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The Washington times., 1916-01-01

grace had nothing on Claude when he
was in his prime. For six straight
years. from 1902 to 1907. inclusive. he led
the second basemen of the National
was seldom very far below the 800 mark.
although he passed that iigure only
once, in 1899. his last year with the
Colonels. when he batted 30.
And talk of your tnillicn-dollar in
fields! Maybe there have heen better in
fields than kitty" Branstield at first.
Rttchey at second, Tommy Leach at
third. and Honus Wagner at short. but
the veterans would Just like to see 1t.
During the period from 1901 to 1866 the
AH-AmeTtca" nine was. with two eN-
ceIpuons. the Pirate club;
In both inheld and outfield the
Corsairs eNcelled all the other clubs
in the circuit. but Mathewson and
Bresnahan of the Giants held the bat.
terry honors.
Ritchey remained with the Pirates
until the close OF the 1906 season, wher
he went to the Boston Nationals, wheTs
for another year he continued TO lead
the National League second-sackers
After that he began to slip, and went
back TO Louisville.
OF the great infeld of the pennant-
winning Pirates of the early ClarNe
regime, only Wagner remains in the
harness. Kitty" Bransfield disap'
peared from the Pirate lineup after
the 1904 season. Claude Ritchey left
after the conclusion of the 1906 race.
Tommy Leach figured in the Pirate
intield until the end of 1903. Now that
Clarke has resigned from the Pirate
management, Wagner is the only one
of the old kernels" left on the Bucca-
neer craft
Tommy Leach was the last 20 de.
sert the craft. with the exception OF
Clarke and Wagner. After his days
as an infielder were over Tommy went
into the outer garden and stuck by the
old ship until the end of 1872.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF
1T CAME TO YOU?

An article on golf rules written by
Crafts w. Higgins and published in the
Golfers Magazine, shows up some In
consistencies in the laws Of the game.
The article, Inconsistencies in the
Rules of Golf" points out the peculiar
ity OF some OF the rules; Higgins aims
most OF histbroadsides at the rules gov
erning the dead and the moving ball
and the article really is an appeal for
the amendment OF three rules so tina
common sense may enter into the Obs
servance OF some OF the golfing laws.
what Is needed Is an international
committee to frame a simple and unders
standable set of rules for the game,
declares Higgins.
Is this one:
II a ball in motion is stopped or de-
fiected by an agency outside the match.
the ball must be played from It's STOP
What should a player do whose ball
lands in a baby carriage which Is stand
ing still and which contains live
baby?" asks Higgins.
A perambulatOr Is considered an "out-
side agency" The rules specify that the
ball must be played from where 1t lays
when the golfer arrives on the scene.
But suppose the baby has picked 1t up
and is trying to chew It, as babies some
times will do? The rules are quite clear
the player must play the ball from
where II lies.
but" asks Higgins, wouldn't the
situation be a trife complicated II the
father of the child was acting as the
chauffeur for the carriageY
Higgins asks what should be done II
the drive landed In the upturn of the
trousers Of a spectator who was stand
ing still at the moment the ball landed
The rules state specifically that the ball
must be played from the position where
II lies.
How about the Spectator?" asks Hig,
gins. Hasn't he some rights? Couldn't
he refuse to permit the playing of the
ball from his trouser leg on the ground
that the action might be dangerous
Yet the golfer, according to the rules
must play from that place"
Suppose the ball landed in the rim
OF a spectators hat-and the spectator
was standing still at the time. What
then?" asks Higgins. THE rules state
that the golfer must play the ball from
where II lies, but the spectator might
object slightly 10 this procedure. espe-
ciaily II the golfer decided upon using
one Of his iron clubs"
And also let us suppose that the drive
lands IN an automobile standing by the
roadside. Before the golfer arrives on
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Boxing Rules Are
Real Quaint Things

Those prize fighting rules surely
are quaint young things, to wit:
I. Kid Williams was disqualified
for fouling Johnny Ertle and
technically lost the champion
ship-yet he continued to hold
il. Frankie Burns fought Will
liams to q twenty-round draw a
week or so ago, demonstrating
that he Is as good as Williams
but Williams remains the
champion.
2. Willie Ritehe, Charlie White,
and others have clearly OUT
pointed Freddie Welsh, but
Welsh retains the championship
because those fights occurred in
no-decision States.
3. Jim Coftey knocked out Gun
boat Smith and Smith won on
points from Jess Willard m
twenty rounds. Coffey wants to
fight Willard, but Willard
urges him to "get a reputa-
tiOn."
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Original "Tip" O'NeiIl
Dies of Heart Disease

MONTREAL, Jan. III. e. Tip
O'Neill. once a star outfelder in st.
Louis under the management Of Charlie
Comiskey, the present owner of the Chi
cago White Sox. is dead here. He sue
cumbed to an attack Of heart disease
yesterday while in a street car. He re-
tired from active playing in 1894 and
was about fifty-eight years old at his
death.
O'Neill was the original Tip" and
since hi slime almost every player of
the same name has been called "Tip." ="
He Joined the old st. Louis Browns as
pitcher, but was soon sent to the out
field where he rapidly became a star of
the FIRST rank. With Welch and Nc
Carthy, he made up the best outheld
trio in the game. He was a heavy hit
ter and a great base runner. He hit
for more than 800 for seven straight
years, from 1885 to 1891. reaching .ls2 in
Since his retirement O'Neill has been
acting a 5 a scout for the Chicago White
SoX, following a short trial as an UNI
pire,
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Hans Wagner Last One
OF Great InfeLderS
Tommy Leach Managed to Stick to Old Pirate Craft
Until 1912, When He Left-Kitty Bransfield
and Claude Richie Made the Quartet

when Barney Dreyfuss transferred
the National League club to Pittsburgh
In 1900 ne took with him fourteen
players, of whom eleven were retained
during that season.
These were Fred Clarke. Honus
Wagner, Claude Ritchey, Deacon
Philippe, Tommy Leach, Rube Wad-
dell. Pat Flaherty, Charley thinner,
Walter Woods. Tom Massitt and Cliff
Latimer. These ex-Colonels formed the
nucleus of one OF the greatest ball
clubs In history.
In their first year in the Smoky City
the Kentuckians finished second. and
for three straight years after that they.
with thd sslstance of some new blood.
copped the National League bunting. -.
Prior to the Kentucky invasion ot
Pittsburgh the Pirates had been a very
humble crew Under Connie Mack in
1895 they finished seventh, and sixth the
following year. They finished eighth
with Pat Donovan as pilot in 1897. and
in the same place with Watkins in
charge in 1898. The Corsairs were
Job and Pat Donovan again assumed
the helm.
The coming Of Fred Clarke as mana
Ger. with his doughty crew OF Colonels,
gave the club a new lease Of life. Honus
Wagner was. of course. the life OF the
party. but he had some great associates.
and far from being the least of thom
was Claude Ritchey.
Ritchey was born at Emieton. Pa.
October 5. 1873. and broke into the big
leagues with the Cincinnati Teds in
1897 The following year he Joined the
Louisville Colonels. and when Dreyfuss
transferred his activities to the Smoky
City. in 1900. Ritehey followed the pro-
cesRion,
Johnny Evers. Eddie Collins. and other
stars OF the keystone bag in this day Of
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
ANOTHER ROOKIE IS
SIGNED FOR GRIFFS
Parks, Semi-Pro From Atlanta,
will Receive Trial in the
InfieId.

Frank Parks. a semi-pro. inielder
from Atlanta. Ca. Is the latest to sign
a Washington contract. He will re-
port somewhere in the South" for a
trial under the eye OF the Old Fox next
spring.
on information from Otto Jordan. the
former big Lacquer, Manager Griffith
has decided to gave Parks a chance TO
show his class. Jordan believes that,
while the youngster is very green. he
is certain to develop into a big show
old. The Atlanta lad Is twenty years
old, weighs l6O pounds. and stands s
feet 10 inches.
The latest Griffman was with the
Dothan club, in the Florida alabama
Georgia League, last year. hitting close
to 800
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

has picked up several promising lads
The success OF the Griffmen will hanp
largely on the performances under fire
OF such lads as Jameson, Harper, Bar.
ber, Judge. and Dumont. There are
Just enough veterans to leaven the
whole and major league work on the
part OF the newcomers should make q
contender of the Washington club.
Give the Yankees only three or four
new men OF large league caliber, and
Bill Donovan may carry his smile down
to the very end, There are signs IN
the skies, too, that this additional
strength will be received.
Only when you come to the Mackmen
and Indians does the situation seem
gloomy. Unless the Mackmen meet with
miraculous luck. they seem doomed for
the cellar again in 1915, despite all the
craftiness of Connie and Ira. The
Of being Of major league caliber, though
in Steve O'Neill, Graney, Morton. Mitch
ell. and Ray Chapman they have play
ers the equal OF the best. II Cleveland
as is rumored, the team may make II
hard for all real contenders. II Con-
ME Mack's kids come through-and II
is possibility-the Athletics may dis
turb the equanimity Of many others.
In any case, Ban Johnson is right
when he forecasts an alright race FOR
1916. All ante-season dope points TO
Just such a thing. Only when the hot
days come will we know how the dope
pans out.
Barney Dreyfuss. one Of the central
figures in the peace negotiations. was
asked the other day II he would con-
slider it justice II all the Federal
League players were taken into the
fold and some Of them won away places
from players who had remained 10y
al to organized baseball"
Don't go too strong on that word
loyalty reJoined the wee leader OF
Ghe Pirates. LAS a fact. some of the
players who are classed as loyal simply
made the. right guess. Their loyalty
was merely a matter Of policy. They
they not been able to hold up their or
ganized baseball employers for more
money than even the Feds offered -
Barney has said a whole mouthfuI
right here.
Baltimore occupies a most unenviabls
position. In 1914. Jack Dunn gave the
oriole fans their best team since the
days of McGraw, Keller, Kelly. and
Jennings. They passed It up to sup
port the Feds. The. Feds have now
passed up Baltimore, leaving 1t high
and dry.
With the Cleveland club in financial
diniculties, every efort Is being made
70 obtain home support for the indians.
lI II cannot be found, outside capital
Will be sought Baltimore claims ID
nave men willing TO purchase the club,
insisting only that the franchise De
transferred from Cleveland 20 the Mon
umental City. They may be welcome
10 buy the Indians and keep them IN
cleveland, but the American League
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

declines to consider replacing Cleveland
with Baltimore.
Baltimore may have a. baseball team
next summer, but II will be in The In
!stIi !Lernauonal League. the same that ex-
Dunn may remain in Richmond but
plans are said to be under wav n
transIer the Jersey City franchise Ia
5altlnore. For a city that dreamed
n1rtn S OF major league glory. Balti-
more Is being handed a tough medi-
cine In Just punishment for failing 70
support Dunn'S club and Hooking 10 the
Feds before they had proved their
q, Remember those violent uniforms the
Giants sported a few years ago. And
then those black ones i'm the world 3
series with Frank Bakers resoundinR
homers! Wen, Johnny McGraw Is 90.
ing 10 startle National League rsnS
hsaln IN the coming campaign. At
nome the white uniform will he so
treated with red and black stripes a.
20 give plaid effect. The stocBines will
%, DS OF dark blue, with a white stripe
on the road a light gray uniform viii
also show this plaid efrect with red
ana black stripes deftly woven in thS
texture while the blue stockings will
nave nNs pand or dark red instead of
Enite' G Nothing is too guady for Nc.
Just before the recent peace meetinR
Fred Mollwitz. the Reds first basenan,
sent word to Garry Hermann that he
wanted a large raise before aEreeinR to
play next season. That was before the
recent peace meeting.
The real value of Walter johnson IN
the Grinmen is shown by the number
OF complete games he pitched last sea
SON. He had no less than thIrty-five
complete contests. After him come
Boehling and Gallia. with fourteen
apiece. To discover that GaIlia pitched
no more complete games than did
Boehling Is a bit of a surprise. Ayers
is fourth. with eight complete contests,
Inc big fellow from Hlllsville acted
more as a relief hurler than anything
else last year. Jim Shaw pitched seven
complete games. Harper Ave. Dumont
three. and Rice one. EnEel and Bentley
never managed to finish a single one OF
their games
The first chirp OF returning prosperIty
comes from the Western Association. a
Class ID circuit. in announcing an i'm
crease of its salary limit 500 a month
over the regular limit OF 81 200 for teams
IN that class. The league officials be-
lieve itself capable of paying this extra
amount because its cities are larger
and more prosperous than those usually
found In that ranking.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
HI and Mercy May Cleveland Suffer Salary Cut
First 1916 Clash
Is Staged Today

PASADENA, CAL, Jan. The
first football game Of 1915
will be played here today,
Brown University, Of Provi-
dence, r. l., facing Washing
ton State.
The Fasteners have been here
for several days, working out
easily to be ready for the con-
test, and are said to be in per
feet condition. There is little
betting, but Brown is a slight
favorite.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Three Champions Hustle
In Ring Today for Coin

Three champions are today boxing
for coin. rather thar for glory.
lightweight titleholder. faces Frankie
Whitney, cOnquerer of Ad WoIgast.
At Cincinnati Johnny l<ilbane, feath-
er-weight champion, takes on Ritchie
Mitchell.
At Brooklyn Al Mccoy battles young
Ahearn.
A near-champion. Ted Lewis, winner
over Willie Kitchie. faces Kayo Bren-
nan at Buffalo.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
TODAYS SPORTORIAI
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.


players and fans the peace hope coming
season will be better than BEFORE that all uarreng
the pipe After all said and
lis good baseball Give quarres appeals law
hereby offered to President
Minor Manager Griffith, and the fans
Hak IT, after reading you don't come to the conclusion
that something radically Page-we you WILL that's
all. Here it is
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with the ,ss exception ;s Of few hours the
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continued inerelegiate baseball college
ticaly impossible Continue It on an amateur basis
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cant dispute ponbank what Prof Paige but it is certainly
ridiculous for him sweeping about the caber
the average big Lacquer The father of big should
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The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Martin for Rhoades.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. lack Mar
tin. the Phillies' shortstop, has been
traded to Milwaukee for DUSTY
Rhoades. a pitcher. Martin was with
recalled by the Phillies for a trial.
Rnoaoes Is a young right-hander. OBJ
tained by the Brewers from the North
ern League.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

the scene the chariot moves away. The
rules state the golfer must play the ball
from the place where IL stopped. But
the place has moved What is the golf.
er to do? Order back the machine?
Here is another Higgins question-and
a humorous Higgins answer:
"One rule states that loose imped-
iments on the putting-green may be
lifted, and then goes on to prohibit
touching the ground between the ball
and the cup. If one wants to remove a
the ball. how is he to do so without
touching the ground? Answer. Borrow
a hat pin from some lady, and pick the
match up with the PIN"
'If a lady. when playing, is unfor-
tunate enough to have the bali lodge in
a tree. must she shin up the tree trunk
or may she have the use Of a step-lad-
der to enable her to reach the spot
where the ball lodGed?" asks Higgins.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Washington Soccerites
Play Exhibition Today

'Washlngton's soccer enthusiasts will
have a chance today TO see their heroes
In action. The Washington team will
play an exhibition contest against the
West End ROBBERS at Potomac Park,
Seventeenth and r streets northwest
The game starts at 3 O'Clock.
Tomorrow the Washington club plays
81. Elizabeth's College at Potomac
Park.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Business Gets Busy.

Tonight at the Y. NJ. c. A. the busi-
ness High second quint will tackle the
" boys fve, the game starting at 5
o'clock sharp. Business will have Mil
Ter and Lawrence. guards: Macdonald
a. center. and Tobes and 0lessner play
ing forwards.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

Just what the Grlnmen will do is a
cOnundrum, hut the outlook Is good.
Manager G'.fhth, pursuing his policy
e building up MS club with youngst ers.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

"Reb" Russell. the White SoN south
paw, has been caught in the jam. and
is unsigned for 1916 1t Is said that his
fat figures of the past two years will
he slashed severely before he climbs
into a uniform again.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

= Ban Johnson rtN:ses TO allow tho
scheduled meeting of the National Com
to be delayed and so 1t will be
held in Cincinnati Monday. johnson in
sists that no delays should be permit
ted to interfere with a rapid ending OF
the present untoward conditions of
baseball.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-18
THE. WEEKS VAUDEVILLE

Ruth Roye, vaudeville's youngest
singing comedenne, will headline at the
Colonial. Miss Roye played at the
Palace for seven consecutive weeks last
summer, where she was awarded a
handsome silver cup twas there ever
silver cup that wasn't handsome? p
and was heralded to the world as "The
Princess of Ragtime." She has been
carefully groomed for a week Of syn
copated warbling, and the only thing
that won't be raggy will be her ward
robe.
Minnie Dupree, sponsored by Joseph
Hart, will return TO the two-a-day in a
one-act sketch called The Girl Across
the Street." farce by Donald Mac
Laren.
Other diversion will be furnished by
Milt Collins, Stan Stanley, the Cats
brothers, humorous dancers; the
Jordan girls, Woolf & Stewart, and
King & Harvey.
Among the acts at the Royal for the
coming week are "The New Producer" +"
"The Sculptor's Dream" mythology
cal comedy enacted by the Keith
Bronx Stock Company; Marshall Mont
gomery, ventriloquist; Ronair, Ward
g. Farron and George VI. Rosenor.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-18

COMEDY The Washington Square
Players, in a quartet Of their most
popular one-act plays. They include
The Clod," a gripping drama;
"Helena's Husband" probably the
most humorous one-act play OF the
year; "Pierre Patelin," dating back
to the fifteenth century, and "The
Honorable Lover"
GAMBLER Justice" John Galswor-
thys great tragedy Of prison life.
The only drama now left on or near
Broadway, and the one great, big
production of the year.
Boomerang" goes on.
HUDSON-"The Cinderella Man." de-
lghtful romance. with & back
ground Of real common sense. The
Cinderella legend retold.
ELTINGE- and Warmer" Avery
Hopwood's lsugh-eompelling farce.
MAXINE ELLIOTT-"A Lady's Name"
an English farce comedy by the au-
thor Of "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
Humorous all the way, and having
New-York tribune., 1916-06-18

4 RENE FRANKLIN and Burton Green
l. and George White and Lucille Cav
anaugh will divide headline honors at
the Palace this week.
Miss Franklin will grace the occasion
with her usual assortment of character
songs, and Mr.. Green will oblige at the
piano.
Lucille Cavanaugh and George White,
late dancing stars Of the "Follies," will
offer the first vaudeville act to boast
back drop from the now famous brush
of Josef Urban This couple display
an extremely facile brand of footwork,
and as a particular favor will include
their version of "Walkin' the Dog" in
the weeks programme.
An exciting scene from an automo-
bile factory will be the nucleus Of a
new act, In which Loney Haskell will
introduce Twelve Speed Mechanics" in
an assembling contest. Two cars are
taken to pieces, down to the minutest
part, and laid out upon the stage. A.
signal six mechanics start work upon
each heap in opposition and begin as
sembling the machines. The entire
car, ready to run of the stage, is some
times assembled in less than six min
utes. Joe Long Feather is the master
mechanic in charge of the auto experts,
who are the fastest working mechanics
in America and all products Of a merci-
less efficiency system. Intimate friends
and relatives admit that these men are
monarchs Of the monkey wrench and
kings Of the carburetor.
Theodore Koslof, Vlasta Maslova and
the Russian ballet have been retained
for third week.
Others on the bill will be Harry
Green and company in Aaron Hof-
mans comedy playlet, "The Cherry
Tree; White and Clayton, AL Herman
and Nat Navarro and company.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-18
WHERE AND WHY PLAYS CONTINUE.

the additional advantage Ct MANS
Tempest's presence.
HARRIS Cohan's "HIt-the-Trail HOLLY
day" dramatization Of Billy sun
day. Speedy and true 20 Conan .
NEW AMSTERDAM Mr. Flo zieefehs
annual 'Follies," more gorgeous arc
with more handsome girls than e'e'
In fact. the production is so GoF
geous that it is almost possible I"
forget the insne book.
AsTOR The "Cohan Revue sparknns
from cover 70 cover.
CAsINO-"Very Good Eddie" wnlen
will have no difficulty In remainins
for the summer
LYRIC-The tlnkling "Katinka." I
sHUBERT-"step This Way" With tAs
highly humorous Lew Fields >
zippy rewrite Of The Girl Bemns
the Counter"
CORT Molly o." not untuneful'
ATOP THE NEW AMsTERnAM-'rne
Midnight Frolic,' a bigger and osV
ter show than ever. -
New-York tribune., 1916-06-18
Just One This Week

THE PASSING OF 1916" the Winter Garden Thursday night
review the Garden, being Of the
comedies There being much dstne
timely Incidents characters and so forth
The production prologue two acts and fourteen Hsr
old Adge lyrics, Smund RmbeV
Mozan the j. c. Huffman has staged the
tace while Allen X Foster responsible for the musical numbers
the ballet
The large includes well known players and few not
WELL complete being foow Ed Wynn Florence Moore
Mack Fred Walton, William Pbret
Tmbg and Darling, Huey and Boyle Dolly Hackst
George Baldwin Ford Saranof James Cemon Ra
Hoban, Ma-Bel Bert Jay Brennan Dorothy Wall
Jackson Violin Beauties Augusta Dean BLY, Brown Billie
Godfrey Countess Thamara Swirskaia
considerable enough be termed would done
made of the magnificent chorus recruited from
shows which have just closed
regular Winter Garden variety girls