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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
Norfolk Team
Awarded Murphy
Over While Sox

Robert Murphy. who worked in the
Norfolk infield in 1912 until he was
pended for a mix-up with Mama
ger Heine Busch, of Petersburg, for
which he jumped. has been awarded
to the Norfolk team in a controversy
with the Chicago White Sox.
Murphy came to the Virginia
league in the spring Of 1912. having
played the season before. or rather u
part OF it. in the Tri-State league. He
was originally signed by Portsmouth.
but was let go because Manager Lou
Castro. then In charge of the Pirates,
could not get along with the player.
After Murphy jumped the Norfolk
aggregation he played such good semi
professional ball in the Windy City
that he came 10 the attention of Man
ager Callahan and he was given a
trial. OF course, Murphy said nothing
about being an asset of the Norfolk
team, but when 1t was decided to send
him to the Denver club. of the West
ern league, President McCreary got
wind of the deal and put in a claim
for the services of the player This
resulted in Murphy being awarded to
the Tars.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
FANS SHOULD GET
MONEYS WORTH At
THIS TOURNAMENT

The wrestling tourney at the City
auditorium next Wednesday night,
when Joe Turner will meet John Kill
onis In the main bout for the Police
Gazette belt is already attracting at
tention among the graphing fans of
the city and it Is expected that the
match staged that night will be among
the best produced here this season.
Young Muldoon and Young Olsen
are to provide the curtain raiser. If
such their bout may be termed, and
this should prove to be q classy affair
also. That they will be the first to bid
for honors is the only reason why
theirs should be called a curtain-rais-
ing match, as both of the wrestfers are
among the middleweight top-notchers
and capable of giving a first-class ex-
hibition.
1t has been arranged that the win
ners Of the two bouts are to be match
ed later in the season, SO that the
belt which Turner has held for several
years may change hands once or
twice in the near future.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
EXPECT MANY TO
SEE HERBERT MEET
CUTLANOS TONIGHT

Judging from the advance sale of
tickets, there will be one OF the best
crowds present at the Academy to-
night that has ever witnessed wrest-
ling match, when George Cutlanos at
tempts to regain his belt from George
Herbert. to whom he lost it some time
age.
Cutianos says: II am in good con-
ditit and feel certain that can
bea. Herbert when We meet"
Herbert says: Il know Cutlanos'
strongest points now end think l have
WI rked out defense that will. keep
him guessing. II he throws me he
will have to wrestle twice as good as
he did the last time"
In additi On to the main bout there
will be two preliminaries to start at
sac Pre- mpt;y Tn. firsE will he be-
tween Kid johnson and Young Victor.
NJ { the second will be between Ieke
Smith and Young Irish, for the light
veisht champis nship CT Virgini l.
Measurements.
Cutlanos-Height, IT in:
weight, 123 lbs; neck. Is ms; chest
tnormal). 50 ms; chest (expanded)
az ms: waist. 81 ms; biceps, s ms
forearm, 2 ms: thigh, Is ms; calf,
IL ms.
Herbert-Height, fl ms.
weight, l25 lbs: neck, Is Ia ms;
chest (norma). IS ms: chest Tex
panded), IS IL ms: waist. 80 ms,
biceps. is in; forearm, 12 IL ms.
thigh, 90 ms; calf, IA ms
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
Would Change
Basketball Rules

Basketball. winters greatest sport.
never been satisfied with the method
! by 1915.
| This change, which, in the opinion
of Professor Elmer Gress, supervisor
of the Dayton, Ohio. Fairgrounds, Will
make the game more interesting. is IN
effect in Dayton.
! Professor Gress is Southern Ohio's
/ leading basketball authority. He has
never been satisfied with the method
OF putting the ball into play by hav-
| ing the two centers jump for 1t when
THE referee losses it up between them
/ Gress' objection is that very tall
player at center gives his team too
much advantage over an opponent He
wants teams Of FIVE who can work to-
gethcr in every detail. which he says
is at present Impossible.
Instead of putting the ball into play,
as the rules now call for payton's
playground teams toss for the ball at
the start OF the game and the winner
gets possession. One player steps out
of bounds with the ball about mid
way between the goals and endeavors
I To pass the bah to one of his own men.
i all OF whom are guarded by oppon-
ients.
/ After the first scoring the ball goes
| the opposing side. which puts 1t into
play in the same manner. but from
/ the opposite side of the court. The
right to put the ball in play then
alternates. This prevents the team
with the tallest or highest jumping
| center gaining an advantage.
| The game. 1t is claimed, is faster
under Gress plan and more scientific.
as the new way makes possible more
! passing combinations and eliminates
1.-THE delay centers ofte noccasion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
Tigers About Ready
For Coming Season

DETROIT. Jan. 2s,--AH but six
players on the reserve list of the De-
troit baseball club have signed their
1914 contracts. The missing men are
Baker, catcher: Hall, pitcher: Gamer
and Witt, infielders. and Cobb and
Crawford, eutfelders. Only one play
er. Pitcher Willett. has deserted to the
Federals.
Both Cobb and Witt have notified the
club they will report at Gulfport for
spring training, and they are expected
to sign formal contracts there.
Crawford Is with the world tourists.
and although he has not been heard
from the management has no anxiety
about him. Gamer is expected here
In a few days for conference with
President Navin, of the Tigers. Hall
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
Yellow Jackets
Announce Schedule
For Football Year

ASHLAND. VA. Jan. 2s.-Manager
Edgar Davis announced the football
schedule of Randolph Macon college
for the season of 1914. This schedule
is one OF the strongest ever made for
a Randolph Macon team.
Two championship games. instead OF
one, will be played with the other
three colleges of the Eastern Virginia
Intercollegiate association. = h
schedule:
September 26th-Unlversity of Vir-
GINA, at Charlottesville.
October 3rd--virginia Polytechnic
institute, at Blacksburg.
October ioth-Medical College OF
Virginia. at Ashland.
October 1Tth-William and Mary
(cham pionship). at Williamsburg.
October 24th-Hampden Sidney
championship, at Richmond.
November 7th--William and Mary
championship at Ashland.
November 14th-Richmond college
championship. at Richmond.
November 21st-HampdenS Sidney
Championship at Petersburg.
November 2Sth--Richmond college
championship. at Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
Feds Refused
Building Permit
In St. Louis Town

ST. LOUIS. MO, Jan. 23.--Building
Commissioner Mckelvey announced
yesterday he would not sanction the
erection of temporary wooden grand
stands in Handians park, the recently
acquired Federal league grounds.
<. A. Steininger, president of the
club, proposed that the league be al
lowed to erect concrete base and a
steel structure with wooden top for
the 1914 season only. McKelvey,
however, stood firm on wholly fire.
proof structure at once or none at all.
The Federals' hope now lies in the
board of appeals. before which body
the case probably will be brought
within a few days.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
POTENT FACTS IN REGARD
TO THE FEDERAL LEAGUE

average fan Is tickle, ready to shift
, at short notice. They have been i'm
pressing him with the fact that the
game is now a business proposition,
and he has adopted the business atti-
/ tude of making his coin bring results.
There have been da.s IN St. Louis
when less than 200 people paid adj
missions at the turnstiles, and yet on
the field at the time were some OF
the best known stars OF baseball.
IT will he interesting to see how
three leagues Gan find enough talent
to get by with. The two majors have
had a hard time OF It. yet here comes
another circuit to call for at least
zoe additional players
Have Rakcsi Bushes.
The bushes have already been raked
fore and aft for those who even re-
semble the proper stuff. But If the
new circuit can figure out some sys-
tern OF establishing fairly even blend
IL will he hard to tell the difference.
/ We have seen any number Of bah
games in small minor leagues where
the play WIS of the most brilliant
type where wonderful stunts, hard
running catches and sensational incl
dents followed in swift succession.
Working upon an even basis, these
minor ieaguers have looked better
imam Dig tS3EleFS- L IL Dlfs Wut1l
they are thrown in direct compsti-
ton that the difference Is geen. and
most of this liz at the bat or In the box.
not in the field. The minors around
I'm talent that can hold it's own In field
ing with any major ieague. We have
seen any number of minor league out
feeders. who in fielding, were upon a
par with Milan. Cobb or Speaker, but
couldn't hit in fast. company.
The main Job the Feds viii have
will he in perfecting this blend of the
few major leaguers they can get with
the youngsters just coming on. II they
can work ont well balanced league
which may take some tine-they have
a-Ncorking good chance of sticking.
Later on they must make their cir
cult more compact, but this can come
In time. They now have an arrange
ment too badly scattered, bnt If the
circuit shows promise Of succeeding
it will he easy enough to change the
makeup and work out a different
scheme just as the American league
did twelve or thirteen years ago.
The Feds have a tough battle ahead,
but they have n chance. 1t all de-
Ponds upon their own efforts. There
is no rich field awaiting their Invasion.
I. but there Is space enough for any or
ganization that can produce the goods.
A combination of money and ability
or brains can travel quite way even
in the crowded places. Tt Is a tough
| com hinatton TO beat hack. As to how
much coin the Feds are willing to risk
and ms to how fnueh baseball brains
they have to work with, this is some
thing that only the future can show.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
Elon Defeats
N. c. A. and NJ.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
ELON COLLEGE. N. c.. Jan. Is
Elon defeated Raleigh A. and NJ. in a
rough and tumble game of basketball
by decisive score of 35 to IS. Game
was never in doubt, the Aggies be-
ing clarly outclassed. Mason scored
16 of A. and IS points, throwing five
field goals and six fouls.
For Elon. Morette got FIVE field goals
and eleven fouls while Newman got
six field goals. Bradford's guarding
and Miilers floor work were phenom-
email. Each team fouled sixteen times,
The lineup:
A. and NJ. coilege--McDougall.
center: Scarry and Vanbrocklin,
guards; Ferterber and Mason. for
wards.
Elon college--Atkinson, center:
Morette and Bradford. guards; New
man and Miller. forwards.
Referee. Chick Doak, of Guilford
college: umpire. Stockton. Green's
boro Y. NJ. c. A.: twenty minute
halves.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29

The most prevalent query among
the fan colony about now appears
to be about this:
What chance has the Federal
league to make good and last?"
To. which we reply without mo-
ments hesitation:
You Gan frisk us"
The query in one way is an easy
one. The Federal leagues success de-
ponds upon how the league IL han
died. AS we understand it from d.
rect points. the new circuit has
enough kaie behind 1t to last easily
provided said kale is used along prop
er lines of effort.
Baseball is queer mixture. There
is room in almost any fair sized city
for two winning teams There ism
room enough in almost any for sin
gle loser.
Cardinals insist upon inhabittng last
place and the Feds plant first divi-
sion club In that city the Feds will
gather the bulk of the patronage.
II the Feds can plant first-cias<
club in Chicago that section of II viii
bring In rich returns. In those cities
where the Feds have winners and the
National league or the American
league have losers, the Feds will prob
ably carry the edge. or at least have
an even break The bulk Of the crowd
sticks with the winner--not the beat
en- down or the dereiicts.
To get a good running start the
Feds must land enough we'll known
names In each town to build around
1T they can get even two or three
hrst-class big league men for each
club, and they pick mp enough fair
talent TO organize well balanced
circuit they can get sufficient follow
ers to make 1t worth while for the
FIRST year For any new league will
have TO build graduaily-to work
cieaniy and look for fairly slow
addition of patronage. There will he
no big rush TO any new circuit. but
this patronage in time can he estab-
lished II the league liz well run
which, OF course. is a gamble
Is There Room?
Is there room enough for three big
ieaEues-~for three leagues TO exist and
all three be successfufs
This query Is tough one for II il
Z. 4 new problem. When the American
league was established IL was not
strictly competitive. The two circuits
were able to work almost without
conflict in dates. When one club was
at home the rival club was abroad
But IL a third major league is estab-
I 1iShed 1t will necessarily conflict d.
rectfy with the other two organiza-
lions. 1t will then be a case of the
successful club gathering in practical
~ all the people who ray the tax. The
older and more established leagues
will have the call. but they must still
fight To protect this margin. for the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
MORGAN WILL LOSE
TONSILS IN FEW DAYS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.--Ray@ Nor
gan is 10 undergo an operation with
in the next few days. The Nationals
second baseman intends to have his
tonsils removed before the training
season starts. The operation will be
performed in a Baltimore hospital
Quite number of the local team I'M
dcrwent this operation last spring,
Gandil Johnson, Ainsmith, Moeller
and Henry being among them. Nor
gan. who is spending a few days Ia this
city, says that he has teen greatly
Inconvenience by his tonsils. and he
expects the operation will make some
difference in his physical condition the
coming season.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
mo MERCHANT SHOOTS
MAN AFTER QUARREL

mo, VA, Jan. eS.--Wiliie Smith,
a merchant at Ino postoffice. King and
Queen county. shot Cloton Gardner
last Friday.
A difficulty arose between the men
about a small piece of land, on which
the storehouse was built. Only one
shot was fred. : =
Drs. Evans. Fauntleroy and Deshaxo
operated on Gardner and found that
the bullet penetrated his intestines
twelve times.
While Smith is the son OF the late
Emmit Smith, OF Inc. Gfoton card
ner Is the son of Henry Gardner, and
the stay and support Of his aged faith
or. His mother died : few Feeks axo.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
KNIGHT GETS ONE
MORE MAJOR CHANCE

Jack Knight, who had a short
career with the Nationals year before
last, and since then has filed both
minor and major league engagements,
is :, have another chance in fast com
pfny. Knight finished the season with
the New York Americans. but after
the year closed was sold to Toledo OF
the Anne rican association, a. club which
is owned by c. w. Somers. of the
Clevelands. Knight has just been
notified that his release has been
secured by Cleveland from Toledo, and
that he will be expected to report to
the Maps in the spring. Birmingh aE.
evidently does not consider himself
well fortified with utility men, and
figures that knight VIII prove valuable
in this capacity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
"SiierIock Holmes. !"

To see the way the Graycc Scott
players are producing Sherlock
Holmes" at the Biiou this week one
would think they have been playing
ii all the season. instead of rehearsing
and putting 1t on in three days. From
the past performance it looks like they
could play any show put before them
with three days notice. This week
has been the most successful since
there engagement here, and the COM
pany is playing to a full house at every
performance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
|. M'LEAH HIT
SAFELY AGAINST
EVERY kOOhDSMAn
Bv HOP


Friends of Long Larry Mclean, OF
the Giants, are regretting that Hugh
Chalmers did not offer car to the
player who hit safely against each
pitcher he faced in the recent WORTHY
series between the forces of McGraw
and Mack Larry was one of tive
athletes who accomplished this feat
a feat. by the way, that J. Franklin
Baker could not accomplish evez
though the Trappe Thumper was able
to make Il home run. and do other
divers things that tended to make
the White Elephants for the third time
the monarchs of the baseball uni
verse. J. Franklin failed 10 bingls
when facing Demaree, and so die
Eddie Collins. whose hitting, like
Bakers was wicked and timely
Mclean got three hits Off Plank
two off Bender. and one off Bush. his
percentage against each Mack slab
man being extremely high. 1t was
667 against the Indian, 500 against
the Youngest man who played In the
series. Bush and .42S against the vet
eran Plank
Arthur Fletcher, like Mclean.
touched each Philadelphia pitcher for
one or more safeties. but the infieIdes
hit above hc 400 notch against only
one man-Bush. F3etcher's average
against the man who made Brainard
Mimi. the home of two worlds series
heroes was 500. against Plank. and.
Bender 1t was ..250.
Baker got the greatest number Of
his hits off Mathewson---viz.. four
bat 1t was Crandalt against whom he
rolled up his highest batting average
which was /. 900. j. Franklin hit at
800 clip against Tesreau and Mathew
son. and at a 400 pace against Mar
guard.
Eddie Collins maced Tesreau for
mark of .75o. Marquard for -6s7.
Crandall for 500 and Mathewson for
ESQ
0idring and Barry made safeties on
every pitcher except Crandall and
( Schang failed to get hit only against
Tesreau. All the other Athletic regu-
lars were kept hitless by two or mora
! of McGraw's artillerists.
The figures" below show the pitchers
off whom the players in the worlds
series got their wallops;
Athletics.
Baker, nine-Four off Mathewson.
two off Marquard. two Off Tesreau,
and one off Crandalf.
Collins. eight-Three OFT Tesreau,
two off Mathewson. two Off Marqnard,
and one off Crandall.
Oldring, six-Two off Tesreau. two
off Demaree. one Off Mathewson. and
one OF Marquard
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
FEDS POSITION
A PULLING ONE

CLEVELAND, Jan. 2s--It il re-
garded as rather peculiar that Presi-
dent Somers. OF the Cleveland club
should admit that Falkenber9. Bland
inE and Kahler have Jumped the Maps
while President Gilmore. the head oil
the Federal league. refuses to discuss
the matter. That these three pitchers
have been in conferences with the Fed
eral league officials at Chicago is q
known fact, but it seems q bit strange
that the Feds should refuse TO divuige
the secret OF their signing when Own
er SomerS admttsslA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29

and Baker have not been heard from
as yet------~----
The latest signed contract received
was that OF Pitcher wallace L. Schulz,
who mailed the document from Cali
fornia, Schulz, a former University of
Pennsylvania star. was with Van
couver, of the Northwestern league.
last year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-29
interesting Entertainment.

PETERSBURG. Va. Jan. 2s.--An en-
tertainment held in the lecture room
of West End Baptist church last even-S
ing was the most largely attended and
most interesting ever held in the West
Tfsd. More than thousand tickets
were sold for the OCCASION. The pro-
cAeds from the entertainment will 70
to the Improvement fund Of the church.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-10-21
Trouble With Our City Government.

The basic difficulty. as i conceive it, is
that we made the mistake of fashioning
the forms of our city government upon
the governments of the nation and tha
states; and that, having thus set up ~
system of administrative machinery who'll
~ unsuited to It's purposes, we proceeded,
logically perhaps, to run our cities nos
with reference to their own needs of bust
ness interests. but upon the Issues of ma.
tional politics. The fact that the adminis-
tration of "A city has nothing whatever to
do with divisions OF opinion upon lines Of
national policy has but recently occurred
to us. and is still strange doctrine in many
parts of the land. Thus-to cite an in-
stance that sums up the system iself-tho
question of the choice of a city commits.
sioner OF street cleaning, whose sole duty
1t would be to clean the streets efficiently
and to help protect the public health.
would be determined according to views
held by the voters upon the tariff, or the
currency, or the proper method of regu-
lating the trusts; and the socalled com.
missioner" when so appointed, might be
depended upon to turn both contracts and
subordinate appointments over to those
who had made him politically possible.
When we consider such q situation re.
hectively, 1T seems difficult to conceive OF
anything more ridiculous. And still. the
American people, who pride themselves
upon their keenness in business and trade.
nave for generations tolerated a system of
handling the purely business interests Of
their communities that sets aside the first
principles of business, and has rolled up
an appalling bill of waste in every part 81
the land.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-10-21
PROPOSING A coNsTlTuTIoNAL
CONVENTION,

Section l.. Whereas. since the formula
tion and adoption of the Constitution OF
the state of South Dakota the political,
social and Industrial conditions have so
changed that the state has in many re-
spects grown away from the fundamental
charter or constitutions; therefore,
BE 1T resolved by the senate of the state
of South Dakota, the house OF representa-
tives concurIinE:
That the legislature OF the state Of
South Dakota recommend 10 the electors
that a constitutional convention be called
and held to revise the constitution of the
state of South Dakota. and that at the
next general election to be held i'm Mo-
vember. 1914. there shall be submitted to
the electors the following:
Shall Il constitutional convention he
called: as by the .egisla-
That the secretary OF state he and here.
by is directed to place said question upon
the official ballot for said election in the
same manner as constitutional aluend-
mcnts arc submitted under the Laws D.
this state.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-10-21
Dogs In tho Manner.

The president has been notified that ff
he insists on the passage of the govern
ment owned merchant marine bill. cor.
gress will not be able to adjourn before
the November elections. This means that
the ship subsidies are improving their
stranglehold on q democratic congress-
and that 1t will take a long light to shake
them off.
This being the situation, why a surren.
der rather than a fight?
ut is now two months since the Wal
tied up so much shipping on which the
foreign trade of the United States de-
Ponds. 1t is two months since new and
most promising routes for trade began Ia
open for this country, without any ship
ping to take them up. What has private
capital done in this time to seize so great
an opportunity? O many ships has It
bought or started to buy and transfer to
the American flag? How many ships ha0
it contracted to rave built?
The answer Is that 1t has done nothing.
1t Is buying no ships. It is building no
ships. Aside from the action Of one or
two large concerns in transferring their
ships from the British to the American
transportation facilities ~ a single ton.
overcome the great emergency or meet the
venting the government from doing eny-
OF ibis et Urgency n opportunity.
= # .nfarire bill will at least serve to
d. s out OF the Manages. It
20 set them at work a3tu
- VI MF