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Evening star., 1915-12-31

Special Dispatch 10 The star
DETROIT. December 27.-James 7.
Callahan. the newly appointed man
ager of the Pittsburgh club, will have
a chance in his new job to prove him
self the great leader his friends believe
him TO be.
There are many we'll posted base ball
followers who think that Cal didn't
have a fair chance in Chicago and that
he did all that any one could have done
with the team under his command
Others say that the material was there
and that all it needed was manager
who could make the men do the work
of which they were capable.
1t is safe to say that the club COM
manded by Jimmie while he was boss
of the White SoX was commonly over
rated II wasn't in any sense a great
outfit and. with the exception of the
pitching staff and one fine catcher, was
full of weak spots. Callahan never had
what could be called strong outfield.
and his inner line of trenches also was
more or less of a patched-up affair.
No greater proof of the straits in
which Callahan found himself for out
field talent is needed than the mere
statement that Ping Bodie held down a
regular position during Il good part of
the Cal regime. If the portly Pacific
coast graduate could hang on even for
a week il is q cinch that there were no
real ball players to he had. Ping was
about as far from the ideal type of
gardener as nybody who ever broke
in. and no team that had to suffer him
to remain could he called strong.
Only One Good Man.
On the infield Cal had only one man
on whom he could depend-Buck
weaver-snd even Buck had his bad
days. Par. of the time Hal Chase held
down first base but the Peerless One
had developed temperament to 2 very
marked extent before he got to Chi
ca go and he didn't half try. There never
were enough good pitchers to carry Il
weak batting club along. though there
always we're two Or three exceptionally
good ones.
Were C;,lIab han to be pla ced III charge
OF the present White SoX, however, he
would make them very potent pen
rant posi- bilty. The club is many
times stronger now than when he had
1t In fact the only thing that can
prevent the Sox from making a battle
Evening star., 1915-12-31
I'M COLLIFL OVER SUCCESSFUL
WITH NAVY BASKET BALL NINE
Defeat of Pennsylvania Yesterday by l8 to
12 Makes Third Straight Victory for
Sailors-Other Gossip of Sports

par,loning power granted whlch VIII
enable, professionals to become anna
teurs after a certain peflou OF tt'us'
Especially does this refer TO coaEn,
ii being understood that man guilty
of fraud in the acceptance OF money De
barred for all time from amateur conf
petition. The following paragraphs III
reference to coaches received the sane
ton of the representatives ol the ""
rious organizations:
'He shall not be permitted during tue
period of his coaching or training TO
take part in any amateur competitive,
"On his ceasing to be such coach or
trainer he shall be privileged to Apply
TO the governing body of any spor.
other than that in which such ACT OF
coaching or training was committee
for permission to compete as an anna
teur in that sport, and such pooS or
bodies upon assurances being given by
the applicant that he will refrain III
the future from the commission OF any
act which would disbar him from com
petition as an amateur, snail pc priv
legged to permit such applicant to com
pete as an amateur in the sport over
which it has control. h.s
after period of five years mas
elapsed since the commission OF any
such act he shall be prlTllegeu ~
aDply to the governing body OF the
snort in which such act was committed
for permission to compete as an anna
teur in that sport. and such oous
or bodies, upon assurances pelhS given
by the applicant of no future Nloia-
tion of any act which would disbar MN
from competition IS an amateur shaii
he privileged to permit such applicant
TO compete as an amateur in the sport
over which it has control.
Despjte the attempts of the delegates
TO the conference in New York 10 discuss
the rules to govern amateur Sports anu
to define an amateur" the questions OF
summer base ball and summer camps
were steered clear of in every respect
These are the two main problems con-
fronting the colleges. Many base oail
PLAYERS become members of independent
teams during the summer. receiving as
their board. and sometimes
a salary besides. Others simply take part
in contests with their home town nines,
in company with men who receive pay
but themselves get no rewards 1hel
there are track athletes and loot paii
PLAYERS who spend their summers as
tutors in summer camps. and are OBJ
tained mainly because of their prominence
in athletics These things were not dis
cussed sufficiently to determine upon
hard and fast rule. and each institution
will be left to settle specihc
cases as suits its own rules and ideas.
Evening star., 1915-12-31

So it is likely Somers will remain
in charge of the club. though hamper
ed by the fact that he cannot make
move without consulting the committee
of bankers which has his affairs in
hand.
There is nothing particularly strange
about the scramble the two New York
clubs will engage in in an effort to
corral Federal League players. Con-
dftions of both Of these teams are such
that they must strengthen their forces
in order to draw any crowds. and as
there are some players available in
the Federal League list who may be
able to hold their own in fast company
both Gotham clubs are putting forth
every effort to land as many of these
players as possible.
Ban Johnson is absolutely right in
calling off the Sam Agnew deal. Hedges
made this deal for cash only. after
to the Feds in st. Louis and conse-
quently the purchasers have kick
coming. for the transaction does not
look to be on the square. Though
Joe Lannin will make protest, it is
not apt to avail him anything, for
johnson undoubtedly will insist that
the deal cannot stand and that Agnew
must be returned to the Browns.
The calling off of this deal should
enable Lannin to open negotiations
with Griffith for the purchase of Ain
smith or for trade which would give
the Nationals Janvrin and turn the
young catcher over to the Red Sox,
who have but Cady and Thomas, now
that Bill Carrigan has decided to con-
fine himself to managing and do no
catching.
While there are those who insist that
the Chicago Cubs will be the favorites
in the next National League race, Roger
Bresnahan insists that Tinker will
have no stronger team than he had last
season, for the Cubs outclass the Chi
feds in every respect, Roger contends,
and. barring pitcher or two. there
is no one on the Fed team of any
value to the Cubs. Tinker is not apt
to do any more playing. He was show
ing signs of going back rapidly last
season, when he did not play very
often. II he were the shortstop of old
he would be the making of the Cub
team, but it is believed he will attend
strictly to the management of the
team and not break into the game at
all
1t seems settled that Willard and Full
ton will meet in a ten-round bout at
Milwaukee February 20. While the
Evening star., 1915-12-31
BY n. C. BYRD.

Jim Colliflower is attaining consider
able success as coach of the Naval
Academy basket ball team. Despite
taking, charge of the Sailors squad at
a very late date, his team has. come
through with a victory in each game 1t
has played In the opening contest
Iovola was beaten by 80 to 20. and
the strength of the Loyola five is shown
by the fact that it has since won from
Iehigh by decisive count. In the
second game the Sailors trounced
George Washington by 40 to II. and
Yesterday the team representing the
University of Pennsylvania went down
with the short end of the count. by
Is TO IL.
Collihower's success was predicted
when he took charge. He has proved
himself one of the best coaches in the
south and his work has been such that
any time he is given fair. material he
will turn out a winning quint. The
work Collif1ower is doing at the Naval
Academy is not much appreciated
by local followers of the sport as 1t
will be after they know that he start
ed under disadvantageous circum-
stances. beginning late in the year and
having al his command only one mem
Der of last seasons regular aggrega
tion. Wilkes, n guard. When Smith,
Adams and Oelrichs, the two forwards
and the center, were lost by sradua-
tion last spring ii was generally pre-
dicted that the Navy would be in for
poor season. but since the games have
actually started the team has shown
sufficient strength to guarantee its rec
ord through the remainder of the year
unless something unforeseen takes place.
place.
The meeting yesterday in New York
of the various bodies which control
amateur sports in the United States
resulted in the formulation of a set of
general rules to govern the actions of
the separate associations under certain
conditions. The definition of an anna
teur. as officially passed, follows:
AN amateur sportsman is one who
engages in sport solely for the pleasure
and physical. mental. moral or social
benefits he derives therefrom and to
whom sport is nothing more than an
avocation.
Several laws were laid down, as to
what could or could not be done, but
perhaps the most interesting was
Evening star., 1915-12-31
CALLAHAN WILL HAVE CHANCE
TO SHOW MANAGERIAL ABILITY

for the 1916 bunting is Manager Row
land Clarence may be able to handi-
cap the club down to the speed OF the
rest of the league and surely VIII 90
SO If he works his pitchers as he did
last spring. The new Chicago boss
seems to harbor the delusion that pen
nants are won in May and June, while
as matter of fact. it is the test OF
August and September that really
counts. The club that makes its race
early and then allows itself 20 be
caught has no chance of getting sec
ond start.
Callahan will find a fair bunch of
material in Pittsburgh, though nothing
wonderful AS late as the first of last
August many National League fans
thought the Pirates would win the
the club to be the best one i'll the
league. 1t is possible that lack of
discipline was what allied the Dreyfuss
men in 1915 They never seemed to be
able to buckle down and play their
best grade of ball for more than a
few days at a time.
More Control Now.
With the war over managers will
hdve much more control over the ath
letes than they nave had for the last
two years. and if it is discipline that
Smoky City players need, they prob
ably will get it. Callahan is one of our
best little martinets when he wants 10
be and he will not make a failure
through 'sparing tie rod and spelling
the child whatever else may be sa id
of him.
Some critics have it that the White
SoX under the Callahan administration
suffered from too much discipline. They
say that Jimmy, who is exceptionally
bright both on and off the field, hadn't
any patience with some of the dull
witted young men on the pay roll and
abused them literally. with the result
that they were afraid to call their
souls their own and couldn't even play
the little Bit of base ball that they
knew how. 1t is probably nearer the
truth. however. that Cal got all there
was to be got out of the White Sox as
they were constituted under his leader
ship. II remains to see what he will
do with the Pittsburgh outfit
Evening star., 1915-12-31
BOXING TRAINER DEAD.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 31-Hen-
ry C"Pop') Blanken. whose six mile
house at San Bruno, Cal, was a train
ing camp for many fight champions,
and who laid claim to the discovery of
Jack Johnson. died yesterday after an
Illness of several weeks from perito-
nltis lie vas seventy-one years old.
Pop" Blankcn's place vas training
quarters at various times for PeteI
Jackson. John J.. sullivan, James J..
Corbett, Joe Choynski, Joe Cans, Jack
Johnson, Gus Rubin and scores OF less
prominent lighters.
Blanken was born in Germany and
came to California in 1857
Evening star., 1915-12-31
OFFER FOR FRANK CHANCE.
Wanted as Manager of Los Angeles
Club on Coast.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, December 81
Frank Chance, former manager of the
Chicago Nationals and New York Amer
leans, has been offered the manage
ment of the Los Angeles club of the
Pacific Coast League by John Bowers,
president of the local organiza ton.
Chance promised to announce next
week whether he would accept the
offer.
Chance said if he accepted he would
insist on one condition-that he would
be allowed TO purchase an interest in
the club. Since he retired from base
ball Chance has been devoting his time
to his ranch, at Glendora, Cal, near
here.
Evening star., 1915-12-31
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.Bv 7. ED GR1LLO.

The Cleveland stands where it has for
The OF SELL but there
chase The report that capitalists from Detroit the
market ephatcaly denied Nor there be other
chase easily Charles will likely be its nom
nal head he has for the AS stated
these Pittsburgh the market
for the Indians he has himself that he
through with the game.
No has been found in Cleveland who invest
$4,000 in the ball club, and outoown folks would be taking
long chance Cleveland provincial might take strong
against club which owned in Cleveland
Evening star., 1915-12-31

route is hardly long enough to give
correct line on either of the big fell
lows, it is better to have them meet
before either hooks up with one of the
other championship aspirants. for it is
believed that Fulton and Willard will
be well matched, despite the fact that
the charge is made that Willard is
looking for easy game.
Fulton has the punch, there is no
doubt about that. His record shows
that plainly. and he may prove the
surprise of the year.
There is no doubt that Joe Tinker
will be at the head of the Cubs if the
proposed merger with the Chifeds goes
through. and there is little doubt of
that. In that event Bre esnahan will
draw two years salary and probably
be at the head of the Toledo America n
Association club. 1t will be the second
time in his managerial career that he
has been paid couple of years salary
without having to work for it. When
st. Louis let Bresnahan go Bresnahan
collected two years salary from the
Cardinals. and he is to have a similar
experience with the Cubs, again getting
| two years salary which he will not
have to earn.
Pat Moran. like many other man
ayers who lost many players to the
Feds, will not wish the return of any
of the players who jumped his team.
| That refers to Otto knabe, Mike Doc
Lin. Walsh, Seaton and Brennan. In
others words, his team was deprived
of two of it's star infielders. one good
utility man and valuable pair of
pitchers. Proba biv no team in either
major league suffered more than the
Phillies. 1t was Doom, of course, who
sustained the loss, as Moran was not
| managing the team when the men
jumped. But Moran, nevertheless, de-
clares that if he can win another pen
nant he does not want the deserters
to share in the glory of the victory.
Evening star., 1915-12-31

George Stone. former outfielder with
the St Louis Browns, who recently
took $4,000 in stock of the Lincoln
Western League club. has increased his
subscription to $4,000. Stone believes
that 1916 is going to be a big year in
base ball and he wants TO get in OF it.
One OF the things the club owners in
the Western League will be asked to
vote upon at the February meeting will
decide the question of adjustment of
ladies' free days. The author of the
movement is Jack Holland, owner of
the Drummers. However, it is pro-
posed to sell books of tickets to women
at reduced prices.
Evening star., 1915-12-31

Heinie Groh may have his own rea-
sons for objectins TO Charley HerzoG
and declaring he viii not play under
him. nut Heiuie might remember that
IT was Herzog who gave him his first
real chance to make good as a ma jor
Lacquer. and also that Herzog, in spite
of his faults of temper always was a
loyal booster for Groh
Evening star., 1915-12-31

1t seems settled that Willard and Full
ton will meet in ten-round bout a
Milwaukee February %. While tn
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The Washington times., 1915-12-16
BOARD TO DECIDE
CH|LDREN'S CASES
Guardians Name "Court of Ap-
peaIs" to Investigate Re-
quests For Return.

Announcement was made today by
the Board Of Children's Qua rdians of
the appointment OF a committee to in
vestigate and report on requests for the
return Of children committed to the
board which are refused by J. Lawrence
Sully. agent.
The committee, which acts as a court
of appeals. consists of Dr. William A.
warfield, chairman; the Rev. Louis
Stern, Mrs. Ernest p. Bicknell. Mrs
Walter 8. Ufford. and Percival Hail. Its
duty is to ascertain whether suitable
prvision has been made for the care OF
such children.
The appointment Of the committee fol-
lowed a decision of Justice Anderson
that the District Supreme Court is with
out authority to act in habeas corpus
proceedings for the return Of children
legally committed to the board. - The
court held that the right to determine
when such children should be returned
to the care of parents or guardians Is
vested in the board, and that IL the
board wrongfully exercises such author.
ity. the act creating 1t provides for its
removal
At meeting Of the board yesterda y
afternoon Percival Hall was elected
president and Mrs. Walter S. Unord Sec
retary.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
WOMAN WINS $1,000
VERDICT FOR INJURY
Mrs. Doyle Successful In Action
Against Railway, But Hus-
band Fails.

a verdict for sl,coO was returned by n
jury In Justice Goulds court late yes
terday IN favor of Amanda b. Doyle
i'm her suit for $4,000 damages against
the Washington Railway & Electric
Co. In the suit for $4,000 damages
brought against the company by Brad
Py W. Doyie, husband of Amanda
Doyle, a verdict for the defendant was
returned. The jury was out FIVE hours.
Mrs. Dovle alleged In her petition that
on February IL. l913 she tripped on the
WOODEN platform at First and East
Capitoi streets and In her fall to the
rock pavement she suffered fractured
hip and was permanently disfgured and
disabled The husband sued for loss of
society and services of his wife, The
Two suits were brought against the rail-
way company and the District of CO.
lumbia, but on motion of Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Whiteford, Justice
Gould declared the District not liable.
From this ruling, an appeal has been
taken by Attorneys L. Hilton Jackson
and Burton r. Doyle. representing the
plaintiff. Attorney J. S. Barbour ap-
peared for the company.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
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