Evening star., 1915-11-29

All the major league clubs have now
arranged for their training places in
the south. Most of them are to travel
far below the Mason and Dixon line,
excepting the Nationals, who are likely
to again spend three weeks or a month
in the cold winds of Charlottesville.
The Georgetown foot bail team made
a decided hit by its performance in st.
Louis. where it beat the varsity team
of that city by score of 80 to 0
Thanksgiving da.. Sid keener, the
editor of the St. Louis Times, hands
out this bit of praise for the Hilltop
eleven.
THE 1915 Georgetown eleven is one
of the niftiest collection of foot ball
ers in the country. Georgetown is not
in the big three, and Georgetown
hits the typewriter for his 1915 foot
ball story. but Georgetown is quite
foot ball team.
I'VE do not care to whoop about the
eligibility rules at Georgetown. We do
not know if Jimmy Gilroy. Petite Wall,
Charley Fitzgerald, Malon>y. Cusack,
Corcoran and others attend their
classes regularly and play for their
tuition. What We want to impress
upon the foot ball fan is this;
THE big three finally has rival on
the foot ball field. and that Harvard.
Yale and Princeton now cannot be
placed first with the scores of their
games.
Foot ball has advanced just like base
ball The sIugger with the 400 aver
age was on top regardless of his ability
to steal second base. The pitcher with
the fast ball was the winner regardless
of his ability to throw a curve ball.
Until a few years ago the 200-pounder
was the king on the chalked field. But
not now No. the athlete with brains
and speed succeeded the husky
Breaking into the big league arena
was more difficult than the Federal
owners imagined. They were check ed
here and there. particularly when or
ganized base ball framed the ironclad
contract. and in their first and second
years they had to grab collection OF
bIokes who were fronting on their rep
utations in the big leagues and who
were ready to slip to the minors.
Young blood is to be favored in the
Federal League ranks next season.
stars who jumped from the big league
ranks to the third circuit will have to
show more than their uniforms. If
they don't they are to be thrown into
the discard. That was virtually what
Jim Gilmore announced recently, and
shows how the wind is blowing. But
! the good young players are not any
more available than the good seasoned
PLAYERS, SO far as the Feds are con-
cerned. for IL would take many years
| to build up eight teams from minor
| league material, and in the meantime
| the Fees would be losing lot of popu-
larity and money.
! The old National League has had its
share of base ball wars. The first base
ball war of note was when Lucas. the
st Louis base bail fan, decided that
the old National and American Asso-
citation was making entirely too much
money. so he organized a league of his
own He went AT ii right. and before
the moguIs of the two leagues knew
/; what he was doing he had signed sew
eral base ball stars.
| . At that time there were not so many
angels to pluck as there are now; con-
seauentiy, Lucas. before he finished, had
( lost a fortune. for he had to practically
support the entire league
| The Union League, as Lucas wanted
lit known died natural death after
a struggle for year or SO.
1 The next uprising came when the
| players formed brotherhood and
wanted to be their own bosses. They
isucceeded in getting a lot OF capital in
iterested and had no trouble getting the
best players available in those days
This movement almost wrecked the old
League in 1890, and did eventually cause
the death of the old American Associa
tion. But at the end of one year the
lPlayers League succumbed.
There was nothing to bother the old