The Washington herald., 1914-01-31
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Georgetown's 1914 football aggregation
will meet the Washington and Lee
eleven in Richmond October II. This
announcement came from Lexington last
night. This will be the first time the
Washington and Lee eleven has played
Georgetown in any other city than
Washington. and will be the first meet
ing since 1872. when the Georgetown
crew won a 20 to 0 game.
Benny Winters the local welter- weight,
who created a good impression in his
one bout at Ardmore, has been matched
with Ford Munger at jenkins Pavilion
Baltimore. next Wednesday night. Win
| tiers is one of the most popular of local
scrappers. and the outcome Of his battle
with Ford Munger will be watched with
| interest by his many friends here. Benny
is claiming the Southern welter-weight
title, and is open to meet any welter-
weight in the East.
While the men behind the Federal
League in Chicago and st. Louis seem
willing to spend their money and are men
OF good standing in their own communi-
ties. the league is rather light on
funds in other quarters-Pittsburgh. for
instance. Jimmy Sheckard, who turned
down an offer to boss the Pittsburgh
team, has the following to say about
his negotiations with the Feds:
held a conference With Mr. Barbour and others
and offered 500 year to manage the club.
told. them that this figure did not suit me- inasmuch
as I knew what they Offering others. They
then Offered s. 10
asked they would guarantee my slary. This
they would not do. When proposed that they bank
my salary in line with what other Federal League
clubs were reported be doing. they refused. Our
conference drifted into talk about organizing club.
had in mind fine array Of players. but when they
told me they considering q salary limit Of So.
ooo told them ] could not see the proposition I
informed them that 5000 would prove made
arate to c.ry the fight they proposed against the
major leagues
In relating this DO not feel though I am BE-
trsying any Confidence They have claimed that L
threw them down and was seeking to hold them up.
did nothing Of the kind. | simply could not
their proposition for $50. and when Mr.. Barbour
wired me for a definite answer wired back NO
This thing has caused me a lot of unpleasantnesx
| Joe Tinker and I have been close friends all
lives but he ansry at me. and Otto
Knabe for not accrIting the Pittsburgh Job.
1t is said that to date President weegh-
man, Of the Chicago club. has personally
guaranteed Tinker's three-year salary,
has paid $4,000 for an option on North
Side property, has promised to build a
s125.Ooo plant on the ground. and has
guaranteed the salaries of Killifer. Cole,
Packard and Brennan.
The Federal Leaguers are making big
business for the railroad and telegraph
companies. They pay expenses of major
league stars to travel from 100 to 900
miles to a city to talk business. In the
long run telegraph tolls would be cheaper,
but the Feds in almost every instance
want their men to come on for a private
talk.
Frank Owens the Minneapolis Associa-
ton catcher, who was drafted by the Ma
tionals last fall, and who has signed a
three-year contract with the Federal
League, is to receive a bonus of 81, 500
1t is said. for quitting organized baseball
Owens has been with the Minneapolis
team for four seasons.
A meeting of the Federal League Is
booked for today in Chicago. In some
circles it has been intimated that today
has been set as the limit by weeghman,
Of Chicago, for the other clubs to make
a complete showdown of just what has
been accomplished.