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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
BY Mordecai Brown.

T~HERE may be some few of my
friends who believe that | did
the wrong thing when | jump
ed from the ranks of organized base
ball to the Federal League. How
ever, a great ma jority of them have
congratulated me on the move and on
every hand | hear naught but well
wishes and predictions of success for
the new major league. And don't let
1t get into your thoughts that the
Federal is not major league The
fans will be surprised when they read
the roster Of the teams. The public
wants a baseball game and they. of
course, want to see stars perform.
Well, some of the real stars will be
seen wearing the uniform of the Fed
erals. | was given anything but a
square deal by the NATIONAL League.
They first tried to railroad me to the
minors, and then, when | went to Gin
cinnau | was certainly not given the
best of treatment The chances are
that my salary would have been cut
had ] gone back to the Reds for the
coming sea son.
! am just rs confident of the sue
cess Of the + ederal League as | am
IN my ability % lin win ball games.
And just watch me take my turn on
the firing line when | come with my
st. Louis club.
In st. Louis find the fans clamor-
ing for a winning bah club They
have had such poor baseball in the
Missouri city for so long that many
Of the fans have lost heart. in fact.
some OF the old fans in the city Quit
the game entirely during the IA ST
season. But they are all pulling for
the success Of the Feds and have
promised to give them winning
combination
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Browns Will Have
Hotel of Their Own

ST. LOUIS, MO, Jan IL. Some
thing new in baseball--the Browns
this spring will dwell in their own
boarding house at the training
grounds in ST, Petersburg, Fla, pass
ing up the hotels.
a house with 20 rooms is being con-
structed, two stories high and hay
ing All the comforts Of home" No
more sole leather beefsteak and no
moro impudent walters who refuse
to bring the Brownies "a second
piece OF meat and another overly
boiled potato,
This house win be one mile from
the ball yard II viii be manned by
competent servants and a chef. Like
wise there will be a billiard room, a
library etc.
Manager Branch Hickey SAYS ev-
erything will he done in the latest
fashion
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18

that child could stop. And one gray
afternoon on the Hudson, Dorais and
Eichenaub and Rockne of Notre
Dame, shot so many forward passes
that the scorer became dizzy mark
ing up touchdoWns.
East Is Awake Nov.
] rather think the East got its sec
und awakening as to the value OF the
open game in the Army Navy con
test The Navy came to NeN York
top heavy favorite. il had veteran
eleven back big, fast powerful
team with a world Of punch All Of a
sudden, ~ the immense surprise Of
the Navy and to the thrill Of 10 900 in
the stands, Pritchard began shooting
those fast low, accurate passes from
30 20 % yards away TO Morrilat and
MarNoe.
Here We have play that scored in
two games more touChdowns than
Vale. Harvard and Princeton have
scored against each other in Ave on
six years
Now, he addition to making the pass
low and accurately, this last season
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Horses Raced For
$l,624,092 Last Year

An idea of the money raced for by
harness horses of the United States
and Canada last season is obtained
from figures compiled by John Her
vey in The Horse Review. Hervey
has found that there were S13 stakes
and purses sof 81, 900 and more in
value offered, the total value of which
was $l,624,O92.
This table includes only small
portion of the events contested on
the half-mile tracks, where the ma
jority'of the purses were worth $500
or $500
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Cub Murphy Enjoys
Himself Over Feds

President c. w. Murphy. of the
Cubs, grew sarcastic in discussing the
plans of the Federal League
Yes, the Federal League is all
ready for business" said Murphy
excepting building eight baseball
parks, putting the money in the bank
for couple hundred players and q
few minor details. A circuit with To-
ronto in the East and Kansas CITY in
the West is fine for the railroad com
panies. 1t might be improved. how
ever, by adding Liverpool and San
Francisco"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18

the Chicago team | do not regret my
move and should not. In leaving or
gained baseball I have greatly in
creased my salary and prospects. the
right of any human being. If I be =
leVed that the reserve clause of or
ganl7ed baseball was binding upon
me ] could not honora bly, ignore il.
But do not think that any court in
the United States, at the presen t
time. would uphold anything that
prevents a man from lettering his
condition, regardless of the Lajoie
precedent established by the Penn
sylvania court years ago. Morally !
owe nothing to organized baseball.
and while ! will not say that baseball
owes me anything, / will assert that |
have not received the treatment from
my employers that a gentleman in
any other line of business Is accus
toned to receive.
! was merely a chattel, to be deal
with as they desired, to be sold to the
highest bidder, who could then tell
me how much l would be paid. II J
objected, | was out of a job ana
barred from entering the profession in
which I have spent my life The
Federal League offered the solution
TO this and better terms than I could
hope to receive in organized ban.
| don't think the Chicago fan.
blame me. | am going to give them a
ball team on the North side that they
can we'll be proud of, and we'll have
some good teams against US
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
BY Fielding II. Yost

TN coaching, when ! work back Of
football eleven like to see it
move along, hurry up, get on the
jump. and settle down to business.
So without wasting any preliminary
time would like to make one state
ment early that is beyond any chal-
IenginF-the open game. OF Western
game. i'm footbs ll-that is. the forward
passing and running, as well as the
kicking eame-has come to stay, and
the team which fails 10 take advan-
tage Of its many possibilities, as so
many have in the East, win soon be
left far in the rut, forgotten among
those who keep marching forward
and who keep mp to date.
Open Play to Save Game.
Yale hasn't scored touchdown on
Harvard IN six years, nor on Prince
ton in three years Harvard has fail
Cd to score a touchdown on Yale in
I'VE OF her last six Yale games, This
fall in the 154ryard- Princeton. Yale
Princeton, Harvard Yale contests no
;ouchdowns were scored. but nine field
goals were kicked six Of the nine by
Charley Brickley. Of the Harvard
team
In The face Of these statistics, 90
said an Eastern expert To me after
the Haryard-Yale game, don't you
think 1t has been shown that the
touchdown Is obsolete. that IT can't
be scored except by a luke
| don't think so, bt any means. !
saw the Yale Harvard game and
that was enough 90 show me that
nothing had been proved against the
open game or the Western style, for
This system had never drawn a
chance Harvard made little attempt
10 score touchdown, being content
70 rely upon the unerriug Brickley
and to shoot punts over Wilson's head
OF out Of his reach Yale had little
10 score touchdown with except an
occasional strong running game that
was no, varied enough to be puzzle
and was accompanied by no up-to-
date forward pass that might be of
any avail whatever.
Must Throw It Right.
out West We have been working
on the open game and using the for
ward pass for sume time.
II soon became evident Ia me that
the forward pass, as used 10y so many
leading teams was of no use wher
thrown high like a punt ! soon saA'
that. TO be effective IL had TO be nan
died like a baseball thrown sharply
on a line to the runner moving al
good speed, who had to handle 1t as q
second . baseman might handle
throw from the catcher.
a forward pass that is thrown hlgi
in the air Is absolutely worthless
When YOU feel that YOU could rur
down from the top of the stands anc
block one. it is fairly certain that q
man already on the field could bloch
one even easier tn admit this FOR
ward pass Is useless against any sor
Of defense. and yet this is the type
Of PASS that has been Judged so large
~ in the Fast
Army experts have told me OTTER
that a forward pass would be iok'
Is attempted against their team Thu
belief lasted until this last fall Whei
%otre Dame came along from tn
West with real collection OF FOR
ward passes-not the punt imitation
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18

some Western teams used at least ten
different formations for making the
pass. We would mix up a running
play. kick formation, a shift and
various other systems that worked as
puzzle to the opposing defense. To
show the possibilities of the pass. one
team that came to play us had a man
who gave an exhibition of passing
before the contest, throwing the foot
ball almost 60 yards on a linel
Can Be Used as Threat.
| grant the contention of the East
that any sort OF forward pass may be
broken up and stopped. But only at
the expense of breaking up the de
Tense against the running game
There never was a defense that coulg
stop both the forward passing aud the
running game at the same time
And therein lies the value of tie
forward pass 1t can he used not
only as an offensive play, but as q
threat. ..E, .-,.,....
To show that my belief is not that
of prejudiced Westeruer, | submit
in addition the opinion of walter
Camp, one Of the keeuest and closest
students of football the game, has
ever known or ever will know. Mr.
Camp. who has followed Eastern sys-
TENS closely, had this 10. say in re-
gard to the forward pass:
The forward pass was used rather
more freely. but with the exception
of few weak teams, the weakness of
the play lay in it's execution, for
there are almost INFINITE possibilities
for II "
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
John Paul Jones Is
Still the Greatest

Although Hanues Kolehmainen. the
great distance runner Of NNinland
smashed forty 7ihree records during
the year the worlds one mile anna
teur mark established by John Pau
Jones. OF Cornell University. stands
out as the greatest athletic feat Of
the year.
Jones ran the mile n the inter
collegiate championships in the Har-
ward stadium - the unprecedented
time of Z minutes l42-6 seconds, and
clipped a FUN second from his own
worlds record established in 1911
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
BOYS HIGH WINS
FROM TECHH|CH
At BASKET BALL
Corking Struggle Fought Out on
Athletic Club Court-Score
rs to Ia.
!, ATURpAY afternoon on the coa.i

n ATURDAY afternoon OH the court
y of the Atlanta Athletic Club
Boys High School defeated Tech
High in one of the best basket ball
games ever played by two prep teams,
Is to IA.
From the beginning Boys High
School played whirlwind ball, and
nearly three fourths of the time the
ball was in their territory About
three minutes of play had elapsed
when Tech High fouled, and Alfred
Scott shot the ball true for the first
point. Although Tech High tied the
score once, they We're never ahead of
B. II. s.
In the first half Boys High made
eight points-four by the foul route
and two from field goals-while Tech
High made five-three by the foul
route and two from field goals,
In this half Scott was unable TO
play his best because two of Tech
Highs men were with him nearly all
of the time. But in the second halt
the diligence of the two Tech High
players who were detailed to watch
Scott Stacked up somewhat, and
Scott proceeded to play in his usua
style.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Hickey Expects to
Do Little Training

ST. LOUIS, Jan. Manager
Branch Hickey of the Browns, does not
think there viii be much trading of
players in the American League this
winter Hickey says the manage of
teams finishing in the first division re-
fuse to take chances by exchanging
players with clubs in the second divi-
sion unless they feel sure they are get
ting the better of the bargain
This says Hickey, makes il neces-
sarN for the managers who finish down
in the race tn go out and scout for
promising material with which TO build
up n winner, there being no prospect
whatever of getting any star veterans
rom their rivals
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Yankee Motor Boats
After Worlds Title

In an effort to capture the British
international trophy, several motor
boat men here and in Philadelphia are
planning syndicate TO build and
maintain a high speed boat to be sent
abroad this year Designs for several
boats are being drawn, 1t was an
uouuced to-day. These plans call for
boats between 80 and 40 feet in
length The promoters, it is said. in
clude several wealthy men who are
devoted to motor boating
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Judge Baseball Fan
Falls For Old Gag

William Cannon. SO, was dismissed
on charge of disorderly conduct
when he told Judge Dolan in a Chi
cage court that he once was a world
famous ball player who held down
left field for the Chicago Cubs in
1901. The tale sounded good to the
Judge, but search of the Cubs rec
ords failed to develop a player named
Cannon
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Jos FoR JOHNNY HAYES

NEW YORK, Jan. 17-Johnny HAY es,
winner of the 1908 Olympic Marathon
in London has been engaged TO coach
the athletes OF the st. Peters Athletic
clubhouse erected at a cost OF SC, 500
and has a membership of 1900 so that
the little Marathoner, who has had
several years of experience in coaching
has splendid chance to make a repu-
tation as an athletic coach
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
HAVANA IDEAL
TRAINING SPOT.
WRITES CRANI
Veteran Player and Scrie Say
Big League CLIO Would Be-
Wise in Going There,
BY Sam Crane.

CUBA, Jan. 17-Hav
II ing survived Havana ' E.1
Years Eve celebration-a,|
one in New York City has potbinI
on the Cuban capitals idea of doipg|
the thing in due and proper style-1
am strong advocate of Havana As i
training place for big league cnb
from the United States.
The only possible objection is III.
there are too many attraction hoy,
distract the attention of the prara-
from the business they have in HAND
But in any place in the States
whether big or small. those nlsvor]
who are so inclined can find WAYS Il
handicap and hamper their trajpir,
SO | consider it is up to the pls,orl
themselves rather than to the place i
which they prepare for a champlorl
ship campaign.
If any player is disposed to ples.
IRE rather than work he viii inysl
riably find ways and means to grail
fy IT, no matter where his trainirl
camp may be located
Surely the hotels here are of M
best, and the climate in March. 7 m
told. can not be excelled as regard
suitab BILE conditions and pleasant davl
in successive regularity.
Park Model One,
Alan endoTes Park is a model and
being, as it is, turf covered on bot !
infield and outfield. condition ths
exists on very few grounds in I'd
Southern States of our own land.
Club owners of the two big leagusI
count on an expense account foj
spring training from $4,000 to s10.O0l
and consider themselves eytremej
lucky if they escape with an expenl
diture of the smaller sum. In Hawai-
ma, though, l am confident they would
be able to return home with a bid
balance on the right side of id
ledger. ! have seen four gained
played here between local clubs, and
although it is Il championship raCl
still the Alamendores are making 1
runaway of it to certain extent. and
still there have been crowds number
ing from 1000 to 5000 at every gamd
The Alamendores, Havana and "A
clubs, the three that are contestinI
for the championship, would all juml
at the chance TO play any club FROM
the States during the training seal
son, and three games a week, incluiI
ing Sundays, would prove exceeding
ly profitable,
Conditions Ideal.
There is 3 large American popu,aI
ton here, who, while not shOpn4
much interest in the local race, would
take pride in a club from their owt
country and turn out accordingly
Conditions, in my opinion look pei
feet for both the proper conditioning
of American players and protita5li
financial return as well If ! had m
selection of a training place for any
club from the States I would nj
hesitate an instant in selecting Hal
vana.
The trip home of the visiting play1
ers could be taken as is now gener1
ally-by easy stages, 1t Is only
seven-hour voyage from Havana 4
Key West, and cities like Nh
ami and Jacksonville and other FloTi
ida cities that have clubs could east
lily be taken in on the way up 4
Southern Association Virginia Leagli
and Internatio League cities.
Well-posted baseball men, Ih
Frank Bancroft and others, who hay
visited Havana frequently, have oee1
unanimous I'm their approval and al /
vocacy of the city as a place
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
'HURRY-UP' YOST DECLARES
OPEN GAME IS THE THING.
THAT WILL SAVE FOOTBALL
Most Famous of All Western Coaches
Says That the East Will Surely
Have to Adopt the Forward Pass
for the Good of the Sport.

Fielding t'HWFB-up') n.
Yost, the famous coach Of the
TnirersitV of HicbiQah. whose
team is the most Stcccsstu crpo-
renf Of fbe open. ~ western.
game Of tootbGH. has icritfcn the
foLOiCiHg defense Of the 8tyle NJ
play. which tS here published bV
courtesy Of C0Hbcr's WccklB.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
PHILLIPS RETAINS FOUR MEN

Manager Bill Phillips, of the Indi-
annapolis Federal League club, an
nounces that he will keep but four
players of last years team-Out-
fielder Kaiser, First Baseman Dolan
and Pitchers Billiard and Kaisering.
1t is believed in Indianapolis that
Catcher Dutch Miller, of the Brooklyn
club, Will be with the local third
leaguers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Crane Going Abroad
After Tennis Title

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Joshua Crane.
for a number of years court tennis
champion OF the United sta ties, is going
abroad to try tor the British champion
ships which will start on April 20 He
will sail Marohg1 and will be accom-
panied by Walter Kinsella, former pro
fessional Of the New York Racquet and
Tennis Club
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Lee Magee Singing
En- Hard and Often

Lee Magee Was a smuggling fool over
in Japan, In the Samc playct>tgainst
the Ke!o University, Lee was lead -on
man for the team picked from both
the Son and Giants. and an he did
was to peel off four hits for him
self, two ~ them being good for three
bases each
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Tinker and Brown7eN Fans 'Vhy They
jumped to the New Federal League
By Joseph B. Tinker.

ID ECAUSE the Federal League Of
d fered me the only opportunity
of making my living as a ball
player and preserving my self respect
al the same time, | signed to manage
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18

One point was awarded both teams
by Referee Jemison. Time of halves
Fifteen minutes. Timekeepers-Cu
Yer Ct II. s., Phillips (B. Fl. s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-27
MANY ORATORS TO
 GREET TOURISTS
Distinguished Guests Among 565 To Welcome Giants
 And Sox Home

John NB. Foster. the genial secre- tary of the Giants. yesterday an nounced the list of eloquent gentlemen who will furnish the oratory at the big dinner in the Hotel Biftrnore, on March [, when old Organized Base ball will turn out in all its glory to ists. After hobnobbing with King dukes and lords. the conr1ittee wiM sion on the gIobe-trotting ball tossers.
 Judge Edward c. Mccall has agreed to go on the seoreboard as toastmas- ter. and will be Tanked by numerous brilliant inteIlects. Governor Martin Glynn has written Foster that a prev ious engagement will prevent him from being present, but Lieut. uteQant Governor Robert F. Wagner will wei come the players for the State.
 The following celebrities in organ ized baseball will also try their eIo- quence on Biltz Benz. Germany Schaefer, Mike Don1in, Steve Evans and the others fortunate enough to be present at the big event: Governor John K. Tener, president Of the Ma Gonal League; Ban B. Johnson, pres ident of the American League, Charles Couiskey, president of the Chicago White Sox;s John J. sMcGraw, manager of the Giants; Jimmy Callahan, man ager Of thesWhite Sox. and A. G. Mills, former president of the National League, and the Father of Organized Baseball, according to John Foster
 There will be reservations for 565 persons at the dinner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-27
It's All Here
CUBAN PITCHER
 IN GIANTS CAMP
PaIn1ero Reports After Being Lost-Meyers and John
 son Bat Hard.

Marlin. Tex, Feb. 27-With the ar rival of senor Emilio PalInero and Milton Stock yesterday the juvenile squad of the Giants in training here is complete with two exceptions, DaRy Robertson and Claude Cooper. Cooper is a hoIdout, 1t is understood. and Robertson is due at any time.
 PaImero's arrival was not well timed, as there was nobody at the rail- road station to meet him at daybreak yesterday morning except a colored night porter from the hotel
 After the pitchers were through KinseIla supervised some fancy infield practice Chief Meyers and Hickory Johnson cut loose with some speed in their throws to the bases and the wings on the infieIders were apparent- ly geared to summer form. Young Ben Dyer was on third base. Dyer was a pitcher in the Thre e-Eye league last season. but has infield exhibitions. Pitcher Prfeste played short. Eddie Grant second base and Tim Jordan first base.
 In the batting practice Meyers and Johnson made about fifty hits apiece. It seems they are always up at the plate The younger lads are not nearly so eager to hit aud field as they were two days ago. It is posftive agony for some of them to swing a bat as out- srag ged muscles protest against such storture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-27
KING ROOTS AS
 D. s. BOYS PLAY
British Monarch Only Smiles When Foul Tip Breaks
 Glass Near Him.

London, Feb. 27-Before King George between thirty and forty thousand spectators yesterday saw the White sox beat the Giants by 5 to 4 in an eleven inning contest, which proved by far the most closely contested and exciting game of the entire wordd tour of the American teams. It was a nip and tuck struggle until Daily. of tht White Sox, drove the sphere into deep left field for a home run in the last half of the eleventh inning.
 sam Crawfords home rum into the center field stands in the tenth sent Egan acros- ahead-of him and tied the won the game.
 either of the two teams played last season provided more thrills or sen sational catches or sharp fielding than the game yesterday. King George sat between MT Walter Hines Page, the American a11baEsador. and Irwin H. Laugh1in, secretary of the American embassy, and watched each play with all the interest of real fam fre- quentfy cheering as wildly as the Americans
 Once during the fourth inning tsSed'' Egan, of John J. McGrawss squad, foul tipped one of ssJoe'' Benz's esspit- ters, the ball breaking a. window above the royal box and the glass faTling upon the head of the king. He was so absorbed in the play that he did not even dodge the Talling glass. Afterward he took away a piece of the broken window as a souvenir of the game
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-27
CUBS WIN CLOSE
 ONE FROM BROWNS
Major League Teams Start Ex- hibition Season in Sunny
 Florida.

Tampa, Fla. Feb. -chicago's Cubs opened their 1914 campaign with to 2 victory over the St. Louis Browns yesterday. The Browns vast ed several opportunities and then started ninth inning rally which scared Hank O'Day and at the same time threatened to keep the chilled crowd for an extra-inn.n session.
 Tn the last fplay of the game Vic Safer was spiked. He received a cut in the muscle jdst above the knee and another in the patella. The wounds are not deep
 Several times |. hit would have yielded runs for Colonel Hedges war r5ofs, but the hit was not forthcoming. Again when a run seemed inevitable in the sixth, c. Walker ran wild on a short fly to left and was doubled at second iafter Cy Williams made the catch The sacks were full when the double play closed the opening.