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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02
MARATHON IN SCOTLAND
WON BY HANS HOLMER
Beats Large Field and at Finish
Leads by Twenty
Yards.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, January D.
Hans Holmer of New York today won
the annual professional modified mara
thon race at the Powderhall track. He
led at the finish by twenty yards and
eat large fed ont lining many promi-
nent international athletes.
Today was the second occasion on
which Holmer has carried off the event,
as he was also victor in 1911.
The race was over course of fifteen
miles. Holmer's time was hour ~
minutes II seconds. This is twenty
seven seconds slower than the time ma de
by the winner last year. second place
today went to George Dining OF London,
last years winner.
Vii men. the 1912 winner
was third. The three men were closely
punched from the ten-mile mark until
they entered the straightaway, where the
American spurted and won a fine race.
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BY j. ED GRILLO.

Federal League affairs are not prosper
ing as they seemed to be a few days ago.
Organized base ball men are confident
that the so-called outlaws" are playing
a strong game of bluff and that the sign
ing Of Joe Tinker was for the purpose or
inducing a few angels with money TO
become interested in the movement The
TACT of the matter Is that as yet not a
single dollar has been paid TO Tinker.
His salary has merely been guaranteed
by a bonding company, and similar offers
are being made to other players. But IL
is understood that no real cash as yet
has been shown. Reports from several
major league cities are to the effect that
most of the players have notified their
clubs that they are we'll satisfied with
conditions in organized base ball. and
that they will sign their contracts just
as soon as the conference between the
national commission and the players
committee has been held.
The very makeup of the proposed Fed
eral League circuit makes its success
doubtful. There are too many minor
league cities included TO make il possible
Tor the new league to be operated along
major league lines.
So far as the players are concerned il
is predicted that they Will prove their
loyalty 10 their clubs Just as soon as
word is passed down by the fraternity
mat their demands have been satisfied,
wnen there will be rush TO get into ihe
fold by the contract route. Nothing Is
50 effective in dealing with players as
theabiity TO display real cash and there
5 said TO be a shortness of this so lar as
the Federal League is concerned. Bond
ing companies may be induced To guaran-
tee salaries. but ball payers ike 10 see
the color OF money.
Gunboat Smiths victory over Arthur
Pelky, coming as il does after Smith
Langford. undoubtedly places the sailor
though this fact does not assure his be-
ing "A champion. Pelky was novice, TO
say the least, and the decision over
Langford was gained when the Boston
tar baby was something like thirty
pounds overweight. Smith may possibly
be the best of the long string of white
heavyweights now in the game. but il is
decidedly doubtful III he would stand a
chance in a finish fight with Langford
and unless Jack Johnson has gone back
perceptibly he would be a cincli for the
conqueror Of Jim Jeffries.
Barring Tinker and Brown, and, OF
, course, Stovall, not one of the numerous
other players who have been named as
having signed with the Federal League
VIII admit that such Is the case. In
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Levinsky Wins by Knockout.

NEW YORK. January 2.-Battling Lee
Whisky Barney Williams) Of Philadelphia,
light heavyweight, knocked out Tom
DAILY, the Omaha Giant, yesterday after
noon in the second round of what was
to be a ten-round bout. Levinsky easily
outboxed his opponent in the openin
round, when he sent in two lefts to
the stomach. In the second round he
doubled DAILY up with hard smash to
the stomach and the Omaha man was
out for five minutes. Daily outweighed
Levinsky by forty-eight pounds.
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Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ST. LOUIS, January 2-Pennant win
ners do not always excel In all branches
of the national pastime. This was shown
clearly in the games of the Athletics and
Giants in the shut-out league during the
campaign of 1913. Neither of the two
clubs which will hang the pennant rag
on the fiagpoles at Shibe Park and the
Polo Grounds next summer topped In this
respect. In fact, Johnny McGraw's team
fell below the 500 mark, while the MACK
men finished with 81, being third In the
American League.
During the campaign of 1918 the Maps
Ban Johnson circuit, winning sixteen
contests and being whitewashed only
three times by the opposition. for a per-
centagt of .S42. Had the maps been as
successful in the other battles as In the
shut-o,its they would have won the pen
nant hands down. This did not happen'
though, so what's the use?
Leaders Have Big Edge.
In tie senior body, Charley Dooin's
Phillies. who topped the league for good
while. only to fall behind when the hot
weather came, were the leaders in that
body, Iith seventeen wins and f1ve de-
feats far a percentage of lib. The per-
centage of the two leaders in the Smut
out leagues put them away aheao OF tue
field in the American League the Ma
tionaIs we're in second place, while George
StallinEs' Braves were the runners-up III
the National League.
Neither the Browns nor Cardinals
had much success in the "shut-out
leagues" The club Branch Hickey Will
chaperan In the Ban Johnson circuit
the colsling season was BANKED twenty
times during the 1913 season, Wnlie
thirteen contests were won In Wnlch
the other fellow failed to send a run
ner over the pay-off station. That
gave the team percentage of 1874 In
this line, which was q lot more than
the local National Leaguers.
Milles Higgins athletes had no sue
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Wnere Is tlelder Jones In the midst OF
all this Federal fury? Twas a poor clut
in the olden days of which he didn',
have the refusal.
The Siberia of st. Louis and the Helena
of Cincinnati can no longer be held as
club over the heads of the big leaguers
The outlaws form a too inviting stop
ping place on the way down and out
The Federals are said to be after
Aitchison, the Newark pitcher whom Db
bets brought to Brooklyn. The youngstei
refused to sign at the terms offered and
left the team in a huff Charlie better
have anything to celebrate with on the
big list of holidays he has picked out foi
next season.
Theodore Brzozowski, a Louisville boy
has been granted trial with the cham.
pion Athletics next spring. Brzozoski en-
tered the national game while a member
of high school team in Louisville and
has played throughout Kentucky in semi
pro circles. Rufus Gilbert, manager OF
the Terre Haute club, instructed the
youngster on the fine art Of pitching.
Ward Mcdowell, who was a member OF
the waiting list Of the Cleveland Maps
ranks. The former Portland infielder
was recently traded to the Mobile club
OF the Southern Association. Mcdowell
while a member Of the Portland club
Northwestern League, last summer
batted over 800. but Nap scout de-
Walter Lyons. shortstop: Lacy DEM
aree. catcher, and George Fritch, pitcher,
have signed contracts with the Blooming
ton club. The three acquisitions have
averaged well in semi-pro base ball.
The sum of $500 is needed to insure
the safety Of the Kewanee. Central As
ISOLATION, wranchise. The fund of s., $50
has been subscribed. but 1t is asked that
the stipulated sum be raised Immediately.
Tony Marhefka, shortstop, has been
sold by the Whining ton C ub of the Tri-
State League to the New London club in
the New England League. Marhefka
batted for .26S average last season and
led Tri-State shortstops in fielding.
Dan HoWley, the catcher who was with
the Phillies during the early weeks Of the
1918 schedule and who was farmed to the
Montreal club of the International League
will not go to the coast NEXT season, as it
has been announced.
The ST. Paul club of the American AS
ISOLATION has added George Whir. right
from San Mateo, CAL, and is reported a
coming wonder. He is six feet tall and
performed well while hurting along the
coast.
II suitable base ball location may be
found Reading, Pa. will be admitted to
the Tri-State League when the directors
Of this organization meet in January.
George w. Heckert, a supporter of the
proposed Reading venture. filed applica.
tion for the franchise.
The Grand Forks club Of the Northern
League has signed Eddie Wheeler OF
South Bend Ind. as it's manager for the
1914 season. For several years Wheeler
played with st. Paul of the American AS
ISOLATION. Arthur Cavanangh represented
Grand Forks in closing the deal.
Although Joe Tinker ought to know the
color of money when he sees 1t, Garry
Hermann still insists that the Federal
League has no financial backing. For q
long time. too. they laughed at Columbus
when he intimated that the earth was
roflpd
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DR.. De Silva, Ex-Foot Ballist, Dead

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., January a.
DR.. j. Francis De Silva, a we'll known
physician and a member of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania foot ball team
several years ago, died here last night.
He was thirty Eight years old and gradu-
ated from the Pennsylvania institution
in 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02
McCann No Match for Duffy

BUFFALO, n. Y, January Jimmy
Duffy, eastern lightweight champion.
fought frankie Mccain of Scranton
last night all over the ring for ten
rounds. The auditorium was packed
10 the doors. The receipts totaled
$40 900.
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Welsh Wins on Points.

NEW ORLEANS. La, January -
Freddie Welsh, the lightweight cham
pion lof England, defeated Johnny Dun
dee of New York here yesterday in a
ten-round fight. Dundee was accredited
with having the better of the first two
rounds. Welsh showed superiority In
the fourth, eighth and tenth rounds, and
the others we're even
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the plate at all times This would pre-
vent the catcher stepping to one side
for an intentional base on balls, and
would compel pitchers to keep the ball
close enough to the plate SO that a
good batsmen would have chance
to hit safely, even if the bal. did not
come across the pan.
Secretary Gardiner of the White Sox
announced the receipt of a signed con-
tract from Ray Schaik. the brilliant
Young backstop of the South Side team.
ScbaIk apparently is not a member of the
players fraternity, which forbade its
members to sign contracts until its de-
mands are granted by the national COM
mission.
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Ray Bronson Is Defeated.

MELBOURNE. January 2.-Waldemar
Holberg, the Danish lightweight boxer.
easily defeated Ray Bronson, the Amert-
can lightweight, on points IN . twenty.
round contest here yesterday.
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Greetings Sent to Comiskey.

n cablegram conveying hearty greet
ngs ard every good wish for a bright
new year and safe return" was sen,
yesterday to Charles A. Comiskey and
mis- worlds touring party by numbe.
Of the Old Romans Chicago friends. The
cablegram bore ninety signatures and
was sent to Sydney, australia, at which
port the globe girdlers are due soon.
The following bulletin of contracts and
releases in the American League has
been issued by Pres dent Johnson:
Releases-By Chicago to Venice, G. H.
White: by Mobile to Cleveland, Gene
Paulette; by Los Angeles to Washington,
2. spencer and E. Meusei; by Des Muine
to Washington. Paul Musser: by Wash
ington to Missoula, Dawson: by Phi adel-
phia to New York, James Walsh; by New
York to Toledo. John knight. and TO
Montreal. John Smith; by Boston to ST.
Paul. Charles Hall; to Worcester, Will
liam E. Mundy: to Montreal, Albin Carl
strom; to Omaha, Martin krug.
Contracts-With Washington, Paul
Smith; with New York. r. ]. Kelly.
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Wolgast Wins in Five Rounds.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. January AID
Wolgast, Cadillac. Mich. the former
lightweight champion pugilist. defeated
Jack Redmond in five rounds of a ten
round boxing contest yesterday after
noon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02
Conius1on over Proposed Rule.

The efforts of the base ball fans OIL
the country to furnish President John
son Of the American League win
remedy for the Intentional pass have
not been crowned with success, although
sugges ions have been pouring into
American League headquarters in large
quantities from all parts of the country.
Scores OF suggestions have been re-
ceived along the beaten lines, but none
of them offers a solution of the real
problem, which Is to differentiate be-
tween the in eentional and unintentionai
base on balls. Many fans explain their
suggestions to penaiiZe al. passes alike
by the argument that the umpire cannot
determine at all times whether a base
ON balls is Intentional The majority
Of fans sugges. one of three pena ties
for the base on balls-to give the bats
man two bases, advance each base rum
ner one or more bases when a pass is
issued, or give the batSman the choice
of accepting a pass or remaining at
bat.
Some fans want a sub runner put on
first when pass is issued to a go d
oatSman, thei eby opening the door for
a foxy manager u keep a good waiter
at bat indefinitely and perhaps force a
run across the plate before the bal. is
nit at all. Some suggest doing away
with the base on balls entirely. over
looking the fact wise pitcher never
would put the ball over the pate if
he could pitch bad balls indehniteiy
without letting the batsman walk One
ian suggests that no batsman whose
average is over 800 be allowed to take
a base on balls. Those with averages
below 800 presumably won.d no. be
passed Intentionally. This would neces-
state figuring out the official batting
averages every night and supplying the
umpire STAFF with a list of all the 300
hitters in advance of each game, since
batting averages vary cons :antIy.
One Has Good Suggestion.
Other ingenious systems of penaliz-
ing bases on balls are among the sug-
sestions. but none offers a solution of
the problem when is a pass inten-
tional" The nearest to II is q sug-
gestion that when a pitcher delivers
four consecutive balls without a strike
| 1T shall he considered an intentional
pass, but this happens sometimes when
the weakest batsman is facing a good
| pitcher. The trouble with all the sug-
gestions is that bases on balls are a ],
unfavorable feature of the game. and
| the unintentional passes outnumber
the Intentional about 100 to l in a sea-
| son. The remedies for the intentional
pass are almost certain to put SO SCI
we're a handicap on the pitcher who
| issues unintentional passes that the
remedy would do more harm than the
! yean Gregg. for example. issued 121
passes last season. That was nearly
| one base on balls to every two innings
| he pitched, while he probably did not
I, give half dozen intentional passes
| during the year. To apply any penalty
| to all the passes he gave beyond send
| ing the batsmen to first base probably
| would put Gregg out of business.
| The only suggestion likely to be
| adopted came from Washington
| newspaper man. 1t Is to contract the
| present catcher's position so as to
! compel him to stand directly back Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02
Federal Magnates Are Elusive.

So complete is the embargo on Federal
League information when does not ema-
nate from the nps OF President Gilmol e
that it was impossible to ascertain from
the local federahsls the whereabouts OF
the leagues executive yesterday. Presi-
uent W ecsfIian Was confident Mr.. Gl. MOI (
WAS not in 1.p4cago, because ne receiver
a teiearam from nlm with a lot Oh New
ear WiSneS IN IL, out Where the teie-
gram came from the local niagna.e sal4
ne nau lorSoI,sn. his Impreos.on Was
the message Came from IoIen.o, out he
was not sure. wire reports located Mr..
N-.-lIure IN New lorh, among DINER
PAGES.
rom Cub headquarters the information
Was oDtaiutd .ndt SOme OF the owners o.
property adjacent TO the new euel al
Leae ue glUGiiuS on the .>OrIn side were
p.al.Aine 10 en,o.n the ciuD tom ere> TIN :,
d p-anl there, Dul Inc reports apparently
uid not trouble tresiuen. NeesnIIIan III
the least.
fres.uent Murphy announced he had re-
ce4Veu an oIler Tor inIieiuer MuliwltL
lrom the MeMpnis cub % the Soulne.I
Lea5 ue, ano urc-afed me oIrr Was DoIIs
lf0e, because a.o.Iwl,z was already unQeI
contract 10 the CUBS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Where is Fielder Jones In the midst oil
all this Federal fury? Twas a poor clut
in the olden days of which he didn'1
have the refusal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02

The Federals are said to be after
Aitchison, the Newark pitcher whom .1b-
bets brought to Brooklyn. The youngster
refused to sign at the terms offered and
left the team in a huff. Charlie better
hurry back from Porto Rico. or he won t
have anything to celebrate with on the
big list of holidays he has picked out for
next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02
|FATE Of FEDERALS
IN THE TURNST|LES
Ban Johnson Says Gate Money
Means More Than Courts
in Base Ball War.
CHICAGO PROMOTERS ARE
NOT AFTER VIC SAFER
"0utlaw" Magnates Are Elusive
When 1t Comes to Giving
Out Information.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star
| CHICAGO, January 2.-Base ball wars
never have been won and lost In the
courts. and the coming fuss with the
Federal League will be no exception. 1t
VIII be decided by the turnstiles which
grind out the sinews of war, ie., coin.
The foregoing is the gist of the answer
made yesterday by President johnson of
the American League to the threats of
Federal League lawyers to attack or
sanized base ball through the courts by
means of the antitrust laws If any move
is made by the older league to enjoin
players from jumping to the outlaw"
circuit. Speaking of this matter, Mr.
Johnson said:
Contracts which have been sent to
American League players by the Federal
League contain practically the same pro-
visions for reservation and release as in
the major leagues; consequently any
court proceedings open to the Federal
League are equally available to all
leagues. However, real victories and de-
feats in base ball are decided by the pub
lie and not by the courts. 1t is a battle
for patronage, and there is only one way
to gain that. OF course, l cannot speak
for the National League, but only for
the American League, in this matter
Not After "Vic" Safer.
President Weeghman of the Chicago
Federal League club entered a general
denial to all past, present and future ru-
mors that Manager Tinker had been,
was or might be tampering with players
on either the White Sox or Cub rosters.
The immediate cause of the denial was
the report that the Federal League was
flirting with Vic" Safer. the rising young
first baSeman of the West Side team.
I'VE are not going alter any players
on either Of the other Chicago teams re-
iterated President Weeghman. Mr. CO.
miskey has lots of friends in this city.
So has MIR. Murphy. We have a few o.
our own There is room enough for al.
of US without treading on each other $
toes. You can't MAKE il too strong that
Vic Safer or any other Chicaeo player
has not received an oner from the Chi
cago Federal League club"
For the other cubs of the Federal
League Mr.. Weeshnan could not speak,
of course, and the probabilities are the
offer made to SAFER came from some other
team in the new league. 1T would not be
surprising II the ST. Louis club proved To
De NEGOTIATING for the cub staS, VINO was
close friend Aordecai bfoWn when
they were teammates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02

The Siberia of st. Louis and the Helena
OF Cincinnati can no longer be held as a
club over the heads of the big leaguers.
The outlaws form a too inviting stop
ping place on the way down and out
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match was halved the side which last
won a hole shall take the honor.
I have seen several very prominent
players who engaged in qualifying or
match play ignore this fundamental pro-
vision that the ball must be driven from
a point between markings OF disks anu
not more than two club lengths behind.
STRAIGHT DRIVE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02

Theodore Brz0zowski, Louisville boy.
has been granted a trial with the cham
pion Athletics next spring. Brzozoski en-
tered, the national game while a member
of high school team in Louisville and
has played throughout Kentucky in semi
pro circles. Rufus Gilbert, manager OF
the Terre Haute club. instructed the
youngster on the fine art Of pitching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02

The sum of $500 is needed to insure
the safety of the Kewanee, Central AS
ISOLATION wranchise. The fund of s., $50
has been subscribed. but 1t is asked that
the stipulated sum be raised Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-02

Barring Tinker and Brown, and, of
; course, Stoyall, not one of the numerous
other players who have been named as
having signed with the Federal League
will admit that such Is the case. In
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-12

for the mutual benefit Of the six
banks then in Raleigh. The CaroA
lima Trust Company, the Mcdaniel
Dime Savings Bank. the National
Bank OF Raleigh, the Citizens Ma.
tional Bank. These were the origf.
nal member banks of the Association
which transacted its business only
among the banks. Now all are rep
resented :
The first officers OF the association
were: j. G. Brown. president; {. Fg
Johnson. yice-president, II. w. jack:
son, Secretary; j. @. Litchford. treaAr
urer. The executive committee way
composed of l.. D. Heartt. c, H. Bell
vim, B.. S. Sherman. Since the first
organization Mr.. Walters Durham has
succeeded II. w. Jackson as secretary
of the association.
The meetings of the association are
held twice each month, at which time
the financial status of the city Is un-
der fire and the bankers Cooperate
| with one another for the interest Of
the entire membership. During the
panic of 1907 the activities of the as
ISOLATION were such hat Raleigh vas
spared much of the rigors of the scar
| city Of money and the banks were able
to issue real currency instead II
l rartnf
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-12
"Stcic i March on His Friends.

N~OIISDOIO RECORD.
MI. NeriIs EdSerton. the c.evcr and
popular mai carrier On i.a-al Route
NO. = Stcie a irarci on MS host %
friends, N.cdneeday. ard was hayuil.
married to NJ Eitn A~.~('uii-r- Il
popula and charming young lady O.
the Crantha'n township section. Tnc
Record joins ;hc haDpy young cot-
pies many friends III Wishing the~1
a9undant happiness aud prospe
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-12
RALEIGH BANKS
EIGHT IN NUMBER
City a Leader In The Beauty of
The Homes of These
Institutions
GROWTH HAS BEEN GREAT

Managed On Safe and Con-
sentative Lines Each Year
Has Seen a Steady Progress.
The Business Done Is Such
as To Show That This City
Is a Financial Stronghold
The State
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-12

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