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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-12
If Consolidation With One
Of Other Banks is Effected
1t Will Be Soon.
BANK EXAMINER
SEEMS OPTIMISTIC

Hopes to See the First Ma
tional Taken Over, But,
Says 1t Can be done Only
By Cooperation OF Bust
ness Interests and Great
Personal Sacrifices Of the
Stockholders ot the First
National.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-12
DIVORCED FOR VIRTUES.
WAS TOO POkEY FOR WIFE

Cincinnati, Jan. 1.-THE gay white
way. noids no fascination for Nevada
after the days work is done. comfor-
tably placed beside the fresfde Mrs
Hopping preferred the theaters and
social calls and wanted her husband
to join her.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-12

slightest temperature yes
terday, 81 degrees, Low
est 3e degrees,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-12

Fair Monday,coIder South
portion Tuesd ay fair mod
crate North winds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
SUN SMILES ON
N. Y. A. c. GUNNERS
C. w. Berner the Chief Winner in
Weekly Shoot Enlivened by
Sharp Contests.

Prizes we're well distributed in the
c,aeklv shoot of the New York Athletic
club AT Travers Island yesterday. {. w.
Berner managed to do the best Work ana
annexed three of the trophies. PracucaIy
every shoot required a shoot-on pefore II
was won Mr. Berner first took the ciup
trophv and followed the win by anneNing
the accumulation cup. BE also was Inc
high handicap gunner of the afternoon.
Danny Mcmahon also did good work.
He won the Travers Island trophy with
a straight string OF % targets. II was the
only perfect score returned during the
dav. He also took the high scratch prize
with a card Of % out Of 100 targets-eXcel-
lent work. considering the afternoon. the
monthly cup went TO Arthur }. McManus'
but only after a shoot-off against TWO
other gumers
q. i. Corbett did exceptional work IN
the distance handicap. and won a leg on
the cup with 4 out Of % targets shooting
from the 17-yard mark 1t was one oil
the best scores Of the season. \ new
variety cup also was on the programme
The conditions were the same as tnose
that covered the old prize. The first leg
fell TO DIR. D. l.. Culver. Among the gun
ners on the firing line was John Philip
Sousa the bandmaster. IL was his first
appearance i'm metropolitan shooting this
winter. There will he no shooting at
Travers Island on Washington Birth
day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
BASKETBALL SET TO MUSIC
Columbia Five Practises While
the Band PLAYS.

Columbia tried something new in bas-
ketbal Yesterday when the varsity I'VE
which is 10 meet Princeton i'm an impor-
tant Intercollegiate League game on
Morningside Heights tomorrow night
was put through it's fnsl practice. while
The student band brayed forth popular
airs.
The student band, which is new at Co
lumbia this year, has played At practical
~ all of the home games which the Blue
and White has had and is scheduled TO be
on hand tomorrow night Hence. i'm or
der TO have conditions as nearly like
those that Will prevail during the game.
the band was called out yesterday noon
and gave the varsity team an added in
centive 10 shoot baskets against the ineli-
gibles
Harry Fisher. coach OF the Columbia
I'VE. viii put the team on the floor
against the Tigers as IT has plsyed
through the season. but in yesterdays
practice he tried some new men in tho
second nan Of the scrimmage I'm order
mat tneN may be ready to iump into the
same II needed. Walker. a big forward
VINO played on Pudrdue's championshin
team NO years ago, alternated with Can
tam Mennan at left forward and Fried
man took turns with Dwyer AT right for
ward e"' ioi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
OUTLAWS READY TO
DIVIDE PLAYERS
Distribution Will Be Made
at Meeting in Chicago
on Saturday.

Chicago. Feb 2l.-Two hundred ball
PLAYERS Of all degrees Of ability and
prominence. will ne divided among the
eight clubs OF the Federal League at the
meeting Of the owners and managers
here next week.
The date FOR The meeting is SATURDAY. u
was ANNOUNCED TO-DAY. and the next l'l-
portant meeting Of the Federals after
that will be the gathering of the schedule
makers at Baltimore Oh March = TINS
date having also been !ust decided on.
The latest figures on the number Of
PLAYERS enrolled with the new league were
i75. President Gilmore and his assistants
since that number was given out have
added several and expect TO enlist others
this week.
Strong influence is being brought to
bear on two or three OF the best players
i'm the big leagues to induce them to JON
the Federas
4 special cable message from Paris is
authority for the statement that Jake
Stahl. wanted as the Brooklyn manager
had allied himself with the outlaws and
advised Iris Speaker. the Boston Ameri-
can outieder travelling with 'ne world
tourists. not 10 sign any contract until he
reaches New York Stahls message to
Sneaker is believed to have decided the
outiielder not TO sign new Boston con-
tract. despite the efforts Of Jimmy GAIA
han. manager of the White SoX, who was
6eputized to approach Speaker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
TALK OF PROBING
BOXING COMMISSION
Stories of Graft Said TO Have
Rcacher Ears of Sullivan In
vcstigating Committee.

The report from Albany Yesterday 10
the effect that the Legislature will in
vestigate the affairs Of the New York
State Athletic commission was news 20
the secretary Of the commission. Charles
j. Harvey
When seen AZ the Office Of the commits
sion. No. a Park Row. Harvey said he
mad received no ntimation that the affairs
~ the commission were 10 be made a sub
ject for inquiry by the Sullivan inyesti-
eating committee.
The Albany report stated that stories
~ graft in the boxing game had reached
tho cars Of the Sullivan committee. which
"if true may result in the removal OF one
or more persons from Office if not in the
repeal Of the Frasley law permitting
boxing exhibitions.
The members OF the commission are
Frank s O'Nel. OF Bnshamton. chair
man. John j. Dixon. Of Brooklyn. and
James r. Price Of Manhattan.
Jim Price was found at the New York
Press club. hut had nothing 10 add TO
what Harvey had expressed beyond say
ing:
III any charges have been made ] do
not know &C. but personally I would well
come an investigation il one was con
sidcred neco ssary."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
Former Manager of Chicago
Cubs Struck Out Only
ID Times During
Last Campaign.
by ERNEST J. LANIGAN

When Charles Webb Murphy cut loose
the strings that bound Johnny Eyers 10
the cubs he let Jim Canney, Of Boston.
have an opportunity OF securing the Ma
iional League player who was hardest TO
strike out
Tho Trojan famed only fourteen times
in 1919. More surprising still. 10 two
strike-outs came in The same came. and
10 pitcher did the trick more than once
Lajoio held the crown in the American
Leaeuc. striking out seventeen times
iris Speaker. OF Boston. breezed on TWEEN
ty-four occasions; Joe jackson. Of Cleve-
land. on twchty-siN, r. cobb. OF Detroit.
on thirty-two. and Frank Baker. OF phila-
dephia on thirty-three. None ~ these
men was able TO equal Evers's accom-
piishment Of avoiding being struck out
twice lay the same pitcher. though Joe
Jackson passed through the campaign
without Jammins lair of s,rike-outs
into the same controtcrsy
Vcan Grcss of Cleveland. famed Cobb
thrice on september {. = performance that
induced an expert ,o declare that cars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
France Puts Bars Up to
American Thoroughbred

revised until the names Of all American
horses whose pedigrees are in any way
doubtful have been struck out
Should this suggested revision be left
to the right people they will be tolerably
sure to fnd something lin any way
doubtful'-that is. doubtful for their
purposes-in the pedisrees of nearly ever
American horse In the French Stud Book.
Presumably a stallion or mare bred like
Highbridge. by Bridegw Duress,
which John f. Fell. Of Philadelphia, sent
over TO England a year ago to be fitted
for the Grand National Steeplechase,
would be denied admission TO the French
stud Book in future-Io matter though II
might be the winner of both the Grand
Hurdlerace dAutueil worth $1,000 and
the Grand Steepechase de Paris, worth
$500
Mention OF Hghbridge calls 10 mind
that he is wrongly charged in the records
with having fallen at the first fence in
last years Grand National. What really
happened was this: Another horse
sweryed across Highbridge compelling
him to take the jump at an angle This
jump is feet inches in height and 4
feet thick, with brush set so thickly that
a light man can walk on II. IL is huge
obstacle. Hghbridge made a great effort.
but brushed the jump which, combined
with having 10 suddenly take it sidewise.
shot the short riding Fred Williams out
of his saddle.
Williams. who at that time was ridins
for the Hildreth- kohler stable at Maisons-
Lafiitte. had journeyed from Paris TO Liv-
erpool especially 10 ride Highbrdge in the
Grand National When Williams got q
lee-up in the paddock an old-time Irish
cross country jockey remarked "Tare
and ages, Hell niver ride round the
Alntree course wild thin stirrup-leathers
At Beecher's Brook he'll he bounced over
the moo-hoon."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
PENN FIVE JUST
DEFEATS CORNELL
Victory Makes COlumbia's Road
to Basketball Title
Easy Path.
LBy TsIegraph % nc Tribune !

PhIladelphis, Feb 2l-Pcnnsylvania
practically won the intercollegiate bas-
ketball championship for Columbia to-
night by defeating Cornell by the score
of q To 20 i'm the best game ever wit
messed in Weishtman Hall.
The winning squirt of the Pennsylvania
five occurred in the first ten minutes OF
the second half Before and after this
victorious burst the two teams hsttled
hercely and almost equally successfully
for points The first half was a see-saw.
PENNSYLVANIA led. 10 TO 2. a few minutes
before the midway bell. but Lunden
scored a pretty held goal. and George
Halstead Gagged foul. giving the Itha-
cans a 2-point lead at half time.
George Halstead's foul goal tossing and
all-around work were Cornells features.
The summary follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
Sweeping Ukase to Close
Stud Book to Line of
Stars of Turf.
EIGHT SUCCESSIVE
GENERATIONS UNFAIR
Highbridge Not SO Much to
Blame for BObble in
Grand National.


Paris. Feb. ll.-COurtesy and hospitality
always have been leading characteristics
of La Belle France. but no longer are
they to be extended warmly to the Amer
lean thoroughbred. The bars are TO he
put up.
With a view To stemming the tide OF
American bloodstock sent 10 France for
breeding Purposes, the French Minister
of Agriculture. acting under pressure
from the Stud Book Commission, has de-
cided that In future no brood mare or
stallion shall be inscribed in the French
Stud Book for Thoroughbreds unless at
least eight successive generations of its
ancestors were born i'm Europe. THUS
il will be seen that some OF the bars a o
already up.
Under this fanatical ukase the progeny
Of Iroquois 10y Leamington-M Maggie b.
b. the grand racehorse with which the
late Pierre Lorillard won the Derby at
Epson and the st. Leger at Doncaster IN
1851. will not be eligible for registration
i'm France-although the progeny Of All
the English horses beaten by him in those
two classics will remain eligible.
Similarly the descendants of the late
James r. Keene's FoXhall (by King Al
fonso). with which that intrepid sports
man won the great classic race OF TINS
same France-the Grand Prix de Paris
will not be eligible for admittance TO the
Stud Book OF that delightful country-al-
though the get Of the nine horses beaten
by him probably figure on many OF its
paces.
Similarly again the produce Of Richard
Cookers great American brood mare
Rhoda r.. will not be eligible for inscrip-
ton in the French Stud Book. despite
the fact that she produced the Derby
winner Orby. the Guineas winner Rho-
dora and besides these two classic win
ners in England. other winners TO every
horse with which she was mated.
Imagine Rhododendron, by Americas
zone OF the most successful stations be
gotten by Lucky" Bsldwin's great horse,
Emperor of Norfolk) out ~ Rhoda Is.
dam OF Two classic winners in England,
being refused admission To the French
stud Book because " American blood
lines,
Imagine Golden Rod. which at the
GoOdwood meeting of 1917 won the Ia
nous stewards cup from field OF
twenty-one with l25 pounds on his back
and came out the next day with l5e
pounds up for the King George Stakes
and beat r;nglands champion Splinter.
Spanish Prince. by head-lsr agine this
horse che was one OF the bess looking 10
be seem and his progeny the had gone
to the stud shortly before his DEATH
being barred from the French Stud Book
because he was by Americas. by Emperor
Of Norfolk. and lacked some of the re-
quired eight successive generations OF
completely European ancestors,
But that is not all. II is suggested that
II the steps already taken by the Minister
Of Agriculture IN France prove insufh-
cont 10 protect the French thorough
bred" the French stud Book should ne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
EverS Hardest Player
to Fan in Big Leagues

ago Clark Grifith. then Of the Highland.
err had once struck cut the "Goorgia
Ieach four times. This impeachment
the Peach" denies.
Below Will be found the names Of ,h.
men who famed the ntters spoken Il in
this article:
Evers Cstruck out II times, Pittsburgh.
Hendrix 0't ST Louis. Griner a.. Perritt
10 Dohk 90. sallee %. Cincinnati BEN
ion ~. Johnson a.. BROOKLYN. Raglan ID.
Slieh ~ Walk.i ~ Philadelphia. AleXau-
Hess a..
laloie Struck out u time,l-New york.
keatn. 90. shuitz -. caldwell %. De
irof Willett -. pauss -. Comstock ~.
Washington Johnson 90. Groom 40: 8os-
ron. MoseiN 90. - Louis. Baumgartner 10 .
chicago. Scott 80; Philadelphia. Bush -
speaker struck out - tmesl-Chicaso.
ticotte 80, Russell go. Scott - - Rrien
90. Lsnge 90: -. Louis Hamilton 80.
Loverenz -. New York Fisher 90: Phils-
dolphia. Plank -. Houck ~. cleveland.
gregg 81. Detroit Lake 40. pauSs ~.
Washington. Johnson ~. Dauss d.
Jackson STRUCK out 20 timcsl-Ncw york.
Shultz -. Mcconnell -. Ford 90. wash
ingion johnson 90. Groom 90. Philsdel-
phia. Bender 90. Pennock a.. St Louis
BaumgGrdner 80. Hamilton ~ Leverenz
- Mitchell 90, stone 90. Chicago Rus
sell 80. cicoue 80. Benz a.. Rostor.
- hIi'h - WOOD ~, Bedient 80. Leon
ara 90. Foster 90: Detroit. Dubuc ~.
cobb tstruck out g timcsl- Washington
Groom 80. Johnson 80. Gallls -. Boehl.
ing -; Cleveland Gress 81 Falkenbefv
81. NJ" York heating -. Shultz 81.
Ford 80. Mcconnell ~. chicago Ciro-te
-. lanfc 90. BenZ 81. Russell ~. pblla-
d.lphis. Houck 80. Plank -. Boston
Moscii O.. Brien 80. Bcdient 40. Andcr-
son -. Leonard 10 Wood a.. 81. Louis
LeNcrcnz Il
Baker tstruck out 80 timesi-Cleveland
FflkenberE 80. kahcr 90. Mitchell ~.
Hresg 90. Washington. johnson fgb. Gailis
90. Groom 90. Engcl 80. Detroit. Wiiett
80. b~n-s 90, NsW York. Heating 90.
Shuit2 80. Ford 80. Mcconnell 40. KIepfcr
80 81 ouis Hamilton go. LeNerenz go.
Ia.msardner 80 chicago Cicotts 90. Rem.
IL. scott IL. Iu.fnn- LrhIrnf IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
YALE FIVE WINS.
FROM PRINCETON
Loss of Three Star Players Puts
Tigers at Mercy Of Blue
Basketball Team.

Princeton y. j.. Feb. I.-Crippied 10y
the absence Of three OF their varsity the
Tiger FIVE was an easy prey for Yale in
basketball game here tonight
Although the Princeton men we're able
TO hold their own throughout the firsi
hall. which ended with Is points 10 the
credit Of each team. they wavered IN the
last few minutes and were beaten. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
Bogus Barry
Gets Clean Bed

chicago. Tch. 2i.-Ry telling physicians
NJ the West side Hospital that he was
Jack Barry. shorsstcp Of the rh'ladel-
plia Athletics. a shshhi', st''red MA"
last night enjoyed good nights slccr
IN clean bed.
The man asked Tor free remedial Al
tention, and after declaring he was Barry
special attention was given in private
ward.
Charles Kuhn. ground keeper for the
Cubs. was called In by the phi, s'cisrs
and identified the man ~ Barry. Later
however the man admitted he was not
Harry when he was confronted with pho
forrsphs 81 the baseball player.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
0'R0URKE NAMES UMPIRES
Eastern Association President
Announces Staff for Season

Bridgeport Conn. Feb 2l.-President
James n. ORourke Of the Eastern Base
ball Association, announced to-day his
star of umpires for the coming season.
The men selected are George Barnett.
Louisyille Marty j.. Phalen. Troy: =.
Christian, Syracuse, and VI. J. McLaugh-
lin. Waycross Ga.
Barnett and Mclaughlin are each more
than six feet tall Barnett is a LAWYER.
fhalen played first base on the Bridge
port team in 1907 and 1908.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
PARTING
4: SHOTS ::

10 takes the government 80 nrinc out
the horrid skeletons or mans past and
present The income tax collectors have
discovered that Willie Ritchie's real name
is Gcrhardt \ Steffen. which was, Of
course. known only To select few be
fore Furthermore. although the cham
pion has been :sstine so 10 speak. on
his laurois for some months. ne has been
compelled 10 pay a tar on an income Of
S2,cpo. This is a tidy little sum 20 pick
Up in odd hours during A protracted leave
Of absence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
Ebbcts's Men VIII Beat
Rivals in Getting Spring
Work Under Way.
SEVENTEEN NEWARK
PLAYERS WITH THEM
Report from indianapolis Iha,
Stahl Has Signed to Man
age Tip Tops.

Charles H. Ebbete got tho jump on his
BROOKLYN baseball rivals yesterday 10y
sending three of his PLAYERS on their way
to tho spring training camp IN Augusta
Ga The Brooklyn squad. which was
made mp Of Gerard Ncycnhousc. George
Pennington and James Ring. pitchers.
left BROOKLYN on tic Macon. of the ocean
Steamship Line. which touches II SaNsn-
nah.
The Newark Indians were more fuzzy
represented The Jersey party was
made up Of Britton. Callahan. Dalton.
Dion. Donnelly. Enzmann Erhard. Getz.
O'Rourke. Schacht. T.. Zimmerman w.
Zimmerman. Payntar. Thomson Smith
Chandelier and Masterson
e.. II. Ebbets jr. holds command OF ne
army. Wilbort Robinson will meet the
Brooklyn recruits in Augusta.
y. e Ward. president Of tho Brookly n
FederaIs. stopped Of i'm Pittsburgh yester-
tcrday on his way home from Chicago.
Ills brother. GEORGE g. Ward and his
nephew. Walter Ward are on their War
TO ioin him. As the owner Of thc Tip
10 obtain the services OF Jake Stahl as
manager OF his team. II is possible that
be has unearthcd some new candidate in
Pittsburgh and has sent FOR the family
to come and look him over
IL is more probable. however. that Nj.
Ward IS seeking to enlist further Guau-
cia aid for the Pittsburgh Feds. VINO
have never displayed much monetary az
gressiyeness. Henry &. Frick is close
friend of Mr. Ward. and undoubtedly he
Brooklyn man will Try to persuade him
that the steel business is slow-poke
method OF making money compared with
baseball.
Word came from indianapolis last night
that Stahl had signed To manage the
Brooklyn Feds but that the announce
ment would not be made until Nj. Ward
returned 10 this city.
John NJ. Ward. business manager OF the
Brooklyn Federals. admitted Yesterday
that the new stands at Washington Park
would not be finished until MAY !. lie
said that the Tip Tops would play their
was finished. Mr. Ward is confident that
the Feds will not be outlaws after the
present season. He predicts that in 1915
three teams will meet in the worlds Sc
RES. lie did not state. however, whether
the Athletics would meet the contenders
separately OF in body.
The Association Of the Employees of
the New York Edison Company enter
tanned Joseph Judge at a dinner at the
Hotel Navarro yesterday afternoon.
Judge has signed with the Red Sox and
will so 10 Hot Springs on March 6. He
played first base ON the New York Edi-
son Company team last year, and The
nine won the championship in the cleo
trcal industry OF the United States large
~ through his hitting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
WILLIAMS WINS AT HOCKEY
Tech" Defeated by the Score
of 4 to |.

Nillismstown. Mass. Feb. 1.-THE
Wilismstown hockey team dccisiyely de-
fcatcd Tech" on the Weston Field rink
here this afternoon by the score of 4 TO
J. Although the puck was In the visitors
territory most Of Tho time during the
first period. neither side WAS able to cage
the puck until the very end. when Gil
lette forced IL through the posts ON a
PASS from Dewindt behind the goal.
Ross prevented whitewash for Tech
by scoring on long pass from Mcleod
Winton had 10 be carried OFF the Ice with
q severe leg cat received in a scrimmage.
The summary lOlONs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
Harvard Freshman Seven Wins

New Haven. Feb. little HARVARD
freshman hockey team won An easy We.
tory to-day from the first year men oi
Yale The score was TO I. The Nale
defence was unable 10 break mp the
strong attack OF the youngsters from
Cambridge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

Football Dates for Union.

The Union College io'''" ..,sct
for next fan was announced -
as follows; 80 ,
September q. 81 Lawrence A
Schenectsdy. y. \. ....t.a.. \ -
October ). Hobart al schfn ,..,s n -
Wesleyan. az MiddietoNn: '.n" w<
Institute. al Hoboken y '.r,.a, ~
pciytschnic Institute, :, tnsri,ute. a. =
81. Rensselaer, Pol! i'ehhN -
November 7. Nse Nork ni's senss<
nectsdy, y. y. H. hsmh'o"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

Rube Vanguard will he interested to learn
that Nap Rucker has reported with his arm
in linton condition. The battle of the south
paws thus will he an assured feature Of the
season. ard the New Yorker viii have an
opponent worthy Of his steel in edcine home
with the usual victories.
With Jake Stahl 10 manage the Brook
lyn Feds and Tom seaton TO lead tho
pitching CORPS the nucleus Of the nov
team has a distinctive lustre. The pair
is almost enough 10 Offset Fucker ami
Daubert. Of the Superbas
The fight between Ebbets and the Wards
10 discover the more holidays promises TO he
interesting. II looks like busy season for
the Borough President if he expects 10 tos-
out che first ball at all the celebrations.
A threc-cOrnered worlds series. as suS-
gested 10y John NJ. Ward. has its merits.
\ struggle between the Giants. Athletics
and. say. the Chicago Feds. three games
in each city to start with, and playing
on until one team wins five games. would
make d regular climax 10 the season.
The Columbia basketball team has called
upon a band to infuse li'tle pepper into
the daily practice. DO they intend trying
basket shooting from a few tango or make
formations?
They might Introduce a little music at
the ST Nicholas Rink. = few softly rem
dered hymns at the proper moment might
serve 10 calm the tempers OF the bel
lgerent hockey PLAYERS who have been 20
much in evidenccethis season.
We certainly shall miss Charlie Muir
ply. He has furnished a lot of copy in
his day. But Merkle Snodgrass and Ed
bets are still with US.
The pleasursbIe pastime Of telling how
they will finish III the coming baseball races
will be far from cut and dried affair. The
Feds have drained some OF our hest contend
ers in such a fashion that il is hard 10 fore
I cast the October returns. However il will
take more than this to balk the critics. and
| the battle will he on in another month.
| Pittsburgh. Of course. will receive the usual
consideration until Natty llmbers M the
fsdeaway in the first game.
/ The sooner organized ba sebal takes the
| outlaws into the fold the better il will
| be for all hands. BY the time the in
aders have combed the minors of all the
| promising material next summer the
owners may be willing to listen L. rea-
son The Feds are in a position 10 give
the player his purchase price as a bonus.
| instead Of handing the sum to the minor
/ lcasue owner. as the majors are COM
PEELED to do. \ blind man can see where
| all tho young talent is going. and the big
teams need a certain amount Of new
/ blood every year.
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