stroke
handicap.
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Mack Asks Waivers Bender Plank and Coombs-To Thwa e
GOLFING HINTS. J:
by .STRAIGHT DRIVE"

APPROACHING CL E + h S.
During some recent rounds l have
been brought face to face with
the possibilities of the approach
ing cleek as a formidable weapon
in the hands of the man who
learns how to use it. l own one,
but never before realized its many
wonderful uses.
The cleek has head exactly
similar to 'jigger." except a
grade less loft. For short run
ming up approaches it seems to
get a very desirable drag on the
ball. which gives the player re-
markable confidence in shooting
right at the pin.
In addition to these effective
short shots a recent opponent of
mine had way of using the
same club for shots which |
played with spoon or brassie. He
got amazing distances. and very
generally well on the line and
about the distance he wanted. l
would advise any one to try one
of these clubs as a stroke saver.
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BY n. C. BYRD.

Big games are scheduled for this
afternoon in each of the three great
foot ball sections. In the east Har-
ward and Michigan will meet in the
contest that will. more than any
other, determine the supremacy of
the eastern and western styles of play:
in the west Illinois meets Minnesota
and Chicago is to go against Wis
consin in two of the most important
contests yet played in the western
conference schedule. and in the south
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
Washington and Lee are to play in one
of the conflicts for the south Atlantic
championship, Virginia Is to try con-
clusions with Vanderbilt at Nashville
and North Carolina A. and NJ is
booked to appear against the Navy.
The contest between Harvard and
Michigan has been attracting great
attention, and it is likely that the
largest crowd that has watched a con-
test this season will be present. 1t is
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MACKS AND BRAVES
RETURNED S94. 900

NEW YORK. October :1.-At
National League Headquarters
yesterday the work Of balancing
the world series accounts was
continued under the direction of
John 4. Heydler, secretary of the
league, who was commissioned
by hundreds of sOlOns and per-
sOnal friends to buy world Sc
ries tickets. Although not hav-
ing hand in the return Of
money directly paid in advance
for the third game in Phiiadel-
phia and Boston. the league Sec
rotary has forwarded thousands
of dollars to ticket purchasers.
1t was declared that james T..
Gaffncy, president of the Boston
club. and the Athletic owners had
returned $4,000 as n result of the
Braves four-in-a-rOw triumph.
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The northwest wind that swept
across the golf course of the Chevy
Chase Club yesterday afternoon
amounted almost to a gale, and as Il
result the participants in the handl-
cap tournament found the going very
rough. Good scoring was impossible,
and cards were guarded almost as
ones life. Short drives in the face of
the wind or overplays going with it
were the order, while the greens at
elevated points gave the contestants
many opportunities to demonstrate
their will power over inclinations to-
ward profanity. Time after time puts
would be made that looked like the real
thing, and at the point where self
consolidation would be bubbling up
the wind would catch the ball and
carry it yards away. Old Boreas play
ed no favorites, and "a result the
third round of match play for the
Presidents cup came through with ex-
pected results in Il majority OF the Tour
contests on the schedule.
j. H. de Sibour beat Morven Thomp-
son, up and ! to go.
H. Taylor beat J. l.. NeWbold, up
and to go. =
samuel Dalzell beat E. H. LOTUS, ,
UP and l to GO
- holes.
Lard-Baker Match Feature.
The Iast-named match was the Tea
ture of the afternoons play. At the
urn for home Lard was up, but by
he time the seventeenth hole was
cached the match was all even.
On the drive from the eighteenth tee
Lard played perfectly, the ball stop
ping not more than SIX rect from the
hole Bakers drive was short and his
second shot carried just off the green TO
the right The match looked to be all
over, but Baker went down in three by
making a sensational putt OF fully for-
X feet, while Lard's putt missed by
inches and a tie resulted
When the couple went to the TWEEN
;ieth hole everybody around the club
house followed to watch the wind-up.
Lard once more drove beautifully. while
Baker was again short, the former
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Bender "Sure Money" Pitcher.

blanks to his discredit, while the title
holder failed to tally in thirty eight
different rounds. Ten of these blanks
came successfully from the fortieth
inning an On the whole. there were
more pretty shots last night than in
the first two blocks of the match, for
the men went after more of them. De
ORC because he could afford to take
chances. ami Moore because he had to.
At the end of the match John DAILY
challenged De Orc to a tussle for a
side bet of $1,000. The match will be
arranged to take place within thirty
days.
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Ball Club Directors
Declare No Dividend

At a meeting of the directors
of the Washington ball club, held
ern building this morning. 1t was
decided not to declare a dividend
to the stockholders this year.
The Star foreshad0wed this ac-
ton q week ago. Matters of n
routine nature were gone over by
the board, but nothing of any
news value developed, 1t was an
AOunced.
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BAN Johnson CALLS
MACNATES TOGETHER
American League Meeting May Have
Bearing on Affairs of Minor
Body.

NEW YORK. October 31.-James A.
Gilmore and his associates of the Fed
eral League have stirred up Ban John-
son to an unusual degree OF anger. Ban
has issued Il call for an American
League meeting in Chicago next week.
when il is believed steps will be taken
to checkmate the outlaws. 1t was learned
yesterday that Johnson had decided to
attend the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Association of Minor Leagues in
Omaha the week after next. At this con-
ference some policy probably will be
framed to keep the organized forces
lined up against the common enemy.
According to rumor there is some dis
satisfaction among the larger of the
minor leagues. 1t is even limited that
the Southern Association is thinking
seriously of breaking away from the
control of the National Association.
Judge kavanagh. president of the
Southern. is a stanch advocate of or
ganization but it is said that his per-
sonal views may be overridden by the
club owners.
1t was admitted yesterday by a local
representative of organized base ball
anxious to have the present war termi-
mated. At the same time it was pointed
out that the little fellows could hest
serve their own interests by standing
pat.
Minors Are Dependent.
THE minor leagues are far more de-
pendent upon the majors than are the
ma jors on the Minors" said this au-
thority. The history of organized base
ball proves that very clearly. The two
classes have been working in harmony
under the national agreement for a
dozen years. during which time the
minors enjoyed their first prosperity
''Previcus 20 the adoption of the pres
ent working agreement minor league
base ball was a huge joke. Not half
the leagues were able to finish their
seasons. Many of them wound up with
| the Fourth of July games. But in the
last ten years there have been few
minor league failures. National COM
mission reports will show an average
expenditure of from S225,000 to $780,
900 annually by the major leagues for
minor league talent This has been a
greater source of revenue than the di-
rect promotion of the game.
Il do not think any of the minor
leagues have seriously considered the
idea of breaking away. But if they
did it would be a boon to major league
base ball. The National and American
leagues would then be free from all
| care of the lesser promoters and they
| would get their minor league players
for nothing. The Federal League GER
tainly cannot afford to affiliate with the
minors if the latter are una Bile to live
under present conditions.
Majors Not to Blame.
Here is u point. too. that is worthy
of consideration. About 95 per cent OF
i,
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Important Foot Ball Games
Scheduled on Local and
Foreign Fields Today

Foreign Fields Today
Georgetown w. West Virginia
Wesleyan, mt Georgetown.
Catholic University vs.. Gal
laudet. Mt Brookland.
Harvard w. Michigan. at Cam
bridge.
Princeton vs.. Williams. mt Cam
bridge.
Pennsylvania vs.. SwarthmOre.
at Philadelphia.
Yale W.. Colgate, at New
Cornell VS.. Holy Cross. at
Ithaca.
Carlisle vs.. Syracuse. mt Buff
falo.
Navy vs.. North Carolina 4. &
W.. at Annapolis.
Army vs.. NilIaneva, at West
Point.
Washington and Lee VS.. Vir-
Roanoke.
North Carolina VS.. Davidson, at
Winston. y. e.
Western MARYLAND vs.. st.
Johns, at Annapolis.
Washington and Jefferson vs..
West Virginia., Mt Washington,
PA.
Penn state vs.. Lafayette, at
EastOn.
Dartmouth vs.. Amherst. at
Hanover.
LehiEh VS.. Johns Hopkins. mt
South Bethlehem.
Pittsburgh W.. Dickinson, at
Pittsburgh.
Illinois vs.. Minnesota, at Min
neapOlis.
Wisconsin vs.. Chicago. mt Madi-
son.
Nebraska vs.. Iowa, at Lincoln.
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am going to keep these players for our
league if possible.
II would not have asked for waivers
at this time but for the fact that one of
them told me he had been dickering
with the Federal League.
The three pitchers who will no longer
wonderful work in their careers as
pitchers. Each has figured as a hero ill
world series games. Plank, acknowl-
edged as one of the greatest left hand
ers that ever pitched q ball. joined the
Athletics in 1901 and figured in the
winning of six American League pen
nants. His best performance ill Il
world series was in 1913. when he won
from the New York Giants. allowing
the National Leaguers two hits in the
final game.
Bender ''Sure Money" Pitcher.
Bender Joined the team in 1902 and
was known as the sure money" pitch
er III every world series. He won
games in all of them except in the
series with the Boston Nationals this
year.
Coombs has not pitched much for two
years. He was injured in world
series game in New York in 1911 and
never fully recovered. He has record
of winning twenty-four- inning game
against the Boston Americans. Coombs
earned the title of iron man in pitch
ing lie Athletics to three victories
against the Chicago Cubs in the world
series of 1910. The waiver on him
caused no surprise here, but that Mack
would let Bender and Plank go was
not expected.