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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-06
BY J. ED GRILLo.

Even if the Federal League should be
successfully launched. how long can it
last, if it continues to tie itself up with
the contracts which it claims?
The latest is that Otto Knabe has
signed a three-year contract calling for
$50, 900 to manage the Baltimore team.
Unless the team in that city is composed
of lot of amateurs, its salary list will
exceed its receipts, and this same condi-
ton threatens to prevail in some other
cities of the proposed circuit.
1t may be the plan to fill the teams
with low-salaried players in charge Of a
high-salaried manager. but this is not ad-
mitted, since the announcement is made
that every one of the clubs is to have at
least five major league players. II such
is the case, the salaries Of each club are
sure to be SO large that it will require
capacity attendance nearly every day in
order to cover expenses.
Cities like Baltimore, Buffalo and
Toronto have shown in the past that
they cannot support ball club along
major league lines. They are good
minor league cities. no doubt. but the
League clubs promise to be just four
or five times as great as those of
smaller leagues to which these cities
have been accustomed. Nor Is there
any reason for believing that the cali
Der of base ball furnished by the new
league will be any higher than that
of the average minor league. The dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-06
Co0MBS WILL TRAIN.
Mack's Great Pitcher to Work Out
With Collegians in Spring.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, January 6.-Although
encouraging statements regarding Jack
Coombs' ability to pitch for the Athletics
next season have been made from time
to time, many fans. and even those very
close to the worlds champions have fear
ed that in the Iron Mans case 1.-THE
been indicated that Manager Mack has
excellent reasons to believe that Coombs
will be able to face the American League
batsmen during the next championship
race.
1t was recently announced that Earl
Mack, son of Cornelius the First. has
been appointed to coach the base ball
Carolina next spring. According to a
base ball fan of North Carolina who is
now visiting in this city, one of the stip-
ulations of that appointment was that
Jack Coombs should go to the University
of North Carolina and instruct the pitch
ers in the art of twirlng the ball.
1t was net until after Coombs had left
the University Hospital here and the sur
geons had assured him that all he needed
was to take great care Of himself this
winter in order to be able to pitch next
season that Earl received his appoint
ment as coach. 1t may be. therefore, that
Coombs will go to Chapel Hill, N. c.,
where the University of North Carolina is
located, and do some of his preliminary
work next March. While instructing the
college twirIers Jack could gradually
work himself into condition.
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6ERINENI @fGGNT
EsHappeniq&$S 1SPortdom

tribution of a few major league ball
players among the teams will not raise
the standard Of play to any great ex-
tent.
Federal Leaguers claim that just as
soon as the Players Fraternity lifts the
ban and gives the players the privilege
to sign there will be a general rush of
players to the ranks Of the OUTLAWS"
The chances are that President Fultz will
send out such a notice some time this
week, and the result will be watched with
interest. Major league clubs insist that
they will lose but few Of their players.
though there is little doubt that the fact
that the Federals are in the field will
salaries in many instances.
Otto knabe who is reported to have
signed to manage the Baltimore Federal
League team. has had managerial ambi-
tons for several years. For q time he
was in hope Of securing the position now
held by Charley Doom, and on two diff
ferent occasions he has been a candidate
for the Cincinnati job. Failing to get
not do himself justice under DOOM,
Knabe, who has reached that stage Of
his career where he is not apt to improve,
has joined the Federals. where, II he is
given q good team, he may show that he
has the ability to manage.
Frank Chance is out with the state
better next season, but to do this his
aggregation will have to show marked
Improvement over last seasons form.
Chance had q decidedly weak team
in the last campaign. He improved 1t
as the season drew to close and
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NEW PITCHER FOR YANKEES.
Lynn Brown, a Semi-Pro Of Buffalo
Going to New York.

NEW YORK. January 6.-Lynn Brown,
crack semi-professional pitcher OF
Buffalo, signed New York American
League club contract yesterday. Brown
pitched for the First Wards in the Bison
city last year, and attracted the atten-
ton OF one of Frank Farrell's scouts.
His team was a member of the Buffalo
CITY League. which developed many
stars, including Wally Schang, the Ath-
letics' great catcher. and Jimmy Archer
Of the Cubs.
In 1912 Brown pitched an eighteen
inning game for the East Aurora team,
which was a memorable event in base
ball happenings up the state. The
Depew team opposed him on that occa-
sian. and was beaten to |, with only
three hits. Brown is twenty-one years
old. ) feet 1917 inches tall. and weighs
IT'S pounds. He is Highlander, having
plenty of speed and fine control, consid-
ering the shortness Of his career. He
has been ordered to report to Chance at
Houtson, Tex. March ].
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LEvINsKY LOSES BOUT.
McAllister 0utpoints Philadelphia
at Garden A. C.

NEW YORK, January 6.-Tha long win
ming streak Of Battling Levinsny crashed
into snag at Madison Square Garden
last night when the aggressive Phila-
delphian encountered Bob McAllister, a
California middleweight. who recently
came east with string of successes as
long as Levinsky's record. The wonder
full cleverness of the westerner offset all
the aggressiveness and indomitable cour-
age of Levinsky and earned McAllister
the honors by fair margin. But he had
to keep moving all the way to get the
verdict.
No such battle between big men has
been staged at a club in this city in many
months. The speed and continuous action
flashed out in decided contrast to the
many slow exhibitions recently uncov-
cred here by alleged white hopes. and at
the finish of the tenth round the men
were greeted with an ovation that was
as well deserved as it was loud. There
was not dull moment from the time of
the first handshake until they clasped
hands at the finish, barring. Of course,
the one-minute rest between rounds.
When on their feet both men demonstrate
ed that they knew why they were the1e,
and they exerted every muscle to showJat
their best
McAllister. who is of lanky build, gave
marvellous exhibition of boxing skill,
both on the attack and the defense He
varied his attack just enough to keep
Levinsky always guessing, and he sur
prised the crowd by his ability to ex-
change punches while standing toe to toe
with his opponent Levinsky was much
broader of shoulder and more muscular
in every way. but his strength and will
ingness fell short of matching the clever
ness of the Californian. He seemed to
carry heavier punch than the west
ho1
to his punches to muss up Levinsky's
face a bit during the ten rounds Neither
lost any blood. and both were strene at
every stage of the bout
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i'm SHAW SIGNS
FOR NEXT SEASON
Crack Youngster Third of
Local Players to Get
Into Line.
NOT AFFECTED BY ORDER
OF PLAYERS FRATERNITY
Stockholders Retain Officers and Di-
rectors Of Local Ball Club at
Annual Election.
BY J. ED GR1LLo.

Jim Shaw has signed his 1914 con-
tract. The promising young pitcher call
ed at base ball headquarters this morn
Ing, and after a short conference with
Manager Griffith became a fuII-f1edged
member Of the Nationals for next sea-
son.
Shaw came into the big league late In
the fall and did not join the Players
Fraternity, hence was not affected by
the order not to sign until further notice
Barring johnson, there is no pitcher on
the locals staff who gives more promise
than the Pittsburgh boy. While lacking
experience. last season being his first in
professional base ball, Shaw has the
reputation of having more natural ability
than any young pitcher Griffith has ever
seen in his twenty-five years or more
experience. Good judges insist that
Shaw will be a sensation in the coming
campaign.
Shaw is the third member Of the team
to sign for next season, Johnson and
Gandil being the other two.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Washington Base Ball Club
was held at base ball headquarters in the
Southern building this afternoon. Routine
business and the annual election were
and directors being retained: Benjamin
Minor. president Rudolph Kaufman,
vice president; W. II. Rapley, treasurer;
E. ]. Walsh. secretary. In addition to
these, Thornton Chesley and Kenyon
Miller serve on the board Of directors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-06

+h;,l.on the whole the best putter
ever saw was A. F. Mache, says noi
ace Hutchinson in the Westminseei
Gazette / believe l have given the creoit
To Willie Park at the time that he mace
his courageous but not very successiu u
effort to beat Harry Vardon: put great
as Parks putting was, ! did not see
nearly as much of it as | did OF Mr.
Mactie's, with whom l used to play very
frequently from 1885 to 1889
And of course there is to be reckoned,
in any account of this kind, that very
marvellous week of putting i'll Whlch
Walter Travis came and took from US
our amateur championship, whereof re-
yenge was only wrought SO lately as
1a,1 nv Mr.. Hilton winning the amateur
championship over there. But that week
of putting was but streak, although ME-
Travis is at all times and seasons a
very fine putter.
That, however. was ma gowf at a,
JUST conjurin' tricks" according to the
old verdict. Let it be granted. however.
as Euclid postulates, that Mr.. Macfle
was, perhaps is, one of the finest putters
there ever has been; that is enough for
my purpose, which is to introduce ta'e
that l once asked him, What is your
method of puttinga" and he answered,
II putt on different method every
day
Now. Mr.. Macfie was and is a man
sinfuliy capable of giving you mislead-
ing, whimsical and altogether mag
NATIVE answer. but I believe that this
answer was quit of any of these dubious
characteristics. I believe that he did
change his method, as he certainly
changed his weapon
One day he came out with what looked
more like piece of bent gaspipe stuck
into the end of walking-stick than
anything that could reasonably be called
golf club and putted just as fiendishly
well with it as if it had been one of the
masterpieces of Old Philip He changed
his method. but. be it observed, he did
not say that he putted with no method.
That would be quite another story.
What I conceive as the meaning of
method. in this matter of the golf stroke.
is some crook of elbow. bend of knee or
pointing of toe which seems for the
| moment to give just the right sensation,
which is the same thing as saying the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-06
EARL OF SAVOY WINS.
First Home in Feature Race at the
Charleston Track.

CHARLESTON. S. c., January 81.
W. Hedrick sent the winner to the post
in yesterdays feature at Palmetto Park
in the fourth event. selling handicap at
a mile, in which his chestnut colt by Or
nament-Earl Of Savoy, procured the de-
cision over the favorite Frank Hudson,
in a spirited stretch drive. The heavy
going just suited the winner, who beat
the choice by half a length. Under a
vigorous ride by Buxton. Frank Hudson
made a determined bid for the winner S
share of the purse at the sixteenth pole,
but he could not get to Earl of Savoy,
who hung on gamely when the final test
came.
Frank Hudson was heavily backed by
the Talbot confederation. being showed
! down from to to to ) at post time.
Earl of Savoy opened and closed at 1 to
| !. Merry Lad easily held Seryicence and
Armor, the other starters, safe for the
show money. Summaries:
First race, selling; purse, 500; three ods;
81 lMcTaggarp. IS to 10, 3 to 5 and to ), sec:
emo to j. thiTd Time. III IS Flood Miss Res"
burg. Belle of Normandy. squealer and Mike
Odds: 1--WE and one.hsf furlongs-High Glass, lo2
!Msrtin,, IS to 8, even and ! to 8. won; Al
:, second; Bulgarian, ss murphy. to 9 to
! 8 and to i. third. Time. flo 1-5 Dicks Pet,
| Helen NJ. and Ada also ran
! Third race. selling: purse. $500: one mile;
three year oids and up-Eaton, III Pickettl. 1 to
/. ; 10 and 9 to, . won: Hans Greek. l9i
| tSeanderi. 10 1, to ! and to j. second
| F'el. 100 Sumter. 2 to !. to and to ..
| third. Time La 40. tnion Jack. Port Airing
ton Old Hank and Sam Bernard also ran.
Fourth race. selling handicap: purse $50;
three year olds and up; one mle-Earl Of Savoy,
1902 tMcCahey,, to !. to and to 20, won:
Frank Hudson los Buxton. to .. 2 to 5 and
/ to .. second: Merry Lad, 1906 tNathanl. to !,
even and TO 20, third. Time. LA 10. servi'
| cence and Armor also ran.
Fifth race, selling; purse, $500; three-year oldt
and up; one mle-Coreopsis, ia Davenport, s
10 D. 3 to ) and to A. won: Gagnant 107 ne
ander,. 9 to !. 2 to and to ;. second; Patty
Regan, IS Murphy, to 2, to and to z
| third Time. LAC 3-5. Jim Cafrey. Tom Boy,
| Tom Holland and Frog also ran.
and up; one mie-Big Dippsr. 1902 Sumter; to
D. 3 to ) and ] 10 3. won; Stealaway. 100 tSean
der, 10 10 j. to l and : to l, second; Buzz
Around. 81 tsmyth,. 10 to I. : to | and to O.
Lord Wells, Harcourt and Cuttyhunk also ran.
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TINKER MAKES RAID.
Claims He Has Signed Three Big
League Stars.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. January 6.-Manager Joe
Tinker of the Chicago Federal League
club announced last night that he had
signed three big league players for the
Chicago team and that six more were
about to sign. He said he would surely
get three Of the remaining six and pos
sibly all Of them.
II will have as good a team as any ma
jor league ball club when the season
opens" said the former Cincinanti man
aRer and one-time Cub shortstop. l
would like to name the three players
have already signed. but l want to wait
and name my entire lineup"
President Weeghman OF the local Fed
erals received an offer this morning Of
$4,000 for the gross receipts of the OPEN
ing day at the North Side Park next
spring.
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BOOSTS FREDDIE WELSH.
Promoter Offers $25y 900 Purse and
Side Bet for Richie to Box.

NEW YORK, January Bob Vernon
the well known boxing devotee. repre-
senting a body of English boxing en-
thusasts. is out with a challenge to
Willie Richie, the lightweight champion
of the world. on behalf Of Freddie Welsh,
the recognized champion of Great Britain
and holder Of the Lord Lonsdale belt.
Vernon is authorized to offer purse Of
$4,000 for match of twenty or twenty
five rounds. and said yesterday that he
would back the little Briton for 5000.
1T is about time" said Vernon yester-
day. that this chap Richie entered the
ring with real high-grade opponent.
Since he defeated Ad Wolgast for the
title he has boxed only one championship
battle-that with Joe Rivers. His other
match was with Leach Cross. which he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-06
KNABE SIGNS WITH FEDS.
Salary Of Baltimore Manager Not
Announced-Hanlon Present.

BALTIMORE. January 6.-otto Knabe,
second baseman of the Philadelphia Ma
tional League club. signed three-year
contract last evening to manage the Fed
eral League team of Baltimore. The sal
airy was not announced, but it is under
stood to be greatly in excess of that
Knabe now receives. Knabe arrived here
last evening. accompanied by Ned Han
Ion, who previously had agreed upon
terms after conference with the player
Others Of the club management met al
the Hotel Rennert and witnessed the at
tachment Of the signatures.
Though 1t had been rumored that the
local Federals were coquetting with
Knabe, the announcement that he had
been secured was received with surprise
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KNABE GETS THE MONEY.
Has Half Of Salary for Managing
Baltimore Federals.

PHILADELPHIA. January 6-''The
Baltimore stockholders treated me very
literally and can't lose out" said T..
Otto knabe when he returned early to-
day from Baltimore. where he signed a
contract to manage the Federal League
base ball team there. II have half my
money now" he added.
Asked If he would sign any players of
the Philadelphia National League team
Of which he has been member for sew
eral years, Knabe said he could not talk
about that now. Il have all kinds of
money at my dispo to get players -
he said.
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\NI1l ON THE GREEN

required confidence. when the player
squares up to address the ball.
The man who has no such idea OF pose
or attitude In his mind we must say to
be without method, for method is a self
conscious matter: and herein. and again
and again in course OF go!fing inquiries.
We find ourselves brought up into some
thing very like contradiction with the
assertion of that excellently humorous
writer on the game, the late Sir Walter
simpson. that "a mental attitude will
not drive a golf bail.
1t will at least. 30 so far toward driv-
ing It Tor putting it. either that We may
confidently state that the ball does not
allow itself to be driven or to be putted
unless the mental attitude be correct of
the driver or the putter.
STRAIGHT DRIVE.
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won in ten rounds Freddie Welsh has
long been clamoring for match with the
lightweight title holders
am much in earnest with this match,
ana TO prove my assertion will engage to
raise the $1,000 within six hours If
Richie will post forfeit-not a techni-
cal forfeit-to guarantee his appearance
In the ring in good condition
II Richie will accept our offer we will
agree to his terms. providing that they
come WITHIN reason. Welsh will meet
him at 1875 or 13S pounds, ringside. He Is
anxious to get a chance to win the title,
and. In the opinion OF the boxing en-
thusiasts, deserves one
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CHALLENGES FOUR RUNNERS.
Kolehmainen Would Take Them OF
in Relays Of One Hour.

NEW YORK. January 8-Hannes
Kolehmainen, the amateur runner. has
come forward with an offer to run any
four men in the country in relays for
one hour.
Athletic sharps think that he would be
beaten by any four good distance men in
training
They all agree, however. that such a
race would give the wonderful Finn a
splendid chance to beat Alfred Schrubb's
record for the hour, which is II miles
1877 yards, a worlds mark for the dis
tauce,
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KILBANE KNOCKS OUT M0Y.
Right to Chin Ends One-Sided Bout
in the Fifth Round.

PHILADELPHIA. January 6.-Johnny
Kilbane Of Cleveland. featherweight
champion. knocked out Eddie Moy of
Allentown, in the fifth round of what was
to have been a six-round boxing contest
here last night.
Moy was outboxed during the entire
bout. but fought gamely until he went
down and out with blow on the chin
from Kilbanes right, following a hard
left to the jaw. which staggered him
Both boys weighed In at 126 pounds.
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De Orc Leads in Billiard Match.

CHICAGO, January 6-Alfred De Orc
OF New York. the title holder. defeated
Charles NORM Of Chicago last night in
the first block Of play for the national
three-cushion billiard championship. so
to 43. The play went seventy-five innings
and each player had high run Of 8. The
second block will be played tonight.
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Shaw Third Member Of the Nationals Sign for Next Seaso
HOT MISSILE BURNS
UP GOLF DISTANCES

APPLETON. Wis.,, January g.
Prof. Lyle Spencer Of Lawrence
College. who IL also q golf devO-
tee. has applied his scientific at
tainments to the problem Of how
to make . golf ball travel to its
greatest possibilities over the
frozen snowless ground. More
over. he has solved the question.
A thermos bottle Is carried by
an extra caddy and by keeping
the golf balls to summer warmth
the normal resiliency is pre-
served and the guilty pellets are
pounded in an eighteen hole
match to distances never before
achieved ON the Appleton links.
Drives almost equal to the
worlds record distances have
been achieved by this method.
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VOTE ON SCORING RULES.
Base Ball Writers Seem to Favor
Cincinnati Base Hit"

PHILADELPHIA. January 6.-Mem-
bers of the Base Ball Writer'S of Amer
lea now are voting on a number of
changes in the scoring rules, the most
important of which is the Cincinnati
base hit Ballots are being received
by Secretary Weart, who said that up
to noon today the Cincinnati" propo-
sition was leading by a slight margin.
Announcement of the vote will be made
next week.
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Indians May Play Notre Dame.

NEW YORK, January 6.-The Carlisle
indian foot ball team plans to invade Chi
.ago next fall and negotiations now are
under way for post season game there
with the Notre Dame eleven. Coach
Glenn Warner of Carlisle and Coach
Jesse Harper met in this city last week
and discussed the possibilities for a
game. Both agreed that the game would
prove q big attraction In the middle
west.
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TO MEET PLAYERS
Commission and Fraternity
Committee Confer.
NO SPIRIT OF ANTAGONIST
Ruling Court Likely to Reach De-
cision That Will Be Salts
factory to All.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, January 6.--With
the arrival today of the committee rep
resenting the Base Ball Players Frater-
nifty, the national base ball commission
and magnates depending on the decisions
of this tribunal faced a very interesting
question The players fraternity has
submitted a number of requests which
it is believed will better the conditions
under which the players work.
Some Cause Debate.
To most of these the club owners and
officials of major and minor leagues
have no objection. but a few We're de-
bated earnestly previous to the meeting
OF the commission, which was called
for II o'clock. The delegation from
the players fraternity consisted of
David Fultz, president John Miller of
the st. Louis Nationals. Jacob Daubert
of the Washington Americans and Ray
Collins of the Boston Americans. Ed
ward Ruelbach of the Brooklyn Nation
ais was to have been on hand, but was
prevented by illness in his family.
There was no spirit of antagonism
shown to the rules of base ball by the
delegates in the preliminary conferences,
in which representatives OF the National
Association Of minor leagues took a
great part, and it was predicted that
the ruling court of base ball would give
to all parties concerned. This decision
is not expected before tonight or tomor-
row, but every effort will be made to
expedite matters.
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Discussion of the Jumpers"

The jumping Of Otto Knabe to the Fed
eral League, following the lead of Joe
Tinker, Mordecai Brown and other we'll
known players, was a much.discussed
topic today. The arrival of President
Baker of the Philadelphia National
League club was awaited with interest
as 1t was believed he could shed some
light on the cause Of the action Of knabe
What action the commission would take
against the Federal League was not
foreshadowed today. the commissioners
being content to abide by the sentiments
of President Hermann in his annual
report.