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Evening star., 1915-02-09

Owners of second division clubs are
particularly bitter against any change
of the rule being made. They argue
from an economical standpoint and
point out that by holding the clubs to
the twenty-one limit they would be
enabled to get hold Of some players
which the stronger clubs would be ur1-
able to carry.
base ball will not be unrewarded. The
Grand Old Man" Of the diamond Will
not spend his last days with the minors.
Barney Dreyfuss. owner of the
two or three years of active service,
and after that he will continue to draw
salary from the Pittsburgh club as
long as he lives.
any minor club" said Dreyfuss. He
will remain on the pay roll of my team
and when his active days are over l
will use him as scout or as a coach
for the younger players on the team
It is learned on good authority that
Fighting Jim" Gilmore has given up
the scheme to have a minor league
seems that those who had Gilmore
come east to look over the situation
have failed to come through with the
backing they boasted of. and that the
able to work the scheme OF having a
place to send their surplus players.
From the start Gilmore's Federal
League colleagues refused to float the
minor league The best they would
guarantee was the rental Of surplus
players to such league at 5000 a head
per month. Which. putting it in a
nutshell, would have meant relief with
out the risk Of investment.
,rl. .-.:. - -h.~. @ho E>as 1.-;,J
place the Kansas City franchise. New
York or one OF the New Jersey towns
near there, will not be decided until
the National League magnates have
taken d stand on the International
Leagues request for permission to put
granted there is perhaps no doubt that
the Feds will go over into Jersey with
their Kansas City franchise. but on the
other hand they are pretty sure to
ganized base ball keeps the Interna-
tional out Of that territory.
Manager Birmingham of the Cleve-
land club admits that he is confronted
by a lot Of problems for the coming
season. The departure of Latofe from
the lineup means a decided shift In
the teams batting order. and Birming-
ham is none too familiar with many
of the new men he will have to play.
For instance, there Will De Two can
didates for first base. Wood and
II neither makes good he may
have to shift Barbara. a third base
man, to that corner. He also must de-
eide between Elmer Smith and Leibold
for center field. He has no alternative
SO far as Lajoie's old position at sec
ond is concerned. for Bill Rodgers is
slated for that place. and there Is no
one else even to be given chance
there.
There is little hope of the American
or any other class A A
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TIE FOR GOLF MEDAL.
Travis and Longley Lead Field in
South Florida Championship. :.

PALM BEACH. Fla, February o.
Walter J. Travis of Garden City and v.
C. Longley of Wannamoisett. a member
of the Rhode Island golf team. tied
yesterday for the gold medal in the
eiehteen-ho qualification round of the
South Florida golf championship with
a. card of rs each. H. NJ. Forrest Of
Lakewood and A. r. Pierson of Glen
Ridge were the only other players in
a field of ia to get under so. both OBJ
tanning a 79. A. F. Huston of Philadel-
phia qualified in the first flight with an
80. All the scores were high. owing to
the heavy condition of the course, and
cards of 106 found places in tho five
sixteens that start match play today.
Those who qualified for the first
division are: w. J. Travis, Garden City,
7S: v. c.. Longley, Wannamoiset, rs;
II. NJ. Forrest. Lakewood, 70; A. R.
Pierson, Glen Ridge. 70: c. E. Van
Week, Upper Montclair, so: NJ B. Nell
son. Blue Hill, SO; ]. r. Hyde. South
Shore. 81; H. B. McClelland, Fox Hills,
"a: H. r. London, New York, S4; c. w.
Bartlett. Hangar Hill; Sc; William
Thaw, Sd. Allegheny, Sc; H. Pember-
ton. Montreal. Sc; H. P. Harrington,
woodland, 81; w. A. Larned. Baltusrol,
81: B. C. Davies. Arcola, 81: A. F. Hus-
ton, st. David's, SS; w. H. Smith, Oak
land, S8.
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league being eliminated from the draf;
or having Its standing changed so that
II could be considered a major league
Chairman Hermann expressed himself
rather forcibly on this subject the
other day when he said:
1t is impossible and impracticable in
my opinion If such privileges Were
extended the American Association the
same courtesy necessarily would have
to be shown the International League
and the Pacific Coast League also. This
would create three additional so-caIled
major leagues and give the Federal
ring all the more right to major
pentensions
eliminating the draft would not
make major circuit of any associa-
ton. Players and cities give major
distinction. 1t is because of the lack
of star talent and the handicap Of
minor cities that the public never has
considered the boast of the Federal
League seriously. I never have be-
neved there was room for three major
leagues, let alone five or six"
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DIRECTORS OF CLUB CAT SEA-"
But Will Strive to Keep Franchise
at Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, February g.
While directors of the Kansas City
Federal League Club took no action at
a meeting here late yesterday regard
ing the announced sale of the clubs
franchise by the league president.
James A. Gilmore, they announced that
subscriptions to a fund being raised to
retain the franchise would not be dis
continued. In the meantime what stand
the owners will take rests largely upon
D. J. Haff, director, now in New York,
who was advised of yesterdays delib-
erations and asked what action he
deemed best.
1t was asserted he would confer with
Patrick 7. Powers, former president of
the Eastern League, who has purchased
the Kansas City franchise, and with
President Gilmore before advising the
local organization. Directors and stock
holders, when asked concerning
rumor that determined effort to re-
tain the club in Kansas City would be
made, asserted that the decision to
continue the taking of subscriptions
could be taken for what it is worth"
Evening star., 1915-02-09

Connie Mack has dropped his two veter-
ans. Plank and Bender. he has a corps
OF youngsters who. good judges pre-
d1ct, will make the fans forget the
heroes of many world series.
Boston has a STAFF Of twirlers hard to
stance. Leonard and Collins. have no
equals among the rival teams Then
there is Foster and Wood. and Gregg,
who also may come back.
Even the New York Yanks are strong
in this respect. There is no better
pitcher than Caldwell. and Fisher, keat-
ing. McHale and Brown are above the
ordinary.
Chicago always has had a strong staff,
led by Scott. Cicotte and Benz. To this
added.
Detroit will have Coveleskie. a left
handed wonder last year; Dubuc and
Dauss, and number of youngsters who
have shown signs of improving.
There are few better pitching STATS
than that of the st. Louis Browns, which
can boast of great array Of southpaw
stars, and even Cleveland is well sup
piled with twirlins material, headed by
Willie Mitchell and Bill Steen.
A change in the Nationals exhibition
schedule is likely. Griffith had sched-
uled to play at Richmond March 81. At
that time the Richmond club wanted
nlm 10 oook the Nationals also Tor
March 20 and 80. but Griffith was un-
decided until thip morning, when he
wired that he would accept these, dates
II these two games are arranged it
viii give the Nationals three days In
Richmond, which should proveis good
from a financial standpoint. as the In
ternational League will make its debut
there at that time.
Manager Griffith spent most of the
morning testifying before the grand
jury. His residence at Cleveland Park
was robbed about year ago and the
case now is being tried.
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M0GULS IN SESSION
National League Meeting Un-
der Way in New York.
SCHEDULE TO BE ADOPTED
Managers Give Evidence of Trading,
With Both Players and
Cash Figuring.
SCHEDULE TO BE ADOPTED

NEW YORK, February 9.-With the
adoption of the 1915 playing schedule
as the only stated business on It's pro-
gram, the National League met here
today for what promised to develop
into a general discussion Of all ques-
tions affecting the welfare Of organ
lied base ball. Outside of the confer
ence room the club managers gave
early evidence of much trading, in
which both players and money were
expected to figure.
Proposed changes in the circuit of
the International League, one of which
would place a club in the Bronx in the
territory of the New York major league
clubs. was a matter that President
John K. Tener indicated might best
be settled by owners of the local clubs.
To Discuss Raising Draft.
The matter of raising the draft rule
from class AA leag gues. according to
Chairman Hermann of the national
commission, might be discussed by the
National League club owners, but he
was of the opinion that no action would
be .taken.
The effort OF several club owners
to rescind the recently adopted rule
to limit each team to twenty-one play
ers during the playing season has sew
eral opponents among second division
team owners. who base their argu-
Eents on economical reasons.
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G. o. ENTERS FOUR EVENTS.
Blue and Gray to Take Part in
George Washington Games

Georgetown University will enter all
four championship events allotted by
the South Atlantic intercollegiate Ath-
ietic Association to the seventh annual
indoor track meet at the George Wash
ington University. to be held Saturday
night at Convention Hall.
announcement to this effect was
made this afternoon by Prof. Leslie
Cleveland McNemar. faculty director
Of sports for the Hatchetites, who had
just received word of the Hilltoppers.
intention.
Preparations for the big meet rap
idly are nearing completion. More
than 300 athletes will participate, ac-
cording to a rough count of the entries
made yesterday by Prof McNernar.
Thirty-six well known athletic organ
izations and educational institutions.
including universities. colleges. high
schools and preparatory schools, will
take part.
Evening star., 1915-02-09

Shipley and Walker set the pace for
the bowlers in the duckpin leagues last
night The former. rolling for the
Southeast Stars, in the Southeast
League. got the highest set of the
evening in the so-called big leagues.
while Walker of the Gothics in The
Evening Star circuit was the best in
the minors" Shipley's total was $50
and Walkers 372. Shipley knocked
down ia pins in his first game, then
got the high count of 161, and finished
with a mark of 1O5. Walker was very
consistent in his work, getting counts
of 118. 100 and 49,.
The Southeast Stars took two out of
three from the Anacostia Regulars, and
the Gothics defeated the Jensens by the
same margin. The Southeast Stars
came very close to winning all three
contests, being beaten in the roll-off
in the last, which both finished at
first with 522 pins each. Goddard of
the Stars and Mess of the Anacostia
five also did some good bowling.
The Arcade Market quint cleaned up
in the Arcade League, defeating the
Argyles easily. Bailey and Kettler OF
the winners led the players, the former
with scores of ia, 1874 and 1O4, for a
total Of 3o2. and the latter with 10,
11S and 1o6. None of the Argyle bowl
ers did anything above the ordinary.
Thomas bowled way above the aver
age in the Masonic League. and his
work for the La Fayette Lodge was the
main factor in the clean sweep made
by that team over the Columbia quint
Thomas registered set of 353, for
which he rolled games of 112, 14I and
100.
Two clean sweeps were made in the
Departmental circuit, Treasury win
ming from Commissioners and Library
defeating Agriculture. The bowling
ordinary. one of the players. Mack. get
ting a set that was only one pin less
than that of Shipley. Mack knocked
down a total of 379 of the naples. roll
ing for counts of los. 115 and 1856
Rein of Treasury also obtained good
scores-113. III and 116, the set being
346. Nolan Of Library led in that match
he knocked down ITO pins in each of
his first two games and then slashed
into the naples for 120 in his second
Notwithstanding that the Charles
Hotel team took two out Of three
games from the Ivory Soap guint In
the losing fve got the best scores of
the players. Work registered counts of
only 107 and 105 in his first two con-
tests, but he whaled into the pins in
the last one for lat. His total was 359.
There was no other player in this
match who had a set of anything near
as high as that of Work.
The Casinos of the National Capital
League were the only players to regis
ter a set Of more than 1900. They
knocked down 1000 pins in their match
Evening star., 1915-02-09
BY n. C. BYRD.

The two basket ball games scheduled
to be played here Saturday night have
been called off because of the George
Washington University track and field
games. The contest IN which George
Washington was supposed to meet
Catholic University will take place to-
morrow at the Carroll Institute, while
that in which the Y. NJ. c. A. and
Georgetown were to have figured Is
postponed to an unannounced future
date.
Two contests are to take place tomor-
row evening, George Washington and
Catholic University being scheduled.
as already mentioned. and Georgetown
and Gallaudet being booked for con-
fiict at Georgetown. Both games should
be very interesting. Georgetown and
Gallaudet will put up a strenuous bat
tie. the Kendall Greeners being capable
enough. II they play at their best. to
give the Blue and Gray a hard battle.
with chance to win. If George Wash
ington and Catholic University play a
game anything like their first meeting,
their battle will be we'll worth going to
see; it took two extra periods to decide
The winner In the other contest, which
George Washington won.
Georgetown showed good form in It's
game with New York University last
night, winning after a hard battle by
20 10 16. The margin gotten by Kelley
in throwing goals from the foul line
was sufficient to win for the Hilltop
pers. Kelley threw eight out of eleven
chances, " hile Levy and Cummings got
a total of ten out of the twenty-one
opportunities the Gothamites had.
The Blue and Gray played close.
hard. defensive game. The players were
after their men all the time, and there
were few occasions when they allowed
the visitors clear shots for. the basket.
Just how close was the guarding OF the
Hilltop players is shown by the num-
ber of goals gotten by the visitors
from the floor, only three being regis
tered during the entire contest. When
a basket ball team is able to drop the
ball through the basket on only three
occasions during forty minutes. then
the defensive work of the opposing
quint certainly is extraordinary.
Jim Tormey played another great
game, as did Harry Kelley. Tormey's
general play was excellent, while KEEL
ley proved the offensive and defensive
star of his team. 1t probably was the
best game Kelley ever played and to
him should go the greatest credit for
the victory.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
JACK JOHNSON AT BARBADOS.

BARBADOS. British West Indies,
February SACK Johnson, the pugi-
list. arrived here yesterday from
Buenos Aires. He weighs 245 pounds,
and declares he is in good condition.
johnson said he would attempt to
charter a steamer to take him to Vera
Cruz. as no other means is available to
reach Juarez. Mexico. in time for his
fight with Jess Willard March 6. John
son said he was confident Of winning.
but was anxious because of the nos.
sibility Of not reaching Juarez as earIy
as he had expected. and might ask for
a postponement.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
DIES OF HIS INJURIES.
Callaghan Succumbs to Auto Acct
dent at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES. February Slack
Callaghan. the widely known automobile
racing driver. died at a hospital here yes
ter1ay as a result Of injuries sustained
during the races at Ascot Park Sunday.
His machine plowed through q fence
and he was impaled on . board.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
BOWLERS OBTAIN
THREE HIGH SETS
Shipiey Leads ''Big" Leagues,
While Walker Is Best
in 'Minors."
STAR TEAM CONTINUES
GREAT WINNING STREAK
Newspaper Men Take Three More
Games, Defeating Washing
ton Gas Company. "a
Schedules in Bowling
Leagues for Tonight

Southeast LeaEue-Norton Stars
VS.. WOodmen Of World.
Commercial LeaEue-Welsbach
VS.. General Baking Co.
Y. NJ. c. A. League-Utes vs..
Crows.
Mount Pleasant League-CIif-
tons vs. PrincetOns.
Capital City Lengue-National
Laundry VS.. Jewels.
InterdenOminatiO League -
Sixth vs.. st. Marks, Fifth VS..
Kendall, Gorsuch VS.. Bethany.
Terminal Railroad Y. M. c. A.
League-Freightv VS.. Electricians.
National Capital League-Open
date.
Masonic League-Stansbury VS..
National.
District League-Cardinals Va.
ShermanB.
Departmental League - Axri-
culture vs. Land.
Federal League Franklin w.
Munkey Trust Company.
Arcade League Bankers VI.
Arcade.
Evening star., 1915-02-09


contests were 526. $40 and 544.
Boss Of the Casinos proved himself
the best bowler OF the match. He had
two scores of 120 and one Of Ill. for a
set OF 35l. George was the only MEM
Der of the losing FIVE to get more than
100 in each game.
The Star team continued it's winning
streak in the Commercial League by
taking the measure Of the Washington
Gas Company in each contest. Since
before the Christmas holidays The Star
team probably has lost less games than
any other club in the city. Out Of the
last thirty-three rolled only three have
been dropped, which is a record Of
which the team may Justly be proud.
Baum, Champion, Rodier and Rodrick
all got some good games, but Baum was
the highest player of the match. He
got 120 pins in his last game, 100 in
his second and 10s in his frst.
The Royals handed the Newcomers a
defeat In the District circuit. They
won the first two games rather easily
and lost the last only by a score of 4s0
to 494.
Stanford led the Royals, getting a set
of 357. He knocked down lit pins in
his first string, got 133 in his second
and 1o7 in the last.
The Beta team was another to make a
clean sweep. 1t winning all three of its
games In the Phi Mu Sigma circuit. The
Betas walloped the Delta quint rather
easily in each contest. Morgan of the
gag to his credit. His highest game was
Besides the match the Gothics won from
the Jensens in The Star League the
Iudors took two out of three from the
Pabsts. Coleman of the Pabst team made
good scores and Essex OF the Tudors had
more than 100 pins to his credit in each
game.
The games in the Southern Railway
Clerks League scheduled for last night
were POSTPONED because of an address
gwen by President Fairfax Harrison CT
the Southern Railway Company at the
Terminal Railroad Department of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
The results of last nights matches fol-
low: Az
Evening star., 1915-02-09
Turlington's Work Features.

The work of burlington featured the
basket ball game last night in the Ma
tional Guard League. in which Com
pany N. the leader. had to go at Its
best gait to win from Company 1,
which is In last place. Company M was
the victor by a margin Of only four
points. the score being 25 to 81. Play
ing left forward for Company I, Tur-
lington scored all but two Of the points
made by his team.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
FOOT BALL PLAYER
PROBABLY A CRIPPLE

WASHINGTON, Pa. February
8.-Britain Patterson, left tackle
on the Warrington and Jefferson
College foot ball team the past
two years, and who was given
honorable mention by Walter
Camp last fall. in crippled prob
ably for life as the result of an
Injury to his right knee cap sus-
tained in q game with George
town at Warrington. d. c., last
season. Patterson. who weighed
225 pounds In training. now
weighs 176 pounds and walks
with q crutch.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
Second Infantry Is Victorions.

The Second Infantry basket ball team
won from the quint representing the
First Infantry in the Military League
last night by a score of 80 to 80. The
game was brilliantly contested and
was not decided until after the last
whistle blow. The contending ouints
battled on even terms all the way.
Evening star., 1915-02-09

According to a truthful st. LOUIS
scribe. the st. Louis Federal League
club has contracted to pay Babe Bor-
ton, first baseman, $1,000 year for two
years Considering that Borton has
twice failed to make good In the big
show, this is considered a very fair
salary.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
sket Ball Games Between Local Colleges Scheduled for
CHANGES IN BASKET BALL
SCHEDULES FOR SATURDAY
George Washington Catholic University
Game to Be Played Tomorrow and
GUY. NJ. c. A. Contest Is Postponed.

| Western High soundly trounced the
| Eastern basket ball team The Red
and White got about the most decisive
victory of the year. running up total
did some more exceptional work In
scoring for Western. The two star
forwards OF the scholastic quints here
| abouts did themselves proud, Peck get
ting fourteen goals from the field and
Peine registering nine. Peine supple
| mented his goals from the floor with
nine from the foul line. Peck made
% points and Peine %, which was So
of 81. The other four goals were got
ten by Eve" Fuller. who played guard
very creditably. In fact, had it not
been for the exceptional work of Peine
and Peck. Fuller's performance would
have stood out as star exhibition.
1t will be learned with much regret
that Duncan Fuller. former Western
in Harvard crew for the last two
years. is to undergo an operation for
abdominal trouble. "Dunc'' has prov
ed valuable in the Harvard varsity
felt. as it is practically certain he will
not row again.
While at Western Fuller was a mem
Der Of the base ball and basket ball
tional. and had he elected to try for
the nine at Harvard instead of the
crew he probably would have made
good. Duncan Fuller is remembered by
his many friends here as a quiet, ear
nest, gentlemanly fellow-one who Is
a credit to himself and to his school,
whose friendship is to be highly
valued.
The Columbia Athletic Club will be
represented by three relay teams In
the George Washington meet Saturda~
night. One is to run a two-mile race
with the Carroll Institute, another is to
run one mile with some other club or
clubs, while the other is quartet o,
smaller boys to compete in two-lap
event with Junior combinations.
This man Norris, who is running the
middle distances for the University of
Virginia, is one of exceptional worth
and local followers of track will see
one Of the most capable in the east
when he represents Virginia at the
George Washington games Saturday
night Norris entered Virginia last
year, going to that school from Yale,
and did some brilliant work several
times. particularly did he run a re-
markable race against the 'Pennsyl-
vania two-mile team when he figured
IN the last relay for Virginia year
ago in the Hopkins meet He did not
compete here last season because
George Washington held no games and
Virginia was not represented in those
held under the auspices of George
town.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
nERTMENT 0fnfENr
Happenings
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

While outward appearance would indicate peaceful quiet
meeting of the National League would be all surprising
the conference of the old league club which begins
proved one OF the stormiest in several years
effort be made by several of the
the recently adopted roster restriction which limits club twenty
players between May and September will be argued
would be injustice of the fact
Leagues minimum twenty-five players from May IS Sep
ten1her
Evening star., 1915-02-09

The Casinos of the National Capital
League were the only players to regis
ter a set of more than 1900. They
knocked down 1.600 pins In their match
Evening star., 1915-02-09

On form the pitching in the American
League Is going to be stronger than
ever this year. Despite the fact that
Evening star., 1915-02-09

There is little hope of the American
or. any other class A A
Evening star., 1915-02-09

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