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The Washington times., 1915-08-14
TY COBB SAYS---
Adoption of Ten-Cent baseball by
Federals is admission on their part
that they are ready to quit pretending.

all tho complaints against alleged ava
rice on the part OF the promoters.
II believe continued Silk. that tho
idea ia worthy OF trial. 1t might ne
has advocated a schedule OF laO games.
He believes In a later start because Of
the generally unsettled weather condi.
tions OF the latter part Of April and
jokingiy. am strong for the single
contest plan. One game an afternoon
with your complaining. temperamentai
players is bad enough. Two Is next
to murder"
What q wonderful race It is In the
National League. Six clubs In mid
August have an excellent chance TOT
the penpant. and every indication 10
to the seasons close. We have had
some dandy finishes in the American
League since Joined Detroit. but none
that saw as many teams as SIX 30 Wen
punched at this stage Of the campaign.
tera.t rnsF' in the eei n.sh 81 Os Of the Hmer,ean
League scrap. however. Boston. De-
troit. and Chicago have fought bitter
ly for a whole month with no appar-
ent advantage. The White Sox bumped
into a peck Of trouble at Washington,
but Rowland has a team that stood
up pretty well on the road trip In
spite OF the disaster 1t met at the
hands of Griffith, and. once more on
up for earlier dlsappointments at tie
expense OF the Eastern teams
I have maintained all season that the
team which could beat Detroit would
is nobody going to nose out the Tigers.
We are right on the coattails Of the
Red SoX in spite Of the fact that Carrl-
gan's men have just concluded long
homo stay, l figured that II we could
Hub outfit until they hit the road our
chances would be rosy. We have done
much better than that. On the road we
have gained ground. Boston failed TO
has the advantage OF finishing at home
this year, but am certain that ad-
vantage can be offset II We are able 70
make the best Of our own home op-
Let us once get out in front rev
games and we Will not worry over the
outcome Of the last long road trip.
| would not be at all surprised II the
stringent roster limit for 1916. Many OF
the club owners favored twenty-ore
men only last winter. l am told. Not q
few Of these attribute the closeness OF
the Nationsl League competition TO the
fact that Teners circuit rid itself OF
unnecessary deadwood furthermore
the scheme has economical advantages
not likely to be despised Whether OF
not the twenty-one player roster has
been respons BILE for the unusually fine
balance ot the National League, the fact
remains that the field Is better balanced
than ever before. An innovation is
| usually judged by the quality of Its
| success. No stone can be cast at the
minimum roster limit which prevails In
| the National League.
| Copyright. 1915 by the Wheeler Syndicate
| JncorporatedD,
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
GRIFFITH JOINS HIS
CLUB, SIGNS PLAYER
Refuses to Disclose Name Of
Phenom Who He Has Sc.
cured.
BY LOUIS A. DOUGHER.

BOSTON. Aug. N-Clark Griffith.
leader OF the Grifmen. arrived here
shortly before noon today with a smile
en- his face and deep silence on his
tongue. Beyond admitting that ne had
succeeded in obtaining at least ono
PLAYER he greatly needed. and that he
could not make the players name
known until tomorrow. he would say
little. But tomorrow the baseball
world will learn who the phenom or
pheroms are who will report to the
Washington team.
i've seen few players at work"
admitted riff. II can't tell you where
/ went. because then you'd begin guess
Ing things. I've done q little business,
but I can give out nothing until to-
night. ! promised that to the other
club, which wanted 1t released for the
Sunday morning papers. However, 1
think l have done a good stroke Of
business, and that my team will be
greatly benefited. Tomorrow you'll all
know"
The Old Fox declined to mention the
position played by his discovery or
discoveries, fearing that more guesses
might result. He merely grinned at
every leading question. He feels very
happy, though. and so the deal he has
put through must look pretty good to
him.
The player which Griffith is thought
to have bought Is Turner Barber, Of
the Winston Salem team. In the North
Carolina League. He Is an outfelder.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
GRIFFITH MAY BE
GUEST OF HONOR AT
BRAVES DEDICATION
BY LOUIS A. DOUGHER.

er came through with a hard bounder
toward second base. Mcbride got In
front Of it, but the ball evaded him
and the acting manager was charged
with an error, Hooper scoring
Ernie Shore got away to bad start,
the Griffs punching n run across right
off the reel. Moeller was like light
ming as he beat out bunt to the
lanky twirler and Foster came UP with
fine single through the ahortfield on
q hit-and-run play. putting Moefler
on third. A bit Of bone stuff by
Gamer gave the visitors their tally
for when Milan bounced one down the
line. Gainer staggered around. seem
iingly at a loss what to do. and fnal-
ly tagged the bag. retiring Milan. But
Moeller. who could easily have been
put out at the plate. had gone over.
Forrest Cady's ern'or gave the Griffs
their second and tying tally in the
seventh. Shanks polled sizzling
single off Shore'a ~hins. chasing Barry
after it into right field. Hooper took
Gandirs sailer. ialt Acosta came to
time with a clean ,drive to right field,
putting Shanks on th<rd. Henry fore
led the wee Cuban and then McBride's
swinging hunt in front Of the plate
got the Red Sox battery up in the air
Shore could have had Mcbride at first,
but he preferred to get Shanks at the
plate. He tossed ,thc ball to Cady, who
had the Monacan blocked off the plat
ter. Yes, but Cady dropped the ball
and the score had been tied. That put
it up to John Henry in the ninth.
Never mind repeating what he did.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
HOME CLUB FINALS
SCHEDULED TODAY
Mems Doubles Carded in At
tractive Tourney Between
Brown and BeadIe and KENT
and Lind.

The finals in the mems doubles Of the
Home Club tennis tournament will be
played OF today. J. b. Beadle. winner
Of the singles. and DR.. II. A. Brown.
representing Reclamation. will meet
DR.. John Lind. and DR.. e. ]. Kempf.
OF the Government Hospital.
DR.. and Mrs. Kempf were awarded
the finals in doubles over e. Thompson
and Miss Bert williams by default. DR..
and Mrs. Kempf won their way through
to the finals.
Mrs Kempf already has won the wom-
ans singles handily and figured In the
doubles finals. DIR. Kempf will play in
the doubles finals. making three ANAL
rounds for the Kempfs.
]. B. Beadle Is today declared winner
of the mems singles, having defeated
II. O, Clayton. OF Mines, by e-s' g..
and So
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
Brooklyn No Longer
First Aid to Giants
FifteenYears Have Elapsed Since Dodgers Have Been
Ripple in National League Championship Mill
Pool, But They Come Into Their Own
BY KIRK C. MILLER.

Pcerln' at that National League race
from this side. one fact becomes more
and more apparent as we l.nger over
the position Of the clubs. viz. Brooklyn
is not going to become a stepping stone
to famc for the Giants this year.
This condition has characterized the
upward advances of the McGrawitcs 80
often in the past decade thnt 1t has
become proverbial many Of the Giants
best strides toward championships hav-
ing been made of thciY little brothers
across the river. For the last couple
Of serbs between the Giants and Dod-
gers, the Robertson clan has asserted
we'll defined superiority and this has
filed the Flatbush fans with JOY. and
today their cups runneth over. Years ago
some wise prophet intinated that the
last shall be first. etc.. and such ad-
vance dope applies to baseball as we'll
as otherIthings on this mundane globe.
Only yesterday the Giants and Dod-
gors began set Of games over IN
Brooklyn, and do you know that the
home folks made their former annoyers
Of their rights that the Brooklynites
have been able to proclaim during the
month Of August. for some fifteen years.
II George Moreland Is to be believed.
he IL keeper or the arCnlVeS.
There was time In the dim. dark
dawn Of the National League when tho
Brooklyn team lived by the right OF
might, but fifteen series have been de-
cidcd since they even made splash
In the championship mill pool: They
have recovered their brutal tusks now,
| however. and yesterday started to uso
them with deadly effect on the team
which formerly fought its way to titles
| at Brooklyns expense. For years New
York has risen above the laws OF per
| ccntage 20 blast the sanguine Brook.
| iynites. NO more. 4uoth WiiDert
Robertson. mo more" echoes his team
| The Dodgers have arisen from the dead.
O'Mnra IVES guilty OF a stupendous
mistake or the Brooklyn score would
have been better than to !.
He came to bat with runners on sec
| ond and first and mono out In the third.
Brcok,yn had run. but two more
looked whole fiock at the time. The
shortstop was ordered to play for the
| brace OF taliies. He bunted down the
third base line. Red Doom pounced
UPON the bali like a hawk and with an
easy play for force out at third
begged several feet over Loberts head.
Burns let the wild toes dribble between
| his pedals The two waiting runners,
by diligent Logging. were enabled 10
The Washington times., 1915-08-14

circle the paths on the two errors.
But where. ON. where was OMara!
He was discovered by his teammates
the flrst runner SHOT across the d,.h.
His teammates cautioned O'Mara to run
to first. Then they i,rplored him to do
go. But he didn't bulge. delegation
hurry. About the time the second run
scored It finally trickled through the
young mans understanding that ne was
supposed, to run. but then It was too
to Brainard for the out O'Mara's
alibi was that he thought O'Day had
called the hit foul
Bingles produced at needed epochs
have been known to turn the tide OF
many battles. Pat Moran's Phils used
this method to punish the Braves. Gao
tus Craveth and Alexander being the M
5-to-3 victory for Philadelphia: Alex
ander was wild, but the good in his stick
overshedowed the bad In his arm. and
he Is co-hero with GaStus. ,v.a -, ,,r
been bee hit ten times. Nehi. q southyaw
from Terre Haute. Ind. held the Phn-
lies we'll In the seventh and eighth.
Slim Caldwell. with one free, solid
stroke. undid the strategy of Connie
Mack to save game In the tweitn
inning at the POLO GROUNDS yeeteIudy'
and the reward Of that smack ended
the game 3 to 2 in favor OF the Yankees.
with a New York runner on third base
and one out Mack ordered both Cook
and Hartzell passed so as to fill the
bases and create q chance for q force
play or double play at the plate.
with the score to 0 against them in
the sixth inning Of yesterdays game
the Reds got one in the seventh. and
scored three runs in the ninth on hits
by Herzog and Griffith. Williams walk
and wild throws by Collins and Har-
mon. defeated Pittsburgh, 4 to 3. Her
zog's error was responsible for the three
Pittsburgh's runs.
Three members Of the Yankees are
spending their last days in the big
show today. On Monday Pitcher JACK
Warhop. Catcher Ed Sweeney. and
First Baseman Charley Mullen will re-
port to Jack Dunn's Richmond club IN
the International League.
All three players, 1t Is said. were Of
fered to Jack Hendricks. Of the In
dianapolis Association club, in the deal
for Pitcher Triple. of no-run, no-hit
fame. but Hendricks refused them. All
are signed to wartime contracts.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14

From the Views of fellow players I am
sure the Federal League has lost caste
with the profession by chopping the gen.
eral admissions to such an absurd sum.
Everyone who has followed baseball
during the past two stormy years real
ICES the advanced cost Of production. To
begin with, salaries have doubled. and
within the past five years overhead eS-
penses and maintenance have also
tpubled. Thc thinking player must real
ise that IL the Federal League wins out
in establishing such a low tariff tho
profession will be the sufferer in the
END. Either the promoter will face BAN
ruptcy or be forced to retrench through
salary slicing.
Already the Federal League has dcs-
troyed the confidence Of those players
who first hailed 1t as u saviour by turn
Ing out 10 be not the great champion
Of right and justice that It claimed to
be. The alleged ills Of organized base
ball In dealings with players have been
too prevalent in the acts OF independent
promoters eS"pas their ustee hsss
round ways and means to abrogate so
called tron-c contracts before their
time. They nave found methods fpt
unconditional release and FOR salary
have been very bitter in their COM
plants, especially within the past two
or three months. They confess. how
ever. that they are powerless. Ihey
have no redress. for they are beyond
the pale.
In New York short time ago l ran
across pn old teammate OF Detroit s
pennant winning days who is now in
the Gilmore circuit. We fell 20 talkins
of the proposed raid IN the major
Leagues that Gilmore had predicted.
"You tell the young fellows, Ty," this
player said to me, Ito stick to the
legitimate. It's all right for has-been
to take a chance II his money Is as
sured. But this, further this fight goes
the worse It will he for the player In the
long run | am convinced that the Fed
eral League can never gain major
recognition. Public interest Is not there,
Il had faith at first in the Federal
League because ! thought there wac
room for II. Now / am convinced there
v NO room. There Is not city In the
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
Sale of Reds Now Up
To California Rancher

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Aug. 14.-It is W.
n. Carter's next move in the Cincinnati
Reds baseball sale puzzle. President
Hermann acknowledged today that the
Pasadena ranch owner held an "infor-
NAL option" which expires Tuesday.
Hermann added he did not think the
deal was likely to be consummated.
"Howcver," said Garry. there is no
such sum as 81 100000 involved as
stated. Mr.. Carter for one fourth of
that amount could secure as much stock
as he desired in order to have a large
voice in the club management"
Hermann asserted no deal would be
made which would turn the Reds over
to the FederalA
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
IS winner ....
FROM M'LOUGHL|N
His Victory Is as Clean as Sur
prising-Fans Still Marvel
at Result.

NEW YORK. Aug. H-Tennis circles
were still gasping today at the unex-
pected victory OF Carl H. Behr over
Maurice E. McLoughline. the Califor-
MIA tennis marvel. on the courts of the
Sea Bright Club, In the Achelis Cup
singles. The victory was as clean cut
as 1t was surprising. Behr taking the
match in straight sets.
Behr's victory presents a new aspect
to the national championships. opening
at Forest Hills August 30. McLough-
lin, by his wonderful form this season,
has been a top-heavy favorite, but
Behr's hackers were coming strong to
the front today.
This afternoon Behr will meet r.
Norris Williams. I'd. the Philadelphia
crack for the Achelis Cup.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14

land big enough for three teams. Con-
fiict Ia deadly. Our enterprise has been
the sufferer because our championship
has no significance as compared to that
Of our rivals. No worlds series rewards
our labors or advertises our league.
Playing to empty stands is no spur to
Until this year thought the Federal
League might promote public interest.
But the attendance has fallen OFF from
year ago. hear that Harry Sinclair
critics II such plan is adopted it will
prove a boomerang, for that would bo
an admission Of weakness.
The Federal League has made no
friends among players by adopting a
cheap scale. for we OF the profession
are convinced that its game has been
| cheapened proportionateIy with the re-
| duction. l do not believe the independ-
ents will now be able to interest play
| ers in organized baseball 1t does not
require a Daniel to interpret the hand
writing on the wall OF l0-cent baseball.
Cut prices, in the estima ton of think
| ing men, cannot fail to tear down the
! high standards OF the game which re-
| Quired twenty years Of careful nursing
! to build up. Ten-cent baseball, be-
iievo, viii surely destroy what coni-
dence the Federal League possessed
within the ranks.
| Unusual circumstances have COM
bined this season toward casting re-
| nsction on the business methods OF GER
| tain major league clubs. The chief
| fault rested with the weather, which
necessitated an unusual number or
| postponements and consequent double
headers. Fans in some cities have
| charged that the club owners can
| celed games on the slightest provoca-
| ton in order to provide bargain days
| for their patrons. Always these
| charges have not been Justified. But
they tend, nevertheless, to arouse petty
| spites which do the game no good.
Barney Dreyfuss has the right idea
] Silk O'Loughin told me few days
| ago. He Will make a fight against
| the double-header scheme at the an
| nual meeting OF the National League.
! Dreyfuss believes that the big league
! schedules should be provided with
| ample open dates so that postpone
ments may be worked on In single
games. This. he argues. would still
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
Braddocks Booked Up
For October Battles

The Braddock A. c. baseball team
has booked contests UP to October Z
through Manager w. G. Moore. lGl5
Swan street northwest. Moore Is on
the hunt for games, having a few dates
still open. The nine battles the
Engineers at Washington Barracks and
tomorrow will play the Walter Reed
Hospital nine.
The schedule follows:
August IA. Engineers; August Is.
Walter Reed: August %, open: Sep
teInber 4, Washington Grove; Septem-
Der 5, Rex A. c.; September IL. Pooies-
Vile; September II, open; September
IS. Eagles; September 10, Del Ray; Sep
tenber -. open: September &C. claren-
don (pcndins) October ., open; october
), open.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
Doubles Tennis Title
Is at Stake Today

CHICAGO. Aug. 14.-With weather
perfect and fans jamming the side lines.
middle west clashed with far west to-
day when William Johnston and clar-
ence Griffin. Pacific coast champions.
went against w. T. Hayes and f. n.
Burdick, Chicago. middle western crack
doubles men. for the national doubles
tennis championship.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
Pitfeds Lower Price.

PITTSBURGH. Aug. 1.-THE man.
agement Of tho Pittsburgh Federal
League baseball club announced today
that 1t would adopt the schedule Of low
prices now in force in some other cities.
The new scales. providing for seats at
10 cents, 25 cents and so cents. will be-
come effective tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
Reduction of Price Indicates That Outlaws Are at
Wits Ends to Put Up Article of Play to
Equal Major Leagues.
BY TY COBB,

Worlds Champion All Round Ball Player.
Federal has just share Of nooey
adopted diet of 0ent baseball for its becher Those
Of the somewhat
Naturally the players
asked by hundreds of think of this
have always replied frankly that
in the innovation.
prompted Federal baseball
But looks like the last desperate chance interest
the Of the public which has been lacking steady
Independent enterprise launched
the
quits their claims
Sporting people rule themselves They wise be-
their
legitimate prices
pretenons big league at
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
League Standing
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.

Today's Games.
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York
Tomorrow Games.
Detroit at Chicago
81. Louis at Cleveland.
Yesterdays Results.
Boston. 8: Nationals. 20
New York, 8: Athletics. ::
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
GriffS Low- -Brideed

Runtt-Moe1Ier, Shanks. Hooper, Speaker
and Lewis. Stolen oases-Gardner. Sacrifice
hit-Chidner. Double plays-Moeller to tiandil.
on sSs,os Err. 9n Ss,s on
ton. l.! Bases OH balls-On Boehlins. 8; en-
Ayers. !: Off Shore. !. Hits-On Boehllng,
nings. Struck out-By Roehling. 2: by Ayers,
!; by Shore. g Passed ball-Henry. TIM
pires-Messrs. Connolly and Wallace. Time
OF game--l hour and 48 minutes
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
To PLAY Cricket.

Tho Washington Cricket Club and the
Washington Sons of St. George will
clash in a game of cricket this after
noon at 2:30 o'clock at Potomac Park.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14

Norfolk, 6; Suffolk, 2
Portsmouth, 8. Rocky Mount, s.
Newport News. 2. Petersburg. L
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.

Today's Games.
Boston at Philadelphia.
New York at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
Chicago at ST. Louis
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virginia League,

Philies. 3: Boston. s.
Brooklyn, 6; New York, /.
Cincinnati, I; Pittsburgh, 8.
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Tomorrow's Games.
Yesterdays Results.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
Chicago at ST. Louis
The Holly chieftain., 1915-10-29
Couple Guarded by Troops.

Montgomery, ia.-Surrounded by
members of Company F, Second regi.
ment, Alabama National Guard, Miss
Till Mae Thornton of Prattville, Ala,
was married in that city to James
Jennings of Tuscaloosa.
The girls parents objected to the
match and secured the cooperation OF
the Autauga county sheriff in the eff.
forts to prevent it. The comrades OF
the bridegroom, however. surrounded
the parents and the sheriff in one
part of town, while justice marri |!
the young couple in the armory.
The militiamen were returning f,r,
an encampment at Montgomery. The
parents will make no further protests
The Holly chieftain., 1915-10-29
BRUSH DAIRY cow EACH DAY
Any Animal Suspected Of Being In
Bad Health Should Be Removed
From Herd-keep Barn Clean.

The COW should be brushed with .
good stiff brush daily. Any COW sus-
pected of being in bad health should
be promptly removed from the herd
and the milk rejected. Fresh, palatable
feedstuffs should be fed and feed
should never be changed suddenly.
Water in abundance. easy of access
and always pure. fresh but not too
cold, should be provided at all times.
Salt. too, should always be accessible.
The barn should be kept clean and
the stables whitewashed once or twice
every six months. No dry, dusty feed
should be used just before milking.
The stables should be cleaned and
aired thoroughly before milking. Ven.
tilation and light are absolutely neces-
sary. No strong smelling material
should be left in the stables for any
length of time. Musty and dirty litter
should never be used.
When the cows are MIXED the milk
should be removed at once, strained
and aerated. Cleanliness is a good
preventive to keep milk from sour.
ing at once.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-10-29

The butter should be taken from
the churn in the granular condition
and the salt sprinkled over it before
it has been worked together. Usually
a scant ounce of salt is added for each
pound of butter.
One working, at the time OF salt
ing. is usually sufficient, providing the
butter is hard enough when removed
from the churn. II the butter is
somewhat soft when taken out. it can
be salted and set away a few hours
until 1t gets hard enough to finish.
Butter is usually worked enough when
the water has been removed SO that IL
will bend without breaking. Too much
working will spoil its grain and make
1t salvy. while leaving too much wa
ter in it will spoil its keeping quail.
ties.
Pack or print the butter as soon
as 1t has been worked sufficiently and
put 1t in a cool place until 1t 10 taken
to the market. Remember that the
appearance OF the package. as we'll
as the way the butter is packed. has
a great deal to do with the selling
price.