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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
MANAGERS FROM MINORS
 MAKE GOOD IN BIG LEAGUES

ENHE appointment of Clarence Row
 land, a. bush league pilot, as man ager of the Chicago White Sox was almost as big a surprise as the sale of Eddie Collins The scheme of pdtting a minor leaguer over players who have been in the big show for several years has seldom been successful
 Charley Somers was the first toYthus tempt fate. Charley pulled Bill Ar mour away from the Dayton club of the old Interstate league Armour had acquired considerable fame minor league manager and developer of play CTS. In the few years prior to going to Cleveland he had turned out such players as Elmer Flick, Wiley P1att and Earl Moore. but his big league ex- perience was confined to climbing into a Pittsburgh uniform a few times prior to the opening of a, season
 There was no doubt of his knowing a lot of baseball. In fact, he was con siderable of a strategist, but there were several veterans among the Maps who dislil1ed to take orders from a man whose baseball career was confined to minor league teams. "Huh," they mur- rnured, what does that guy know about big league baseball? He might get away with that sort of stuff in the minors, but he ain't in the minors now.'
 Armour Failed.
 Under Armour the Maps, a powerful organization, ran fifth, third and fourth Had there been perfect harmony be- tween players and manager a pennant might have been won. Such was Som CTS experience with Armour that he made up his mind ten years ago that never again would he employ a man ager for his big league club that had not been a big leaguer himself A few years ago Somers was urged to engage Bill Clymer, who had been so success full at Columbus and Buffalo.
 Bill is all right said Somers, "but he has not been a big Ieaguer, and those fellows out there at the park would not pay any attention to his orders"
 Go through the list of successful managers and it will be found that with possibly one or two exceptions all
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
Diet Keeps Rsb Russell
 Reduced

NO condition. no pay. This is the - serious situation confronting Reb Russell, who enjoys the distinction of being the fattest Chicago White Sox twirlsFs
 Russell was not in the best of shape last season and as result did not ap- proximate his great work of 1913.
 Manager Rowland has given him to understand that he wil1-not draw a dime in salary this year unless he gets in winning condition. Plainly, Reb did not misunderstand RoWland's remarks, for he has been working as few major league pitchers have worked before. Also he has been eating large quanti- ties of pickles and other sour grub tending to discourage obesity.
 This and much running have brought about change in his physical propor- lions which is visible to the naked eye. He has taken off more than twenty pounds since he started training.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13

have been big Ieaguers with consider able ability. Connie Mack. John Me Graw, Hughey Jennings, Charley Com iskey, Fielder Jones, Frank Chance, Fred Clarke Roger Bresna44a Ned Hanlon@every one Of them was a real big Ieaguer. Frank Selee, who man aged several pennant winners for -Bos- ton and built up a team at Chicago with which Chance went on and gathered fame, was the most notable exception. Selee was not a player. Then there is George Stallings. The latter was a, big leaguer, it is true, but not for long, and most of his experience was acquired in the minors.
 StaIIinss an Exception
 As far as the dope goes, Se19e> and Stal1ings are the only men who did not take renown as big league players who won pennants after they became man agers in the big show. Ed Barlow was of the Selee type. The Tigers ran fifth and seventh when he was bossing them. Billy Murray stuck around the minors for ten years or more before he landed a job as manager of the Phil1ies. who finished third. fourth and fifth during hhis administration. The Red Sox land ed third the year that Fred Lake man aged them. Fred had never been big league player. but he had served as scout for a few years.
 John J. McClusky is another example. His career was Tn the minors. lie man aged the Cardinals later on as the re- suit of his success in Class A. Incl denta11y the Cards ran seventh, eighth and eighth while he had the reins. Horace F'ogel, another who had not had the required schooling, tried his luck with the Giants fifteen years ago. They failed to finish higher than eighth. Sew enth place was as high as Joe Cantil- lon could finish with Washington, all though he had almost the same team with which Clark Grif1th finished sec ond twice.
 Thus it can be seen that Comiskey, in his appointment of Row1ands to. as- sume the reins held by such famed players as Griffith, Jones, Duffy, Sul- Iivan and Callahan, is defying tradi- tion But perhaps Comny feels that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
How SnOWsy Baker Qu8IIGd a
 Strike

SNowEY BAKER. the Australian ~ fight promoter, has just put down boxing strike quicker than a tramp would a handout The Boxers union of Australia had demanded 30 per cent of the receipts for each principal. Added together this would have left the promoters with a. lot of check stubs for their share of the profits.
 Baker, who operates a chain of box ing establishments, merely closed the gates and put out the lights for @ few days and the Boxers union dissolved
 When it comes to making "a. choice between a ham sandwich and nothing the situation requires little c6sftation- If promoters here could only apply the Australian treatment to some uE our malignant baseball casesl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
Breakers Ahead For A. A. U.

than the A. A. U., the 'sYa, heads feel that they can ignore the A, A. U.
 And they can. Like the IntereoEts- giate Athletic association. the r. M. c. A. is too big a proposition for the A. A. U. to handle.
 What a puny thing the A. A. U- amounts to by comparison is shown by the fact that in the entire western dis trict, which includes Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and parts Of Illinois and Kentucky. only nineteen clubs are members.
 Every Y. M c. A in almost every hamlet throughout this district has some form of athletic endeavor.
 Instead of fighting the discordant ele- ments, the A. A. U. will soon have to palliate these factors. Its only hold on the country now is through it's sec tional and national championships, the glamour of which still lures most Of the prominent club and college men to show allegiance where it's possible
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
Anson Misses Future by Hair

EVE have with us today the tough
 luck kid of baseball, Adrian c. Anson. who once had a gold mine lock- cd up in his safety deposit box and pimed it away trying to eke an ex- dstence out of a billiard ball.
 Anson is noted for other things, of which may be mentioned few trifies like being about the best long term hitter that ever lived, probably the best first baseman of all time and the man who held down job as manager of the same team longer than any other leader that ever defied Father Time.
 But the fact that excites the sym patEdes of most fans is that he is now. at an advanced age, extracting a bare living as q. vaudevillian when he might have been rolling about in Charley Murphyes financial shoes. care free and with 6 million on the sunny side.
 How It HaPPened.
 Anson. who saved a block aof Cubs stock from his connection with the Chi eago club as its manager for twenty pne years (1877 to 1se7), went into the billiard hall business on his retire knents with his baseball stock in safe deposit. The billiard business proved about aS prof1table to Cap as the Eu- ropean war is to Germany. Off to the hook shop went the Cubs stock to pay the rent of the billiard hall.
 So that when crafty Charley Mur- phy came along and sized up the Cubs' situation he easily obtained Anson's s consent to let go his holdings for noth- Ing, almost. President Jim Hart was having friction with his associates and the fans, so he, too,, put his stock on the market.
 A short time after this the club was sold to Murphy, acting for Charles P. Taft, Tor $105, 900. The team had f1n- ished third the year previous.
 Fatal move. The billiard hall busf- ness Of Cap was engulfed a few months later, and with 1t the remnants of the sale Of the Cubs stock That was in 1905. The Cubs then won three pen nants in row and have never been worse than third since The club has made as high as $4o0.0o0 in one sea- son and had never earned less than R1D0. 900 until last year. when the war
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13

broke and a third league butted into Chicago.
 The club was so good that Charles P. Taft refused to sell 1t for $75o, ,oOo in 1914. although it owned no grounds and had grand stand of the vintage of long, long ago.
 Cap had a nice little block of stock. Had he retained it his future would have been, secure against the rude buf- fets to which old age and penury now make him particularly sensitive.
 If he had only taken the other road at the crossways!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
AnanIas Record Is Broken

HTHAT Ananias is no longer the worlds champion liar Is the posi- tive assertion of Old Man Dope. who declares the performance of Joseph Lannin, president of the Boston Red sSSx, at a banquet to Boston college students recently is without an equal. The achievement consists in. the fol- lowing statement made by Iannin:
 '.I know personally that the Federal league has already lost more than $1,- oo0so0O, one packer alone dropping $650. .000."
 If this quotation is correct Lannin tops the heap. Dope points out that the paid up adjudication of the en- tire Federal league is not over $1.- 100000 and that this investment cer- tainly hasn't all been lost yet.
 Dope says the nearest approach to Joe's performance was that of Clark Griffith when he said he induced Wal ter Johnson to cheerfully give up $17,- 900 a year to accept $12,0O0.-
 Dope further maintains he can pro- duce evidence to show that Ananias hasn't held the title since organized baseball first took the field.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
PITCHER DuTcH4LEoNARD
 LOOKS GOOD AGAIN

DUTCH LEONARD, who led the
 American league pitchers last sea son. is out to equal that record this season. He proved one of the best twirlers on the Boston Red Sox, and Manager Carrigan says that it looks to him as if Leonard would be a top notcher this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
The above pie lures show how

Jack Johnson, went down to defeat in twenty-six rounds at the Mariana race track, in Havana. Cuba; Willard, as the photographs show, put up a great battle. Photo No. 1 shows Willard putting over the terrific smash in the twenty-sixth round
 which cost Johnson his title: ?, Johnson blocking Willard's right lead; 3. Johnson and Willard sizing each other up in the tenth round;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13

, Rowlands may be another selee or StaIlings. And then it must be re- membered that Comiskey himself watches seventy seven homes games and has his theories worked out dur ing the morning practice sessions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13

WHY scHAEFER LOST HIS JOB. TT Is said that Herman schaefers re-
 lease by Washington was largely due to the fact that he took advantage of the war situation last spring and got himself a $400 increase from Manager Griffith.
 schaefer, though he played in but few games. drew $s.6Oo a season. and when he reported last season he de- manded a S4Oo increase. which he re- ceived.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
RATHER UNIQUE BALL PLAYER IS LEE MEADOWS

I perstition last year, and he has twenty gold filled molars to prove that he won twenty games last season
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13

clinched in twenty-si1<th rounds 2. Willard attempting to land left jab; 8, Willard setting himself to put over a right. These snapshots give a wonderfully vivid view of the world famous fight. and show in a striking way how the white man once again asserted his supremacy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-06
CROSS, FEvER|SH
CHILD IS BILIOUS
OR CONSHPATED
LOOK, MorHERl IF TONGUE is
COATED GIVE CALIFORNIA
SYRUP OF FIGS"


Every mother Fealizes, after giving
her CHILDREN California Syrup OF
Figs" that this IS their ideal laxative,
because thsy love dts pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cie6nses the tender
little stomach liver andSbowels with
Wien crosk i%rrtablo, severisn or
breath is badA stomach sour. look at
the tongue. mdtherS e cSated, give
a teaspoonfal on thiS harmless fruit
laxative" and inNa fey shodrs all the
foul. cohstipated haste, souf bile and
undigested food &sses5opt of the
bowels. n you haE&a Well, playful
child again. When it nttla system is
full of gold. throat sore. has stomach
ache. diarrhoea. indigestion, collie
remember. a good inside cleansing"
should always be the first treatment
given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs handy; they know a
teaspoonful today ave a sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist Tor a
50-cent bottle of "Californfa Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children OF all ages aud grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Beware Of
counterfeits sold here. SO don't be
fooled. Get the genuine, made by
California Fig Syrup Company"
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Fairmont Pythians
To Visit Rivesville

An invitation has been issued by
the Rivesville Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, to the lodges of the same or
der of Fairmont to be present tonight
at the session in their castle hall
when Grand Chancellor John P. A.
Arbenz, of Wheeling, will be a visitor.
Congressman NJ. M. Nicely and
Past Grand Chancellor Sam r. MI
yum will also be present, and are on
the program for addresses.
Following the meeting of the even
ing a splendid supper will be served
the members and visitors.
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Lockout Order
Follows Strike

CHICAGO. April 6.-The strike or
der yAich called out 5000 mill work
ers who were denied an increase in
wages, was followed a few hours
later by O lockout which forced nearly
as many more workers from the
shops.
Two hundred and 76 mill owners
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Something of a "slam.r

Mandy-"What fob yo' been goin' to
de post office so reg'lar? Are you cor
responding wifi some other female?"
Rastus-"Nope. but since All been
'readin' in de papers bout desc con-
science funds All kind of thought All
might possibly git a lettah from dat
ministah Whist erried us.-Topeka
journal.
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NEW YoRK-."Money; money, who's got the money" in the strange
Nolker. wife OF III president OF h Aero club OF st. Louis but at pres.
et living with her sister in this city. has had 15yearold Aberine Mar.
W her "chum. arrested. charging her with taking $1,000 from Mrs.
NOlker gold bag when they were in a beauty parIor MN@E&
In curt Mrs. Noker sa idshe loved ATbertine. that she had given her
money, bought her clothes. educated her II befrfended Ter nut she also
added that thu overgrown child pestered her by calling o her too oftenS
The Marlowe Girl will have her day in court to tell her side Of the
dollars is a fearful mistake" EEEsEs
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FORSALE.

FOR SALE-S-room brick house, fin
ished attic. full basement; lot so by
120; on paved street, one-half block
from car line; will consider exchange
for smaller property in or near city.
Call Consolidated phone 1S2, or in
quire Room 16, Trust building. 4-1-1S
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were said to have agreed to shut
down rather than grant the demands
of the workers. who ask an eight.
hour day at 30 cents an hour in place
OF the present nine-hour day at a
cents an hour.
Estimates OF the nyAber OF men
idle through strikes OF 1ockouts were:
Painters 5000. fathers 500, mill work.
ers 5000, other trades 5000.
1t Pays to Advertise In The West
VirsInIsn.
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FOR SALE-Blank OIL and Gas Leases
South Penn form; also Assignments
of Lease and House Leases. Apply
West Virginian Office. 1.1-22
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True Optimlst.

He is an optimist, who. after falling
into a lonely we'll, thanks heaven for
the privacy of his new position.-Lit-
tie Rock Gazette.
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MIsCELLANEOUs

MONEY TO LOAN IN sums from $40
up, to responsible parties. o 595.
Clarksburg, w. Va. 1901
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FOR SALE-Blank Coal Options at
the West Virginian Office. 3-26-tf
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West virginian Want Ads will rent
your rooms quickly. Try one today.
Cost is small-only 1 cent a word.
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MEN-Our illustrated catalogue ex-
plains how we teach the barber
trade in a few weeks, mailed free.
Write Moler College, Cincinnati. o.
4-5-6t.
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SITUATIONS WANTED

wANTED-sewtng, plain and fancy;
rates reasonable. Are also agent for
Spirella Corset. Call Bell phone 4S7-J,
Monroe st. No. 226. 10-16.tf
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HOUSES FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Four room house. Call
Consolidated phone S02-X. 4-3.6t
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WANTED

wANTED-To drill water wells or
air holes for the coal mines. L. F.
Wells. Fairview, w. Va. 4-6-2t
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FOR RENT-Four-room fat with bath.
Hays bldg. Inquire OF A L. Jepson.
Pastime Bowling Alleys. 1-5-tf
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o FOR RENT.

UNFURNIsHED rooms for rent. 436
Monroe street. 4-1-6t
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FOR RENT-Two frame houses. Ap-
ply j. B. Crowl, SOL A ST., East
Park. S'So-6t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-14
MURPHY

The sugar beet men have been yis-
iting in the Murphy district this week
and meeting with good success in
getting the farmers to sign up acre
age.
Mrs. Z. Z. blanchard visited at DIR.
Sweeney's last Thursday.
Mrs. d. o. Hayes is receiving .
visit from her mother. Mrs. Green.
Of Merlin.
Some very good work is being
done on roads and small bridges by
the road commissioner and his crew
OF men.
The young people of the Presby-
terian church held short song SER
vice in the school house Sunday af-
! ternoon- We hope this is only the
beginning Of such services. and with
more notice given OF such meetings
good attendance would be assured.
I Thos Beagle has gone to Cali
fornia and expects to I've absent a
month.
\ Murphy is playing basketball and
had the first game Friday night.
I Mr.. Vincent and Frank Hill had
an exciting time one day last week
which had to be settled in court.
Eunice Hayes met with very
painful accident while playing last
Saturday at the Ainsworth home, cut
ting her knee on an old rusty wagon
tire so that DR.. Sweeney took Ave
stitches to draw the wound together
The girl win not be able to use heI
leg for some time. I'D.
George Herriott and family have
been visiting at the DarueiIle home
for few days.
X. X. Woodson and Rob McGuffI
have rented the Dahlberg place ant
: are busy seeding.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-14
MISSING PORTLAND
GIRLS FOUND AT THE DALLEs

Portland. Nov is.--with the ar.
rest at The Dailes Of velma Harper
Peterson. ts years old. and Emma
Lehr. II. the authorities here were
feeling relieved today, They feared
that they were confronted with n
mystery that would haffle solution,
When taken into custody the girls
were attired In overalls. blue shirts
and caps.
The girls disappeared from Port
land last Wednesday evening shortly
after being seen on board the United
States cruiser Boston, dressed In
mems clothing.
To account for their costumes. the
girls told The Dailes police that thoy
were chorus girls out OF job and
had started out 10 seek work dressed
In stage hahiliments. p
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-14
CONGRESSMAN sINN0TT
FuR A LARGER ARMY

Portland. NsS. is.--''i am vcry
strongly In favor OF action by con-
gress to increase our army and navy
30 that they will be adequate for the
defense OF the country In any eventu-
atty"
This was the comment today OF
Congressman N. J .Sinnott OF Oregon
on. the presidents preparedness pro-
gram. sinnott, accompanied by his
wife and Ave children. will leave to-
night for Washington for the. open
ing OF congress. going by way Of San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-14
Sawed by a Dream.

Hints conveyed by dreams are oc-
casionally worth needing. says the Lon
don Chronicle. The late Lord Duff
ferin when In Paris dreamed that he
was In a hearse on the way to the
cemetery. A few days later, as he was
about to enter the elevator Of GER
tain hotel. he was startled TO find that
the attendant was double OF the
driver Of the hearse In his dream. He
thereupon promptly left the elevator
and walked upstairs. The car ascend
ed without him. but IN II nenred the
top something IN the mechanism gave
way. md the passengers met their
death Had they also, one wonders,
been forewnrncd In dream?
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-14
CANADIAN CITIZEN
LOSES CALIFORNIA JOB

Sacramento. Nov is.--Ahhough
no has lived In the United States
sinee he was two months old. w. II.
Rockingham. electrical draugsasman
In the state engineering department,
was today ousted from his Job be-
cause he 10 not citizen Of this eoun-
try, He Is u native OF Canada and
failed TO take cut his iinai naturali-
zaiion papers.
Tho dismissal OF Rockinghom Ia a
rpsult Of a campaign by tho civil SER
Vice commission 10 oust all state en-
ployes who are not citizens OF the
United States,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-14
WINS NEW CHURCH
FOR sEwAHD, ALASKA

San Francisco. Nov. is.----lIeated
battles for special appropriations for
New Orleans aud Alaska held tho
center or the staTc m the closing sos-
slons here today OF the Methodist
Board ot Home Missions and Church
Extensions Following dIscuasiops
and the exchange OF sharp words
both fights were successful and the
appropriations ordered Bishop X.
J cooRo. OF Portlsnd. won vigor-
Gus fight for an appropriation OF
$i,lo0 70 be used us part payment
on new church for Seward, Alaska.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-14
WOULD STOP ESCAPE
OF INTERNED SAILORS

Washington, Nov. 1S.-Because
still another of the interned Ger
mans at Norfolk escaped, Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels today asked Sec
retary OF State Lansing whether it is
permissible hereafter for United
States marines guarding the intern
ed raiders to fire at any sailor trying
to escape.
Daniels desired to know how far
he might go in view of the latest es-
cape. oficials, however, doubt that
much could be done, in view OF the
fact that breaking OF parole Is not
a criminal offense, and under inter-
national law breaking thereof Is only
violation of a pledge OF honor.