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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-19

same time, vests in the executive the
discretionary power of calling a specisl
election should such action be deemed
expedient; and certainly no executive
would be unmindful Of his duty in such
an emergency.
being in full accord with the spirit
and the letter of the amendment to the
National Constitution, which provide
that United States Senators shall be
elected by direct vote of the people,
and possessing no disposition to impose
upon our State such a calamity as the
defeat of the proposed Revised Code,
leave the decision and the full RESPONSE
bility with you of the General Assem-
bly,, hoping that you will cast aside all
personal consideration, and enact law
which will properly conserve the best
interests of every citizen OF our state.
Charles r. Miller,
Governor"
Judge Gray's Letter.
The letter received from Judge Gray
and read in both branches was as fol
lows:
"Hon. George F. Pierce, Chairman,
Senate Committee on Revised Statutes
"Hon. John Hammond, Chairmans
House Committee on Revised Statutes,
Dover, Del.
Dear Sirs: My attention has been
attracted by the notices in the newspa-
! pers to the very interesting question
+ arising out Of certain provisions OF the
act providing for an election by the peo-
, pie of a United States Senator, pur-
! suant to the recent amendment of the
: Constitution of the United States.
Y at seems to me very important that
1. the spirit of the Constitutional amend
. ment should be adhered to as far az
possible having in view the practical
working of the proposed law. As our
! general elections are biennial, it seems
to me that the proposition, as l have
seen It formulated in the papers, is a
. wise one. that, where a vacancy occurs
:, in the office of Senator during the year
y reckoning from the last preceding cleo
Il ton, it should be mandatory upon the
!, governor to call a special session and
- if the vacancy occurs within one year
! or less of the general election, then Il
follow, the governor should appoint.
D. "This compromise, as l observe it u
d called, takes account of the spirit o
l. the constitution, and at the same tim'
regards those practlcal conditions Witt
le wise legislation can never disregard
" One who is appointed within the yea
III preceding a general election may hav
X eleven months, OF he may have only
few weeks in which to serve, but tn
C. chances are that it would be a matte
IN of a few months only, and all thing
OF considered, it is hardly worth while 70
10, our little State TO incur what to
~ would be an enormous expense in hold
til ing a special election for so brief
in period
cy "As to a vacancy which occur
within the first year after the las
10. preceding general electiony the tern
all to be filled would be Of such dura
TO ton (possibly within a few days o
ed few weeks of two years. as to de
as mand an appeal to the people in
an special election, and would justif
Ext the State in mourning the expens
thereof.
lp- I'VE cannot carry a theory to il
a logical conclusion, and as ! have a
ties ready said. wise and practical legis
The lation takes account of practical cor
It'll ditions."
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-19
FERGUSON SNYDER.

Miss Edyth Mae Ferguson of this
city and Mr.. Earl o. Snider of Cum
berland. Nd. were married in Balti-
more, Md, on Thursday, October Is by
the Rev. r. +. Barr of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church The couple will
live at Cumberland, Md
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-19
FRANCIS McMONAGLF DEAD.

Francis McMonagle died at his
home, No. 1914 West Sixth street. on
Saturday. The funeral will take
place on Wednesday. with requiem
mass in ST pnul's Chn~ch.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-19
1000 RUSSIANS Die
IN PRZEMYSL ATTACK

BY The United s,.,,on,,. a.,
VIENNA. NtA AnN II hhDANi' ~
.le.-In an official statement issued TO-
aav the Austrian government declares
that the Russians have already lost aV'-
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-19
TEACHERS TO HEAR LECTURE.

A lecture on Amid the Lakes Of
England" will be given this after
noon in the Wilmington High School
by Prof F, II. Green, of West Ches-
ter Normal School Tie lecture will
be the first Of a series tc be given
here this winter by the Primary
Teachers Association.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-19

That's a wise old provere. Fish
Where the Fish Gather" and it's ap-
plicable 70 q Wants Ads. People
who want to buy and people who
want 10 sell all gather in the Want
ldNa
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
Judge Mccall Selected
to Act as POSTMASTER

John B. Foster. secretary OF the
New York National League Club,
yesterday gave out the list Of speak
ers for the reception banquet to the
Giants White Sox world tourists in
New York city on March Z
Judge Edward Mccall will be toast
master, and Lieutenant-Govern
Wagner will welcome the tourists for
the State of New York. Other promi-
nent men who have agreed to speak
are Job e. Hedges and Irwin Cobb.
The other speakers will be baseball
men--Governor Tener, president of
the National League: Ban Johnson,
president of the American League;
Garry Hermann, chairman of the
National Commission; John McGraw.
manager of the Giants; Charles Com
iskey, president of the White Sox;
James Callahan, manager of the
White Sox. and A. G. Mills, former
president of the National League.
Judge Adelor j. Petit and Robert
W. Sweitzer have been chosen as
speakers for the 100 Chicagoans who
will welcome Comiskey and his men.
Foster announced yesterday that all
the SOS reservations for the dinner
are in and that no other persons can
be provided for.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27

whether 1t will be possible to circle
the bases on a ball hit past the out
fielders, as there is a gentle upward
slope in the garden, which will retard
the progress of the pill.
Leo Witterstaetter, who played the
outfield for Charleston, which is in the
Sally League, raped out home run
here last spring He is a handed
hitter and the left field was playing
in. Witterstaetter hammered the ball
far over the left fielder's head and
then sped around the cushions.
Witterstatetter Started with Feds.
Witterstatetter and AL Schacht got
their first baseball experience in the
defunct United States League.
Schacht pitched for Cleveland, while
Witterstaetter performed for Cincin-
natl, his home town. Witterstaetter
played in the Federal League last
year and has had enough of outlaw
leagues. He says there are only two
good parks on the circuit. One Of
them is at Pittsburgh, where Exhibit
ton Park, formerly used by the
Pirates, is now the Feds property,
and the other is in Indianapolis. Wit
terstaetter says that he does not see
how the clubs could have made much
the Feds drew very poorly in st. Louis
and, in fact, were patronized in only
two or three places to any extent.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
SELECT DATE-FOR
.JOHNSON-MORAN CO
June n Is Picked at Confer
ence of Fighters and
Promoters.
DO NOT NAME REFEREE

PARIS. Feb. Plume u has been
chosen as the date for the fight for
the worlds heavyweight champion
ship between Jack johnson and Frank
Moran. of Pittsburgh. This date was
sci after a meeting between johnson,
Moran, Dan McKettrick and the pro
motors of the fight here last night.
The Nelodrome oliver. which has
seating capacity of $4,000, was select
ed as the place for holding the con-
test. All the details of the fight have
now been arranged except as to who
will be the referee.
AS the date for the contest comedies
with that of the Grand PriX, the blue
ribbon turf event in France, 1t is ex-
peeted that a large crowd will wit
ness the encounter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
Final Meeting of Crescents
and Hockey Club This Evening

One of the most interesting hockey
games of the season will signalize the
final meeting of the Crescent A. G.
and Hockey Club teams tonight in
the st. Nicholas Rink. The teams are
practically tied for second place and
the winner will be the logical oppo-
nent for the st. Nicholas team in the
final game for the championship to be
played next week,
Both the Crescents and their OPP
ponents realize the Importance of
putting out their strongest players
tonight, and Artie Liffiton, who has
been practicing recently, will make
his first appearance in game this
season in an effort to help his team
mates win.
The Hockey Club has prevailed
upon Castleman to rejoin the team,
with the same purpose in view, and
"a lively game is assured. All the regu-
lar players of both teams will be in
the lineup.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
De Palma Wins Vanderbilt Cup
from 0ldfieId After Close Race

Los ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 27.-De-
feating Barney Oldheld by a tribe
more than a minute in 294-mile
grind, Ralph de Palma, participant
in scores of hard-fought motor con-
tests. won his second Vanderbilt Cup
race yesterday ON the Santa Monica
course. His time was 3:59:41, Old
fields S:55;0l.
Sixteen cars entered the race, and
only FIVE finished. The other drivers
that remained in the race were w.
II. Carlson, of San Diego; Earl
Cooper, who started a favorite, and
George foreman. and they finished
in the order named.
De Palma made the race at an
average of 1853 miles an hour Most
of the cars forced out of the race
be in shape to take their places Sat
urday in the Grand Prize race, which
will cover a distance of 403,24S miles.
De Palma's prize yesterday amount
ed to $4,000; Oldheld won $1,000; Carl
son $1,5Oo and Cooper $1,000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27

On the worlds tour of the New
York Giants and Chicago White Sox,
which came to an end at London yes
terday so far as competitive baseball
is concerned, the American League
representatives return home winners
of a majority of the fifty games
played.
Since the tour began at Cincinnati
a little more than four months ago
forty-six games have been played be-
tween the globe-touring teams and
four with native teams in
Japan and Australia. The White
Sox won twenty-four games
against the Giants. McGraw's
men won twenty, and two ended
in ties, at Los Angeles, Cal, on
November 9, and at Cairo on Febru-
airy l. In the games against native
teams the Giants won their two
games, the White Sox won one, and
a combination of players from both
teams won the other.
OF the fifty games played thirty-one
were played in the United States and
nineteen, including the four games
against native teams, were played
abroad. Rain interfered with only
three games scheduled before sailing
for Japan, at Abilene, Texas; Sacra-
mento, Cal, and Seattle, Wash.
Financially the tour has exceeded
the expectations of the promoters. 1t
was announced when. first arranged
that an even break would be con-
sidered satisfactory, but the games in
the United States brought in about
100000 at the gate. A few days age
announcement was made that the re-
ceipts were almost $4,000 above the
expenses.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
..DEVANEY TO SEEK
TWO-M|LE TITLE
Soho Flyer to Start in Ma
tional Championship Mon
day Night.
TO MEET FIELD OF CRACKS

Mike Devaney, the Soho Flyer. win
be one of the starters in the two-miie
championship race at the senior ma
tional indoor championships next
Monday night in Madison Square
Garden. New York city. In view q
the fact that such stars as Billy Kra~
mer. the two-mile champion Of Amer
lea: Hannes Kolehmainen, Wallacs
McCurly, the Penn barrier; Oscar
Nedlund the New England cham
pion, and Harry Smith, the crosse
country king, are TO face the barrier
in this race; Devaney will have 70 put
forth his best effort TO place
Devaney will start tomorrow in the
two-mile race of the Fordham College
games, which are to be held In New
York city. He. Sid Leslie, Yong ISL
and A. c.. and Harry Smith, Bronx
Church House, are on the honor mark
Eddie Pritchard, the local hurdles.
is entered in the 60-yard hurdles
event OF the Fordham games, in which
he is pitted against Jack Eller. the
record holder. Another local boy, Hal
Holland, is slated to start IN the
sprint races in the Jesuit Schools
meet
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
SCHWARZ TO START EARLY
FOR ORIOLE TRAINING CAMP
Local Boy Leaves Monday With
First Squad OF
Players.
HAD MANY "PRO" OFFERS
Friends Confident He WE
Make Good With Jack
Dunn's Team.

Gus Echwarz, one Of the few lads
IN these parts. who viii be given an
opportunity to make good as a class
A ball player this season. will iesFs
town Monday morning for Baltimore,
Nd. where ne VIII meet the first OF
the vanguard Of Orioles who viii
start from the Monumental city 70
Fayetteville. n. c, where the birds
are scheduled to put In three weekss
training.
Schwarz vas signed by Manager
Dunn on the recommendation Of Days
Driscoll. the Seton Hail College base
ball coach and who Is al present
touring Porto Rico with combina-
ton OF International League bali
players Sehwarz had previously been
offered contracts by Manager o'Eefl.
Of the Utica. New York State League
Club. Dick Cogan. OF the Paterson,
New York and New Jersey League
team. and last but not least-the
Federals The latter was very Tempt
ing to Gus, but in considering the
matter seriously. ne decided to enter
organized baseball
There seems to be no reason why
Sehwarz should not make good. He
has the qualities of player and caa
hold his own with any Of the serni-
pros in the Metropolitan district
where he was well known. schwarz
bats from the right side or the plate.
throws with his right wing and per-
forms in the Outf1eid. although he has
played practically every position on
the diamond He played with the
White Plains Club. last season, which
won the championship Of the Upper
New York League, leading the circuit
in batting with a grand average OK
.667. He was also q member Of the
Bronx Athletics. for which team he
played on Sundays. Schwarz began
his career as a ball player. in this
city. but II was not long before he
jumped TO the Metropolitan ranks.
Gus Gleichmau, the Irvington lad,
who is a member OF the Baltimore
Club viii not leave this city unta
March Z
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
WHITE TO REFEREE

Charlie White. the well-known
referee, will again be the third man
in the ring when the international
wrestling tournament is staged at
Madison Square Garden, New York
city, on Tuesday evening. March 10.
White has offielated al almost all OF
the big wrestling matches that have
been held in New York for some
years past
A special mat, which will cover the
entire floor space inside of the ropes
is being made for the occasion. This
will do away with so much squirm-
ing off the mat when in danger Of a
fall.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
CUB DEAL CALLED
Off BY SYNDICATE
Chicago Business Men Balk al
Reserve Clause and Will
Not Buy.
THEY FEAR THE FEDERALS

The Behan syndicate, whose offer for
the controlling stock in the Chicago
Nationals was refused by Charles p.
Taft, of Cincinnati. Wednesday, has
Withdrawn from the field.
This was announced yesterday by
Louis J. Behan after he had met his
clients and discussed with them the
events of his visit to Mr.. Taft. The
syndicate, he said, did not consider
the stock control and franchise worth
more than half a million dollars
under the present conditions in base
ball, and believe its offer of $3.50 900
for a majority share of it's stock much
more than it would want to pay now.
The questionable legality of the re-
serve rule and the existence of the
Federal League were main reasons
for the abandonment of the effort to
get the stock. Behan said he hardly
believed the reserve rule would hold
in court and said It might even in
validate the whole contract, so that a
player could Jump" to another team
in the middle of season. though he
had signed to play that season.
To offset this threat of a loss of
property the syndicate wanted the
Federal League either bought our or
taken into organized baseball, thus
removing constant competitor for
the services of ball players
"The Federal League will be a great
success or a complete failure this
year" argued Behan. "If 1t is the
former it must be taken into alliance
with organized ball or must be fought
at a great expense for an indefinite
time with indefinite results"
Followers of baseball including c.
w. Murphy, retiring president of the
Cubs, were inclined to scout the story
that a New York hat manufacturer
had purchased the Taft stock. Behan
declared Taft had talked with no one
but himself about selling the control,
Frank McNichols, the former ball
player who was said to have gone to
Cincinnati with another bid, wired a
friend there that he had missed the
train
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
wrestlIrr champ. IN chlc.ro.

The National Amateur Athletic
Union wrestling championships VIII
be decided at the Chicago A. A some
time next month, according TO a tele-
gram received yesterday by H. HI.
Latham, chairman of the Chicago
Athletic Association athletic commit
tee. from James z. Sullivan, secre~
tary of the A A. q. Definite dates
for the title bouts viii be announced
next week, when entry blanks will Do
issued. Several of the National Turn
Verein mat artists are expected to
make the trip TO Chicago.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27

games, but he usually needed three
days rest between games, and sell
dom was he called upon to finish up
for any other pitcher. But last year
saw decided change. Time and
again he was called upon to go to
the rescue of one of his teammates,
and nobly did he respond. How often
/ can recall, we would be having a
nip and tuck struggle with st. Louis,
Cleveland, New York, Washington,
Chicago, or any of the clubs; Shaw
key, Bush, or even reliable Eddie
Plank, would be pitching and per
haps be bit unsteady; Connie would
reach for a ball, hand it to Chief
and say, Here, Albert, you'd bet
ter go down and timber up a little.
| may want to use you"
If Chief had only worked a day or
SO before, Connie would put it some
thing like this: How do you feel,
Alberto Well, just stroll down and
Connie would smile and wink and say
no more. It was unnecessary; Chief
understood.
Averages Do Not Tell.
No one could gather from the av-
erages and ranking of the pitchers for
last season the number Of games that
Chief really won for our club. Time
and again Connie would yank out
pitcher in the seventh, eighth or ninth
inning who did not look any too sure
of himself. in spite of the fact that
the score might be two, three or four
to one in our favor, and put in Chief,
and only once all year did Chief fail
to maintain his advantage and bring
us home a winner. The White SoX
beat us out in the eighth inning in
Chicago one day after Chief had re-
lieved Shawkey when we were lead
ing, 81, Reb Russell winning his own
game with a double. In the aver
ages, of course, all these games we
won would go in the column of the
pitcher who had started, but to Chief
really belonged the credit of victory.
such Changes Help Team.
When a man like Bender or Walsh
OF johnson enters a game to replace
another pitcher at a critical stage he
seems to have sort of psychological
effect which works both ways, in the
sense that he buoys up the dropping
confidence of his own teammates and
causes that of his opponents to ebb
: There is a whole lot in the personality
of one of these star pitchers, and
don't you think there isn't.
Particularly was this true when Bill
Donovan was with Detroit, and in a
winning stride. Look back to that
memorable series which Detroit and
the Chicago White Sox played the last
three days of the 1908 season and
which decided the league champion
ship. The Sox won the first two
games with something to spare. and
Detroit looked nearly done for. Sum
mers and Killian had been the losing
pitchers, but Detroit's mainstay, Wild
| Bill, was veto come. What. a differ
ence in the Detroit team that last
afternoon! I've heard Ira Thomas
tell about it often; he was with Jen-
nings's crowd then. why. they fair
| ~ bristled with confidence. Germany
Schaefer, at second, and Charlie
| O'Leary, at short. cut up like two
kids, and we had 'em beat before the
game ever started"
Anyway, that's the way it turned
out.
downright, 1914. by Eddie Collins)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
TORONTO ANXIOUS TO SIGN
JACK FISH OF SETON HALL

is undecided at present whether or
not to make his debut into big league
company this spring or to wait until
June. Meanwhile, Fish is coaching
the Setonian candidates in the abb
sence of Dave Driscoll, who is down
in Porto Rico with the Barnstorm-
ers, together with Billy Zimmerman,
the wandering boy of the Newark
Tigers
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
A. A. U. CHAMPS

The pick of Eastern college athletes
will appear in the A. A. U. national
indoor championships, to be held at
Madison Square Garden, New York
city, on Monday night next Harvard
has entered ten. Pennsylvania nine,
M. 1. T.. eight, while Yale and Column
bla will have two each and Princeton
one McSurdy, of Pennsylvania, the
fwo-mile intercollegiate champion,
will face Kramer and Kolehmainen in
the two-mile event.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
HOSPITAL FIVE WINS

The Hospital Five had little trouble
defeating the Bippart Five at Over
brook last night. The victory was
even easier than the one scored ear
lier In the season. Last night the
home boys were in great form and
scored almost at will. Frank Boyle
and Schwarz starred FOR the winners
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
LOCAL BOYS IN ACTION

Babe Angert and Billy Teleeco. both
of this city. will come together in one
of a star bout at the Rutherford Elks'
Club, In Rutherford, tonight. Jack
Dobbs, of this city, and Frankie
Adams, of New York, will clash in
another bout. The rest of the card
will bring together Harlem Tommy
Hopkins, of New York, and Al
Thomas. of England, and id Burns
and Eddie Siegel, both of New York
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
Blair May Jump.

Walter Blair, formerly catcher for
the Tigers, Yankees and Rochester,
and later with Jersey City. is the
latest to attempt bomb throwing. He
has notified the Shelters that the
allurement of a Federal League con-
tract has proved too strong for him.
The bomb did not explode for the
very excellent reason that, although
Blair wore a big league uniform for
a time, he never was one at heart,
and welcomed the chance to go back
into the slower company that he felt
better fitted TO keep.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27

Jeff Smith, the hard-hftting Bay
onne middleweight who is now fight
ing in Europe, is considering a match
with Eddie McGoorty. the American
middieweight, now in Australia.
Smith recently injured his hand, and
has been unable to work The in
jured member is better now, and he
is ready to clash with any of the
15S-uounders.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-27
isarriers TO Have Reunion.

Tales Of cross-eountry running be-
fore the sport degenerated into a
hike over the city roads may be ex-
peeted at Murray's, Forty second
street, New York City. tomorrow
night. when the New York Hare and
Hounds, one of the oldest harrier or
ganizations of America. will hold a
reunion. The members of this club
followed the trail around Westches-
ter county In the early eighties, when
hedges and bitches abouned and cas-
ualties were many in a run of five or
six miles. J. ]. Archer, who joined
the club in 1882, is the leading spirit
of the reunion.