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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01
COLLINS SURE TOBE
WITH BOSTON RED SOX
Disgruntled Pitcher Wants to Talk
With Owner Before Sign
ing, However.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON. Mass, February 2S-A Hot
Springs. Ark, special tonight says: Ray
Collins is about 80 per cent sure that he
will wear a Red Sox uniform this COM
ing season. The remaining 1 per cent
is just enough to keep him from signing
until he talks over with President Lannin
what he is worth to the team. Collins
stated today that he would probably sign
after a talk with Lanniu. Next week
Hub Purdue. Bill Sweeney and Bert
Whaling will work out with the Red Sox
at Manager Carrigan's invitation. Sween-
ey is still sure he will play with the
Braves this year. although he says he il
not worrying where he will play. Hub
Perdue is making the other players dizzy
with contectures on the trades in which
he and Sweeney will figure. Whaling Is
in better condition than he was at any
time last season. Vean Gregg. the Cleve-
land star, has Joined Turner and Bland
ing He has not signed yet. however,
and is still open to Federal League dir
tations. +
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HARVARD GETS MEET
Intercollegiate viii Be Held in
Cambridge.
CHANGE IN SCORING VALUE
Points Hereafter Will Be Counted
Five, Four, Three, Two
and One.
CHANGE IN SCORING VALUE

NEW YORK. February 2s.-Twenty- lone
colleges were represented at the annual
meeting Of the intercollegiate Associa-
ton of Amateur Athletes of America.
which was held here today. The most
important matter decided during the ses-
sion was the selection of the Harvard
stadium at Cambridge, Mass, as the
place where the annual track and field
CHAMPIONSHIPS will be held on May %
and 30 this year.
Syracuse, Pennsylvania and Johns Hop
kins were the other centers which de-
sired to hold the big event. After the
Baltimore representatives had withdrawn
their applications. Syracuse seemed in
fair way to secure the meet. On the first
ballot Syracuse got eight votes, Harvard
seven and Pennsylvania six, but on
second ballot to decide between the two
leaders Harvard won by twelve votes to
nine.
Four weeks ago several amendments TO
the constitution Of the association framed
by the advisory committee in accordance
with suggestions, made by the executive
committee were made public and all of
them were adopted at todays meeting.
Only one of them-that of increasing
the awards of points to five places in each
event instead of four as heretofore
caused discussion. but it was finally
adopted. Under the new rules the points
for places will be as follows. Five for
first, four for second. three for third, two
for fourth and one for fifth, total of
fifteen points for each event instead of
five, three, two and one. a total of eleven
points, which has been the rule since
1898.
In future, beginning with 1915, the
annual business convention of the as
ISOLATION will be held on the first Satur-
day in March. and on the same evening
each year an indoor athletic meeting.
for which the eligibility rules for con-
testant will be the same az in the annual
championship meetings, will be held. but
no championship will be involved in
any of these indoor contests.
The meeting adjourned after officers
for the ensuing year had been elected as
follows: President T. B. Crews, Cornell;
secretary, John +. Morris. New York Uni
versity; treasurer, E. B. Clark, Columbia;
honorary vice presidents. II. g. Porter,
Syracuse, and W. $. Thomas, Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology; exacu-
tive committee, j. 7. Bryan, Yale: {.
G. Suubbs, Harvard; r. Il. Heath, Penn
sylvania, and {. Z. Goldsmith. Prince
ton.
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Bob Groom Is Not Yet Lost to Nationals Pitchers Proms
BIG TEAMS START SOUTH.
Advance Guard Of Boston and Cleve.
land Off for Training CAMPS.

BOSTON, February 2S-The advance
guard of the Boston National League
base ball team left tonight for the south
Seven players were in the party. They
will pick up other members of the club
en- route and meet Manager George Stall
ings at Macon. Ga. Tuesday. Those
who started from here were Joe Con-
nelly. Walter Maranviile. Leslie Mann.
Walter kenefick. George Tyler, Fred
Tyler and Tom Griffith.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. February 2S-The
regulars of the Cleveland American
League base ball team left at noon to-
day for their spring training camp at
Athens. Ga, where the recruits and
Manager Birmingham preceded them
several weeks ago. Only three PLAYERS
were in the party leaving here Graney,
Leibold and O'Neill. Others will be pick
ed up en- route.
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AMERICANS DO WELL.
Win Places in Athletic Meet at
Oxford.

LONDON, February % - American
Rhodes scholars were successful in sew
eral Of the events in the Oxford Univer-
sity sports held here today.
F. T. Adams Of Texas won the ham
mer throwing event with a throw Of 122
feet 8 inches. v. B. Havins Of New Jer-
sey won his heats in the hurdles and the
hundred yards nat, his respective times
being II As seconds and 10 Is seconds.
N. 8. Taber Of Rhode Island was second
in the one-mile fiat race. being Ave yards
behind A. N. 8. Jackson, president of
the Oxford University Athletic Associa-
ton, who broke the track record. Jack
sons time was 4 minutes % 3-5 seconds
The sports will be concluded Monday.
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IRISH FIFTEEN WINS.
Rugby Match in Dublin Is Well
Contested.

DUBLIN. Ireland. February 2s.-The
Irish fifteen today beat the Scottish fif-
teen In the fourth match of the interna-
tional rugby series. The score was 4 to o.
In the first match England beat Wales.
In the second match Wales beat Scot
land In the third match England beat
Ireland.
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CORNELL wREsTLERs WIN.
Beat Princeton by Score of II
Points to 6,

PRINCETON. n. j., February 2a.-
Cornell's wrestling team defeated Prince
ton here today by a score of twelve points
to six. The visitors secured falls ir the
lis and 13S pound classes and decisions In
the 125, 1875 and 145 pound bouts. Capt.
Gle of the Princeton team threw kleiner
of Cornell in the 175-pound event. and
Longstreth, a substitute for the Tigers"
threw culbertson of Cornell in the unlim
tied heavy class.
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may QUIT GIANTS
Shafer Said to Be on Verge of
Dropping Game.
TEsREAU TELLS THE TALE
McGraw's Eccentric Youngster I'm
parts Threat to Fellow
Member Of Team.
TESREAU TELLS THE TALE
Special Dlspatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MARLIN, Tex, February 2S-Jeff Tes-
reau, the first of the contingent Of Giants
who wintered IN California, where they
listened to wooing by Federal Leaguers
with only Arthur Wilson succumbing, is
here and ready to take part in the spring
training. jeff came to Marlin in good
spirits and looking to be in fine health.
but. according ITO his statements, he and
the New York club have not yet agreed
on the salary question.
Tesreau Has Not Signed.
The big pitcher said he had not signed,
training squad is favorable indication
that he will be in line.
AS to Marty. who has that big offer
from the Federals, he is supposed to be
heaued for Marlin on the train follow
ing Tesreaus. and is likely to put in an
appearance before the day is over. There
is every indication that both Matty and
Jeff will continue in the Giant fold, but
from what Tesreau had to say about
Shafer there is considerable doubt as to
whether the third baseman will be seen
in action this year.
Shafer May Quit.
Tesreau had it from Arthur Wilson.
who saw Si1afer on the coast. that the
latter had asserted his intention Of not
playing any more professional base ball.
He told Wilson he was through.
Snafer, as is well known. does not care
to play base ball. but as his contract
with the Giants has a year or two to
run it was believed that he would stick
it out. For that~matteT., he may turn
up yet.
Shafer is a creature of moods, and i,
would not be surprising if he quietly puts
in an appearance at Marlin just as he
did last year On the other hand, it
wouldn't surprise anybody if he did stay
out of base ball.
Others in Doubt.
players who are not yet in line for the
coming season may clear up with the
arrival here of President Hampstead to
talk with the men concerned. At pres
ent third base is question between
Dyer the recruit from Decatur. ILL.,, who
is being schooled In in1eld play and
Stock. who was on the Giant roster last
spring. Stock is a player of experience
in the minor leagues and also player
of quality. He hits well and Is fast.
Dyer who has been landing Oh the
ball hard in practice. has the spring ear
marks OF a good youngster. but there has
been entirely too little to go on to Judge
of his worth.
After a morning of profitable practice
the players had call it day yes
terday. for the afternoon brought rain.
The outlook was not good for the first
practice game this afternoon. Tesreau
is the seventeenth member of the Giant
party to come to camp. He also is the
eleventh pitcher. Meyers. Tesreau.
Schupp and Grant are the players of
last years team who are here whole
flock is due to fit in during the next three
days. March l being the reporting time
for the regulars.
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Griffith has contended from the outset
of the squabble with Groom that he
would make no further effort to satisfy
him. He denies that he instructed Tom
Hughes to stop off there. but Hughes.
who appreciates the splendid treatment
he received at the hands of the local
club took it upon himself to stop Off at
St. Louis and visit Groom and make an
effort to have him join the team.
1t is not known whether Groom has
signed with the Federals or not. Mana
ger Brown claims he has, but even If
such should be the case 1t would not pre-
vent Griffith from signing, him to a local
contract. Organized base ball goes on
the contention that the reserve clause
holds a player, and there is no hesitancy
to sign a player under such reserve, even
though he has signed with the new
league Griffith announced some time ago
that if Groom jumped him he would take
the matter to the courts and he will not
hesitate to sign Groom regardless of any
agreement he may have entered into with
the Federal League.
The conference between Groom and
Griffith is slated for early this week.
Erroneous reports have made it appear
that President Ban johnson is decidedly
friendly to the promoters of the Federal
League and he has been quoted in dis
patches coming from Chicago that he
would welcome the men who are backing
the hew organization into organized base
ball. Such. however, does not appear to
be the case. In a recent issue of The
Star the writer made some comment on
what was alleged to be Johnson's atti-
tude toward the Federals, as based on the
reports emanating from Chicago. These
came to Mr.. Johnson's attention and he
promptly wrote the following letter to the
writer to show Just where he stands SO
far as the Federal League is concerned:
Chicago, ILL.,, February Is, 1914.
Mr. J. Ed Grille.
Sporting Editor Evening Star,
Washington, D. c.
Dear Ed
My secretary called my attention to an
article that appeared in Tuesdays Even
ing Star. There is a statement credited
to me to the effect that I would welcome
the promoters of the Federal League into
organized base ball This is absolutely
absurd and untrue. There is no room
for third major league, and that fact
will be demonstrated next summer.
There was no justification for the ere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01
TRIES FOR SECOND.
First Prize Is Already Won in Chi
cago Billiard Tourney.

CHICAGO. February 2s.-With the first
prize Of $500 already awarded to Kieck
hefer of Milwaukee. NORM of Chicago
will try this week to win second place
in the interstate three cushion billiard
tournament. To do so he must defeat
Cullen of Buffalo, which will give him
a record Of ten games won and four
lost. the same as that held by McCourt
of Pittsburgh. a prize of $3.50 goes to
the winner of second place. The tourna-
nent closes Thursday with a match
between Cullen and Maly of Detroit.
Standing:
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GROOM MAY CHANGE
MIND AND PLAY HERE
Disgruntled Pitcher to Confer With
Griffith Tom Hughes Seems to Have
Patched Up Differences.
By !, ED GR1LLo.

Bob Groom may be lost the Nationals all Not
wstandng the fact that Mordecai Brown OF the ST
Louis Federal League that he signed the
Nationals tall twrer that good missionary work by Tom
Hughes way bring about conference between the
disgruntled pitcher and Manager Griffith
Hughes who released the Los Angeles club
stopped off St Louis and paid Groom
his home Belevle. He have persuaded Groom
Fedeas
Griffith within the 1t
believed that such conference will result Groom
fold Whether Groom will here Griffith they
will elsewhere remains to be arranged
Notwithstanding the fact that the average Washington fan
disturbed whether joins Nationals force
revealing say that Griffith
have Groom his pitching staff He figures that OF
the fact that his staff made entirely of young pitchers barring
Johnson will have another seasoned pitcher call
have Groom into the fod
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LOSES LAST GAME
GaIIaudet Five. Defeated by
Mount St. Mary's.
THE SCORE IS IS TO rs
Costello's Playing Features Work of
Maryland Aggregation-Many
Good Shots.
The SCORE IS 46 TO rs

EMMITSBURG, Nd. February D.
Gallaudet College closed its basket ball
season here yesterday with a defeat at
the hands Of the Mount st. Mary's quint.
The final score was: Gallaudet. %; Mount
st. Mary's, 46. While the Bun and Blue
quint lost, 1t did not go down to defeat
without a game struggle. Superior pass
ing and greater familiarity with the floor
spelled victory for the Mountaineers.
Both quints put up a clever article Of
ball, and the large crowd present to wit
ness the game roundly cheered many SEN
sational shots.
For Mount st Marys. Capt. Costello
was responsible for most of his teams
points. The sensational drtbbling OF
Leary was one Of the features Of the
game: Lineup:
Mt. St. Mary's. Position. 3 Gallaudet-
Costello. ......... Left forward ....... Rockwell
Phillips. -........ Right forward .Wenger
May. ............ Center ;...-.... Rasmussen
Leary. -...-. Left guard -....-.... DURAN
Substitution; Gallsudet j c!ts for Kelley.
sutton. Donovan for Phillips. Goals from field
Donovan e.. Rockwell fSj, Wenser Ce), Essmus.
sen ~. Goals from free throws-Rockweu t6
out Of 81, Costello a ont Of g.. Referee-Mr.
Kaufman Of Baltimore. Ttmers-Mr. Ellington
Of Gallaudet and Mr.. Smith Of Mt. St. MaHys.
Time Of halves-20 minutes.
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CHASE HAS OFFER FROM FEDS;
HAS NOT JOINED WHITE SOX
Keeps Away From Training Quarters and Will Not
Take Part in Exhibition Scheduled to Be
Played at His Home Today.

SAN JOSE. Cal. February 2s-HaI
Chsse Of the Chicago Americans was
missing from his accustomed haunts to-
day, but his friends we're responsible for
the statement that he had received an
offer OF three-year contract from the
Federal League, with a material increase
Of salary. the money to be placed In
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SEXTON CUTS SQUAD.
Harvard Now Has Only Sixteen
Pitchers and Catchers Working.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, February rs
Coach Sexton of the Harvard base ball
team cut his squad of battery candidates
today and now has sixteen pitchers and
catchers. He will have another catcher
available in a few DAYS, when Sgney
Clark, II, finishes his hockey playing.
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devolves upon the forces Of organized
base ball to stamp it out.
Sincerely,
E. 3. JOHNSON.
Though the young pitchers have had
only four or five days of exercise at
Charlottesville. the report is sent out that
they are ready to 60 at top speed and
cut loose any time they are called upon.
This of course. is absurd. 1t may be
that Williams or Galla can show some
real stuff this early because they have
been working OF their homes for the past
month or so. but the pitchers who went
into training last Tuesday cannot possi-
bly, be ready to let their arms out. 1t
takes ten days at least of careful prepara-
ton before a pitcher would dare to cut a
few loose, and no one knows this better
than Jack Ryan. who is In charge of the
squad
The fact of the matter is that the young
players now in camp have not done any
real work to date. so far as their pitch
ing arms are concerned. The mere toss
ing of the ball for a few days does not
prepare pitcher for the real task Of
pitching If these youngsters, those who
went into actual training last week, are
ready to start real work by the time the
regulars report at the camp next Thurs
day they will have done mighty we'll.
Capt. George Mcbride and Chick Gan
dill are in the city. The two mainstays
of the Washington team arrived here
last night from West Baden Springs, Ind.
where they have spent about ten days
taking the water cure. Both have been
greatly benefited by their stay there and
believe they will have an easier time
getting into playing condition as a re-
suit
Mcbride, who always looks ready to
jump into game. looks no different now
from what he did when he left here last
fall, though Of course the winter months
have wiped away the dusky complexion
resulting from last summers sun.
Chick and I both benefited yourselves
by the stay at West Baden and we are
anxious to go to Charlottesville and get
to work. said the Nationals captain.
IF we have any breaks this year we may
prove the surprise of the race, for think
that we will have better ball team than
we had last season"
Both Mcbride and Gandil will remain
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escrow for three years,
Chase has not yet Joined the White Sox
at Paso Robes and his friends said he
might not do SO unless the Federal
League terms veSe met. Chase did not
see the team when it was in San Jose and
has not visited the training quarters al
Paso Robes. He will not play in the
practice game scheduled for tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01
GIANTS OWNER IS AT MARLIN
SPRINGS TO SIGN MATTY
Report That Great Pitcher Has Offer From Federal
League Causes Stir in National League Cir
ces-Marquard and Mclean Report.

MARLIN, Texas, February oh W.
Hampstead. president Of the New York
National League Club. arrived today at
the Columbia's- training quarters here.
He 10 expected to confer With Christy
Mathewson, who arrived tonight, with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01
Signs With Federals.

WORCESTER, Mass. February o.
Arthur Lavigne. catcher of the Lowell
New England club, today signed a con-
tract with the Federal League. He will
probably play with Buffalo.
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CLEVELAND H0NoRED.
Son Of Former President Made Head
Of Scholastic Body.

+ BOSTON. February 2a-Richard F.
Cleveland. son Of former President Grover
Cleveland and q student at Phillips Exc
ter Academy. was elected president Of the
interscholastic association Of amateur
athletics Of New England at the annual
meeting today.
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relation to the pitchers future afilisticn
Mathewson recently admitted receipt OF
an offer to manage the Brooklyn FEEDER
al club At his own terms.
Rube Marquard, pitcher, and Larry Nc
Lean. catcher, were arrivals today At
the New York Nationals camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01
No Selections Possible.

In trying to select the pick Of the twiri.
ers IN camp at present one has a PROPOSE
uon that is not an easy one to tackle
Or the new men, practically none of them
nas had much experience in professional
pail and hence 1t is impossible to deter
NINE the matter from their past records
Continued on Second Pare7
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Both Mcbride and Gandn will remain

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All Magnates Present.

The meeting today and tonight had the
largest attendance Of any of the sessions
the league has held. In contrast to the
1C,o.4i1,od an Third PaCa
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then from the text Of the book in or
der to make his play stronger and
to bring it up-to-date. In this di-
rectIon some surprises are in store
for the readers of the book, which
will make the drama even more in
teresting than if it followed the
novel too closely. Audiences will
therefore be kept on constant look
out for new thrill. Many Of
these surprises are promised dur
ing the course of the performance.
The author Of this powerful story
was born of Revolutionary stock
in North Carolina forty-eight years
ago and has lived a remarkable
life-one that peculiarly fits him
for the career of an American novel
ist. He grew up on a southern farm
and laid. the foundation OF charac-
ter deep in our native soil, gradua-
ted at nineteen, took a post-gradu-
ate course of a year in history and
politics at Johns Hopkins University,
was elected to the legislature of
North Carolina before he was twenty
one, became lawyer and appeared
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as they have been by pen and brush,
and the Influence is even more
potent, as it Yisuallzes the story,
leaving little to the Imagination.
The photop7ay begins with the
conquest Of Egypt by Marc Antony
md his peremptory summons to
Cleopatra to be brought to him as
hostage. Her charms fascinate him
at their first meeting and he falls a
victim to her wiles. lis noble COM
patriots and loving wife in Rome are
soon forgotten and antony rules in
Egypt as consort of Cleopatra, COM
pletely sWayed by his passion for
her The news Of his condition
reaches Rome. Messages are sent
to him to return to his home and
country, but he rejects, them. His
wife journeys to Egypt to win him
back. He spurns he. and Cleopatra
insults her. Indignantly the wife
returns to Rome and tells her story.
The Roman Senate determine to pun
ish Antony and send an army to
oring him back. The soldier-lover
defends Egypt and Cleopatra against
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in two famous murder trials before
twenty-three, entered the ministry
and for twelve years held the pastor
ate of leading churches IN Boston
and New York. In the meantime
he became the most popular Lyceum
lecturer in America, and has adj
dressed over 1900, 600 people. Yet
from the first his big life purpose
has always been literary. By d
deliberate plan he waited until he
was nearly forty years old and then
began to write out Of the fullness of
experience and ripe study. The
enormous popular success of his
first book, therefore, was not an ac-
cidert of the public fancy for the
moment.
The secret Of Mr.. Dixon's popu-
larity is that he stirs blood. For this
reason the success Of his plays has
been equally as sensational as that
of his novels. He has something to
say and knows how to say it in a
way that forces people to laugh, to
cry, to think and sometimes to fight.
'aThe Leopard's Spots" viii be seen
here next Monday night