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athlete in the future or he will have
to step down and make way for an.
other. The owner and the public will
benefit through peace. The player will
suffer in a way, but it is his turn to
suffer after all the hold-ups and broken
contracts which have strewn the path
of the owner since the Feds started
out on their expensive battle.
Roger Bresnahan, who is slated tc
leave the Cubs to make room for Joe
Tinker. is not going to be out of the
mana gerial game very long. Bresna-
han is slated to be at the head Of the
Toledo Association team. That this
franchise, which sailed about last sea-
son under the name of Cleveland, will
be placed in the city on the Maumee
there is not the slightest doubt. and
If conducted by a native of that town
which Bresnahan is. it undoubtedly will
be financial success.
If there is going to be a scramble for
the Federal League stars. there is apt
to be a great disappointment as to the
figures these players will bring. 1t re-
mains to be seen if these so-called Fed
stars have the ability to shine in fast
company, and the clubs who yaarn to
better their teams with these players
are likely to go slow in the amount of
money they pay for them. They will
want to be shown on the ball field in
major league company of just what
value these players are.
1t is estimated that in all there are
not more thah ten or twelve players in
the defunct league VINO could hold their
own in the National or American, hence
the prices these players will bring are
not apt to be eXorbitant
The question IS to whether any of the
umpires who were in the Federal
League will be taken care of by either
of the major leagues, has not been an
swered. probably because no one ever
gives the poor jumps thought during
the off season. Finnaran is said to have
been the star in the Gilmore circuit
and it would not be surprising If he
were given job in the big leagues.
where there always is room for com
petent official.
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College Chess Teams Play.

NEW YORK. December 23.-With VIC
tories over Princeton and Yale to their
credit as the result Of play yesterday. the
chess teams Of Columbia and Harvard
old rivals for college supremacy, met to-
day in the second round of the twenty.
fourth annual intercollegiate champion
ship tournament. At the start of today's
match Harvard had a haIf-point lead be-
cause OF Yale's defeat by 31a to R, while
Columbia won by 3 to l against Prince
ton.
After one hours play Columbia LED
Harvard by half a point. H. F. Leeds
Columbia, defeated A. S. Ellenberger
time were even.
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WORK OF H. KELLEY AT GUARD
FEATURES PLAY OF G. u. QUINI
Star Performs Splendidly Against Northern
Basket Ball Teams-George Washington
Trounced by Navy Five.

yesterday to the following players:
CAPT Ochstadt, Capt.-elect Saxon,
BeIcher, Belnap. Kaplan, Taber, Stoner,
Hunt. Jones. Carey, Roberts, MacDon-
| aid, Salden, Hoover, Long and Manager
Lefevre. The awards We're made by
Emory Wilson, principal of the school,
| For the second time this year an east
| ern university is to plav foot ball on the
Pacific coast Syracuse University has
already completed a trip on which three
contests took place, against the OniHeT-
| sity of Montana, Oregon Agricultural Col
lege and another Institution doWn IN aoos Los
Angeles Now Brown University goes
west to meet the eleven representing the
Washington State College, one that mas
yet to meet defeat this season. Inc
Washington State College has been under
the direction of William H. Dietz, who
went under the name of Lone Star while
playing on one of Glen Warmers elevens
at Carlisle several years ago. Brown
kept right on practicing after its game
with Carlisle Thanksgiving, and did a
lot of defensive work against CarllSle
plays. A lack of practice. due to inter-
ruption by the long trip, will place Brown
at something of disadvantage. as ].
will be unable to get the right kind OF
work because of the long trip However,
it should make a splendid showing, and
probably win. inasmuch as it was an eX-
|ceptionally strong combination during the
season with eastern elevenS-much more
powerful than II was Senerdly given
credit for being.
Catholic University probably will fea-
ture two games in it's home foot ball
schedule next year, one with the Mary
land Aggies and the other with the
West Virginia Wesleyan eleven. villa
nova, which has played down here for
several seasons, has refused to come to
Washington next fall and has asked
that C. U. play at Villanova. The re-
quest has been granted by the author
tiles of the local school. incidentally,
a rather amusing thing is liable to oc-
cur next fall in connection with the
games to be played by the Maryland
Aggies. The schedules of all the col
leges the Farmers are to play will show
games with the Maryland Agricultural
College, when it is probable there will
not be such an institution. At the meet
ing of the Maryland legislature this
winter a new charter for the college is
to be presented and a new name for it
is embodied in that document. After
the coming spring the chances are that
College will be the Maryland State Col
lege.
In the Sunday School Basket Ball
League matches last night Keller de-
feated Covington and Eastern Presby-
terian forfeited to the Christ Lutheran
five. With about a minute of the last
half to play the Eastern center was
disqualified because of four personal
fouls and the team had no substitute
to put in his position. Keller was the
victor in a rather well played game by
10 to IL.
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BY n. C. BYRD.

Harry Kelley is doing some fine worl
for the Georgetown basket ball team II
its games with quints in and aroune
New York. In fact. about the only Tea
ture of the contests from the George
town side has been his excellent per-
formances Kelley has proved tne
greatest scoring and best defensive
factor in the games, playing the 1ree
guard position
Georgetowns record for the trip has
been about the same as in previous
seasons series of defeats with one
exception. The Hilltoppers won 1ren'
the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute sat
urday night. but have lost in succession
to Seton Hall. New York University
and ST. Johns College. Georgetown
could hardly hope to make much pet
ter showing. either, when 1t Is con-
sidered that the teams against whlcn
it plays practice all fall, and the Blue
and GRAY barely gets in couple OF
weeks work after Thanksgiving. 1t is
simply a matter of condition and longer
practice and, of course, being on a
strange floor.
Last night Georgetown went down be-
fore the st. Johns College team OF
Brooklyn. The Hilltoppers were beaten
by 26 to 16. Harry Kelley scored twelve
of the points made by the Blue and
Gray quint 1t was just about as good
a showing as could have been expected
conditions being very Instantaneous
to the local university.
George Washington made rather
poor showing against the Navy yester-
day afternoon. The Hatchetites did
fairly well in the first half. but in the
whole second period did not score at
all, according to a report of the game;
the result of the contest was 40 to IL.
The general play of the local school did
not compare with the work of the Mid
shipmen. 1t is mighty hard for any
team to score many points against a
quint coached by Jim Collihower and
Yesterday was not an exception. TIE
George Washington five lined up with
Matthews, former Y. NJ. c. A. player at
center, but the remainder of the team
was practically the same as year ago.
The schedule of foot ball for the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania announces the
dropping of the Naval Academy. AS a
matter of fact, that was presaged two
months ago when the statement was
given out at Annapolis that the team
would not be allowed to leave the
academy for any game except that with
the Army. That action meant the call
ing of the arrangement with Pennsyi-
vanis whereby the Navy played at
Pennsylvania one year and Penn went
to Annapolis the one following.
Foot ball letters for the past season
were awarded at Central High School
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emery paper to scratch the horsehide's
surface. Hence the name. The ball
would break in" out" or down." ac-
cording to the location of the rough
spot when it left the pitchers hand.
Emery Makes Balls Unfit.
The objection was that it not only de-
layed the game but ruined too many
balls and placed a handicap on the
other pitcher who did not understand
the effect of the roughened spot. Nat
urally it interfered with the control of
the opposing slabman.
The mud ball was merely a variation
of the emery ball, and worked on the
same principle. George Mcconnell of
the Whales has been credited with its
discovery. but the origination of the
idea belongs to Jim Lavender of the
Cubs. Lavender was one of the first
to pick up the emery ball when its
secret was disclosed. and he had ac-
quired pretty fair control of it before
it was ruled out. That was in the sum-
mer of 1914.
Last spring Lavender showed up at
Tampa with a new method of pitching
the emery ball which he thought might
get by. During the winter Jimmy dis
covered that by wetting a small spot
on the cover, then touching that spot
to the ground, enough dirt or sand
in the same way as if the cover had
been roughened with emery
Lavender's Scheme Spiked. :.
He demonstrated his discovery to
Manager Bresnahan and a bunch of us
and claimed to be able to deliver that
mythical thing. raise" simply by
holding the ball with the mud spot on
top. 1t did look as if this delivery over
came the natural force of gravita tion.
at that. But Manager Bresnahan spiked
Lavender's idea instantly by declaring
that the umpires would stop him inn
mediately on the ground that he was
Intentionally discoloring the ball: and
that representation proved correct.
Mcconnell was a member of the Cub
squad In Tampa. and gained the idea,
which afterward was heralded as the
mud ball, from Lavender.
The spit ball imbedded itself firmly in
base ball because there was no rule
forbidding it. Its delivery did not dis
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By ]. ED GR1LLo.

If the report emanang from Corpus Christi Tex true and
Charles Taft msquod when he said that the Cubs
for then Chicago has changed his mind
1t was understood that he had agreed the sale time and
only after this had that the peace plans
which were conummated yesterday ahead with
he efforts of the Baltimore Federal League stockholders
prevent the withdrawal of the against base ball
not apt to anything nasmuh the majority of the club
owners of the Federal League signed the and
to the withdrawal of the suit
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interested in the league and costly ball
parks were constructed early in the
season of 1914. The season ended with
a series for the championship between
Indianapolis and Chicago, Indianapolis
winning. Before the start of the 1915
season the indianapolis franchise was
switched to Newark, and Kansas City.
after bitter court fight, retained it's
club. which league officials had threat
ened to place in the east
last January the league attacked or
ganzed base ball as violator of the
Sherman antitrust law. Suit was filed
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u and w u Lose Basket Bali Bali Suati

in the United States district court in
Chicago. Judge Lands deferred his de-
cision and has not handed down an opin-
ion. The suit, according to plans, will
be withdrawn
Overtures for peace started in 1914, but
did not progress until the close of last
season, which was disastrous to ball
clubs in nearly every part of the country
The peace proposals. reached a climax
only recently, when the Federal League
announced it's plan to build a park in
New York city and launch team there
hext spring.
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Big Moose Masters Splitter.


Although he was not the originator of
the idea, Ed Walsh is the man who really
put the saliva into base ball, because he
was the first to master that style of de-
livery sufficiently to make it deadly.
Elmer Stricklett generally il credited with
the discovery of the spit ball. He brought
it to the White Sox training camp in
Marlin, Tex, in the spring of 1904, the
year Ed Walsh Joined the team. But
Stricklett had not perfected the delivery.
and was not strong enough to make it
highly effective, although he later had
considerable success with it in Brooklyn.
Jack Chesbro of the New York Yankees
picked up the same idea and began work
ing with the spit ball. but did not mas
ter it that year. In fact, he pitched
away the game that would have won the
pennant for New York that fall and gave
it to Boston instead on wild spit ball:
Walsh had a world of speed and moth
ing else when he broke into the Sox
camp, and on the advice of Fielder Jones
and Billy Sullivan took up the spit ball.
He spent most of 1904 and 1905 master
with it in 1906 and many years thereafteT.
Other Deliveries Legal.
Most of the other freak balls now in
use, such as the knuckle ball and the
fork ball, are unobjectionable from any
point of view. They neither delay the
pitching nor injure the ball. The knuckle
bali, which is thrown by grasping the
sphere with the knuckles instead of with
the fingers fully extended, is a method If
delivering a slow ball with something
akin to the spit ball in its action before
reaching the plate. The fork ball is an
other method Of making a slow ball de-
ceptive by apparently throwing it with
all ones strength without putting
steam on it.
Christy Mathewsons fadeaway is an
other unobjectionable freak. He has had
practically no imitators, although many
have tried. Big Six made it the most ef-
fective slow ball yet invented.
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Butler to Captain Fordham,

NEW YORK. December 23-The cleo
tion Of James ]. Butler of Wilmington,
Del, as captain of the Fordham Uni
versity foot ball eleven was announced
today.
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color or damage the ball in any way
except to make it more difficult for the
fie1ders to throw, and that handicapped
the team in the field, so could not be
forbidden on the ground of unfair
ness.
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BASE BALL BRIEFS.

A Coast League writer suggests that
with Jimmy Callahan managing the
Angels and Ping Bodie playing on the
Seals, there ought to be merryell when
these two teams meet Callahan and
Bodie love each other SO.
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games with all the local teams on the

Barney Dreyfuss is peeved over Pat
Morans right-field fence and wants licks
travelling over there cut to two-base
protest Alexander's right flipper, Ban
croft's pair of arms, Cravatf's baby
blue eyes and Whitted's legs If he
gets them ruled out, then the Pirates
have a good chance for the pennant.
President Jack Holland of the ST.
Joseph Western League club made a
campaign for rule against playing
practice games in the spring while at
the minor league meeting in San Fran
cisco, and to show that he was In
earnest about it came home and i'm
mediately booked exhibition series
st. Paul Saints. However. he does say
these series will be all the games his
team will play.
Stories printed in various Coast
League papers that Harry Wolter is
peeved at the selection of James J. CAL
lahan as manager of the Los Angeles
team are promptly denied by Wolter.
He says he does not care to shoulder
the worries of managing a team and
that he is well satisfied to continue in
the ranks. Furthermore. he expects to
be about the first player to report to
Callahan in the spring. VOTERS posi-
ton as player is safe. which is more
than can be said of that of any man.
ager, no matter what his interest in
the club may be-. and without regard
to his previous reputation. For real
wisdom he is to be commended.
Though the rumors continue strong
that Heinie Zimmerman is to be traded
off by the Chicago Cubs, President
Thomas still enters denials. One of the
stories that gets general credence is
that Zimmerman has been offered to
the st. Louis Cardinals, with Bob
Bescher to go to the Cubs in part
payment
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BY I. E. SANBORN.

CHICAGO, December 23.-Concerted
action to discourage the efforts of
pitchers to invent new freak balls has
been predicted for the annual meeting
of the American and National leagues
scheduled for next week. Few fans un-
derstand just why.
Its object is not to handicap pitchers
by prohibiting the use of any legiti-
mate method of increasing their skill,
but to provide in advance, If possible,
"a means by which umpires can cope
with any situation that may arise in
future If a pitcher seeks to gain an
unfair advantage by some method not
at present forbidden by the rules. The
chief reason is that introduction of
these freak kinds of delivery usually
|lengthens the time between pitches, and
it already has been discovered that
most of the time wasted in a ball game
is consumed by the pitcher.
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MAY MAKE ADEAL
W|TRNEW BROWNS
Coming of Fielder Jones to St.
Louis Club May Give
Griffith Chance.
CLEVELAND TO GET BID
IF OTHER TRADES FAIL
Misunderstanding in Regard to Sale
of Cubs Likely to Be Cleared
Up Shortly.
BY J. ED GRILLo.

| Now that the st. Louis Browns have
changed hands, or are about to. there
may be another chance for Griffith to
make an advantageous deal. He has
four ball players that he figures he can
afford to get rid Of and Gandil ana
Morgan might be acceptable to the
new ST. Louis club. which will be man
aged by Fielder Jones. Just as soon
as the deal is shaped and Jones takes
charge, Griffith will communicate with
him in an effort to make trade which
| will give the Nationals a player or two
| who will fill some of the holes which
| need plugging up here.
But in the event that such deal
does not go through and the Cleveland
club should be anxious to buy some
material Griffith would not hesitate
to accommodate Charley Somers, whose
club will need strengthening to e MAKE
and Ainsmith, and perhaps Boehling,
would be of help to the Indians.
With the Yankees and Athletics sure
| to be in better form next year than
they were last, Cleveland needs help in
the way of playing material. to make
the pennant race more interesting, ana
Griffith is willing to do his part to
help the situation along.
From a reliable source it is learned
that when Weeghman and Taft opened
negotiations for the sale of the Cubs
that there was a difference of about
IS75,O0O between them as to the purchase
price This n'atter was discussed dur
ing the peace conferences, and it was
finally taken up by the National League,
which agreed to pay half of the diff
ference and Weeghman the remainder.
This was supposed to have been
agreed upon by all concerned, but it is
thought likely that because of Taft's
trip to Texas communication between
him and the others interested has not
been prompt and as a result there is
misunderstanding, which caused
Taft's statement that there had been
no agreement as to the sale of the
Cubs. This matter undoubtedly will be
Strengthened out within the next few
days
The only individual identified with the
Feds who has wealth is Harry F. SIN
clair. The Wards have withdrawn from
the game and it is a matter of fact
that the fortunes of most of the others
have. been badly bent. Statements to
the effect that the Feds have scored
victory are absurd and some day
when the details of the entire peace
proposition are made public some
startling facts will be revealed.
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Spitters Consume Time.

When two hurlers addicted to the
spitball work against each other it has
been proven that it requires consider
ably longer to play nine-inning game
than when two men who depend en-
tirely on curves and fast balls are op-
posed on the slab The explanation is
that it takes more time to moisten the
ball for splitter than it does to get
ready to deliver a curve or fast ball.
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tneSe Two teams meet Sdlld nan anu
Bodie love each other SO.
First Baseman owen Quinn, drafted
by the Portland Pacific Coast club from
Syracuse of the New York State
League, may go higher yet. Report on
the coast has it that the Phillies have
made an offer through Scout Billy Neal
to take Quinn. giving several players
to Portland in exchange.
Arthur Irwin, the old New York
scout. and Joe Higgins. manager of the
Bedford Parks and scout for the De-
troit Tigers, are recruiting a team with
which to invade Cuba. Porto Rico and
Panama. Irwin and Higgins are form
ing a team of New York semi-pro stars,
balanced by some major league players.
The party. chaperoned by Higgins and
Irwin, will leave New York city next
January and return March Is. The
government will pay the expenses of
the team in Panama, as they will play
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emery paper to scratch the horsehide's
surface. Hence the name. The ball
would break "in,'' out" or down." ac-
cording to the location of the rough
spot when it left the pitchers hand.
Evening journal., 1915-05-17
CITY RED men
HONOR TAMINA DAY

About 800 men and women attended
the exercises held in Odd Fellows
Hall, Tenth and King streets, yester-
day afternoon by members Of the I'm
proved Order Of Red Men in observ-
ance Of Tamina Day The pro-
cession OF members that attended the
services assembled al Red Mems Hall
and marched 10 the hall where the
services were held. Each member
wore a red carnation.
The sermon was delivered by the
Rev. Dr. L. Franklin Smiley. Or.
Walter r. Rodgers, great tocakon ~
fhr Great Council % the United States.
VAS a distinguished visitor and de-
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Evening journal., 1915-05-17
WATER BOARD OFFICIALS
Get DEPARTMENT TIPS

President A. D. Poole and Chief En-
gineer Edgar NJ. Hopes. Jr., of the
Board Of Water Commissioners. have
returned from Cincinnati. o., where
they attended the convention of the
American Water Association. Speak
ing of their trip, Mr.. Hopes said:
I'VE had very interesting and in
structive trip and learned much of
value to the local department, of
which we will report at a future meet
ing of the board. Among the matters
we gave special attention to we're the
adjustment OF water rates as agreed
on by other cities; the most approved
systems of accounting and remedies
for filter trouble, such as we expert
cnce in Wilmington in cold weather.
1.-THE former. we consider, is the
most important. as we are contem-
plating a change in water rates soon
as the city is now fully 100 per cent
metered."
Evening journal., 1915-05-17
COLEMAN UP FOR SUPPORT.

On Saturday night State Detective
Mccoy brought to this city j. Clar-
ence Coleman, Of Chestertown. Md,
who is under orders Of the City Court
TO contribute TO the support OF his
child, who lives here. Coleman was
arraigned in City Court today and the
case continued until tomorrow at the
request Of James l. Boyce, Council
for Coleman Coleman was arrested
several weeks ago. but fought requisi-
ton. After a hearing in the Queen
Anne county courts the case was
continued until Saturday. when he
was turned over to the Delaware au-
thorities.
Evening journal., 1915-05-17
FORBES ROBERTSON
COMPLIMENTS MIR. SINGER.

Isidor Singer, well-known musician,
feels highly gratified at a compliment
bestowed by Sir tombstone Forbes
Robertson on Saturday. MIR. Singer,
who has the reputation of being one
of the best orchestral drummers in
the country. used for the first time
on Saturday in The Playhouse Or
chestra a big drum of the Colonial
style-the type that is seen in the
pictures OF "The Spirit Of 10" After
the performance Forbes-Robertson
who had noted the drum and the play
ing of Mr.. Singer, asked the privilege
OF examining the instrument. He told
MIR. Singer he liked the tone Of it bet
ter than any drum he ever heard. At
the suggestion of Mr.. Singer. Forbes
Robertson wrote his autograph on
one end of the drum.