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Evening star., 1914-04-26
WHITE Wimsatt.
Ndr'ES

NOTES
'a' The t-.,tion j. here identical with that in
ihr HArShaIi Whitaker gene in the las: nat ional
'"nrnameuJ. Whitaker played 1. =. K,-Ri
and MARSHALL replied wirh u k,1vr:. winning
~" pawn. - bia.k eegid not play IL 80. rIkt
N, A. this point OF the game White had Io>I
:" rusinsky and felt that IL. would have to win
All his remainlng contests To have show for the
enp This move was made after exhaustive
ANALYSIS, and is the beginning of the siuguiarIy
beautiful combination which follows.
te' IL Is obvious that Black play as lie
doe>. hut by the sacrifice of the pawn White
gains Two moves which alter the whole aspect Of
the game and shifts his attack to the k side
while Black Is losing two moves getting his q
aud Il out of the way "f pawns. most u
sfrlrtive lessau In the art Of gaininy-and losing
- time.
ID L is now plain that the pawn has not per.
fr, This is Blacks hes, move II p -. R-R4.
= i'k' and White has several winning con.in-
3 Mssh dt az ks; = kas f1K. 5
: KGos. ere. N''sn'
% There is other place put the q. and it
is practically out Of the game here.
q, The beginning Of the cud. II is obvious tina 1
Black cannot play PIP. RIP. R-Kt2 or R-R
White Gould have played Ks EaR @ Ta RaR, 81 afch af
orE j. RKo kIE with winning position. but
one which ND have required very careful play
and long and tedious end game. with chan-es
for Black !" even matters should White make the
sslightGs' slip For in-tanee asr-Es Il. Bs.
might win. a3 Prs. simplifes White. $
task. and Black had nothing better than ;:a;
Xxx. in which event the play would have been
81 RxB RxR. IS RxPeh QxB. 36 RIO KxI and
the advantage which White has with the pawn ON
Rs instead OF IA Is overwhelming. 33 -. 90.
played by Black is than useless as
White speedily shows.
III Too late as shown by Whites next move
u, Black fake the ou account OF
81 R-Bssh RxI. So RxI;eh kxR. IS P-IStOsh
eic But this would have been better than
his move, which is seemingly without pur.
pose
*, II .s -. 81 Q-Ktsch. cic
~ Ir 81 -. Raj. IS Q-ktsch. etc.
Evening star., 1914-04-26
STANDARD DISTANCES.
Move to Have All Tracks Measured
in Same Manner.

NEW YORK. April o5.-One of the most
important questions that will come up at
the meeting of the international athletic
federation next June will be in regard to
a standardization of track measurement
Tho matter was talked over recently. and
that time it was not known that the
federation had the matter under consid-
Grafton. James +. Sullivan stated that
an effort would be made to get all the
countries in the federation to agree on
a set distance to place the tape from the
border. and this is particularly necessary
now~rhat an international jury is to be
appointed TO pass on worlds records.
Evening star., 1914-04-26
HISTORIC RACES
May Be Staged at Aqueduct Track
This Year.

NEW YORK. April 2a.-Official an
nouncement that many of the old Graves
end stakes. including the historic Brook
iyn handicap. will be run at Aqueduct
this year. has enthused followers of the
turf Aaueduct is one of the best race
courses in the world. in the opinion OF
professional horsemen. The wilderness of
the far turn. the bredth and length OF the
homestretch and the gravity OF the
soil make the track suitable for big
races in which leading thoroughbreds can
show quality and speed
Evening star., 1914-04-26
Victory for Manhattans.

The Manhattan A. c. defeated the
strong G Street Stars by the score Of 8
to 4. The features of the game were
the pitching of Watts and the catching
of Noack- who held him in fine style.
Score:
EHF.
Manhattan 4. e. - u 3 "a u
& 81. Sters. % % q o . o U-4 ! q
BATTERIES Watts, May and Noack; Sailor and
Smith.
Evening star., 1914-04-26
Inquisitive Fans.


VIII you kindly publish in your pink
sheet next Sunday whether or not the
New York Giants won the world series
in either 1904. 1905 or 1906, and II so,
who were their opponents }. O. j.
New York Giants won pennant and de
feated Athletics in world s series in l.SI'
Sporting Editor Star:
Did Moran ever fight Johnson in the
United States? A STAR READER.
No.
Sporting Editor of Star:
Please answer the following question
in Sundays Star:
Under section seven of Hoyle- is it
necessary to announce that You have
broken your openers at the time of
breaking or is it sufficient to announce
that YOU have broken your openers when
the hand is called?
Facts in the above proposition:
Three men are playing all jackpots;
nothing is said about breaking openers
at the beginning, A deals. E passes. c
opens on a pair of aces. y raises. they
all stay, breaks his openers. laid one
Of the aces to one side and drew to a
flush dhey were playing straights and
fushesJ. After the draw and bet C was
called by A; thereupon C says. have
f1ush I broke my openers when YOU
raised: there is the ace ] threw away"
An argument starts as to the owner of
the pot and IL was agreed to decide it
according 10 HOyle. so the sole question
that is in dispute is, does Hoyie say that
YOU have to announce that you are break
ing openers at the time of breaking or
not?
Be sure and bring out the time of an
nouncement and decide it by Hoyle.
l.. n. g.
Hoyle covers the play in the following:
a player who breaks the pot on pair
may split the pair in order to draw to
four flush or straight Gf the latter be
Played. but if he does so he must lay
the discard to one side, separate from
any other cards. that. after the result
has been determined, he may satisfy the
other players that he broke the pot with
legal hand.
The player making such discard must
call attention to the fact and distinctly
announce that the discarded card is one
Of his openers. If the precaution is not
observed the players become subject to
the penalty prescribed in rule $.
Rule 5. When player breaks the pot
without holding the requisite cards TO do
original ante. which goes to the next pot
and he is debarred from playing again
for the Jackpot in which the error oc-
cured
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly print in Sundays paper the fol-
lowing: In a four "a, handed game of bid
pitch A is five and bids two and bumps,
Is is six and makes game. c is five and
plays low. jack Who goes out first. b
or 60 READER.
Low Jack goes out before game They
go out in this order: High. low, jack and
game
Sporting Editor Star:
\ bets B that Washington pitcher
/ wins his next game. The Washing ton
| pitcher is taken out with the score 3
| to l against Washington. and WASH
| ington wins the game. Does A win. or
| is II no bet? WILLIAMS
| II is a draw
Evening star., 1914-04-26

w hen age at
tempts to pre-
scribe the sports
Of gu t h he
should, in fair
ness. permit youth
to prescribe the
diet for age.
A bird in the
hand Is worth
two in the bush.
and the average
collie & c nine
should bear in
mind in trying a
Evening star., 1914-04-26

double that an out at second is somewhat
to be preferred to two men on bases and
nobody out.
You never yet saw a man who sor-
rowed over the bad lie of a golf ball
in the middle of the fair green as
much as the man whose ball 1t was.
In the decalogue of the best pro-
fessional base ball managers today
there is one unpardonable sin for a
player and that sin is failure to act.
A player may do the wrong thing and
be forgiven, but he must always do
something quick and have his reason
for doing it. That is what made the
Athletics
Evening star., 1914-04-26

Erving kantiehner, Pirate pitcher. who
started his big league life by white
washing the Cardinals. comes from the
Northwestern League. is southpaw,
giant and was known on the coast as
Peanuts. II. as facetiously said. all
southpaws nuts. the foregoing nick
name shows enterprise in being specific.
Evening star., 1914-04-26

BY moving the Toledo farm to Cleve-
land the Cleveland club is going to save
railroad fare. All the Nap
recruits used to get round-trip ticket
when joining either the Maps or Mud
Hens. 1t was a case of here today and
there tomorrow. Now all that viii ne
necessary will be to change uniforms =
Evening star., 1914-04-26

rs will be seen from this box score not
only has Mr.. Wimsatt won by the least
possible margin. but the tournament it
self could only have been more closely
contested by ending in a tie between all
the players in the final round.
Evening star., 1914-04-26
WILL AN AVIATOR
CROSS THE OCEAN?
Different Opinions Are Ex-
pressed by Those Familiar
With Conditions.
TOO MUCH CONTROL NOT
DESIRED IN ATHLETICS
Exceptional Restraint Is Adverse
to the Spirit of Young
Americans.
By WALTER CAMP.
Facts. Not Fancies.

Any play Is the right play for man
with nerve and dexterity.
Evening star., 1914-04-26
Problem.

\ sy.Ametrical after the key move.
Evening star., 1914-04-26

pecially composed for The Sunday Sta'
"
DAVID A. MITCHELL.
Evening star., 1914-04-26

Sporting Editor Star:
\ bets B that Washington pitcher
wins his next game The Washington
pitcher is taken out with the score 3
to l against Washington. and Wash
ington wins the game. Does A win. or
is II no betr WILLIAMS.
II is a draw
Evening star., 1914-04-26

A few more good words for the develop
ment of athletes in later life can be found
in looking over the roster OF men back in
the eighties George f. Vincent. the pres
ident of the University of Minnesots and
probably the ablest orator in after-dinner
speeches in the country today. was a
prominent bicycle man in the intercolle-
giate races back in 81 Alexander Lam
bert now one of the most noted physi-
clans in New York especially in research
work. was the stroke oar In his class
crew back in 81. More than that. Allison
V Armour. one of >the most prominent
members of the Olmypic committee and
man who knows much about the interna-
tional relations in the sporting line. not
only on land. but on water. rowed in that
same shell that DIR. Lambert stroked. NJ
Pupin. whose reputation in electrical
work Is world wide. pulled on the Column
bia tug of war team in the intercolle-
siates back in 80 E. J. Phelps of the
Northern Trust Company. Chicago. and
now the president of the Yale Alumni ad-
visory board. rowed No. > in his class
crew al college. Nor is Washington with
out its representation. for Frank d. Bran
degee. one of our most prominent .sena-
tors. was bow oar in his boat back in 81.
and J. B. Reynolds. whose reputation i,
settlement work is country wide. not only
was. a runner in college but light
weight wrestler back in 81.
Evening star., 1914-11-16
rec Foot Bali Games of Importance Now Remain to Be Decided
|CFICK GANDL IS UNDECIDED
ABOUT GOING TO MOUNTAINS
Manager Griffith Anxious to Have First
Baseman Regain His Health-Naps
Sell Olson to CINCINNATI

Weldon Well SS Wyeofr, DsH suekne1l. '' and Jack
Coombs, Colby; Catcher Dean D.
sturgis, Bucknell.. and Utility J.
lima.
1t has long been Connie Macks
theory that a good college player will
develop into a brainier. better big
lcague player than the sandlot variety
of ball players. And Comics scouts.
instead of touring the country watch
ing the minor leaguers in action. de-
vote most of their time to watching
the college boys in their games.
Connie saw Jack Barry in action
while he was shortstopping for Holy
Cross and at once made arrangements
to take him when his school days
were over. Barry didn't cost Connie
a nickel. Neither did Eddie Collins,
regarded as the greatest find of re-
cent years.
Collins was the star of the 1906 Co
lumbia College team. He was given
a trial by Mack and made good from
the outset. He got the trial under the
name of Sullivan.
1t seems that while Collins was get
ting trial with Mack Chicago pho
tographer took his picture. This
eventually found it's way to Colum
bia College and was recognized as
that of Collins. Right there Collins
amateur career ended.
Macks team if placed on the mar
ket would bring fortune. 1t Is esti-
mated that 100000 would result from
the sale of the players. Yet Connie
obtained his talent at total cost of
probably $4,000 or less.
Ivan Olson. the Cleveland utility in
fielder. has been sold to the Cincin-
natl National League club. Olson is
ballplayer of more than ordinary
ability, and he ought to be of a lot
of help to the Reds. So far as his
career with the Maps is concerned. that
was over year or more ago. He had
been with the club too long for his
own good, but he is sure to show to
better advantage with the Reds.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

the game again till this season. Then
a big Federal offer coaNed him to the
outlaws. only to get in just as the
organization was beginning to rattle
at the throat. Jones is rated as a great
manager and a popular character
therefore. the eagerness shown to well
come him back to American League
society.
John McGraw is quoted as saying
that all he needs to make his Giants
winners next season is an infielder, an
outf1elder and a catcher. This may be
teams in similar predicament, and
they have been so because Of the lack
of three such players for several years.
McGraw. Of course. may be fortunate
and pick up the players he needs.
George More1and, the base ball dope
expert. has made the discovery that
Hughey Jennings was better man on
ever proven. Cobb, who generally is
considered the greatest player the
game has ever produced, fell far be-
hind the record Jennings made in those
days that-he was the country's leading
shortstop.
Cobb. for instance. holds the run get
ting record with 147 in 146 games
Compare these figures with those of
Jennings, who scored 159 runs in 131
games during the sea son of 1895.
For five consecutive years Jennings
was able to score on an average of ex-
actly 1876 runs each season. Cobb has
scored 100 or more but four times, an
average of exactly 122 per season.
Besides his wonderful play at short
he did his share, along with the Won
derful bunch of players. to make the
old Baltimore team the greatest as-
gregation ct hall players ever put to.
gether. and this in all respect to the
Bost',ns % past Gears. the t-,I,a. D--
troits. Athletics. Giants and I'iratec
Not one of them today could have
taken four straight from that team,
and it is more than likely that they
would not even have captured the
championship from It.
Evening star., 1914-11-16
MAGNATE EBBETS SEES END
OF ALL BASE BALL WRANGLES
Says Feds Brooklyn Park May House An
international League Club
Next Season.

leagues have decided unanimously to
stick with the big organization.
The suggestion of the American
League to limit club rosters to twenty
men will no doubt meet with favor in
our circuit 1t would counteract the
present tendencies toward bankruptcy
from extravagant salaries and furnish
regular employment for players who
now adorn the benches"
Ebbets will devote his immediate fu-
ture to the discovery of the culprit who
started the rumor that his Brooklyn
National League club was for sale.
Il would not take s1,00O,000 for my
interest in the club said Charles, 'and
] wouldn't consent to a sale for s3,O00,-
goo if ] owned the entire stock. l value
the real estate. plant. franchise. play
ers and equipment at 100000; the
good will and future at more than
$1.000.O00 additional. I have spent all
my life in organized base ball and hope
to die in harness. There is no other
business with which l am familiar The
Brooklyn club is not for sale"
Evening star., 1914-11-16
BY J. ED GRILLo.

Il have not left for the Adirondack k
mountains just yet remarked Chick
Gandil this morning. Il may go there
later in the winter and spend a few
weeks if it is necessary, but l am
feeling very we'll. nowadays and l may
not need the trip
Manager Griffith is anxious to have
Gandil make the trip. He does not be-
lieve that Chick will recover his best
health by attending to his bowling
alleys here this winter. He believes
that a sojourn in the mountains will
bring the big first baseman back to
the form which he displayed before
last season. Griffith did not approve of
Gandil going into business here this
winter, and he claims to have Chick S
promise to get out of business and
spend the winter in the mountains.
GandiPs poor health was a great
handicap to the club last season. Chick
played far below his standard and as
a result the team suffered. The two
seasons before GandiI virtually car
ried the team into second place by his
brilliant work in the field and timely
hitting. Griffith therefore is anxious
to get Gandil back into his best form.
which he thinks can be brought about
by a stay in the mountains.
There were eleven college graduates
on the Athletics roster up to the time
that Mack decided to get rid of Bender.
Plank and Coombs, a greater number
by far of this type of athlete than dec
crate the lineup Of any other big
lea que ball club. The college players
are:
Second Baseman Eddie Collins, Co
lumbia; Shortstop Jack Barry. Holy
Cross: Outf1elder Eddie Murphy, Villa
nova, and Jimmy Walsh, Niagara Uni
versity; Pitchers Eddie Plank. Gettys-
burg; Charles Edward Bender, Car
Evening star., 1914-11-16
In half. These show little more than
100000 paid. with some ninety-odd
Thousand free admissions. The trium-

IN naI. IneSo snow little more Shan
100000 paid. with some ninety-odd
Thousand free admissions. The trium-
virate also has in its possession a COM
at approximately $4,000, with the st.
Louis club doing little better than
100000 business.
Individual club owners of the Ameri-
can League who have done some prt-
vate scouting are of the opinion that a
rest of the Federal hackers for peace
supplications at any price. Gossip has
1t that the Ward brothers of Brooklyn
are far less belligerent than the state
ments attributed to them. Brooklyns
Independent club was one of the great
est disappointments of the baby cir
cult, though it was the highest-paid
club. ranging close to the 100000 sal
ary figure. The national commissions
figures place Brooklyn's receipts at
less than one-third Of this salary. The
handsome steel and concrete plant at
Washington Park proved unusually eX-
pensive because it had to De rushed to
completion by double and triple shifts
Ward money was at the disposal of
two other Federal League clubs. The
losses Of the Brooklyn bakers last sea-
son are estimated at between $650.OO0
and 100000 by sharp base ball men.
While tha Wards have maintained
ready to stick to the finish with Gill
more and his asseciates-a declaration
that might we'll be expected under
the circums mstances--organized base ball
has been informed that hat the d1.htya Bro9h,y1
with the great deficit Of the first year.
with them the promotion of base ball
was considered side line advertising
for their commercial product II fs
said the Wards will refuse to continue
operations another year unless they
can be assured Of more alluring pros
pect in the matter Of territorial re-
sources.
Organized base ball comforts itself
in the fact that the Federal League so
far has taken no active steps toward
those circuit changes which were plan
ned for 1915. 1t Is felt that the Fed
erals will not attempt to continue next
season in as widely scattered territory
as existed the first year. The delay of
any attempt to annex major territory
s interpreted as dsssrmination on
peace ultimately with what grace 10
possible.
Evening star., 1914-11-16
Cubs Will Be Sold.

Charles H. Ebbets, owner of the
Brooklyn Nationals, has just returned
from the big minor league rally at
Omaha On his way home the squire
of Flatbush spent a day i'll Chicago,
where he familiarized himself with the
latest angles of Weeghman's negotia-
tions for the Cubs.
Il have every reason to believe that
Mr.. Weeghman will succeed in acquir-
ing MIR. Taft's Stock said he.
August Hermann, while acting only
in the capacity of an individual, has
been authorised by Charles J.. Taft to
negotiate the sale. ] understand that a
price has been agreed upon by the con-
tracting parties. There is every like
lihood that transfer of interests will
be made at a conference which has been
arranged for Cincinnati December l.
Charles Weeghman Is acceptable to
the National League club owners and to
those of the American League as we'll.
1t is true that neither Gov. Tener nor
Ban johnson has taken any part in the
negotiations and that Hermann is act
ing only in the capacity of business
representative. But 1t is equally true
that if Weeghman were objectiona BILE
to organized base ball no proposition
of his would be entertained.
by the sale of the Cubs to Weegh-
man, who is very popular in his home
city, the National League could remedy
q weakness that has been felt for sew
eral years-the unpopularity of owner
ship Of the Chicago club. l believe this
remedy is certain Of success"
Evening star., 1914-11-16

That it is because of hitch over the
nature Of the punishment that should
be inflicted on the National and Amer
ican league players who jumped. that
the bringing about of peace has been
delayed. is generally understood.
Under no circumstances will organ
lied base ball agree to take back play
ers who jumped during the playing
season. This would bar Hal Chase.
Chief Johnson and Marsan, the Cuban.
there is one player in the Federal
League who will bring a big price:
Benny Kauff, the crack outfelder OF
the Indianapolis Feds, will be put on
the market and sold to the highest
bidder. McGraw is among those who
will bid for Kauff, and from st. LOUIS
Gomez the story that Manager Miller
Huggins of the Cardinals is willing to
go as far as any one in an eHort 10
obtain Kauff.
kauff was by far the best nitter IN
the outlaw circuit, and it is the opin-
ion of good judges that with little
more experience he will make one. of
the best players the game has develop
ed in recent yars. kauff was reported
to have been corraled by McGraw this
fall, but there has been no connrma-
ton of this report.
One man who is ito be taken care
or IL the peace treaty between the
Feds and organized base ball goes
through is Fielder Jones. The famous
winner of the 1906 world series will be
made manager of the Yankees. SO the
story goes, and thus Will return to the
American League, where he was a
hriiIiant ii leader for several strenuous
sea Sons.
After Jones retired from ;he game.
Comiskey carried his name on the re-
anparentiy hoping that Jones would
again head the Chicago team. Jones
however, being all tied up with big
lumber interests in the northwest. sta!