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Evening journal., 1914-04-02
IS early GAMES 7
FOR CHAMP Chicks
Preliminary Season Includes
Game With Athletics
on April IL m
GIANTS DUE HERE
ON EASTER MONDAY

Manager Jimmy Jackson has arr
ranged a fine lot Of exhibition games
as workouts for his champion Chicks
this year. "Give me a start and III
guarantee that the Chicks will be on
top at the fnlsh." is the assertion
made by the hustling little pilot. AL
though but a few days remain before
reporting day, Jimmy's untring ef-
forts to raise those needed $500
bucks will not cease until the last
minute.
The players will report on next
Monday at Hotel Cassidy and im-
mediately will be rushed TO Front
and Union grounds to work out the
kinks The first game on the pre-
liminary schedule is with the Logan
Athletic Club, OF Philadelphia, April
8. The worlds champions Will be the
attraction on April IL. Many fans
are under the impression that wheil
the Athletics are booked to appear at
some small city that a bunch OF
rockies will take their place. Wen
It Is a fact that the Yanigans are
generally the team that is played
But II you will recall the game OF
last season, didn't the Y's have
worlds series battery in Combs anc
Lapp? Didn't Harry Davis. the vet
eran OF the team, cover the initia
sack? Dodge, who played In an ex@
hibition game last season with the
big leaguers was developed into q
star third baseman after he left VIII
mington.
Manager Jackson is now trying 10
find out the lineup of the team that
viii represent the Athletics on the
11th. Mack has promised to send
either Baker OF Collins with the team
and as many other regulars as possi-
Bile Delaware College, Villa Nova
and University Of Pennsylvania and
Georgetown University also have
been booked for local games The
I New fUTh tfiamts viii pe the attTuv-
ton on the 18th. The complete list
Of games thus far arranged follows:
April Slogan Athletic Club OF
/ Philadelphia.
April 1O-(Good Friday Balumor'
International.
April 11-Athletics.
April 13-(Easter Monday New
York Giants.
April 15-University Of Pennsyl
yania.
April 17--Pennsylyania Railroad O
Philadelphia.
April 1S-Villa Nova College.
April 22-FOrt DUPONT
\ April 23-Royal Giants Of Ne'
York
April 24-Royal Giants Of Ney
York.
April 25-Georgetown University.
April 29-Delaware College.
April 30-Pennsylvania Railroad o
Philadelphia.
May 1-2-Cuban Stars, Cuba.
II is likely that an all-star team o
Wilmington men will confront tn
Chicks on April or A. One Of tn
baseball enthusiasts is now dickerini
with Manager jackson for the game
Jackson is endeavoring to have tn
league set aside every day in tn
week, except Saturday, as free day
for women here. Jimmy also want
one free day a week for the boys
Under the present rules only on
free day a week for women is al
lowed. As several clubs favor th
plan. Il is likely the league vii
make the change.
The Farnsworth trophy which bs
longs to the Chicks, will arrive her
in a few days and will be put on ez
hibition In a Market street window
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN WILMINGTON.

Manager Carl Mack, of the Amateur
League. Among them are; Bill sutton.
Andy Rimlinger, Jack Jordan. the Me.
Carthy brothers, Joe and Ed; Albert
Strawbridge, Babe Finn. Den Snyder
Comor and Mcguire.
The Rockford Chicks have already am
nexed a victory to their 1914 campaign
by defeating the Dupont nine by a score
of IA to 10. ii. Hallesey showed splen-
did form in this engagement.
The Highland team win hold bake at
Odd Fellows Hall, Seventeenth and
Woodlawn avenue, on Friday evening.
and Manager Evans expects large
gathering of supporters to be ON hand.
The Fame and Imperial teams have
combined, under the management of Joe
Farrell. and win hereafter be known as
the Federals. "Rube" Braegar will act
as assistant to Joe. Those that have
signed contracts with the Feds are:
Red" Myers, REILLY. Rederver. MELON
nell. MAT" Myers. Rose, Johnnie Lynch.
Reese, Gross and Duke Wright.
President "Osk" Murphy. of the Social
League, has surprised the fans by the
work he has thus far accomplished. Il
was at first thought that the league
would last about two weeks. but since
''Osk" has turned his thought entirely
to the organization, the players are en-
rolling fast.
Manager Frank Gillen, OF the Eden
team, of the City League has sounded
the call of.practice. The Eden lads will
trot out in full bloom on Saturday
'Tis said that the Delaware Hard
Fibre team will cop the pennant on a
10 to shot. Go to it, Clark.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
GYM CLASS GROWS

The gymnasium class in the Y. w. c.,
A. building has become so large that 10
IS now necessary to have two sessions
on Tuesday evenings. New members are
requested 10 come TO class on that even-i
ing at 730 o'clock and old members
from $50 to $50 o'clock. bl
classes for which from two to six persons
have already registered. The required
number of registrations Tor class IL
ten English grammar, English classics
and crocheting and knitting, all free to
members. Also there are to be botany,
chemistry and cooking classes with tui-
tion to be decided upon. "a.
Nesper service win be held at the as-
lsociotion building ON Sunday at 4
o'clock. a
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
FORTUNE FOR MORAN
IF HE wins FIGHT
Victory Also Viii Mean
Ring Supremacy OF
White Race
RACING SEASON
is DRAWING NEAR
BY HAL SHERIDAN
Written for the United Press

NEW YORK. April ,. One million
big iron dollars-that is the value Frank
Moran, the Pittsburgh white hope
places ON a knockout punch jan his COM
ing bout with Jack Johnson IN Paris.
u is altogether probable that Moran's
pretty blond coiffure will be slightly
mussed before he puts over that coveted
sleep wallop as the Big Dinge is known
TO have kick that would make an
army mule look like sure enough
mker. II confidence can win the mill
then Moran has il corralled righ now.
The only weaknes in his armor plate OF
assurance is over-confdencc.
A. hay maker on Moran's part will
echo round the world, for IL will mean
the supremacy of the white man in the
ring again. Such a blow will lit the
white mans burden, dropped by jim
Jeilries at Reno, July 4, 1910. IL will
cause as big ripple as r. RS charge up
San Juan hill or the announcement that
peace is assured in Mexico.
The battle for the title will be staged
lat the Neledrome oliver, Paris, on The
night of June p. az curtain raiser to
NhA NiNNA T AlNf Ahf hiNE'oA NN'HN VI WV
French turf. The building has a seating
capacity Of 10000 and present iudica'
tions are that it win be jammed. Ad
mission will range from So TO $50 d
seat. johnson has been guarantee,
S35,0OO for his part in the bat
tie Moran viii receive $1,000. Ia
addition TO this both fighters viii split
the revenue from the moving picture
privilege.
The bout is scheduled to 20 20 rounds
Whether it will last that long depends
altogether ON re wallop" Time only
viii tell whether 6ickle Dame FORTUNE
ifavors Moran or Johnson. Choice of ref
crfee now hts iwinilsd down TO sever
men. They are Billy Roche, Charh
White. I'd Smith Jim Griffin, Eugen'
Corr. Franz Rciehel and Amiel Mai
trot. At the conclusion of a five weeks
vaudeville Moran win leave for Paris
and. will train at the Aupori Gouion
about am hours ride from the frenel
capital. The Big Cinder will train fo
the fight at Maison Laiitte, another sub
.urb.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
What Do You Want
TO Know About Sporf2

Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL;
Did Jack Johnson ever fight in
Pittsburgh? Who and when?
INQUIRER.
Jack Johnson fought six rounds
there with Tony Ross on June 80,
1909.
Sport Editor, EVENING JOURNAL;
What are the duties of a playing
manager and playing captain, both
playing on the same team?
READER.
The playing manager is usually SUI
preme in power. and directs his men
on the field. In such cases, the cap
tain Is usually a nominal honor, but
he Is i'm full charge ii the manager
should be absent. The line dividing
the responsibilities of the two posi-
tiOns varies, according TO the team.
Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL:
A and B picked all-star team at
the end of this season. A claims he
has all the best of the selections, and
b claims the same thing. We leave
it to you to make a decision. %
Which team as picked is generally
the better? (2) Which team excels in
each individual position? A picks
Ends, Avery and HOggsett; tackles
Talbot and Ballin; guards, Ketcham
and Brown; center, Marrying; quar-
ter. Wilson; halfs, Whitney and
Eichenlaub (Notre Dame); full
Brickley. b picks-Bnds, Merrillai
and Wagner; tackles, Norgren (Chi-
cago) and Talbot; guards, Pennoch
and Munns; center. Carlow; quarter
Waloh; halfs, Mahan and Guyon; full
Brickley.r GRIDIRON.
can't see much difference between
the two, old pal. As far as trying ID
pick the better of the two l reckon
Pn have 10 duck.
Sporting Editor EVENING JOURNAL
VIII you kindly tell me which hanC
would win in a four-handed game o.
poker? A holds ten, jack. queen, kins
and ace of hearts. B holds ten, jack
queen, king and ace of club.
FAN.
Hands are of equal value. Spill
the pet
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
SideHghfS on Local
Sporting Talent
BY "BiN" MCGOWAN

Wen, that meeting surely was OF the
right calibre. Eh. boysg
Guess the old boxing fans fell for that
Baker-Cole story last night. Pat" Me-
hundred visitors at the Wilmington Ath-
letic Club 70 see that smoker. Some
Of the boys We're very much dissppoint-
ed, but "Pat" finally assured them it
was an April fool joke.
Jimmy Murphy win make his first ap-
pearanee as main prelim. worker on
Monday night. he encounters young
Palmer, a boy who has a large follow
ing in the iistic world. Jimmy is again
in the pink of condition. His manager.
Joe Cervine, says that if the kid makes
good in this bout he will send him after
bigger game.
The Rising Sun baseball team will
meet at the home of Manager John Hal
iesey on Monday evening Manager
"Hal' is in hopes OF landing pennant
for his boys, and with the material he
has already signed, it surely looks rood
j. Martin and Tom Tomey have reported.
which makes a list of fifteen signed
players.
The Merwick team was admitted to
the City Amateur Circuit last night
under the management of Carl Mack.
Carl asserted that his club would give
'em all a run for their money.
Some class to the list of exhibition
games that the Wilmington Tri-State
team has arranged. The owners of the
club feel satisfied that with the contin
ued efforts of Manager Jackson the team
will start the season in good condition.
Some fast men have been signed by
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
CAN THEY PLAY BALI

BY The United Press. ga
CADILLAC. Mich. April 2-Hereia
place for a Branch Hickey to get
gentlemanly recruits for the Sls
Louis Browns.
Thirty members of the Oliyet COLI
lege team have signed a pledge not
to smoke, drink OF swear during the
season and TO report any other play
er caught in those acts.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
THE DAILY SPORT REVIEW
Written for the United Press

three miles. the Yale News secured
interviews from eight coaches. The
result simply showed "A hopeless di-
vision. Rice. Columbia, Spaeth.
Princeton; Guerna. LELAND Stanford
and Courtney Cornell, are opposed
to the four-mile race and believed
the race should be cut down Epler.
Wisconsin, appeared lukewarm on the
proposition Nlckalls Of Pennsyl-
vania, said he would favor the three
mile race II twentyyear agreement
for that distance was signed up. 9th
erwise he fears the race may be cut
down to two miles and then q mile
Conibear Of Washington and Ten
Eyck, Syracuse, stood by the old four
mile struggle.
The highest salary the late Rube
Waddel ever received was $4,000 a
year, and he was one of the greatest
left-handed pitchers who ever lived
Compare Waddell's top salary with
that received by some of the topnotch.
ers or even some of the mediocre
pitchers OF today. But no one could
handle Rube. and his vitality was gone
long before the cunning of his arm
had fed.
Billy Gibson, the New York boxing
promoter who recently retired from
connection with the big club at Madi
son Square Garden today Is hustllnf
ON a new one Gibson, who has stag
ed the biggest New York scraps of re
cent years, will open the Stadium A
c., in ST. Nicholas Rink and remain
In the game. II Is expected that his
first big bout will be between Packey
! Mcfarland and Mike Gibbons.
Those who witnessed the Tom Ken
nedy-Salinas Jack Burns bout at tn,
/ Olympic A. G. OF Harlem, are wonder
ing today whether It was a take-ol
or a tragedy. Kennedy. hopelessl,
fat won in six rounds, as Burns con
dition made him hopeless.
The Brooklyn Handicap, which wa
run at Belmont Park last year. VII
be transferred 10 the Aqueduct Tracl
this year, entries closing May 10. Tn
distance will be a mile and a Quarte
as usual. The Carter Handicap a
seven furlongs, will be renewed b.
the Queens County Jockey Club. Bot
events win have additional purses O
S2,5OO.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
pENNSY WANTS GAMES.

The crack i. II. K. baseball team,
champions Of the Industrial League OF
Wilmington, for the season Of 1913, hut
now entered in the Wilmington
League, Is desirous OF obtaining open
dates from any semi-professional or
amateur teams in or out of the State OF
Delaware. Communicate with James L.
Leech, jr., secretary, z. X. R. Athletic
Association. care OF p. b. and w shops,
Wilmington, Del.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
GIANTS AGAIN ARE COMING.

Kid Carter is lining up his W lining
ton Giants for what he hopes viii prove
the best season in, the history OF the
club Last year the Giants played all
the best oolored professional teams OF
the east and won many games. Any
fast club that want a game can be ac-
commodated by addressing Carter at No
ll0O Walnut street.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
EAGLES LEAD GAsMEN

On the Green alleys last night the
Knights of the Golden Eagle bowling
team won three games from the Gas
Company team by the scores Of s65-s54.
als-s55 and Dos s53. The Knights of the
Golden Eagle will represent Wilmington
in the bowling tournament at Atlantic
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
BRANDYWINE TROTS OUT. !

The Brandywine baseball club has
organized and would like to receive
challenges from independent baseball
clubs in or out of the city, Silver
brook, Elsmere. American Hose and
Rubber. Company preferred. Address
challenges to Joseph A.. Haley, Ne.
26O7 West Eighteenth street, city.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
CoULON REFUSES MATCH.

BY The United Press.
CHICAGO. April bantam Cham
pion Johnny Coulon today turned
down an offer to meet Ledoux, French
bantam, in a twenty-round bout in
London. because of his agreeemnt to
box Kid Williams at Los Angeles on
June 10.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
UNIFORMS FOR CLUB.

The Mt. Calvary Club will wear
new uniforms the coming summer
The committee will meet tomorrow
night at the home Of J. S. Woods,
Jr.. No. s27 Gray street, to award the
contract.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
zYBszKo DOWNS sURILLo.
, The Tinted Press.

CLEVELAND, April 2-Zybszko. as
pirant for Frank Gotch's mantle, was
the undisputed victor over Andrew Sur
lilo, local champion today The biz
Pole won two successive falls in theil
match last night
Evening journal., 1914-04-02

tered hdnda among
college men is rap
idly approaching.
Active work for
the crews of the
various universities
is now under way
and the rowing
form and speed of
the varsity eights
will be built up I'm
proportion to the
number Of boils de-
yeloped until the
season reaches its
climax in q blaze
of glory, carbuncles
and cheers az the
Poughkeepsie Re-
gatta.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02

"a fellow who chews gum IN tim
bcr for the Penn crew. Leave the
jaw exercise 10 the women" Failure
to live up to the rules Will mean
Suspension. .Nickalls has daeresd u
Evening journal., 1914-04-02

Disruption in the ranks of the New
York Yacht Club is imminent if the
committee in charge sticks to its
present intention to sail the races to
choose defender to meet Sir Thorn
as Lipton's Shamrock ~, for the
Americans cup, off Newport, instead
of off Sandy Hook. Those favoring
Sandy Hook say the trials should
be conducted out in the open water
on the cup course. The committees
announced reason for selecting New
port is that at the further end OF
long Sound the three defenders will
be safe from prying eyes Of Sir
Thomas scouts. It is a cinch that
with very little additional expense
the Englishman could send his spies
10 Newport The real trials Of the
cup defenders viii be raced in Au-
gust, and it is expected that the ques-
tion as to what course shall be uti-
lized will be threshed out shortly
Evening journal., 1914-04-02

You'll lind auto o ners and prospec-
tive owners who will take quick advan.
tage of deals offered through the
Wants.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02
mNOAR-
By HAL SHERIDAN

NEW YORK. April 2.--The open
.easnn for hollis. carbuneles and blia-
Evening journal., 1914-04-02

Don't dance; don't smoke and
DON'T CHEW GUMt Those are the
rules laid down by Coach Vivian
Nickalls to the crew candidates at
the University Of Pennsylvania. The
first two don't went straight home
with the would-be oarsmen, but the
ban on chewing gum is still mys-
tery around Weighman Hall, Nickalis
has refused TO say just why he barred
the first aid to the distressed shopgirl.
Perhaps IL wasn't from a hygiene
standpoint His only comment was,
Evening journal., 1914-04-02

With the opening of the racing sea-
son near at hand, it is recalled that
many of the turf plungers whose bet
ting operations got the racing game
into hot water in New York state
have either died or retired. The late
Davy Johnson, who made $4,000 in
a single day. at Belmont Park, pass
ed away without leaving a dollar.
Pittsburgh Phil bequeathed a great
fortune to his relatives, John W.
Gates was among the few who beat
the bookmakers at their own game.
Joe Ullman. operator OF the famous
Big Store book, died several years
ago. Joe Yaeger and W. G. Yanke
now confine their gambling to West
ern tracks. John A. Drake hasn't
placed a bet in several years. Bill
Cowen, Sol Bichenstein, Orlando
Jones, Charles Elliason and Eddie
Burke have all passed up the book
making game. George Ross, once
one of the heaviest plungers in the
local rings, has lost his wad. There
are scores of others who quit the
gambling end of the turf game, but
these are enough to show race track
speculation has been reduced to a
minimum.
Evening journal., 1914-04-02

Besides being a pitcher Of no mean
ability, Eddie Porroy, signed as a
pennant winner by the Buffalo FEEDER
ais, has other marks on his slate OF
fame. In the first place Eddie is out
to push the Marquis Rube Marquard
off the boards for Eddie's papa Is a
sure nun baron-Russian If you
please. Eddie, in these days of Cuban
prominence claims to be the only
Russian player on the American dia-
mond. Being a wise kid, Eddie left
the Cars domain when only three
years old. being aided by the Cars
police, who were after his dad for
being a revolutiOnist. And last but
not least, Eddie PorrOy Is the Pader-
ewsk pitcher. When 1t comes to ca
ressing the worries, Eddie is there
with a capital r. He dotes on rag
time, but can tickle the good stun
out of Mcdowell or come crashing
along from Wagner-not Hans, but
I Dick-or ring true on Mozart, Chopin
or any of the big league musical stars.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-10

An interesting story OF how preju.
dice against race can be removed by
learning to like one of it's members
comes from the Provident hospital, in
Chicago's BLACK Belt" 1t began as
a negro enterprise and has graduated
lis negro nurses. A white boy was
recently hurried to the hospital terri
bly, i'll with pneumonia. His mother,
a southern woman, telegraphed from
the east, urging his removal to some
other hospital. 1t was too late for
that. The doctors gave him up. BUT
the negro nurse did not For thirty
SIX hours with not a moments rest
she fought for his life, and won. The
boys mother is no longer prejudiced
against negro trained nurses.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-10
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

Writing in the Baltimore American,
the Rev. J. U. King, pastor OF the
Union Methodist Episcopal church at
st. Michaels, Md, has this to say:
ITO be successful in the develop
ment of the soil we must have scien-
tific training; thus well-equipped agri-
cultural colleges for the negro are in
d1spensable. The day of the ignorant
and superstitious farmer has passed.
Superstition is being replaced by sci
ence, ignorance by knowledge, inefi-
cheney by efficiency
If the white man. who is nearing
the top of the hill of our great ma
terlal endeavor, needs the advantages
of well-equipped agricultural college,
how much greater are the needs of
those who only yesterday, like goods
and chattels, served as a medium of
commercial exchange; who stand at
the very foot of the hill struggling to
ascend? This efficiency will not only
be of benefit to all of those whose
racial identity l bear, but more far
reaching than the average person
would imagine will be the benefits de-
rived by the white people as we'll. OBJ
servation alone has evidently taught
every thoughtful white man that the
increase of mental moral and material
efficiency on the part of the negro
means the decrease of ignorance, idle
ness and crime. We live side by side
with our white neighbor, and be our
contribution to this great social fabric
helpful or baneful he is affected ac-
cordingly and commensurately.
is it not, therefore, the highest wis
dom on the part of every constituent
part of community to welcome cor
daily every means that will perma-
nently establish the criterion: All men
up, and not some men DOWN"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-10

New York has a society whose pur-
pose is to fight against the develop
ment of negro ghetto" in the
American cities. 1t is the National
League on Urban Conditions Among
Negroes, whose membership includes
many persons socially prominent in
New York, together with a company
Of serious minded colored people. The
headquarters are at No. ITO West For
.ieth street.
Mrs. William H. Baldwin, Jr., was
recently elected chairman of the
executive board. Other members OF
the league are: Mrs. Haley Fiske.
George McAneny. Silas McBee, Will
liam H. Maxwell, William Jay Schief-
felin Isaac N. Seligman, George w.
Seligman, Charles d. .Hilles, the Rev.
William Adams Brown, Paul ]. Sachs.
Theodore NJ. Taft, Albert Shaw, Judge
Joseph F., Nulqueen and Major r. R.
Motion.
The league has affiliated organiza-
tions in Philadelphia, Chicago, Louis
vile. st. Louis, Richmond and Nor
folk, Va; Augusta, Ca, and Whining
ton. Del. Its biggest work, however.
is in New York. where the negro
population is now more than 10000,
being more than in any other city in
America, except Washington.
Our work here includes many
branches of activity" said Eugene X.
Jones, associate director in charge of
the local work. I'VE have commit
tee for improving industrial condi-
tions, which seeks to organize work
ers in the various occupations, and by
this means help our people to better
things. For instance, we have organ
lied one group into the Colored Public
Porters' association, for the purpose
of guarding the public against unscru-
pulous porters. The organization is
raising the standard of reliability and
efficiency among its members. Work
ers in other occupations are similarly
organized.
Then we have a vocational ex.
change, operated in connection with
the housing bureau. at No. 127 West
One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street
in the thickly populated negro section
of Harlem. This exchange is being
made a clearing house through which
applicants for help and for positions
may be referred to reliable pkilan
thropic and commercial employment
agencies. Positions have been secured
fer 1877 persons"