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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-17
C0fey Selected to Test
Ability of Jack Lester

several times he forGsts Al about this
declaration the moment some promoter
ofRsrs him Q reasonable guarantee. He
has signed articles Of axresmsnt calling
for Q bout With Young Togo. The light
weight Of Fort Smith. Ark. tor fifteen
roundA q Evansville, Ind. Fen. =.
Boxing shovs will be held By the fol-
lowing clubs Tonight: At Brown Gym
nas,um A. A.-YounE Marty O'Brisn W.
Young Sieger. Mike Malta W.. Eddie
Lennon. Atlantic Garden A. C.-Pinky
Burns W. Charlie Young. sharkey A.
C.-Battiing I-evinsky W. Jack Connors.
irving A. c., Brooklyn-Jack Twin"
Sullivan W. johnny Howard. Wander
bik A. c.. Brooklyn-Tommy league W.
Billy Rooney. Greensboro A. c.. Ions
Island City-Joe Hyiand W. Jimmy
Flynn. West Brighton (Statsn Island
A. c.-Danny Boyle Va Young Mitchell
Now that Jim Conroth = without IN
attraction on account Of Ritohie injur-
Ing himself. me chances are that Jim
will try and sign up Leach Cross to
meet Tommy Murphy instead In TWEEN
ty-round battle In San Francisco on the
night OF Jan. 30. Cross IL likely to &C.
cept the match. a. he feels that he car
easily defeat Murphy in . twenty-round
90.
In q letter from Los Angeles. Cal, TO-
day II 10 learned that the gross receipts
Of the Leach Cross Bud Anderson hgh
At Vernon on New Years afternoon onl,
amounted to $500. Cross recelvet
t10t0 and Anderson. for being put /,
sleep, drew down ei.700.
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President Gilmore Pulled Q
"Bone," However, When Ne
Forgot to Let Detroit Star b
on Joke. '.

of our players. We didn't figure thsy
had . chance. But va woke up ooe
morning and found that most Of eur
stars had Jumped The same thing y
likely to happen with this FEDERAL
League. The more fact that Ned HaaIoa
U In with Il makes me believe there b
mach behind n"
Then there ~ another angie 70 the m
vasion Of the Feds. Dasher Troy esd
Joe Hornuns. two old timers. say they
are prepared for most anything In bose
bail.
Sometimes It works and sometimes II
doesn't" says Troy. while tho BrotA-
erhood proved . big failure the Ameri.
can League came right along and
cleaned up. This may not % the rigAt
time tor third league, and n II isn't
million dollars couldn't make Il Q sue
cess. In 1894 whom the Union Associa-
ton was started the scheme broke Henry
Lucas. . st. Louis millionaire. He was
gaine and stuck until every cent Of his
fortune was gone"
The Union Association. by the way.
was ruined by the same condition that
faces the Federal Leasus-lons jumps.
The attempt to operate . circuit hat
took IN Boston and Kansas City failed.
miSsrably. The Federal League to-day
has . circuit which takes In Kansas
City. Toronto and Buffalo. which 10 Just
- bad.
Josh Devors writes from Terre Hauts
to inform US that he has sent u map o:
that part Of the country to the Federal
League promoters with the old homo
town marked In red ink
Il don't believe they know there Ia
suoh place on the map" he says:
They haven't given me tumble yet"
In case Mr. Gilmore doesn't know, the
address Of Bsa1s Becker 10 wichita,
Kan,
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Did Z fellow by the name Of Ryan Il
do not exactly know his hrst name)
ever night Joe Cans. and what was the
resuitf ]. LARkINs.
A Jsox 1ysa fought oaas March =.
1soa, q AIlsntovn. ~ boat being
stoppsA n ne thlsA stuAA
10 ne sporsans pditos;
dig Eddie No0oorty receive ths POP
ulsr Newspaper" decision over Mike Glib
bons At Madison square oardsnf
F. LoCToRA.
4eaoersy aiA
A bets that Freddie Welsh fought
Willie Richie q night In the West. and
that Freddie won It. Was It before
Richie was championf b bets that
Ritchle won. N. H.
a = s1sAs. welsh get the asoasaea.
1isoAas wssnr eAanyleH Re saSsa.
tutsA for "A Wol1ass, wAe was suA.
denly taken III Win apDsaaiatas.
10 the Sporting Editor;
A 10 playing checkers with .. A
has trapped b. 30 that II he makes his
proper move he viii lose the game. q
refuses to make the move and take A.
checker. but plays differently. 10 q
compelled 70 take AZ checker when hs
10 In such Q positionf On PAodL
. = compelled 70 taas A. shsskss'
To TIE sporting Editor;
Let me know 10 the six-0ay RIDER
| team UP themselves, or are they teamed
up BY the manager OF che 0ardsnf
FROM A slx-DAY SPORT.
A. . rule they team tAsase1ves. e.
esDs when they entered siASly, tAss
tie management doss ne tsam1AS.
| 10 ~ opestins Editor:
am asaray seventeen years Of en-
IN 4 ~ 4 hahM ~ ~ 1slo4 .
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Z TO longer can It BE- said that the
IN Federal League - not progress
4 Ing. Two weeks ato they got
the pres associations to Sand out no.
tees every time . big isagusf had bsen
wsansd away from the organised" fold
and were thankful. Now they get the
same amount Of space for merely max
Ing IN offer. Some progress. Ell?
The nrst thing you know this mys-
terious Mr.. Gilmore u going to make
Charley Ebbets md Charlie Murphy.
our srstwhAe publicity champions. take
in their signs.
Note the change IN methods: When
the Fsds began their negotiations with
Joe Tinker the air Of secrecy around
Chicago was 20 thick you could out II
with Q knife. Even after Joseph had
planked his John Hancock on the pager
the news was dealt out ginserly. And
many Of the sporting writers refused
to believe Il then!
Now. in less than q month. Mr.. OIL
more decides All OF q sudden, Just liAe
cry he sends for telegraph blanks. car
bon paper. . messenger boy and re-
porters. I'm the presence OF all" comes
over the wire. he wrote the message
Offering Ty Cobb $4,000 for five years
work. S1S. 900 to b paid In cash and the
other placed in sscrow"-escrow mean
ing where he can get At It II he dslivera
, the goods. Mr.. Gilmore . learning
rapidly.
Behold the air OF secrecy gone and
the news out before Tyrus Cobb has
any inkling OF what 10 coming to
Georgia. So sudden was this thought
that the teleRram was sent to the wrong
city In Georgia and the people Of koyl-
ston. Ty's homo town. have yet 70 hear
Of It. especially Ty. But Gilmore gets
the I'D" just the same.
Mr.. Gilmore says he did this under the
impression that Cobb had not yet signed
q contract with Detroit. But the Fed
erM League President Doesn't need ia
offer an excuse. Ty u for that kind Of
stun, hook line and sinker. He would
dicker with them considerably. but for
one thing. Ty 10 usually q man OF his
word, and two weeks ago he told Presi'
dent Navin. Of Detroit. that he was per-
fectly satisfied with his contract for the
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coming year. The ngurs - announced
by both Ty and Nj. Nav1n was 1,0oo-
pretty close to the money offered By
9resldsnt Gilmore.
This new system Of calling In The r.
porters when an offer y to DO made to
. player may serve to bring up the
space average to what II was two weeks
ago when the big leaguers were signing
If Il will only last. Anyway, q saves
the scribss . lot Of trouble.
Or. Gilmore. ~ the way, q trsaAhs
on dangerous ground. what DO you
suppose Joe Tinker. Otto Knabe, Aords-
cal Brown and others are going to say
when they md out that another player
has been offered much moro than they
got to give the new league . stArts
b. Stewart Quckenfuss. at one time
president and part owner Of the g.
Louis National club. 10 In town looking
after some theatrical interests and TAX
ing quite an intorsst In the Federal
League. Ths report that Mr.. Mucken-
fuss has been looking for q site for q
team on Long Island 10 not exactly true,
but he firmly believes that Q club over
there would mako money II II hsd the
right kind Of people behind .t-and some
good players.
"Ths Federal League Ia popular n IT.
Louis" says Mr.. Mucksnfuss, land
there 10 no doubt that the club there will
do good business. When I hear pso.
pie say that tho new league has no
chance II reminds me Of the days when
We laughed ct them out IN st. Louis for
telling u that the American League was
going TO put In . club and take some
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Cutler Wins 14.l Title by
4 Points From YunaadU
Final Game Of Series at New Style Billiards Attracts Large
crowd-Many Believe Latest Thing Il Too DfRcut
for Average Tournament Player.

best run wNs q. also made on Monday.
Strange ~ II may sesm. both men
were less nervous on the opening days
play than any ume during the match.
A. the match prosresssd they became
% ANXIOUS over ehs prospects Of win
ming the first N.l game on record that
their playing suffered A. . result.
Although the score was nip and tuck
al the way In last nights play and CON-
ssQusntiy interesting 70 the spectators on
this account. the work Of both men was
far below the average. frequently their
playing being real amateurish.
During the dosing innings Of last
nights block Of three hundred the mon
aid nothing except safety play. Once
Yamada failed to hit the object balls
at all, and twice he faMed to Get them
out OF balk.
Originally ne men intended 70 play
Q $500 point game. but. a. can be seen
ended with . total Of 3.s] for Cutler
and $50 for Yamada. despite the fact
that ono OF them ran 900 points each
day, they decided that the match would
he too long drawn out II they ran out
1850 points.
with each man having two blocks to
his credit. record breaking crowd
turned out for last nght's play. but
the work OF both men was far below
the standard they established early In
the match.
Yesterday afternoon Cutler started on
Ike . whiriwind. making consecutive
runs Of 3 and q. Yamada made s upon
his first appearance at the table. but IN
| the next inning failed to got Q point.
Frequently during the afternoon both
mon failed to mako . point
The Afternoons work wound up with
Cutler 800 and Yamada iH.
With . large share Of the gate ~
ceipts and . purse at stake. both men
In the sixth inning the Jap did tho
most telling execution. running OF s..
using his left hand most Of the time
He fell down on Q shot that you would
lbet that Il would have been impossible
for him to have missed. The total for
the day was Cutler 500. Yamada ~.
1t 10 the hpinion Of experts, despite ais
close playing against tho Hubite. that
me Jap will never make a good al
player. a. II 10 too bard for him. The
1872 game u his forte. and until he learns
how to play open shots better he'll never
mako much headway at al.
1.-THE new game 10 too dlncult." said
Cutler. winner Of the nrst match. How
ever. II would be wise to suspend judG-
ment on II until after the tournament
In March. when every ones eyes will be
rivetsd on Hoppe. who may md POSI-
, Siiities in Il that haven't been seen by
any Of % yet For myself think tina,
II 10 harder than the Isl game, and Il
will never be popular among the ord
nary players"
Some parlor owners consider the new
game altogether too dificuit for en-,
. amateurs and therefore impossible 4
make popular.
I II 10 the general opinion tha& the sish,
! anchor spaces Of inches each. with
; the iA-inch baiklins all around the table
. make the game entirely too hard. A
. player has not only got to drive tn,
: bah out Of baak every time. but outsid,
Of the AnCAor spaces ~ well.
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-o Asbsrt q. Cutler Of Boston ~
ionss Me honor Of winning the
4 Arst public match played any.
where m he world q 1A<nch baikiins'
Ghe< IN. biliiArds He won the dsoid-
,ng book OF his contest against ro5i
Yamads, the japanese expert These
two stars played five day.. yst at the
finish there were only four points ar
ference between their grand totals.
The Beslsalan made . total Of ana.
whiis ne Jap got 1.sFo This v un-
Aeutts4iy sas Of ne closest battles In
he history Of the bainains sams and
u viii be . long time before another
mateh Of ~ kind 10 seen. Cutler. with
Q run a ~ On the opening day. was the
AtSh maa 81 ths encounter. Yamada's
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Sport Queries Answered.

pounds. In the past year and . half
have grown about inches taller and
gained Is pounds. Can II be Tn Just
beginning to gain weight and height?
Please give your opinion on gaining
weight and height. JACK COLLIDE.
Apparently.
10 TIE Sporting Editns;
DID willie Bsschsr ever hght Leach
Gross; whore and whom and who got
the dscisionf PHILLIPS.
Gross s.a DssoAss fought two no.
lsoAsion bouts I. Kew York, the Asst
time Yeb. ~, 1914, AAa Feb. %. ae1o.
10 the Sporting Editors
What was the exact date. month And
year on which the memorable battle be-
tween Robert Fitssimmons and Jack
Dempsey took placef J. l..
Jan. IL, 1854; thirteen rounds.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-17

III NS& 0A 98N ynO u01VyWOlBuv Oh
sssttiA who Wa hrst brought out
By Tommy Burns. the sx-heavy-
weight champion. and who has fought
With good succsss In Australia, but
since his return from that country was
knocked out BY Sam Lansford IN Cali
fornia In 6ve rounds. will make his first
appearance IN . bout In the East ct the
vairm0nt A. c. IN the Bronx tonight.
He will meet Jim CoYsy. the dublin
Giant" IN the main svsnt of ten rounds.
This dght meAns great deal to Lester.
for az he can beat Coffey he will get
on many bouts with the other white
hopes" but II no 10 defeated he might
Just a. well pack up and 20 back to
his home.
Tommy Murphy h uniucky. Tommy
was matched twice to battle Willie
Richie for the lightweight champion
ship In San Francisco. but RItchie met
with injuries both times. which called
for . postponsment Of the contest.
Ritohis's physician has advised him not
TO attempt to nght again for several
weeka and Willie has called on the
night for good.
Sailor Pstroskey. the middleweight OF
San Francisco. has been stricken with
an attack OF appendicitis. and his
twenty round bout with Jimmy Csabby
OF Milwaukee. which was to have been
fought at Tom AoCarsy's opsn.aiI
arena at Vernon. Cal. Tonight. has
bssn postponed iodsdnitely.
Tom O'Rourks has succeeded IN sign.
Ing up two good fighters for the nsxi
show Of his club. the National Sporting
Club. on nsxt Monday night. The pr!n'
cipals are Jack Britton Of CHICAGO and
Nike Glover OF Boston. They fought
great ten.round bout at the Irving
A. g. Of Brooklyn on Thanksgiving Day
!. 4,:s:sst 3:::.:s 49, ~: :.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-17
HOGAN LOSES IN BOUT
WITH GILBERT GALLANT,

SALT LAKE. Utah. Jan. N.-0nbsrt
Gallant Of Boston won . twsnty-round
decision last night over "Ons Round'
Hogan OF San Francisco. Gallant was
Hogan's master with the exception OF
three rounds. when the once former
demon OF the prise ring found his range
with his mighty right. Hogan closed
oallants left eye In the tenth round.
but Gallant almost won by . knockout
In the fourteenth. when he swung nush
on Hogan's Jaw with oack,haudsI
after missing Vicious swing With the
eems glove. He lifted Hogan clear %
bio fsst and the isttsf We - be eael
" $1,000 x ~ ian11mn@
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Federal Leaguers Use Name of Ty Cobb
When Publicity Ammunition Gives Out
COBB WON'T SAY WHAT
HE'LL DO ABOUT THAT
$4,000 'sFED." OFFER.

AUGUSTA. Ca. Jan. lily Cobb
was told at Royston to-day that the
Federal League Club IN Chicago had
offered him $4,000 for i've years.
with the nrst years salary to %
paid IN advance. Cobb said he did
not care to make Q statement until
he returned TO Augusta, Tuesday or
wednesday. "Tl tell you all about
Il then" sad no: but did NOT in.
Innate what no would DO.
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CHAMPIONS MEET TO.NI0HY
IN PASTlME A. c. GAMES.

Three hundred athletes will comnats
In the various events so-nignt n ths
carnival to be held by the Pastime A. e
In the armory Of the Seventy-Arst Rsed.
ment. Some Of the entrants are AIvah
=. Meyer. Hannes Kolehmainsn, INV
Kramer. Abel Kiviat. Sid Leslie, JasnSs
RosenberSer. HAL Holland, No1H0v
Lennon and William Anderson. eli ho1.
srs Of championship titles. -.
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usovss Hayes Dsasa.

WILKEsBARRE. Pa. Jan. H.-Frank
Burke Of Wilkes Barre. decistvely bea,
Grover Hayes IN . tsn-round battle las,
nlght- Burke had . great left handler
an1 3aboe1 centinuahy. crossing over
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-17
YALE SWIMMERS
WIN FROM C. C. n. Y.

NEW HAVEN. Jan. N.-Ine annual
swimming meet between Yale and the
City College Of New York was won by
score Of 70 to Z, and also the water
polo match by . score OF 80 to 3. Capt.
Roberts Of Yale was unable to COM
pete. but ths team showed briniant form
without him. Gould winning easily In
the 0o-yard dash and 4coragor scor-
Ing hrst In the fancy dive The % and
100 yard races were the most exciting
and closely contested. Yale won hrst
place In al the eventA
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Iron Masks Six Furlongs in 100 3-5
Puts Him in Class With SnZunt0r

present meeting 10 over with the dis
tnction Of At hast having lowered Ssi.
vator's mile record. and Do Il on Q
circular track. -
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~ nto ho1r 0oo0y curlod ana Q
sz1sssh. innocent. blushing faea when
- esxsa - wore neatly jaundsrsd
VA(oo tsunks end . Srsety AaC belt N
evpl1 way rrahk OrsoedkeA Q strong
eea(5oDe - the rougA ana ready spsei.
0ooo uoaauy oesa IN 0aa Yransiooo
49, u thees Aays.
Dee1Ally hs Drsssotsk . contrast 70
AWh1aA Who always oeeksA little
- - WAe lgnsAeA ~ haar Iowa
~ - 1ssshsad h WAT We used -
. . sbasteaAsr0 taAv." aaa who
- sase WAA& M Of Q sun hs
~ - ie0G - - SouiA ~ Q left
~ 0Ves. AAwh1As tought Win .
0DUone Sus1 - ~ ~ NAA Q essoeiously
ollG1ne - vAisA vas shasvay &siaagi.
- - - 9 Q ~. Ana VAsa -
oo0ao 0Ahs -.
teANoNGleeoro LETT HAND WAL.
loeo oAUNigo osoAoTGR.
0bo1DvR hWe1ns pososses1 -
- sDsso1vs DaasA svs ~ ~ en-
0G11A n ~ Saeas left ~ ieekeA
80 - ~ AAAs1 NE ~ & iron.
Il ~ - - ssasA cut slVway WIN hi
~1 = ~ ~ M. = S-asA
~ ~ ~. -,eSS = -
-. e.,,c-s. 80. ~
+ - 80 S.,,....s = -.
~ ~ vItA . ossuIis, vSap-ensD.
- as4ea. TAs ssoasisaA SGaAl1 veal
- - 4 As'l Sesu Oerusk Ovse ~
~ - . baAek5aek Deeoese 0es
s ~ - d. oees 80 eeAstA S1aAsssy
- e00 eeeea1s With ~ essW. a.
- - . nuno1 - eeAe1 revele
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oeeoeesosV 49, Sesemo WV
- e0nnDs Ne oev3 UeSeeeAeS.
UsNAk - mGw al abest tAat vi
- ~ Sooo ~ - Wat0A See n, ~
- 0lDunNs OAAs HAWKINS would hnoy
- - 2a1rhins "a tsy ~ sigAi
= ~ ~ = ~,oA 4 raaAt A. anvAoAy.
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Ss ~~S ~ ~
~
- - - = .eoe vsseaSu. y
- Bogo wat TnnsenG - was se'A
eoeooA - DeA hte'e etseneea w
= e htsaling 70 DSn has guard Aovs
n nv Days Siovs standing almol
se1r - De air rust beyond he hsockln
foeoarn ApA the next thing taat cam
~, ~. a&tention v.s ths voioe Of IN
res~,o> .svin. "aaven"i
.C S..~ 49, -u.. Al,
eWsso W~e SeVoe " '"s I~"'
OF NOD.
Ujttlng close 70 the ring. staring U
- ,nAsr the rop~s. I saw rust what Hru
"A 49, .rN N..c,ih~d N m. sf,srv.r,
= irsed ana his s'oved INST dropped ov'
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POly Prep DANES.

Mel Sheppard viii try for . new REQ
ord at the games Of the Polytechnic
Regiment Armory. Fourteenth street
and Eighth avenue. Brooklyn. Tonight
No has eAtsre0 ne Soo-yard evsot
1oooA = ~ &1Ss111oA ANnQoA = \
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WHEN FRANK ERNE LANDED
|f0N DIAL HAWKINS It WASN'T
! NECESSARY TO COUNT TEN
Buffalo Youngster Was a Champion
Who Had Everything, as He
Proved Against Californian.
UNTOLD TALES OF THE RING

es Of fighters
neds
~ VIII continued these isast twice
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- Francisco the night Of March 1892
aacisco fresh from wsuround
Oded written
evsrns He
vnsshsd his trimming But shiss
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me ute from KID Lavigne oy sheer
aggressive cleverness. outpointing
he invincibie Saginaw KID % far IN
twenty rounds that the referee was
forced TO give . decision that carried
he championship with T.
still there was more than clever
ness In Frank Erne. He was Q gsnu-
the fighter. with everything . cham
Zion should have.
I was lucky enough to see the fight
0at proved nrns . coming champion
"a fighter who could fight liks Q
champion when the odds we're ten 70
one against him. and win out.
~ ~aa NN ala VfooA~aeA d
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espyrsht Publishing ThS World.
oXlN0 skl slowly coming again. but It will probably be
ioas champion shfty
ghtwghts 1899
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Offering Georgia Peach $4,000
Only Thing That Could Keep
the Pot Boiling for Another
Bay.
BIZ B0zenaan Bssl0ev.

70 longer can It b said that the
IN Federal League - not progress
4 y Ing. Two weeks ato they Cot
Evening journal., 1914-03-09
MUCH EXPECTED
OF HARRY J. S.

The New York sun Of Saturday
contained comendaiory article Of
Harry J. s. the we'll known trotter
Of Harry J. Stoeckle, OF this city. lit
reads
Turfmen everywhere haye wonder
ed just how good horso tho stall
lion Harry J. S. would be If entirely
prepared for and raced ON the mile
tracks. For two year ~" has been
tho most ;alked-about rf AZ the half
mile track race horses In 1917 he
won eight races and last year he
was quite the chsmpice pr ihc Metro
poliian Circuit winniry races al
Hohoku. Empire City. Molroe. Troy
and Orangeburg, in which he won
fourteen heats on the half-m'le
tracks at an average of 2.iS.
When tried out on q milo track he
led Lord Dewey, Judson Carl Reu-
sens and Star Winter until within
few feet of the wire In heat that
was trotted in zoo 3-t. 81 u is be-
lieved that when he is trained to step
all the way through the long home
stretch he will be a splendid race
horse. Harry J. S. is only six years
old, and is by Admir'l Dewey.
2.04 ga He was bred and is owned
by II. J. Stoeckle, of Wilmington,
Del
Evening journal., 1914-03-09

Frank Raymond Golterman, manager
of the Pioneers baseball team of the
City League, has issued the first call
for practice on the Concord Heights
diamond for Saturday afternoon.
Dutch as he is better known in
local sport has promised tho fol-
lowers of the Pioneers winning
team and has been working wonders
for that organization the past three
or four years During the seasons Of
1907 aud 1905 Dutch" held down a
backiield position on the Wilmington
High School team. His great work
for the Cherry and White will long
be remembered
Last year he acted in the capacity
OF all around sport promoter of the
b. p. l.. A. He believes that with
the material that is procurable. the
Pioneers will make a strong bid for
the City League pennant and the
Fred X Felt cup He has a number
OF last seasons men back, and with
an additional few. hopes to accom-
plish the desired results. "a pennant
for the Pioneers eN ktF
Big Bin"t Connor. the former du-
Pont An-Wilmington League first
basemaD was the first man to sign a
Pioneer. contract. Billpeeds but little
Introduction to the local fans. Besides
being a clever first station man, he
holds a record for base stealing and
also has hitting qualifications of a
higher berth. Eddie Maloney, of whom
much is expected, will again hurl 'em
over the pan 10 catcher Stlenle.
tom" Lyman will be seen cavortine
around shortstop pat Healey is
striving to land an outheld berth
"Bill" Dugan. who led the team I'm hit
ting last season. will also be seen on
the inheld Prospects are bright fol
successful season for the Pioneers
and ir Manager Dutch Golterman
lives mp TO his promise the pennani
will float over the Pioneers rooms
this season.
II will be remembered that during
the championship series, which we're
held at Concord Heights last season
the Pioneers put up a strong fight