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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-11

Fine Furnishings
For Men and Boys
Many lots--cach very important.
Mons So Cost Sweaters, SLID
Gray, maroon. Sizes "a to AZ.
Also Boys $3.50 Ruff Neck
Sweaters, $1.16
Mems 60c Suspenders, 26c
Isle elastic web, plated buckles, leather ends.
Mems 26c Scarfs, 16c
Knitted silk, slightly tunbled, and with snail
defects in weave.
Mems Soc Four-in-hands, 26c
Fancy and plain Knitted Silk, some better
grades.
Mems $3.50 Knitted Refers, $3.50
Some were imported and marked $3.50 or
higher.
Mems $3.50 Gloves, $1.05 Pair
Cape, chamois, suede. buckskin, 2-cIasp.
Mems 81 Gloves, $1.36 Pair .
Cape, chamos, mocha, buckskin, soTe i'm
ported.
Mems $1.26 Gloves, CSC Pair
Cape and suede, 2-clasp, some soiled.
Mems 60c and TIC Wooden Gloves,
soc Pair subway. Balcony
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YOUNG COAST STARS
 PLAY COURT CHAMPS
Griffin Winner in Finals, Coast Players Carry Off Other HOnOrs

Cincinnati, July 1S.-Clarence Griffin of
 San Francisco today won the clay court
 championship tennis title from Ella Fot-
 trell, also of San Francisco, by close
 margin 3-6; 6-S; S-6: 60; 6-2 Endurance
 proved the victor. in the match, for at
 one time Fottrell was within single
 point of annexing the honor.
 Fottrell had his man at his mercy
 during the first set. Griffin lost the second set by close margin, but his steady drives along the lines began to tell on the fast tiring Fottrell In the twelfth game of the third set Fottrell took the first three points, thereby being within one point of the championship. Here, however, Griffin rallied, deuced the game. and then won it, making the games 6-6 on the set. By this time Fottrell was almost completely exhausted and 1t re- quired 10-minute rest before he was able to resume play. When he did his efforts were almost pitiful.
 | Miss Mary Browne of Los Angeles also had a struggle in winning the ladies 1 championship. She defeated her sister l Mrs. R. H. Williams of Chicago, but il l required two out of three sets. Miss Browne and her sister, Mrs. Williams also won the ladies' doubles defeating | Miss Mary Lyons of Louisville and Mis-: Marjorie Dodd of Cincinnati.
 l The terrific play in the mems singles wore out both participants to such al extent that Claude Wayne and Ma
 Browne, both of Los Angeles, had rathel an easy time defeating Griffin and Fot trell in the final round in mems doubles
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" HREE BARONS will reJoin
 the majors. Pete Knisely will ! go to the Chicago Cubs on the s25OO option held on the cluo' while Tex" Covington will De yanlxed back by the St. Louis Americans. and Walter Tragesser by the Boston Nationals. An out lay of $500 will send the hrst sacker to the Browns, while Sooo will forward Tragesser to the Braves.
 It is doubtful if either will re- turn to Birmingham. Since the rul- ing has been instituted that all players must be waived on by the two major leagues and the three Class AA circuits before they can return to the Southern Birmlng- hams hopes will be rudely shat tered. Unless some compromise IS effected between the powers or or eanized baseball and the Federals, if will be even more difficult to secure players from the big league clubs.
 Next year may see the introduce ton of new system in the South- ern. Since it will be impossible to purchase the necessary strength from the big league clubs, the Southern league clubs will have to develope their own talent. Scouts must be added to get these young sters Unless the Federals are ap- peased, their coming is inevitable.
 These ivory hunters will SCOUT the minors for prospective South ern league players, for it is not very difficult affair to buy player from bush league for immediate delivery While these recruits are seldom equipped for fast ball. they must be developed. Some, with the
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THREE BARONS SURE TO
 RETURN TO THE MAJORS
Knsely Covngon Tragesser Go Up On Options Never to Return-Scouts May Be Employed in Southern Next
 Year-League Faces Serious Situation
By REUBEN \. LEWIS

seasoning in the spring, will be in shape to perform in the Southen, while others can be given a years trial on optional agreements.
 
 To secure the lilxeliest talent, scouts must replace the haphazard methods now in vogue. Players pur- chased from the minors are usu- ally bought on recommendations or big league scouts, friends and well wishers. But these tips are often useless and very little can be Judged of a player until he has been watched in action. As the managers will be unable to leave the teams before the close of the season, veteran ball players must do the vigil.
 The cost will be considerable and the most efficient scouts will de- velop the winning clubs. Birming- ham, willing to pay any price Tor a winning team, should prosper under such a system. Again, the smaller towns will be hit hard.
 Healthy sums will no longer bring men to the Southern who will prove. minor league sensations Before a player can be sold by big league club he must be sub mitted to every club in Class A for s1oO0-the wavier price. For instance, let us suppose Birming- ham Is willing to give 5000 for a player When waivers are asked ir the Pacific Coast league a club refuses to waive. The majors of fer him for $5000, but the club is unwilling to pay that much. I've won't pay $5000 for him, but you can't send him to the Southern for we refuse to waive claim at s10O0." they may say and be we'll within their rights. Thus the deal is blocked.
 The Southern faces a hard year in 1915. It is extremely doubtful if it will be as fast as 1t IS this year. In times past 1t has been declared that this circuit was the fastest minor league ir the coun- try. Each of the three Class AAs should surpass 1t in 1915.
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n BIRMINGHAM will exercise the optional agreements exacted on 0 Second Baseman Danny Clark, Catcher Wallace and Pitchers Burleigh Grimes and Elmer Ponder President R. H. Baugh of the Barons. announced yesterday that these four would gain a second trial with Birmingham. It is problematical whether Pitcher Hank" Gregory will receivela recall from the Evansville club. Claims have been sur rendered on Infielder Edwards, the North Carolina collegian. and Pitcher Murphy.
 Ponder has proved a consistent win ner with the Grand Rapids club in the Central league. The big Texan has lost but four games since he entered the league, and has a number of low hit games to his credit. The experience gained by seasons travail in the Gen. t1al should give him the necessary fin Ii ish to start 1915 as Birmingham regu- lar.
 Catcher Wallace has played steady game for the Augusta club in the Sally league. He has not hit over the 300 mark, but has managed to stay around | .2S0 throughout the season. His peg ging to the bases has been strikingly accurate. He is considered a certainty
 for second catcher next year. | Grimes has recovered his former speed with the Richmond club, where
 Bill. Foxen and Tod Sloan are twirline
 with gratifying results. Burleigh pos
 sessed a lot of stuff while member of the Chattanooga club last season and lMolesworth expects that he will yet prove a star.
 Danny Clark lacked only experience when he left Birmingham for Au- gusta. He is promising player ant will gain thorough trial. The young
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Nashville. July Special.)-Nashville and Birmingham broke even today in the double bill seance, the Volunteers annex ing the first game to l. while the Barons handily took in the second to the tune of 3 to O. The first affair was much Of A free hitting performance, each team securing F bingles while in the second Dick Robertson for the Barons was in vincible and was tapped only three times.
 Johnson went on the mound for Bir- ming gham in the first game. He gave up a triple to Callahan in the first, which led the Volunteers to put over a run. In the third Johnson was free with passes and hits which netted the Vols two more tallies and in the fifth, with Sloan's sin gle, Paulettes triple and singles by Hem mingway and Williams two more were added. The Vols had another in the sixth.
 Birmingham in the first game, made runs in the fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth innings, threatening in the ninth to tie up the score when Mcdonald, Car roll and Knsely made hits in succession. The rally was ended by Nashville catch ing runners on bases.
 When Robertson went on the slab in the second game it was evident from the start that he had Nashvilles meas ure, and three scattering taps, and of a scratchy order at that, proved this. Two or three times the Volunteers started rallies by getting on bases only to have hopes shattered by some great fielding and air-tight pitching.
 Then too, Renfer, who worked for reven innings for Nashville was dis posed to be very wild; in fact. being so liberal with passes that he forced the Barons over the plate. He gave three bases on balls in the fourth in- ning in which the Barons secured two of the three runs accumulated. In the seventh inning the Volunteers with Berger and Lindsay on bases threat ened to score with Callahan at the bat but were defeated by great catct from Carroll. who climbed high on the dump to pull down a long fly.
 More went in for Nashville in tho eighth inning and did not stem tho tide as Marcan and Mcdonald, the firs two up, each secured hits. KniselS gained a pass after which Covington'' rap was responsible for another run Gibson failing to catch Marcan at thu plate on a wild throw from Hemming way The Barons failed to score aftel this but hardy needed to, as Robert son was like Gibraltar when it cam' to giving up safeties. Only Callahan Sloan and Lindsay hit for safeties. Th' spitball artist famed eight
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BARONS WILL RECALL
 FOUR FOR SECOND TRIAL
Danny Clark Bureigh Grimes Elmer Ponder and Catcher Wal lace Will be Recalled-Gregory May Not Return -Bir-
 mingham Must Develope Regulars
By REUBEN A. LEWIS

ster has shown to advantage in the Sally. Bringing the quartet back will cost little more than railroad fare, for all four are placed out on $100 op- tons.
 Hank Gregory has had a meteoric career with Evansville At times he has pitched in good form, but has of ten been forced to retire from the mound. It is hardly believed that he will be recalled, although such action will cost but sf00.
 If the present tension prevails in the majors. the Southern league clubs will depend greatly on the players se- cured on drafts and through optional agreements
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ment and now leads by nine points. 1n- cluding yesterdays games, Mccormick is hitting .S71, while Knisely is swatting at .SG2 clip. Ambrose Mcconnell has suffered a slump recently and has tumbled from over $40 to the bare .3oo marx. Harry Holland Is another on the decline. but Harry Welchonce is slowly forging toward the top. Manager Bris Lord has topped his phenom Kirby. but Is hardly expected to be in the fore of the mighty LaRue when the curtain falls
 Yale Sloan is always in the select com
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FYSHE champion sticker of the South-
 ern will probably come from the
 \ sIuggers pictured above. Pete Knisely, of the Barons, and Harry Me- Cormick, of the Lookouts, are favored for the honor. Since the opening game of the season, the Dutchman and the Moose have engaged in spirited battle to maintain the lead. At times Knisely has topped Mccormick, but the Chatta- nooga pilot has reversed this arrange
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TWO ERRORS ENABLE
 LOOKOUTS TO ROMP

Montgomery, July 1S.--Gribben's error in the first inning and another by Daily in the sixth, each allowed a Chatta nooga runner to win the second straight Lookouts added one more by clean hit ting. Harding was especially strong in the pinches. The batting of Jacobson and the fielding of Hollander and Baker featured, Score:
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pany. peculiar trend or affairs has resulted in the Coyle family. Mickey, at
 Chattanooga, has qualified for the select company, while his kid brother Is bif- fling 310 at Memphis. Little Jud Daily has recovered his batting eye and con- tinues to climb in standing, now having a 1922 average. The Barons have two 300 marksmen for Charlie Carroll is main- taining his mark of .31l, while Knisely is 'romping at wonderful clip. Memphis has secured three artists in the select rank, but can hardly cope with Atlanta,
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SPORT SCRIBES RAVE
 OVER PETE KNISELY

The sport scribes about the cir cult are raving over the playing !. of Pete Knisely, the Baron out fielder. Dick Jemison, sporting ed- itor of the Atlanta Constitution, said Knisely is the best outfielder in the Southern. Innis Brown, sporting editor of the Journal, and O. B. Keeler of the Georgian say that knise1y deserves the Rose trophy for the most valuable play CT in the Southern league
 In New Orleans, Will Hamilton of the Item says the Teuton is the best player in the Southern league. With such boosting the Teuton should have little trouble in copping the medal.
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SUMMARY. Two-base Hit-Ellam. Three-base Hits-McDonald, Callahan Paulette, Beck. Double Play--Beck to Paulette. Left on Birmingham 12, Nash vile s. Sacrifice Hits-Covington, Williams. Stolen Bases-Callahan 2, King ?, Hem- mingway.
 Struck Out-Johnson 3, Beck 1. Bases on Balls-Johnson i, Beck l. Wild Pitch--Johnson ?. Time-2:15.
 Umpires-Bre and Kerin.
 SECOND CAME Birmingham- AB. R. H. O. A F Marcan, 2b. .....
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Summary: Two-base hit, Jacobson. Three-base hits, Jacobson, Graf Stolen base. Baker. Base on balls, Lively l.. Harding 2. Struck out, Lively 2, Hard ing4. Time. 1:s2. Empires. Chesnutt and O'Toole.
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American Association

At columbus Columbus I. Milwaukee 3. At Cleveland: Cleveland z, St. Paul QO innings).
 At Indianapolis: Indianapolis 0, Mime apolis 3 Q3 innings). City 8.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Fort Worth: Fort Worth 3, Dallas 8. At Houston: Houston 3. Beaumont 5. At Waco: Waco 8, Austin 1.
 At Galveston: Galveston 3, San An tanin 2
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SCOUT IRWIN WATCHES
 ROBERTSON BLANK VOLS

Nashville, July 1S.-7As Dick Rob ertson yielded but three scant hits to Nashville. a big league scout sat in the stand watching the per formance. Arthur Irwin, the vet eran scout o6 the New York Amer jeans, was the man. He will re- main in Nashville throughout the Birmingham series. as he is over looking several players Before coming to Nashville, Irwin watched the Billikens and the Lookouts.
 Although Roth was expected to work this afternoon. the weather conditions were so bad that Man ager Molesworth would not pitch the spitball artist. He may work tomorrow afternoon.
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ROBERTSON HOLDS VOLS THREE HTS IN SECOND CAME Baron Blanks Nashville and Fans Eight
 Batsmen JOHNSON HIT HARD
 IN OPENING GAME Nashville Outslugs Barons in First. Make Desperate Rally, But Fail-Knisely and McDon-
 aid Hit Hard
soIrTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Birmingham 4-3, Nashville so. Chattanooga 8, Montgomery 1. Others, rain.
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Games Today

Birmingham at NashVille. Atlanta at Mobile.
 Chattanooga at Montgomery. Memphis at New Orleans.
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with six. Mobile has three as has Chat tanooga.
 Here are the 300 hitters through Thursdays games: PlaNnrs
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n BIRMINGHAM will exercise tn
 optional agreements exacted oi A@~ Second Baseman Danny Clark
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elephants of the Hagcnbeck- Wallace
people we tried to have them send us
the hides and offered to pay $500 for the
work, but they would not do 1t, and we
were forced to send out three experts,
who had to hire a score or more of men
to do the work, which took several
weeks.
"Queenie in her prime was a perfect
example Of her class. She stood about
is feet high and her hide weighed APP
proximately 1000 pounds. The average
weight of the hides received from the
Peru disaster was 1000 pounds. The
elephants were all Siamese animals
"The great cost Of elephant skin Is
due partly to the fact that there is no
way for the buyer to be sure that what
he has secured from a dealer Is an ele-
plant skin until 1t has been soaked in
the vat for several weeks and It's grain
is revealed. Consequently there is "a
gamble and big one That explains
why we keep such close watch on the
elephants and are on hand to decker for
the body; then and then only are we
sure Of our article.
1.-THE hide is about four inches thick
when 1t is received. In the trade the
elephant skin is known as the Russian
sable of the leather market"
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w WHENEVER the death of an
M/ elephant in the United States
w is announced In the news
papers the agents of certain
commercial houses begin to scramble.
That is because elephant hide is in
demand for making various kinds Of
leather goods and the supply Is small.
In the last Christmas shopping season
Queene. long famous as a show
elephant, enabled some Of those who
simply had to have elephant hide
pockethooks to have their desires
sratiticd.
Qucene was said to be the oldest ele-
plant in the United States. While
the Hippodrome officials. who owned
Queenic at the time Of her death (due
10 old age). were awaiting the decision
OF the authorities at the Natural His
tory Museum as to whether she was to
be paid the same honor as Jumbo and
made a part of the museums treasures
permanently. the body was embalmed by
young Doc Potter, who has charge OF
the animals there. The museum delaying
its decision. the Hippodrome people
decided to close with the offer made by
the leather department Of the GorhaH
firm for Queenie's hide. The process Of
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outside world. the water rising to a
height of fifteen feet in places. Right
in the heart of the flooded district was
situated the Hagenbeck- Wallace farm
with its colony of wild animals about to
start on the spring circuit
When It was realized that they could
not be saved the cages were opened and
the animals released. Lions. tigers,
panthers. gnus. leopards and other
feature animals lost their lives. most Of
them fighting with one another. paying
of old scores careless Of climatic condi-
tions. The elephants made a desperate
effort for life, but were all overcome.
dying finally Of cold and exhaustion.
Three fell near one OF the houses and
one had actually reached the kitchen
door Of farmhouse when II collapsed.
Mr.. Rogers gives some interesting in
formation on this subject OF the diff
Guilty Of securing elephant hides.
THE elephants that are killed in the
hunting expeditions Of South Africa and
Asia are practically useless as COM
mercial asset. the expense OF skinning
and transporting is so great. so We have
to depend on those that die in exile" he
says. when We purchased the eight
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gravers get after these things. That
chair which is seatless, almost backless
and legless will be converted into a very
substantial piece of furniture by to-
morrow morning and perhaps before
this time next week some humble but
honest man who has just taken unto
himself a wife will be sitting on It,
THAT table. which you rightly observe
Is thing OF no beauty. will receive such
treatment at the hands of our me-
chanics as will make ii "A solid piece of
furniture. Perhaps next week a happy
bride will be serving tea from it. That
couch, which appears to have suffered a
terrible 'gouging." will be reveneered.
resulted and generally restored. 1t will
look like new one and serve the pur-
pose just as we'll"
Then the staff captain showed the
visitor pile Of iron and brass which
had the appearance Of an almost worth
less aggregation Of junk. The metals
were twisted and disfigured and it did
not appear that they had any other
value than what they would bring as
old iron or brass. But Staff Captain
McGee said they would be comfortable
beds in a short time and he had the
mechanics and mechanism with which
he proposed to accomplish the Won
derful task.
out Of this stun We would probably
make the bed which would occupy q
place in the bridal chamber" said the
superintendent. ''Of course we would
not care to show the prospective bride.
groom or his prospective wife what We
proposed to work up into furniture for
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tanning took several months. but the
pocketbooks and bags made from 1t
were ready for the Christmas shoppers
Queenie preserved a natural reticence
in regard to her age. but science has no
scruples on the subject and it was
learned from Doc Potter that she had
passed her 149th birthday. AS Hippo
drome statistics invariably err on the
side Of mercy rather than justice in the
matter of the age Of its performers. 1t
II is to be assumed that she may have
been almost ready to celebrate her sec.
ond centenary when she passed on.
A. a. Rogers. who has charge Of the
leather department OF Gorhams. says
that 1918 was an extraordinary year in
the matter OF elephant hides. his COM
pany practically cornerlng the market
with a collection OF thirteen. This Is a
record ne has never before duplicated
and he does not expect that 1t ever will
be duplicated.
or the other elephants one was
drowned of Staten Island and eight
were victims OF the great flood at Peru,
Ind. last spring. For forty-eight hours
the population OF Peru were practically
isolated from communication with the
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