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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01

deed be high time to nail Up the ball
parks and quit business.
To think that the Texas league mag
mates should be clamoring for Increased
salary lists, when the Omaha conven-
ton, gaging the output with the in
| come under the present conditions. as
existing all over the cOuntry-decided
on 4 reductions indeed ludicrous. The
Texas league, truly, seems destined 20
remain in a class by itself. and this
just after it has extricated itself from
situation which made it the laughing
stock of the baseball world It is due
to spineless magnates like these who
allow themselves to be influenced that
the game is not on a sound business ba-
sis.
Fans Like Close Games.
The handspring Of baseball success is
not the amount of salaries paid the
players but what they accomplish. It is
not their individual efforts but the club
achievements that count, and the clubs
that are in the thick of the fight are
the ones that draw the crowds. Nor is
II always the winning club that is the
best card. A constant winner becomes
mOnOpOnOuS. Uncertainty is the charm,
and a league with the tail end team
that is in the fight for the gOnfalon,
and with a chance to win, is the one
that will pack the parks over the cir
cult
How TO get a league Of equally
matched clubs is a problem that has
not yet been solved. There are in
hldACeb IN WnlCn the various clubs,
from top to bottom, have made a pretty
race during a championship season, but
this may be regarded as an accident.
and it is usually the case that a tan
end team is so far Outclassed by the
middle Of the season-the Boston
Braves, Of course, except ed-that it is a
hopeless factor in the race. Once upon
q time somebody proposed a plan for
signing up all the players of the league
and then allotting them to the various
clubs according to their individual skill
In the event that one club got too big
lead in the race and another club
dropped too far behind-or, in other
words. the race became 1opsided-the
plan as proposed would admit Of the
shifting of players from one club o
another by drawing upon the league.
In this manner, it was argued, the clubs
could always be maintained at equal
strength. The plan, however. seemed
Utopian. and was never given a trial
Might Jump to Glass A.
In the meantime some interesting
legislation in the Texas league can he
looked for between now and next April.
Two propositions have been advanced
one to maintain the $500 salary limit
as a class B organization and the other
to jump into class A. In considering
either Of these, however, the MACS
nifiCent mileage that they have to con-
tend with, and unless they can cut this
down to a minimum in the arrangement
Of a schedule it will be good night for
the Texas league.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01
Fans Needn' Be Excited Over Murphy
III -:I:- -:II:- -:II:- -:-;-
Stallinas Is Anxious To Sell Cotton
By DAMON RUNYON.

inst returned from the war business
over in europe, was the guest OF nouOi
at a luncheon given by 51aLtg ~
stead. president of the Glailts- 49,
Terrv NJ stevens, well known mere
o7,o,1ts as the father Of FRANK NJ:
stevens and Frank NJ. Stevens nlInseIL
were among the guests, ana d Pieeis;,Ii-
time was had by all, every DouS aT,aII7
mains to say nothing whatever aDouI
tha Yale-Harvard game out Oh ueLeL
eDce to the feelings OF harry NJ.
Stevens. one of the most deploraDIe
events of recent New AoIk nIS Soy y
was when Harry lost SzlVO 70 ttt1-it
Fish. the former Harvard star, OeIlln6
on that game. --,,-,o,,
True If was not Harry's own money
that he lost. but he feels that his repu-
tation as a betting commissioners HAS
suffered by the incident
Selling stauing's Cotton.
Ge6rge stalIings. manager of the
Boston Braves, has 1000 bales OF uilSOIG
cotton on his Georgia plantation, ana
1000 mouths to feed, counting all his
negro field hands and their progeny;
That was the one reason that prompted
the chief of the worlds champions 70
go into vaudeville, although as
turned out his stage career was Alliii'0
to a single week
Stallings is not a rich man. His big
plantation has always been heaVy
burden to him. Sentiment more lnah
business. has caused MIN TO Keep Ilo
place going It is his ancestral nome,
and the many negro people dependent
on the plantation look to him Tor their
bread and butter.
Some of Stallings's friends in New
York have started a movement TO take
the chiefs cotton off his hands. me
Commercial Trust company, at Forty
first and Broadway, is handling the
movement and already number OF
people have subscribed for bales. 1t IS
believed that enough subscriptions VIII
be received to relieve the boss OF the
champions of his temporary troubles.
Standing of the Unnumbered-
New York, Boston and New Haven
VOte.)
1.-THE second period started with -"
making II yards around left end.
-Mahan .--..-..-. '-.-...''---
Bradlee
Hardwlck .........s..s....'-4
hrancke ..-..--.-.-. 1900
Harvard .-...-..-.--- Il
1t was unquestionably Mahan's round.
A lot of Harvard people have tried to
tell us that you pronounce it Mah-Hahn,
but members of the I-knew- when
club claim that it is May-han. And
there you are
Attention, p. HaughtOn.
As the Lord commanded Moses, so
he numbered them.-Numbers liz.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01
w1I.snN cArrAINs YAI.F TEAnL

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 1-Alexan-
der Dickson Wilson of Binghamton,
N Y, Monday night was elected cap
tain of the Yale football team for next
season.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01

TEW YORK Dec I've kho"
nj Charles Webb Murphy but slight
u Iva passing acquaintance, and
nothing more. TIE US his personality
has never made any very sttGns apP '.s,I.
ne always struck US as rather busy
little cup Of Ooling; somewhat Barru-
lone Derhaps. and withal a trifle vain,
but never did he strike US as an OBJECT
worthy OF any great eXasperatlo13I'
n we Thought of him at ALL we
thought Of him in the light OF man
OF some slight achievement lie was,
we heard. q newspaper man lie learn
one day that there was chance 10 Duy
tbe Chicago Cubs. He seized the OPP
,.6Tt,1nify and went out and dug W
money enough to buy them, and he
made himself comparatively rlch. mat
was something as we viewed the mat
ter. not much, perhaps, but something
we never heard that Charles webb
Murphy acquired his money Dy graft
or by robbing widows or orphans. we
never heard that Charles Webb Muir
ply ever committed any indictaDle
crimes whatsoever, alJhouEn MS tdslS
IN vveslyits merits the consideration OF
anv grand Jury. We have heard him
accused of numerous heinous baseDalI
offences, but we cannot recaH now
what they all were, and whatever they
were they probably have no bearing
upon the future well Delng Oh the I'd
We NAY be lacking in perception, and
All that. but we must confess that we
have never been able to work up any
great amount of fury over the 1act
that Charles Webb Murphy was, and
IS. connected with the National league.
The thought somehow excites no fear
full rage in our bosom. We can con-
template Charles Webb Murphy-at
long range-which is the way we prefer
contemplating him, and remain quite
calm. -marveling only that such as ne
should rise to the Importance Of being
considered the -bugabOo of baseball
We grant you that Charles Webb
Murphy should be thrown out Of base
ball, if only to quiet the beating pulse
and lave the fevered brow of Chicago
but we do not go to bed o nights with
a dull anger smoldering in our in'ards,
and we do not get up O. mornings low
I'm mind and spirits and feeling that our
existence is blackened and poster1ty
besmirched because Charles Webb Muir
ply is still around.
We know that when they throw him
out. as they doubtless viii throw him
out, there will be some one else ready
to take his place as official bugaboO,
for there must be bugaboO in base
BAH, else we might have no baseball.
A Dinner to Cobb.
Irwin s. Cobb, who is by way Of be
ing a baseball celebrity because of the
fact that he has the same surname as
the Cobb of diamond fame, and who has
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01
Texas Leaguers Object To Salary Cut
IL il il -:l:- il
May jump To Glass A Rating Of Minors
BY e. W. mOsEBACH.

NAN ANTONIO, TEX, Dec. AL
though we are about to enter upon
a season of peace, good viii, cheer
and glad udings, etc, Cm1nouS base
ball clouds seem to be forming IN the
offinE which threaten rough sailing for
the Texas league bark. While every
body has been clamOring for peace, ana
with a fair chance for attaining 1t with
the aid Of the Omaha convention, comes
q situation. which unless nipped IN the
bud. viii mean a lot Of empty Christ
mas stockings for the magnates as wei
as players. A hue and cry has been
raised over the action Of the Omaha
gathering in reducing the class 3 sal
airy limit to $1,000, and a special dis
pensation" is to be sought whereby the
Texas league viii be enabled to con-
tinue with the former limit Of $500.
It is claimed there are six clubs in
the league which favor this high cost
OF baseball, but as yet none Of the mo-
guls have come out turning hand
springs of joy in their approval. Of such
a step, and no conclusion can be reached
at this end but that the movement has
been started by one or two CLUBS Win
nothing more OF less than selfish mo-
tives. This determination Of the mag
mates to boost the salaries is beueVed
to have been inspired by the ball play
ers who are under contract with lneSe
clubs and dread the 20 percent cut IN
their Salaries pretty state Of affairs
indeed when the club owners must be
guided by advice from ball players as
to what salaries they shall pay.
Only Two Clubs Made Money.
Where are the clubs in the Texas
league that have been making all this
money that are so strenuously object
ing to the adjustment Of salaries to the
7,revaflinar conditions2 Houston and
Waco have made money and probably
Beaumont-but when that's said all is
said and if any Of these three teams
failed to come out on the right slde OF
the ledger-Dlaying at the top almost
during the entire seasOn-it would in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01
WINS BICYCLE RACE
THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec Covering nine
miles of mountain. mesa and valley road
in the remarkable time of 81 minutes
and AZ seconds, Harley Fraley won
bicycle race for boys from Echo can
yon, northeast of Phoenix, into the city.
Carl Sedlar was second in 36:12 and
Leonard MeiH third in 1920. The race
was limited to boys under II.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01
WIIIIAnIs REATs Young nIGGINs.

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. kid Will
liams, the bantamweight champion,
gave Young Diggins of Philadelphia
such a beating here Monday night that
the referee stopped the fight in the
third round. Diggins stood up well
under the hammering until the third
round, when he was twice floored.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01
HEECHER WINS EASILY.

Beecher of New York won an easy de-
cision over Tommy Gary of Chicago in
a 10 round bout here Monday night.
Beecher forced the fighting and won
practically every round with the eX-
ception of the first, which was even,
and the last, which was Gary's-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01
COLLEGE TEAMS USE
SCRUBS, NEARLY LOSE
(Continued from Page 81

If DIayed a 90 tie game with Rhode
Island college. On,
Durinr the season a total of 224
noints we're scored against New Hamp-
Shire state and that college was able
to score only five points in its eight
Games. It got two points on safety
against Worcester POLYTECHNIC ana
tree more points on a field goal
AGAINST Boston college.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-01
ST. LOUIS FEDERALS
- ARTl RIDDING For PLANK

Chicago, Ill, Dec. Am attractive
offer has been made to Edward Plank,
pitcher for the Philadelphia Americans,
league, according to Federal league Of
ficiaIs here today. The amount offered
was not mentioned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
ADJUSTMENTS.
Special Film Feature


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WEDNESDAY-'.Love's Long Lane" Lubin
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THURSDAY-GertrudeC oghlan, in Her Lady
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FRIDAY-.'The Swamp Fox Kalem 3-part
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PRINCESS. 18th and H SITS. NE.
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FRIDAY-Dorothy Kelly and James Morrison.
featuring in Antique Engagement Ring
Vitagraph Special. Reels.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Airdome,
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WEDNESDAY-Carlyie Blackwell, featuring in
The Wiles Of Siren reel Kalem:
.'Hearst-se!ig Weekly Also
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ThfRSDAY-..A Million Bid 5-R. vitas' ph
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THE PICkWICk.
wEDNESDAY-'The Treasure Ship"
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WEpNESDAY-''Mother of Men,"
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FRDAY-.'Under the Mask of Honesty
CIRCLE THEATER, 2Ist & Pa. Ave.
$50 to IL pm.
wEDNESDAY-Ben Wilson and Chas. 0gle,
featuring in His Sob Story Edison.
THURSDAY-"Tight Shoes, fea turing Ruth
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FRIDAY-'.Mystery Of the Amsterdam lDia-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
FRATERNITY MEN PLAN
TO HONOR DR.. FARNHAM
Semi Celebration of the
Foundation Of Sigma Chi
Chapter June 10.

Epsilon. the George Washington Uni
versity chapter, and the Washington
alumni chapter of the Sigma Chi Fra.
ternity have issued invitations to all
members Of that fraternity to attend the
semi-centennial celebration of the founda-
ton of the local chapter. to be given
June 10. in honor of DR.. Robert L. Farm
ham. "a. one of the founders. Entertain
ment will be provided by a string quartet,
and several good speakers have accepted
invitations 70 address the meeting. At II
o'clock supper will be served in the large
dining room of the chapter house. 1892 NJ
street northwest. The fraternity is the
oldest Greek letter society at George
Washington University, having been
founded In 1865 at Miami University. and
the local chapter was installed in 1854.
Gen. Benjamin Piatt Runkle. one Of the
seven founders of the order, has signified
his intention of being present.
The committees appointed by President
Morven Thompson of the alumni chapter
are: Entertainment William w. Bride,
Parke A. Galleher and Phillip Walker;
reception. Phillip Walker, William Wood
man, Frank Anterior Howard. Harrison
B. McCawley and Harold Acker; active
chapter, Carl A. Mapes, William H. Wood
man, Irving Saum and Parke A. Gale
her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Commencement Exercises Are Sched-
uled to Be Held Next
Week.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. May 27-Willis B.
Burdette. county superintendent Of pub
lie schools. has announced the following
as this years graduates of the various
high schools of the county:
Observation-Disclosures Elizabeth Higgins,
Annie Elizabeth Dawson. Gienna Eliza
bets Beall. Avice Louretta Rabbit.
Mary Margaret karn. Lavina Dorsey
Knight, Margaret Early Houck, Ellen
Patton Offutt. Laura Frizzell. Edward
Gaithersburg- H. NJ. Henry.
Alice Dorsey Trundle. Mary Eleze
Waesche. Ianthe May Monred, Mary
Waters White, Grace Elizabeth Fury,
Margaret st. Clair Plummer, Dorothy
May Hoyle. Nora Hood Grimes Olive
Cecilia Selby, Ralph Simpson Etchison,
George Allnutt Fisher. Joseph Guy Neel
and John l. Ward
Brookeville-Helen Louise Higgins,
Martha Lavinia Leishear, Alice Dorsey
E. Brian. Bertha Virginia Brown, Mil
dred Augusta Kemp and Roland Brewer
Waston.
Sandy Spring-Deborah Alice Iddings,
Annie Miller; Katherine Moore, Dorothy
Sarah Chichester. Gladys P. Mariowe'
Helen T. Nesbitt. Esther Webb Scott,
John J. Dorsey. George LAFAYETTE
Banes, j. Ferguson Barnsley. Allan F.
Brooke. Roy S. Eyre. A. Leroy Nichols
and Stanley Dorsey Owings
Germantown-Mary Jane johnson. Ella
Young Burns and William Prescott.
Damascus-Delma Etchison Souder.
Leslie Crittenden King, Bradley Milton
Woodfield and Robert Carlton Burdette.
Darnestown-Lula May Ward and John
Lynch Rice
The commandments will be held next
week. The schools of the county close
June 5. o'e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
REPAIRING CLARKE SCHOONER
Four Large Lighters to Be Made
Practically New.

Repair work to the schooner Elizabeth
clarke. belonging to NJ c. Clarke of this
city. is In progress at Colonial Beach
and 1t is stated that the vessel will be
ready to load for this city within the
next few days. The repairs were made
necessary by the Clarke the latter part
OF last year blowing ashore in Mattox
creek. and her remaining ashore until
about ten days ago. The main work to
be done is caulking of her hull. the
seams of which had opened as the yes
sci lay exposed to wind and storm. 1t
was proposed to take the Clarke to a
boatyard in Bretons bay for repairs, but
as she was leaking badly. it was decided
to have the work done at Colonial
Beach.
Dean & Son at Alexandria have four
large lighters belonging to the Column
bia Granite and Dredging Company of
this city at their boatyard, to be rebuilt
and made ready for service on the river
When returned to service they will be
practically new craft.
The steamer Volunteer. belonging to
the Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat
Company, at the Alexandria shipyard
for hull repairs and painting, was yes
terday brought back to this city by the
tug D. NJ. Key. to be made ready for
service on the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
SUMMER FISHING FLEET
SOON TO BEGIN SERVICE
Vessels Getting Nets and Crews
Aboard, Prepared for Work
on River.

Preparations for summer fishing on the
river are being pushed. and by the end
of the coming week vessels of the fishing
fleet will be ready for service and will be
down river looking for the schools of
fish. Under the command of Capt. Jake
D. Faunce, the schooner Emma Faunce
left here yesterday with nets and crew
aboard to start her summer work.
The schooner Ada Ballanger has COM
pleted the installation of an auxiliary
power gasoline engine. and her owner
and master. Capt. Aleck Watson, is hav-
ing her painted and fitted out for serv-
ice Monday she will leave here for the
lower river on hunt for fish for this
market. Capt ]. r. Faunce left here
yesterday for Bretons bay, Md, after a
new power boat which is to be used for
fishing work. The boat will be brought
to this city within the next day or two
and will be fitted out for service at the
18th street wharf.
The sloop Enola which during the WIN
ter was used in the oyster trade, is also
to become a summer fisherman. Capt.
James Barry having obtained her for
this service. She is expected to arrive
here today, and will at once be fitted out
with nets and fishing paraphernalia, and
will be sent down the river, The fishing
boats operate all along the river and out
in the bay, wherever the fish are to be
found. and they catch trout. crocus. rock,
perch. bass. catfish, cells, mullets and
other river fish for the market here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
LIGHTS IN LOCAL WATERS.
Notice of Changes Issued From Fifth
District Headquarters

J. c. Conway. deputy commissioner NJ
lighthouses. in the lighthouse service bu-
reau, Department of Commerce. at this
city, Monday visited Baltimore and in
spected the Office of Inspector E. C. RI
land, in charge of the fifth lighthouse dis
trict
Bids for the construction of an open
lighter. to be used in connection with
lighthouse repairs in this district have
been asked by the lighthouse authorities.
The lighter is to be 80 feet long, 20 feet
beam and 4 feet deep.
notice regarding changes in aids to
navigation has been issued from the Office
of inspector Rutland. in charge of this dis
trict. as follows:
Virginia-Chesapeake bay-Main chan
nel-Tail of the Horseshoe shoal gas and
whistling buoy, 2T. found extinguished.
was repaired and relighted.
New Point Comfort shoal buoy, O. can.
found missing. was replaced
Hampton roads approach-WilIouehby
spit gas and bell buoy, 10, found extin-
guished. was repaired and relighted
Hampton roads-Newport News north
channel gas buoy, 6. reported extinguish-
ed, was relighted.
Elizabeth river-Channel buoy. %, spar,
found out of position was replaced
Western branch shoal buoy, 80, spar.
found broken off, was relieved
Mobjack bay-North and Ware rivers
junction buoy. HIS spar, found missing.
was replaced.
Dividing creek-Hughlett point fats
buoy. 4, spar, found missing, was re-
placed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
REFUGE FOR ANIMALS.
Home for the Sick and Disabled Ones
Opened in City.

Stray. sick and disabled animals are
to receive care and treatment at an ami
NAL refuge which has just been opened
at 20 Decatur street, North Capitol be-
tween o and P streets northeast, under
the auspices of the Washington Animal
Rescue League This league was recent
ly incorporated here under the laws of
the District
A veterinarian attached to the refuge
Is to have charge of the injured or sick
animals If they are beyond recovery
they will be put to death in a humane
manner. Stray animals sent to the
refuge will be held several days pending
advertisements and claim by their own
ers- Efforts are to be made to And
MONIES Tor healthy and desirable animals
A free clinic is to be held each day
at 10 am. if material is afforded. This
is to be especially for horses. A moderate
charge will be made for medicines and
for surgical operations ownersNif able
to to pay pay.may have their horses kept for
Queens az cents e DAY for boarding expense. No
planned. however, will be turned away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
MAYFLIEs ARE sWARMING.
Thousands of Pests Here, Good fol-
Nothing But Fishbait.

Early in each summer comes a vista
ZION of mayflies and in the latter part
of May and early in June they swarm by
the millions along the river front section
of the city-a general nuisance. The
vanguard of the mayfiy army made its
appearance Monday night. and Yesterday
they were to be seen by the thousands
clinging to the Highway bridge.
Within the next day or two the main
body will be swarming about the river
front, filling the electric light globes with
their burned bodies and covering the
streets under the lights until the pave
ments are so slippery as to be difficult
to walk upon. The only ones that are
pleased to see the mayflies come is the
small boy, who uses them for fish bait.
All kinds of fresh water fish are said to
bite greedily at them.