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The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
FuNertOn,s Dope

Releasing Mordecai Brown on the
grounds that he is too good fellow
to be a good manager must have caus-
ed few dozen other managers "a
wrinkle their brows and wonder what
Il meant
With six White Sox holding the
last six places In the American
league batting averages we think we
have found one reply for the annual
and insistent question
They start ball games at Saskatoon
at o'clock p. m. What an alibi those
lucky married guys up there have
when they play extra innings.
job PrintinE Dome Right. Times
Printing CO., IL John R.-st
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
Biggest improvement In Game is In Unnpning
Compent

one faction or the other always vas
protesting some umpire, the work OF
the arbiters was poor Ban Johnson
was the pioneer ia the discovery that
the public does not like kicking, de-
lays ana squabbles. He drove John
McGraw out of the American league
by constant punishment for offenses
on the field, and the National league
received him and permitted him TO
continue his tactics.
Johnson's club owners did not agree
with him entirely. RE punished the
Chicago club severely and Fielder
Jones thought unjustly for their at
tacks on umpires President Comis.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
BY HUGH \. FULLERTON

VITHAT. in your opinion, is the
Wv biggest Improvement in base
bail I'm the last decade?
II you will think a moment you will
reply that II Is the umpiring. You
VIII be correct, II has taken the Fed.
eral league to reveal 20 us by con.
trast what an Improvement there has
been IN the major leagues. especially
since the coming OF the American
league The FedeFsls are having
much trouble with their umpires. and
VIII continue TO have IL, unless Presi.
dent Gilmore adopts the tactics OF b.
B. Johnson and suppresses kicking
and rowdyism
The umpiring in the major leagues
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
COLLFGTAN Will JOIN
CHICAGO CUBS TODAY

PHILADELPHIA. June 19--Short.
stop Saunders, OF Holy Cross univer.
sity. was TO join the Cubs here today.
and get an immediate trial Saunders
is one of several collegians Cub
scouts have rounded mp for Manager
O'Day
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
Washington Club at eayety.

Members OF the Washington team
will attend the Gayety theater in a
body. Friday night Several boxes
have been reserved for them. and
some new stage material will be
offered for their particular amuse-
ment n will be followed by a re
ception on the stage.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19

TW0-Ddse -McBride. Three be az
hit crawford. Home Run--Kavanagh
Sacrifice hits-Moriarty, Burns. stan
age. Sacrihce hy-Neach Stolen
hasess Bush Morgan Double plaYs1
Bush and Burns: Gandil Mcbride ana
iandil. Left on bases-DetroIt 2.
BY pubuc 2: by Johnson. Strnol
out--By Dubuc, 3. by Johnson rime
-l:St Umpires--Chill and Sheridan
Attendance-6 267
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
SOUTH MICHIGAN LEAGUE
STANDING.
Yesterdays Results.

Flint. . Kalamazoo. ..
Bay city. Il Battle Creek, Q. al
inningsD
Adrian 8 Jackson, 4
Lansing Toledo. game played We'd
nesday.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
Todny's Games
FEDERAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Yrsterdny's Results.

CHICAGO. 3. Pittsburgh ,. 10 innings
Kansas city, 2. Baltimore, o.
Indianapolis. , Bunalo, j.
BROOKLYN 6. st, Louis, T.
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has improved wonderfully since John
son declared il his fixed principle 10
suppress all kicking and rowdyism. It
is not that the umpires are better
men. Their work is better because
they no longer are hampered and an
noyed by the players. The worst um.
piring OF the old days usually result
ed from umpires being ratified" and
harassed until they Numbered worse
and worse. have seen even such
men as Gaffney, Emslie and O'Day. all
magnificent umpires, so upset that
they scarcely knew whether the play
was at home or at first. Relieved OF
this strain and insured OF support by
the league, they improved immedi-
ately.
In the old National league. when
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
STANDING.
Yesterdays Results

Louisville. 6 Kansas City. 0.
Indianapolis. 3 Milwaukee. 3.
Colun bus. 3: Minneapolis. T.
Cleveland, 6: ST Paul. 4.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Ycsterdn,'s Results.

Montreal. > Baltimore, 2
Providence. -. 3; Rochester. ., 8.
Toronto. 3 (. Newark. 2
Buffalo. IS Jersey City ;.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
NcstcrdnN's Rrsults.

Philadelphia, II; Chicago, y
Pittsburgh. 4 New York, J,
st Louis. 6. Boston. 0.
Cincinnati q Brooklyn, 4.
Todny's Games.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
ST. Louis at Boston.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
Standings
Yesterdn, = Results

Yesterday Results
Detroit. 4 washington,
81. Louis. s. Philadelphia, D,
Boston. S. Chicago, 0.
New York Cleveland; rain
TOdny's Games.
Washington At Detroit
Philadelphia at St Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at CLEVELAND.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
MICHIGAN STATE LEAGUE
sTANDIN
Rernlts

NICnistee. s; Traverse City, B.
Cadillac, s. Ludington. Q.
Boyne City. 10; Muskegon, >.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
CENTRAL LEAGUE
STANDING.
NenterdnN'n Result

Springfield. 2. Fort Wayne. 1
Evansville. s. Dayton. o
Terre Haute, 2; Grand Rapids /.
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MEDIATION BLASTED
ARMY'S CAMP PLAN
Scheme Was to Occupy q
Plateau About so Miles
From Vera Cruz.
IDEAL SPOT FOR ADVANCE
American Forces Were Landed
Mt Vera Cruz TO Proceed
to the Site.
IDEAL SPOT FOR ADVANCE

Army plans tina, had been maturing
s,n,. ,o,o ,,h.- a.. .,.sr,,,t.., -. TO-.
-. o VI ''
'e"''on III "eN'co 'fst arose' came 10 an
abrupt and surprising halt the diplo-
matte negotiations In Washington sdd-
denly res,,lted in a, armi,,,ce occord,,,
- st., .,,.,.,. 20 20
us" AIMING "'"' o'"ur VINO nus
oeen IN close touch win the war Depart
mcnt at the capital.
Since 1910 IL has been tho plan NJ tba
srrv chies, 4, ,,.or nm ,,,.a.,o,, ., ,,.wt.a
-, 800. ~ - "a '''e"'.o
s''o''" oeeo'"o necessary. not 10 STOP IN
vera cruz which they characterize as n
pest hole, but to proceed. after seizinR
that mort. about ATTY miles inland % n
ri,,oa, aho,,, onn o., -. 10y. =,
"1' '''Vo .'e' "'"Eo sea 'eNe'
where u camp couio pe established under
ideal climatic and sanitary conditions and
communication retained with a base at
| the coast and with warships I'm the har.
| Dor
The marines and sailors. IL ia declared
were landed Mt Vera Cruz With that in
tention. but the a Il c mediation MAN AVID
| the subseou.nt artnistice changed IN, al,
! uation of things 40 abruptly that tho arm
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A few nights ago Lieut.. Ingram ar
ranged for the services OF two dancing
girls of the Olympia Theatre, Vera Cruz,
now occupied by American soldiers With
their impresario they came aboard after
supper and though one OF them was hor-
rlbly seasick after rolling through the
swels both proceeded to do their utmost
to please the bluejackets. They We're
embarrassed by their success, for once
on the stage erected on the deck the
sailors would not let them off.
They had but two songs and dances
to which the three native musicians could
accompany them, and the deafening
cheers of the bluejackets after each was
rendered compelled them to repeat over
and over and over again until they were
rescued from exhaustion by the officers
In charge.
But 1t Is not all play for the blueJacket
at Vera Cruz. by good deal. The boat
crews running to shore and to other ships
are on duty day and night All sorts OF
repairs are under way. while ships are
being freshly painted within and without
Every afternoon all the sailing boats are
put over the side and the crews drilled
In elementary seamanship: but also every
afternoon a swimming party goes ashore
from each ship. for the instruction of those
who have not qualified AS swimmers, while
those who have qualified are permitted
to splash over the ships side at every
evening and at In the morning.
| Shore leave has been given tho last
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$50 MORE TO QUIT MEXICO CITY
Women. children and the Disable d
to TO to Puerto Mexico,

NAsHiNGroN, May Another special
rcfuE,e train viii leave Mexico city in
'wo days, she Brazilian Minister there
informed tine STATE department to-day.
ana will take go Americans to Puerto
Mexico where they will embark for the
United States
Tie state Department pointed out to-
Gay that most OF the refugees on this
train would be women children and dis
7hled Americans, who would oe unable Ia
walk over the breaks in the Vera Cruz
Nno. All ahlebodied persons are being
sent by the Vera Cruz route. however.
About 500 Americans vino desire To re-
main in Mexico city have registered at the
Brazilian legation. Minister Cardosa an
t<ipated that about 1000 Americans will
decide 10 remain. The American Hospital
u 20 be kept open for the present. the
brazilian Minister seeing no good reason
Tor closing H.
Consul Guayant OF san Quentin re-
norted today his safe arrival az san
Diego with thirty-egnt refugees from his
district, About thirty declined to accom-.
pany him to the United States. The situa.
ton there IS reported tranquil.
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MEXICAN RAIDS IN TEXAS.
. state Rangers Report Deprcda lions
Along the Border,

vi pAso. Ten, May Estate Ranger
Commanders along the border report an
increase In Mexican depredatiOns on the
Texas sid" ~ the boundary Armed Next
cans frequently cross the border, rob
Texan ranches or villages and escape to
ne Mexican side before they can be APP
pretended
capt j, J. Sanders Of the Ranger force
~ Laredo reports that armed Mexicans
nave made u series of raids In Zapata
county rnbhing a number OF American
.LiWs and ranches. In Jim Hogg county
MeNICauS are recruiting forces for service
a.'nS the border, believed by the Sheriff
OF the county 10 he bandit bands.
AZ Meu,va, near Laredo, bandits have
-dl'ed much trouble on the American
S'ne and an the Big Bend country Rangers
report numerous incursions Of MeXicans
and many rObberics The State Ranger
force Ia unable 10 prevent the Mexican in.
."''""s the entire force being less chan
forty men.
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HUERTA TO PUNISH
SLAYERS OF PARKS
Promises to Bring Guilty to JUS
ticc "If Murder Charge
Is Sustained"
TWO OTHERS PUT TO DEATH
Uoadlcy. American, and Will
iams. Englishman, Killed
bv McXicans.
TWO OTHERS PUT TO dealt

p.,.rSSroN. May iS.--A formal pro-
IA ..at t.. men responsible Tor the exec,-
y. .,,r ai samuel Parks. private In Gen.
p,,.i5a,s command. will be punished II
~. murder charge Us sustained was re-
.tlyed to-day ~ tho state Department
,-,r ,as Mexican Foreign office. The in
,sNscn,c was communicated through the
B-st.i.an Minister IL Mexico civ.
The Minister Of Foreign Affairs was
careful FL, a,oid acknowledgment that there
are grounds FOR tie suspicious of the
r-,ei states authorities that Parks was
Killed inside the Mexican lines without
any cour:-martial.
Huertl already has Informed this ccy-
,rnmen' shat he is investigating the mat
,o- His promise to-day that the guilty
rar,es % there are any. will he punished
vas intended t0 meet the forceful demands
o,thls Government which have amounted
practically To an ultimatum.
Secretary " state Bryan said that he
. has heard nothing further In the Parks
case and that 10 further representations
On ME behalf had been made by the United
states Government
also informed the state Department to-
day that he had received full confirmation
o, the murder Of g Il. Hoadley, an Amer
lean. and e. T.. Williams, an Englshmau,
at tie z, Favor mine near Guadaiajara-
.iaiisco
Waiter Neal and Patrlcl- Baird, both
Americans. were wounded at the same
tine bv Mexican employees N the mine
and are now under treatment ut Guada-
lajara. The Mexican Government has
promised to make a minute Investigation
81 this outrage also, the Minister Informed
the State Department
u addition to this Investigation the
Mexican Federal Government promised
through the same channel of commune 10
,ion 10 make through inquiry into the fc-
tention Of an American family name 1
Smith, ten members Of which have been
held prisoners AZ Tomala f1r two weeks.
rhey are charged with shooting three
'nembtrs Of a Mexican mob wnlch at
tempted 70 enter their house.
The British Nicc-Consul at Tuztla has
0een ask I'd to send messenger to Tomala
10 ala IN securing the release OF the family
and furnish them with funds II he Is sue
cassfIl iu doing so.
The Brazilian Minister stated IL as his
opinion to-day that Consul Snlimau. who
Is reported to have been released from
prison in Saltillo. is safe and would have
arrived ir Mexico city by this time n II
we're not for the interrupted railway com
iurcation between Mexico city and Sar
Luis lotosi. which has not reen repaired
TIE line to Saltillo is said to have beer
cut also
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NEW WAR AEROPLANE TESTED.
Governments Machine for Military
Scouting shipped Here.

) a ID, McCurdy. the aviator, returned
70 Ne" York from Hammondsport yes
l.Foay where he has been taking official
observations for the War Department of
I"e lights Of "A new tractor biplane built
ny Glenn h. Curtlss on order from the
War Department.
carrying pilot and a passenger the
machine made maximum speed of sew
euty three miles an hour and a minimum
o. for'r-tour miles. II climbed 300 fee,
q minute. The machine il designed par
tanlSry for military scouting with the
rtsseugers seat in front of the pilot Il
WI be shipped to New York Tomorrow
ana held here for further orders from thC
Government.
Nj McCurdy was selected to observ,
'ho tests. rs the army iilers are now a
Galveston.
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Even Bring Back Goats.

Parrots have come aboard by the score.
with a few canaries and dogs and goats.
Strange and sticky Mexican connections OF
sugar and cocoanut have been brought
, alongside almost by the ton. to be dis
tributed among those not so fortunate as
to win out in the drawings for shore leave
Mexican baskets. red pottery. blankets
and even the gaudy pictures OF which
the Mexican peon is SO fond are now
decorating secluded spots about the ships.
Apparently there is nothing the blue
Jacket will not buy II he is invited and
has the price
Ashore in his captured city the blue
Jacket Is king. In his neat white dress
uniform and black neckerchef, well set
up. with fresh complexion and clear eye
he Is a sight good to behold in contrast
with the slouching. dirty and understood
MeNicans. There IL not q corner OF the
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Fair Play Exhibited.

frankness sometimes embarrassing
marks their expressions of opinion, but
on the other hand there is no finer eN-
hibition of the true sporting spirit of
fair play than the total absence OF parh-
sanship when there is boxing bout on
In the ring. No Indications OF friend
ships or animosities are given as two or
their mates try to maui each other with
the boxing gloves; only howls OF glee'
as either contestant gets blow nome
with resounding thwack
on the night before the Arkansas
reached Vera Cruz the Arkansas had
what proved to be the last moving picture
show for two Of the ships company who
fell at Vera Cruz two days later. Con-
nected with one of the boxing bouts OF
the programme is a story worth telling.
Lieut.. Jonas H., Ingram. former navy
football star and coach. who has charge
| OF the athletics and crew amusements or
! the Arkansas was responsible.
As he was passing along the deck In
| the afternoon he heard two men or his
| division quarrelling. one. who had NOT
! been selected to Join the landing parties.
was venting his irritation on slighter
| youth who was to go ashore.
| You're not big enough 10 go ashore.
| he said. That's mans Job and why
they let you in Is IA wonder"
well I'm just big enough to lick the
sturYinc out OF YOU" was the retort, and
in another second the two. both OF them
youngsters under twenty. would have
been at II.
Ingram collared them both. and noti'
fed them they could fight It out in the
| ring at the Happy Hour" as the ships
| entertainments are called. He told then
that the one who showed up the best II
the ring would go ashore. with the re-
| suit that the two youngsters. neither
OF whom had ever had on the gloves be
fore, went at their mill with bloody IN
tent.
Their rgnt was a scream for all hands
but both showed admirable pluck and
grit. with the result that Lieut.. ingram
took both into his landing party L
should be said here that the gloves usec
in the navy boxing matches are large
and soft no one Is ever hurt, and jeal
ousies arc prevented by the absence o
any decisions, except In the case of inter
ship contests.
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opportunity for an almost unlimited ex-
change OF movie films between ships.
To the landsman. however. the audience
at these shows is the most interesting
feature OF the spectacle ON the Arkansas.
for example. Admiral Badgers flagship.
and one of the giants Of the fleet, second
only to the New York. ii Is a scene long to
be remembered when the after deck is
transformed into theatre. Atop the OK
treme after turret the screen IL rugged.
with the band just in front of II, and then
boxing ring, also used as a vaudeville
stage.
officers are honored with chairs "at the
ringside." but above their heads are hun
dreds OF bluejaCkets with much finer seats.
The upper works OF the ship are com
pletely hidden, bluejackets covering the
turret tops, sitting astrjde the twelve inch
guns. and crowGng the great cage masts
They are the real gallery gods, the court
of last decision from whose verdicts The
performer has no appeal
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city SO remote but what he is TO be found
there, usually bargaining for something
to eat, drink or take home.
The money changers are doing thriv-
Ing business, while for the small store
keepers and street vendors IL Is real
harvest. The bluejacket has nothing
cheap about him every afternoon strings
of coaches go to the wharf where the
liberty parties land sure Of getting plenty
, ~ fares as soon as the SAILORS have pro-
yided themselves with Mexican cigars Tor
according to the latter's opinion one does
not attain real dignity and anluencs py
riding in a coach unless smoking ois
black cigar
Vera Cruzans have been quick to learn
the blueiackets' tastes, and II sometimes
seems as II at least half the population
| had gone into the merchandising business,
| looking for the soldiers and sailors
| money. Establishments are changing
their signs from Spanish to English. or
adding English spoken" TO their adver-
tIserncnts. though the fac: usually is that
their English is limited to knowledge OF
Uncle Sans coinage.
sorry 90 Lose u. =. Trade.
II will break the heart of the people o.
| Vera Cruz II the American flag Is hauled
| down, that Is. the mass OF the people, wno
| live TO keep alive. Never before has TINS
city seen so much money as mas peeu
poured into II since the days OF the hght'
ing Those already set w in business are
| getting rich, while for those not so Tor
! ,une,s employment is daily becoming
| more easily obtainable as the city re-
sponds TO the stimulation OF American
| money. 49,
The money no doubt al FIRST goes into
the lower channels. the little shops. th'
cantinas and restaurants, not to mentor
-. sNnl
| eventually Il will find It's way into th'
banks and form a substantial addition u
III. city's assets, with a consequent stimu
lation OF all forms OF business and indus
try The Vera Cruzan is not so devoted
| 20 his Government as not to prefer Dutte
on his bread.
Is content To be sure. 1t appears 10 b
so, and IL Is being kept busy with the idei
OF giving the men the minimum oppor
tunity for contemplating their troubles
The fleet really wants action. any sort
anywhere, but action. II proved itsel
ashore at Vera Cruz, or at least part o
IL did Those who were ashore feel u
them a new confidence In their powers
while those ships which did not get I'M.
Il want to show that they could have don
as well had they been so fortunate as Z
arrive In time.
! The prospect OF six months at Veri
Cruz, six months of nothing but ship
routine. after the taste OF the real thin
on land. is not pleasing 20 the bluejacke
| any more than II IL to his officer. who
secretly chatting at the present situation.
! The biucjactets do not speak OF watch
fully waiting any more when referring I
the policy OF Washington. They have In
/ vented true sailor phrase for II, express
s,ve but permissible only on the fringe @
pollte society and At the end OF this letter
Any one who has had eten the most hrie
experience at sea will understand VIVA
the bluejacket means when he refers {
the Washington policy az splitting {
wlndward."
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Signals Sent From shore.

Close to the horizon tiny yellow lights
bob to and fro. as ships steamers race
from ship to shore and from vessel to
vessel. For the most part the fleet Is busy
with strictly It's own affairs. which re-
qulre an infinite amount OF silent sig
Mailing. but once In while one will see
answering wnks from signal lights on
some roof In the city while the pale beam
of the revolving searchllght on the SAM
dad wharf unsuccessfully vies with the
fleets brilliant illumination.
on some evenings and on some ships
the fleet is really as gay as II looks. The
blue Jacket dearly loves a party, and with
| the relaxatons of peace about Vera Cruz
opportunities for satisfying the desire for
recreation have gradually Increased. Every
| battleship is now a moving picture theatre
| and the presence OF the majority OF the
vessels OF the fleet at Vera Cruz affords
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TO be sent to the front or to the border
without mobilization. A regular army
officer conversant with militia affairs hare
said yesterday that the New York Stats
troops would have probably three months
OF hard drilling and manpuvring nil over
Staten Island and that the regular troops
would not be moved from tho border until
the militia forces are ready to go in as q
reserve OF several field armies
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few days. at fist ca,y twenty-five men
from each ship every afternoon. but grad
ual.y increasing a. ',.c first parties re-
turned with promptncss and in fair con-
dition. AS q result the ships are rapidly
becoming floating menageries and junk
shops. The fleet has been paid since ar
irving at Vera cruz. ana according &c
the bluejackets idea his pockets are only
brief resting places for money.
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.ioRFoLK. May ls.-w. L. Portiock.
chief engineer OF the Old Dominion
steamer Jefferson. who was injured In tina
explosion OF boiler on that ship last
Monday. died to-day He makes the
eleventh victim. His home was IN New
York
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g The Mendel people look to
us, as New York's leading
travel providers, to find their
widest market.