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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
MURPHY BOASTS He
WILL SUE JOHNSON
Charges American League
Head With Conspiracy to
Ruin His Business.
CHICAGOANS MAKE OFFER

Charles w. Murphy, of the Cubs,
returned to Chicago yesterday filled
with wrath against organized base
ball and Ban Johnson in particular.
Shortly after his arrival Murphy was
informed that the board of directors
of the National League had decided
to recall him to New York and he at
once issued the statement that he
would refuse to be put on the carpet
any further.
Murphy in a vitriolic statement
PANIED Ban Johnson, saying that he
will throw the president of the Amer
lean League out of organized base
| ball and break up the National
League if necessary to hold his rights.
He also threatened a suit for con-
spiracy against Johnson. He declared
| the Cubs are not for sale and that he
is in the game for keeps.
Calm and dispassionate as he said
it, Murphy declared: I'm going to
sue johnson, and I'm going to put
him out of baseball. AS to changing
| the National League circuit and an
nulling the National agreement there
is not chaLce. The agreement is a
contract between two parties and
there must be unanimous consent be-
| fore it can be amended. In the end
| the New York club would have the
deciding vote, and the New York and
Chicago clubs are friendly"
Chicagoans Wish to Buy Cubs.
Several members of the Board of
| Trade offered to advance $250,000 yes
| terday to help buy the Chicago Ma
| tional League baseball team from
Charles Webb Murphy.
Rumors that organized baseball was
about to take steps to discipline Muir
| ply and take away his interest in the
| Chicago National League club brought
about the action. The offer was wired
in the following telegram to President
Murphy in New York:
| "Rumored here Cubs are for sale.
If so, would appreciate your best
proposition. We are prepared to act
| quickly If terms are satisfactory.
! "WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON.
CHARLES A. MCCULLOUGH,
JAMES A. PUGH."
No sooner had Mr.. Z McCulloch
reached his office today than he was
called on by three Board of Trade
members.
I'VE have $25O,OOO cash over here
ready to advance il it is wanted for
| the purchase of the Cubs" said the
callers, according to Mr.. McCuIloch.
I'VE are Cub supporters, but we have
! Joined the Never Again Club and
will keep our word as long as Mr..
Murphy is the Cub owner"
| Murphy Has One Friend.
In my opinion Mr. Murphy treated
Mr.. Evers with the greatest consid-
Grafton" said c, r. Taft in Cincin-
natl yesterday. In everything that
he has done with regard to Mr.. Evers
he has been absolutely correct, and In
view of the letter which Mr.. Evers
wrote to Mr.. Murphy the only thing
left for Mr.. Murphy to do was to dis.
pose of him in some way and appoint
la new irlanager.''
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
RULES COMMITTEE PLACES
RESTRICTIONS ON COACHES
Will Enforce Regulation For
bidding Man on Line to
Touch Runner.

Ban Johnson, John Heydler and John
3. Foster, all that we're left in New
York of the joint rules committee of
met yesterday, adopted all of the
changes in the scoring rules recon-
mended by the Baseball Writer'S AS
ISOLATION and also made changes of
Importance in the playing rules. All
the changes they made are final, and
will go into official rules of baseball.
The scoring changes include the
.elision of the Cincinnati hit" which
formally. dies the death, the new
measure defining a fielder's choice
taking it's place.
The most pronounced departure in
the playing code is one which forbids
the common practise of coachers at
third grabbing hold of an impetuous
base-runner and showing or dragging
him back to the bag. The umpire
shall declare such base-runner out.
Hereafter when an umpire on fair
ground is hit by a thrown ball base
runners, instead of having to return,
shall be entitled to all the bases they
can make.
The committee discussed the ques-
ZION OF uniformity IN the Two dig
leagues as to whether it should be
considered balk when the pitcher
dropped the ball when about to de-
liver it. This is balk in the Ma
tional League: not a balk in the
American. The National Leaguers
told johnson yesterday they would
retain their Interpretation, and Ban
said he would talk it over with his
umpires before agreeing to come
around to the Nationals way of
thinking.
Words were inserted in section OF
rule As to emphasize that when bat
ter drives a home run over the fence
he always must run around the bases
Again, in cases in which the fence is
less than 235 feet away and such hits
go as two baggers, the batter always
much touch the bases in regular
order.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
BRONX c. GIVE TO
MEET WHEELMEN
New York State League Play
ers in Lineup of Visit
ing Team.

The Bronx Catholic Club quintet, of
New York, composed of members of
the New. York State Basketball
League, will be guest of the Bay
View Wheelmen Seniors at Wheel
men Hall. tomorrow afternoon. 1t
will mark the second of a series of
games between these combinations,
the first affair having resulted in a
victory for the Bay Views, when the
Bronx combination was known as the
All-New York Five.
Eberlein and Mcmillan. who played
with the Newark New York State
League Club. while it lasted, will per-
form at forward and centre, respect
lively, for the visitors. The rest of
the Bronx roster will include Ewing
and Fitzgerald as forwards, and
Roach and Lamb as guards.
1t has been announced that the Bay
View Juniors would play the Harri-
gan Five in the preliminary contest.
The latter combination will not be on
hand, according to its manager. Tom
Callahan, who is not satisfied with
the financial agreement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
ST. BENEDICT PREP.
HAS TASK TO Win
Paterson High School Alumni
Make High Street Travel
at Fast Clip.

st. Benedicts Prep had a difficult
task in defeating the Paterson High
School Alumni last night in basket
ball game on Casino Court. but the
High Street lads gradually assumed
the lead and finally won out by a
score of ga to 80. The score does not
indicate how closely the game was
contested. The visitors were a heavy
aggregation and the Benedicts We're
obliged to battle hard for every goal
The local school played consistent
game throughout and led at half-time
by a score of 90 to 10. The Patersoni-
ans seemed to net their tallies in
spurts The efforts of the schoolboys
to check these rallies made the con-
test a most interesting one.
The ex-Paterson schoolboys were
accustomed to backless goals, fact
that was substantiated by the clean
cut fashion in which the leather was
Gagged.
Frank McDermit, the St Benedict
pivot, contributed twenty points to
his teams score The summary;
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
High Street Cadets Win
Sunday School League Title

The title of champions of the Es-
sex County Sunday School Basketball
League goes to the High Street Cadets
as a result of their victory, ~ to 20,
over the Second Presbyterian COM
bination, on the latter's court last
night. 1t was the sixteenth straight
victory for the Cadets, while the Sec
ond Presbyterian youths have lost
but two games throughout the sea-
son. At half-time the Cadets were in
the lead by Is to 10. Wenzel and
Haug starred for the winners, the
former scoring eight field baskets and
the latter six Borman did the best
work for the losers, securing sex
tet of field goals.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14

An indoor golf tournament VIII be
conducted by the New York News
paper Golf Club at the store of CHM
BILE Bros. The qualifying round has
been started and will continue until
February Is. No restriction is made
on the number of rounds that each
entrant may play and he may count
the best of them for his qualifying
score He must declare before the
beginning of any round which he
wants counted, however, that he in
tends TO hand in his score, and all
scores handed in must be attested by
a fellow player.
Sixteen players will qualify for
match play and provision will be
made also for a beaten eight division.
The match play will begin on Friday,
February 20, at noon. 1t has been de-
cided not TO confine the tournament
to members of the New York News
paper Golf Club. but to extend invi-
tations to all newspaper men who are
qualified for membership in the club.
whether they have Joined the club or
not.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
EAST ORANGE AND
MONTCLAIR A TIE
History Repeats Itself in New
Jersey InterschOlastic Bas=
ketbalI League.
STEVENS BEATS BARRINGER
INTERsCHOLAsTIc LEAGUE REcORD.
Yesterdays Results.

Icstefuhs AetsHlAs.
Stevens PREP" 40; Barringer II. s. 10.
Montclair II. s., q; e. Orange H S., 20
East Orange and Montclair are tied,
as was the case last year, on the last
leg of the race for the New Jersey
Interscholastic League basketball
championship as result of the p to
26 defeat registered yesterday by
Montclair, on their own court, over
the East Orangeites in the second
game of the home-and- home series.
The same two teams were tied last
year, each having won the game from
the other on its home court. An
extra game was necessitated on the
Bloomfield High School court, and
Montclair won out in a closely con-
tested game. Both Montclair and
East Orange have outclassed Barrin-
ger and Stevens to date, and it is
almost positive that the suburban
rivals will battle in an extra game
for the championship, as the CO.
sharers of the cellar position are not
expected to win any of the games TO
be played with East Orange and
Montclair.
Montclair came out ahead in the
last minute of play yesterday.1sO Otto
Rose, the burly guard on. the noun
tain town quintet, scored q field goal
just before the final whistle. The
goal was a fitting climax to a sensa-
tional game throughout, which the
teams see-sawed in the lead.
Mock Fischer, the East Orange
centre, scored five field goals, which
was the largest field total of the
day Art Brentano netted nine free
throws and two field goals. Slocum
and Taylor, the Montclair forwards.
contributed three field baskets apiece.
The summary:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
TWO F|RST-SACKERS
SIGNED BY EBBETS
SherrOd Smith, Southpaw
Phenom, Also Comes Into
the Fold.

President Charles Fl. Ebbets, jr., of
the Newark club, flashed the news to
snowbound Newark fans today that
he has signed two new first basemen,
ss well as Sherrod Smith, the south
paw twirler. The embryo first base
men signed to fill Swacina's shoes are
George !. Smith, jr., son of tho fa-
nous Germany Smith, who played
with Brooklyn twenty-five years ago,
and Robert Thomson, recommended
by Johnny Enzmann. The latter
candidate for the gap in the Tiger
infielder halls from the Empire City
a. A.. which produced Enzmann. He
was first introduced to President
Charles Ebbets, jr., by Manager III.
Wagner, of the Empire City team.
Wagner also gets credit for recon-
mending Enzmann, so his word made
an impression on the Newark mag
nate.
As to George Smith, he at least has
q good baseball name. His namesake
starred for several seasons as a sec
ond -saclIer for various. International
League clubs and is now manager of
d Canadian league club. The former
George Smith was at one time with
the Tigers. George Smith III. has all
of the measurements of a promising
first sacker He measures up six
feet one inch in height, weighs It's
pounds and throws and bats right
handed. He played baseball around
the sand lots of. Altoona. He is a
student Just now at st. Francis Col
lege. at Loretta, Pa.
t. a..
jr., said: II am sure we will have a
good first baseman by the time the
season opens Both of these men
come highly recommended. Thomson
can hit any kind of ball. according to
Wagner. He batted something like
.420 last year, and he is strapping
big fellow. too. He measures six feeet
two and half inches and weighs
about 1870 pounds. If these men fall
short of the standard we will have
someone else who will fill the BILL"
Newark fans should feel particu-
larly elated over the signing of
Sherrod Smith. Without the young
ster the pitching situation for the
Tigers was beginning TO look a bit
precarious. Sherrod is boasted as a
real phenom and comes almost as we'll
recommended as was Raleigh Aitchi-
son last year. Only yesterday Thomas
Fogarty, president of the Jersey City
club. declared that he considered
Smith one of the best youngsters
picked off the lots, and he was disap-
pointed when an effort he made to
line the youngster fell through. The
Newark pitchers now in the fold are
Enzmann, Lee, Bell, Holmes. Brit
ton, Schacht and Hail.. Out of this
bunch Manager Smith should soon
find four men who can be worked in
their turn.
The two flrst-sackers signed today
will go South with the Tigers next
Saturday Smith will report direct
to Columbus, Ga, as his home is in
Mansfield, Va.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
HYDE IS PRESSED
HARD BY filler
X,
Exciting Golf Marks Second
Round of Match Play at
Palm Beach.

E. H. Filter, of Merton, provided the
feature of the second round Of match
play in the South Florida golf cham
pionship at Palm Beach yesterday by
carrying J. r. Hyde. South Shore.
the present champion, to the nine
tenth green. Mr.. Filter was dormie
down coming to the home hole, but
by holing his approach putt from ten
feet off the green squared the contest
Mr.. Hyde had to hole a long putt at
the first extra hole to get place In
the semi finals, which he did for 3
and the match.
Close and extra hole matches con-
tributed another feature to the days
play. j. d. Johnson, Philadelphia.
played twenty-five holes before he de-
feated Robert Burch. of Providence.
F. D. Frazier, New York; ]. c.
Head. Oakmont; J. G. Davis, st. Ar
drews. and William Thaw, Allegheny,
are semi finalists in the first compe-
tition.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
.FULTz REASSERTS
UNION IS NEUTRAL
Head of Fraternity Denies OPP
position to Feds in Any
WaV.
INDIGNANT AT REPORTS

President Dave Fultz, of the Base
bali Players Fraternity. issued a
statement today in WHICH he denied
he had entered into any agreement
with organized baseball to fight the
Federal League. Fultz, with Ed
Reulbach and Jake Daubert, of the
Dodgers, was present at the meeting
of the Federal League yesterday in
the Hotel Knickerbocker and said
that the fraternity did not recognize
the reserve clause in the contracts.
Fultz denied that he had a private
talk with Garry Hermann before the
meeting on Thursday in which he
agreed that any player who violated
the reserve clause suspended himself
automatically for three years.
F'ultz says in his statement:
The Baseball Players Fraternity
has endeavored on numerous occa-
sions to impress upon the public and
all baseball factions that it takes a
staEd of absolute neutrality toward
organized baseball and the Federal
League. This policy was decided upon
months ago and there has not nor
will there be the slightest deviation
from it.
II have been quoted as saying that
players who go to the Federal League
will be expelled from our organiza-
ton. This is absolutely incorrect and
/ have at no time made such state
ments. All of these matters are gov
erned by our bylaws and will be
lived up to strictly.
These bylaws provide that when
a member jumps his contract he will
be expelled, and this penalty will be
inflicted regardless of whether the
contract is one with organized ball
Ior the Federal League. This ruling,
however, does not apply to the re-
serve clause, as the fraternity does
not recognize the validity of this
clause"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
TENNIS AMATEURS
ALLOWED EXPENSES
Proposed Change Falls Short of
the Necessary TwO-Thirds
Majority.
NAME CHAMPIONSHIP DATES

The proposed amateur rule by which
it was intended to prohibit the pay
ment of expenses to players in all
but few lawn tennis tournaments
in this country was defeated at the
annual meeting of the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association in
New York city last night. The vote
favored the amendment, but as it was
only carried by 80 votes to 70, and as
a two-thirds majority was required
for its adoption, the proposition was
lost. A committee, consisting of Rob-
ert d. Wrenn. George II. Adee and
Henry w. Slocum, was appointed to
take charge of the defense of the
Davis Cup, for which challenges have
already been received from Belgium
and Australia. 1t is also reported
that the challenge of the British Isles
is on its way to this country.
President Robert d. Wrenn read "A
communication from the International
Federation stating that the fedora
ton had decreed that the Davis Cup
should be officially regarded as the
team championship emblem of the
world, but no official action was taken
States Lawn Tennis Association join
ing the federation at this time.
In the distribution of the champion
ship tournaments the clay court titu-
lar contests were awarded to Cincin-
natl, o., and the Eastern doubles to
the Longwood Club. of Boston, Mass.
The awarding of the annual cham
pionship tournaments was also taken
up last night. The mems singles went
to the Casino at Newport, r. l.; the
women's tournament to the Philadel-
phia Cricket Club and the mems and
women's indoor tournament to the
Seventh Regiment Armory, New York
city. The national doubles champion
ships, except the Eastern and Pacific
coast, action on which was deferred
for a time. were awarded as follows.
Southern, to New Orleans Lawn Ten
mis- Club; Western, to ,Onwentsia, Chi
cago; Pacific coast, to the disposition
of the executive committee: the sec
tional doubles final, to Onwentsia, and
the challenge match to Newport.
This was the thirty-third annual
meeting of the association, and sew
enty-five delegates from all parts of
the country were in attendance. The
report showed a balance of
Sc, 900 and a profit to the association
on the Davis Cup matches of $1.704
net. The election of officers resulted
as follows:
President. r. ID. Wrenn. New York;
vice president, A. L. Hoskins. Phila-.
delphia. to succeed H. w. Slocum.
New York; secretary, e. r. Torrey.
Clinton. N. Y. to succeed A. L. Hos
lins; treasurer Richard Stevens. Ho-
boken. N. j. -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
Gymnastic Exhibition TO
Feature Athletic Carnival

A joint exhibition of the Newark
Y. M. G. A. and Springfield Y. M. C.
A College gymnasti cteams will fea-
ture the program of the athletic car
nival which is to be held tonight at
the Halsey street gymnasium. Both
of the teams are reputed to be excep-
tionally skilled in their specialties
and the exhibition will be a big at
traction. The gymnastic teams of
the Jersey City and Newark Y. M. c..
AS will demonstrate several artistic
dancing numbers in addition to which
there are several wrestling bouts and
RymnaStic features carded.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14

Barringer High School dropped to
share OF the tail-end position of the
New Jersey Interscholastic League
basketball standing yesterday, when
the Ridge street institution quintet
succumbed to a 4o-to-19 defeat at the
hands of Stevens Prep" team in a
game at Hoboken.
Barringer's play was Indifferent. and
the game was a listless affair.
Stevens took the lead at the outset.
and was never headed. The score at
half time stood 20 to in the home
teams favor.
Shields, of Stevens. was the indi-
vidual star. scoring seven field goals
and eight free throws. the points
from which were alone enough to de-
feat Barringer. The summary:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
SNOW MAY HALT
SOCCER PROGRAM
Eleven Games on Weekend
Schedule in the Various
Leagues.
BROOKLYN PLAYS NEWARK
BROOKLYN PLAYS NEWARK
SOCCER TOMORROW

Seottish-Americans VS.. Paterson
Rangers. at Harrison.
Newark r. c. vs.. Brooklyn F G..
at yailsburg.
True Blues vs.. Jersey A. c.. at
Paterson.
Clan Macdonald VS.. Bronx Uni
ted F. c., at Brooklyn.
New Jersey State League.
Alley Boys VS.. Pastime, at Clark
Oval, East Newark.
Bayonne ThistIes vs.. shef5elds,
at Bayonne
Birminghams vs. Cowboys, at
Parkview Oval, city.
Greenvilles vs.. Germanias. at
Jersey City.
Jersey Blues VS.. Jersey Reserves,
at North Bergen.
Watsessing F. c. vs.. Babcock-
Wilcox F. c., at Bloomfield.
New Jersey Junior League.
Irish-American VS.. Kearny Ath-
letics, at Riverside Oval.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
TINKER COMES TO NEWARK
TO LOOK THE TOWN OVER
Federal Leaguer's Visit Stirs
Up Curiosity Among
Fans.

Joe Tinker. who has been most in
strumental in the Federal Leagues
raids on organized baseball. was in
Newark yesterday, slipping in and
out as the Feds are wont to do,
without attracting much attention.
Tinker came here ostensibly to see
local semi-pros who are dickering
with the outlaws. He refused to
diyulge the reasons of his visit, but
the recent maneuvers made by the
Federals to locate teams in the vicin-
ity OF New York make it seem plaus-
IDLE that Joe came here to probe the
local situation
4 Federal League team in Newark
has been more than mere dream.
The subject has been discussed for
some time. If q good site for a park
could be obtained the outlaws would
experiment by putting club here
for at least one year. If it failed TO
draw It would be easy to shift the
franchise to New York next season,
when matters would be more pro-
pltious for an invasion of Gotham
territory by the outlaws.
The Feds, who are strong for pub
licity, realized that it was a handi-
cap for them not to be represented
in or around New York. They have
now located in Brooklyn, and a trans
fer of the Buffalo franchise to New
ark might be the next step. If the
Feds do come to Newark they will
not put UP a magnificent new stand
Immediately. but 1t is believed that
at least one structure in this city
could be altered to make an accept
able ball park for at least one year OF
experimenting to find how 1t goes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14

In closely contested basketball
game at Morristown yesterday after
noon the Morristown School defeated
the Mackenzie School by the score
of SO to 29. 1t was only in the last
few minutes of play that the local
FIVE obtained their winning lead. This
is Morristown's tenth straight victory
for the season.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
Athletic Events to Feature
Smoker Of Prudential 4. G,

Athletic events will feature the an
nual smoker of the Prudential Ath-
letic Association, which will be held
in the New Auditorium one week
from tonight. The program will in
clude boxing exhibitions. wrestling
bouts and other athletic events Of the
high class.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
Brookiyn signs ElberfeId.

Norman kid" Elberfeld announced
today that he has signed a. one
year contract with the Brooklyn
National League club. Elberfeld, it
is understood, will act as advisory
coach and utility inhelder Manager
Wilbert Robinson, of the Dodgers, or
dered him to report at Augusta, Ca,
February %. Elberfeld, who man.
aged Chattanooga last season, was a
free agent and was wanted by the
Federals.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
CENTRAL,
Two points awarded. class B fouls.
SOITTH SIDE
South Side seconds Win.

In preliminary contest the South
Side Seconds defeated the Central
Seconds by a score Of 2S to 10. At
the end of the. first the South Side
juveniles led, ~ to 10. The Central
team played poorly throughout, es-
pecially in the second half. South
Side showed good team work, while
the playing of Schleckser and Seid-
man stood out prominently. The
former player Gagged four baskets in
the second period.