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Visiting members where you
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VAST VA STATE PREPARATION sIa. OF
t WnsstlIss James OHIO
Charleston Pat w. Tayior
End vice president, Princetons larry
Lowe, ard vice president. l4z1 E IT'D
rose ave, Huntingdon; !: n; fWTps M
Rogers sth vice president. Fairmornt.
OHIO VALLEY TRADES AND LABOR
AssEMBLY-M;ese1tss M, Eng ers ano
dent den sY Iouas steo1a aG Vice PEssiaent
Sonderman; treasurer Thomas Y.
sali = Wsiss Tr Siasnce Sonrtfee.
L. Cumberiidge. Il. y.z Hprger' n. .
Rauch.
LABOR Observation-Disclosures every Isl
and ard Sunday at Heinlein,s nall
Bridgeport. President. John J, s she es
CHAPLAIN, John Bright; Arbitration
Committed: H. H. Hudson. chairpan
and business agent; g.. A. PHI Phelps
smith, 1856 Noble St., Bellaire; guard,
Earl Corbett; Trustees: Andrew CRU
nellie, James Blinco, Alva Crozier.
BUILDING TRADES SECTION OF
Wheeling and. vicinity. Meets Ma
jority hall, 2nd and !th Th sss
care of Majority.
ALLIED PRINTING TRADES couN-
GIL
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No 41-Bellaire, Ohio - Meets last
Monday; Dollar Bank Building.
No. Martins Ferry. Ohio.
BOTTLE BLoWERs-Branch 7s. Glass
Bottle Blowers Association - Meets
hail. Fred W. Helm. secretary. 446l
Harrison street. Bellaire. Ohio.
Branch Wheeling 10ss 4th Saturday
ct o. ". T. 4 L. A. Secretary. John
r. Hinckley. 40 q. LIST st.
BREWERY WORKERS Local Union
No. 343, of Martins Ferry and Bell
aire. meets every second and fourth
Wsdnesda days. R,a 2 M H1,aT gTiSSepoPFt
Il. Reuther. Sec'y. sS4s Wilson St..
Wheeling.
BRICkLAYERs-No. l of W: W.. B. &
y. -
W. Of N. A. Meets every second and
Assembly Han william Eritz. Rrssi ,
sS n sssg las T csntsr S. Futon
@CAN WORKERS Organization. tWheel,
inE)-Meets LIST and Srd Fridays. 4Sd
and Jacob SITS.
CEMENT FIN1SHERS-Local No. .
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CARPENrERS-DIST COUNCIL
OHIO VALLEY-UniIed Brotherhood
Carpenters u Joinerg Of America,
On 0n' " s = = 1. . 4. hall md and lt6
M " sSnsssu asiness Pc AGENT & q. D. NicEsT-
WSssiins Local No, 1-Ioutsloe Menu
nss.s every Friday evening at o. v.
T. Q 2. A. hall. Recording secre-
tary. Victor e. Brinkman.
Meets Majority hall. and and srd
~ 81. WisslinG. ". We.
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&c., sss ~ o. = Msiis - sssa1sia. 8.
sni I'D wednesday. Ii Heinlein Blk
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lat and srd wednesday In schrsvs-
McCarty. Martins Ferry. Ohio.
MA erevs Local No. al1I-Mset. Lat
sssrstsly. Z. 4. Aart MN GROVE
; nRaYRoSHSn Looal 10. le0&-AEeetn fsf
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RoorofnrY W. ". Kern, HcHsch9n.
CIGAR MAKERS INTERNATIONAL.
UNION No. 49s-Secretary, I. F.
Helmbright. 1862 Main st,
coNDITCTORS. ORDER OF RAILROAD
mo. A Meets srd Sunday at O.,
ELECTRICAL WORKERS y. No.
I4i. Tuesdays. p. m; Executive
avenings' Electrical Workers hall,
SiS7T Market st. Nat. 1660-E Bell
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Always ask for the UNION Label
on all Job Printing. You may g4t il
e at Majority Company, lnteliigen
RN GER, West Va. Printing co. Reg.
san fster); Wheeling News Litho. Co
AAA Ohio Valley Litho. Co Eagle
5HJH Printing Co; Pan Handle Print
EEA ing Co., Billiard Printing House
NSE Charles Prayer, Louis Colmar
Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co,
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q e - 1872
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FOR SALE-Paper baler. Majority
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When buying meats. look for nls
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FOR RENT-Ofice room, with light.
heat. telephone, janitor and office
service. Cheap. 1906 Market.
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wANTED-Boy to begin with errand.
sand packages. Chance to learn office
work or trade. Majority Office.
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WANTED-Stenogr and book
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BUILDING TRADES SECTION OF
tority hail, End and 4th Thurs
dayS. Smith Calvert president; &c.,
Ezra Meeker, GOT w. Chapline.
care of Majority.
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McCLASKEY, Expert Cleaner 4 Dyer,
1885, 40 Chap1ino St. opposite Post
Once. Every telephone 10 . branch,
1l-7-1e
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WILHELWs RAKERY-Bakery and
GGo Go meet 3, Fresh ees Daily. II.
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W asst VA STATE FEDERATION OF
wheeling: James Z Pagley. secre-
Chsrleston; Pat, F Gathens; first Tt y Vice
End vice president, Princeton: Harry
Lowe, ard vice president, 1922 Prim-
rose ave, Huntington; j.. N. Furbee'
4th vice president, Wheeling; w. ~.
Rogers, tth vice president, Fairmont'
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FELSHEIM & sON-Meats. Webs and
Salts, Stall "a. 6 A. M. to IL A. M,
Nat. 1415X. Center Market, morn
ings, Stall A, Nat. 674-X 11-5-16
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BIcI MONT CENTRAL' TRADES AND
LABOR ASSEMBLY-Meet9 every lSt
and ard Sunday at Heinleins nan,
nan; vice president, Walter Smith;
Chaplain, John Bright; Arbitration
COMMITTEES: H. H. Hudson. cha a g s5
.Iohn kggerman; Secretary, VIM. M.
smith, 1856 Noble ST., Bellaire; guard,
Earl Corbett; Trustees: Andrew CRU
nellie, James Blinco, Alva Crozler.
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ALBERT OCHSENBEIN Dealer In
Fresh and Home Dressed Lamb. Stall
81. Open Wednesdays and Saturdays,
1O-S-15
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My Speciality is Cheese of Al Quality.
Home Made Sauer Kraut and Ketch-
up. JOE s. LINK. Stall I6. 1l-22-15
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FOR SALE-Lot of used gas pipe
Various sizes and. lengths.
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NAY SHOE CO. 1sOe-1S11 Market st
None but Good Shoes" Made b.
high grade. well paid labor. l-i1-is
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Your Patronage Solicited and appre-
ciated: G. HESS q SONS, 1921 & 1898
Market ST. 1910
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.oHio VALLEY TRADES AND LABOR
) : RESEMBLANCE P. M, 2nd and
4th Sundays, 1915 Market. Presl-
Wm. 6. Gilbert; Secretary Fred ".
Sonderman; Treasurer; THOMAS v.
Salisbury; Trustees: 4 i; Engllss11'
L. Cumberlidge. H. !. Burger. II. j.
Rauch.
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c. l.. McDERdOTT, Stall 1s-sanitary
Fresh Butter, Eggs. and Poultry. We
solicit your patronage. 1-41-1(
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c. CONNER. Stall 22-Butter, Eggs,
Poultry My speciality is Cheese. We
give you best for the money. 1O-18-15
The evening world., 1916-02-18
Defeat of DabneY
and Washburn
Tennis Surprise

Watson NJ. Washburn and Alfred
:. Dabney furnished the reversal yes
terday by being defeated in the Sec
ond round OF the championship
doubles in the national indoor lawn
tennis championship tournament on
tho board courts OF the Seventh
Regiment Arnory. The famous Har-
ward players, each OF whom has
achieved rating In the top ten OF
the country, fell before the siEzling
forehanders that came from the side
OF the net on which Arthur M. Lovl-
bond and DR.. William Rosenbaum
made their stand. The score was
I'll, Ga.
There were times when another up
set seemed imminent in the singles.
for Wylie c. Grant, five times holder
Of the title, narrowly averted defeat.
He had all he could do to Withstand
the elusive passing drives of Abra-
ham Bassford jr. 1t was stubborn
battle all the way to the end, Grant
winning his place in the semi final
| round at 6-S. 11--9, Go.
There was another surprising fel-
ture 70 tho match in which the CO.
lumbia pair, r. Il. Haines and An
ton Won Bernuth, took q set from
King Smith and Arthur 8. Cragin
The evening world., 1916-02-18

The Finn will not make the trip.
He said to-day that he has settled
down to business. intends 10 make
America his permanent homo and that
hereafter running will be a minor
consideration with him.
CAMBRIDGE, Macs. Feb. ie.-Er.
nest W. Soucy, end on the Harvard
football team of last year. said to-
day that no, had agreed to assist
DR.. Paul wilmington. a former Har-
ward athlete. in coaching tho eleven
at the University of Wisconsin next
fall, He added that no agreement
would be signed until after the close
OF the college year.
Nick oiannakopuios OF the Milirose A
A.. the Greek distance runner. who re-
Gently won the national cross. country
championship. Is In New York Hospital
where no was operated on for rupture
The physicians who attended him sale
yesterday that the athlete Is gettinl
week. They added that he will not bs
able to run again for several months
Nick Is one OF the best distance run
rerS IN America. He possesses plent,
Of speed and an abundance OF stamina
The evening world., 1916-02-18
Briefs of the Sport World

n,n,oma,,e eorrespondencs between
p,,, p'',,. ..,o,,on
and tho New York Central railroad stih
"a go,np on. according 10 Morton q.
Rogue, chairman OF the boaro o' o'e"
ards. He said yesterday that he expects
a. hoar FROM che raiIroad IN n day or
lo "ea. io' -, ,.,,a ,,,,,,
two Whether tho ahhuaI resa''u wiz
be rowed at Poughkeepsle or Ithaca de-
na,as soislv on TN. railroad. II Il will
49," 80 ,,a r,,nn,n, q, an observation
consent 10 the running OF a' oosoi N"'Io,, ,,,
train on July 1 or Juno 80 the race VIII
be rowed on the Hudson. a. Il has been
The evening world., 1916-02-18
|FISTIC NEWS
| AND GOSSIP
By John Pollock

,.Aa 49,, 49,, - -, ,.n
Aho'he' haru pio" hhs Just oeeh
dealt the coiored nshters IN this state.
1t was delivered by the state Athletic
Commission yestertlay when they voted
.. .uaI,., ,,e,,,. ~. D., -, ,r,.,,
-" 80 W" ''-'
Dwyer Accomplished the trick which win
'
Aeep '"o 'o'ofou "u.1e's tioh' h!e''hs
white men, their votes beating that CT
Chairman Wenck.
-
p. n'c'aH' VINO 70 Hass enc ns GhAH,-
pe1pp 'Ss. "'a 'e "~'H ~ a." riahA
81, 4, one promoter who bell He in paying his
WAY into all boxing shows, Tex bought a SIS
ho, ..at Cor the Ianssort Moy.y hattie. A, sspn
-" -. -, =
s 10 entened the garden he immdiateiy had
talk With Joe H1mphreys and engaged him as
n,,.,.I .n,ounrs. for the lhp fight
The evening world., 1916-02-18
Federal League Backers
Lost in Four Clubs Alone
Nearly $4,000, 900.

Enormous money! losses sus.
tained by tho principal hackers Of
the late Federal League are Just
beginning to come to light. Phil
Ball. now owner of the st. Louis
Americans. admits that his bank
roll was nicked to tho extent OF
y1S2. 900 while promoting . Fed
club in st. Louis. Ball says the
Wards dropped $3.50, 200 and Harry
Sinclair s200, 900 in tho unfortunate
baseball venture.
Charles weeghman, who came
In possession OF the Cubs as part
Of the peace terms. says that Gil
more got him In the Federal
League while they were playins a
game OF golf. Wecghman declares
he and his associates lost half n
million dollars backing a Chicago
Federal club just In the first year
alone. These losses don't include
what Edward Gwinner spent In
Pittsburgh and what the Balti-
more and Buffalo officials lost.
The evening world., 1916-02-18
PLANS UNDER WAY TO
MAKE SALISBURY LINKS
FAMILY COUNTRY CLUB.

A number OF prominent mon are
planning to lease tho Salisbury
links for a term OF years and call
the new organization the Midland
Country Club. A meeting was
held last night at Garden City.
Among those present were: Ralph
Peters, President OF the Long
Island Railroad; Mortimer NJ.
Buckner, prominent In tho New
York Trust Company: Arthur
Whitney, brother OF Howard +.
Whitney. Secrcta of the United
States Golf Association: Devereux
Emmett. the man who laid out the
Salisbury links; George Hubbell,
Harry Hollins, George Adams.
William NJ. Baldwin. Lawrence
Butler, A. r. Roadway. w. 8. Orr
and C. r. Turner.
Mr.. Hubbell said:
The idea Is 20 form q regular
family country club, embracing
not only golf but tennis courts and
clay bird shooting. Because the
Garden City Golf Club has always
Decn q mans organization. tho SO
clal side OF club life In this section
has been more or less neglected,
The Salisbury property. including
links and club house. contains ap-
proximately 120 acres, and It would
be possible for the new club to Sc
cure a long lease. For the present
at least the club house on the
property would be ample, though
il is not unlikely that eventually
We would either have to add on or
rCbuild."
The evening world., 1916-02-18
Do Some Excellent Roll.
ing in First Game, Winning
Their Lone Victory by Nine
Pins.
Schedule Ts-Nisht.
Bronx Palace st Eureka.

A IIrHOUGH Cofrey's st. Nicholas
n Inn bowlers won two out of
three games from the visiting
Metropolitans in The Evening World
three man amateur tournament last
night. they were forced to roll their
best. In the very first session the
visitors persisted in holding the lead
by just a few pins. and with Fried
enstein's strong finish took their lone
victory by only nine pins.
In the middle affair the St. Nicks
had to bowl O new high team score
for themselves to corral this session.
with Hamlin's 2ij and woodrow's 222
they pulled their total up TO 627. and
while the Nets were also coming
strong. they were unable to top this
record.
Tho last Ave frames OF the closing
game kept all tho bowling enthusiasts
present on edge. The Nets showed
the way up to this inning and were
forty timbers TO the good. The home
team started a rally. decreasing this
The evening world., 1916-02-18
$50 SchOOLbOys :.
In Meet MOndaY

More than $50 youngsters. repre-
sentlng all the leading high and pre-
paratory schools OF this city. will
compete IN the interscholastic IN
door games, held under the auspices
OF the Horace Mann School for boys
next Monday evening at tho Twenty
Second Regiment Armory. One Hun.
dred and Sixty-Eighth Street and
Broadway.
There will be twenty events, among
which will be a special medley relay
for the college championship.
The evening world., 1916-02-18
FEEBLE FABLES.

There was a youth. who. having
despaired of ever accumulating any
gratis gravy by sincere labor. deter
mined TO open a branch ONCE as q
champion pugilist. He was intensely
fond OF the thumpic art outside of
the humping. While he had no tor
minai facilities capable OF handling
heayy traffic in knuckles, he sure was
n four tracker In hauling the per-
centaxe. He was always willing 10
rive excursion rates and was ex-
ceedingly popular with the promoters,
hut the boys with the bevel-edgeoi
foreheads who paid the freight loved
him like a Turk loves ground glass IN
his porridge. After four years he
was signed to meet the champion Of
the works. While attempting 70,
fathom our youths retreating sys-l
tenn the champion walloped him in
the rear OF the skull. The shock ran
back along the champs arm and
fused his Jaw. Our hero was the now
Dictator.
MoRAL-RoME WASN'T BILKED
IN A DAY.
The Big -Four in football NEXT SEASON vii 10
the blssBt fur yoi ever lsmped. About thirty
seven.
An oarsman 10 tho only bird who
can oct anywhere backward.
Everybody knotos you can't I'M
scramble eggs. Neither can you
unsoup soup. There are a million
things you cdn't un.
There are somo eggs you can unicvainble. low.
ever. and they are ncst exgs.
The evening world., 1916-02-18
George CLANCY
Shades DeLaneY

CLEVELAND. o., Feb. l8.-aeorge
CLANCY OF Baltimore got what shade
there was in his ten-round battle
with Cal Delaney here last night
opening the professional boxing sea-
son in Cleveland. That margin. how
over, was ever so slight as the Cleve-
land lad put up great battle and
met the Maryland lad at his own
game OF rushing and intighting.
This was the third meeting between
the two. CLANCY getting the decisions
in tho other two. Delaney weighed
lS3. while CLANCY tipped the beam at
12S. Chaney was the aggressor
throughout and thus gained tho edge
The evening world., 1916-02-18
st. Nicks Haze Hard Time
Beating Metropolitan BOlULers

lead with each frame and went into
the ninth on even terms. The visitors
then weakened and the st. Nicks
grabbed their second victory by thir-
teen pins. The scores:
The evening world., 1916-02-18

oohlractors from Chicago.
-, =.
Co,. huppert told the cleveland
pcopie that ne would buy Chapman
rom them IL nc was on the market,
put thls was not taken or meant seri-
ousiy' rs u was very Wen known that
the star shortstop Ia the main de-
penuehec or that CLUB, which needs
puiiding up instead OF tearing apart.
The lank owners were very anx-
lous 10 nave baker come TO the meet
ing ana SHOW himself, but the home
run hitter preferred TO stay at his
iaIn IN maryland lie VIII not leave
go South two weeks from now.
Col Huppert has his signed con
tract however ana eShipited IL at
inc neeuns'
The evening world., 1916-02-18
BV BOzenian Bulger.

IF YOU care to arouse the ire OF two
i otherwise gentle natured gents
just ask Capt. Huston or Jacob
Rupert II there Ia any truth In the
report that a deal IN on by which
Fritz Maisel is TO be traded for Joe
Jackson.
II want to be obliging and az nice
as l can" said the Captain when the
subject was mentioned to him mt the
meeting. But won't stand for you
insulting my intelligence. l thought
you gave US credit for more sense.
Though We haven't been in baseball
long we are not fools"
"Just why all the lud'--ration?" we
asked.
why. we've Locn raking the coun-
try and have spent thousands OF dol
lars to build up a good ball club, and
then do you think we would sell the
best player We had to build a club
on? Not on your life. We wouldn't
trade Fritz Malxol for two Jacksons.
| ] guess those follows out in Chicago
I
crazy. At that, IL looks to mo as II
they sent 1t out as a feeler. No sane
man would make trade like that"
As the day wore on more inter-
viewers appeared and tho Captains
Indignation increased. And Col. Rup-
pert was right with him every step
by night the gang had stopped ''in-
suiting their intelligence" and calm
ness prevailed
An interested listener to these dis
cussions was Fritz Maisel himself. nc
small that he was not noticed in tho
crowd. But Fritzy was right In there
getting an earfull and having the
timo OF his life. He came all tn,
way from Baltimore rust to get line
on what the Yanks intend TO do with
him. Maisel Is probably as much In.
terested in the success OF the team
as arc the owners themselves.
Where would you prefer to play?'
j asked him.
81 want 20 play the outfield OF
nothing" he said. And don't yor
think l can't do It. either. I've playet
as many as twenty game In the out
field and haven't been hit on the heat
yet. No. they won't have TO put 4;
mask on me out there"
But there Is talk OF your playinJ
, s'Sohu w SHOii' ooulc OHt Suk
gested.
mot on your life." tho little fellow
insisted. "If Baker plays third Tn
going 10 play the outfield or nothing
Yes, and we are liable TO win that oil
peanut too.
Maisel is delighted with the pur
| chase OF Baker and with his chanc
OF playing the outfield. He realize
that he has got TO play great ball :
hold a job against such men as Higl
Hendryx, Miller, Gilhooloy and Mage,
but that Is the kind OF contest d
loves.
When the meeting was over. at
o'clock, Charles COmiskey OF u
White Sox came over and congratl
lated Capt. Huston on getting Bake
! He admitted that he would have Eor
. as high as $4,000 IL the former Atl
letic star had been put up to u
highest bidder.
r: The only problem the league n
The evening world., 1916-02-18

the leaders in the st. Nicholas Inn Indi-
vidual tournament. The contestants to-
night will be Miller. Thesis and Healy.
Smith and Bergman undoubtedly gave
Kid Hoffman and Bobbie Clarke too
large a handicap in their match at the
Bergman alleys last night. Including
totaied s.o2S against tf the formers @ 'i.s i.ssS
for the five games.
Inquiries are coming IN fast and thick
on the coming free headpin tournament
conducted annually by The Evening
World at the White Elephant academy.
Entry blanks will he ready in the course
of few DAYS.
The evening world., 1916-02-18

THE little flare up about the hard
bandages Benny Leonard Is
charged with having used on
Syracuse recalls the time when fight
erJ weren't particular about what
they 'siipped over" on an opponent.
The nimble brain OF Kid Mccoy
invented the most ingenious trick
known TO the ring. The Kid. In some
Of his old fights. fairly muffed his
hands IN soft lint bandages, the most
harmless Imaginable in appearance.
His opponents. examining them,
found them soft and pliable. like
down pillows. No objection at allt
But carefully concealed underneath
was q lot OF dry powdered plaster OF
paris. Just before pulling the gloves
on Mccoy deftly dipped his hands
into the pail. wetting the plaster and
Instantly pulling on the gloves. Then
he held his fists clenched for n mo-
ment while the plaster set, and was
knuckles under the five-ounco gloves
Some knockouts In those days.
Other fighters wrapped tea leaG
around their knuckles under tn,
bandages OF wrapped mp rows o.
pennies In the bandages. A late
and refined imitation of the McCo.
trick was the thorough busting o
the soft bandages In plaster OF paris
the gloves being put on In full viey
of the opponents watching seconds
The perspiration of the hands in
few rounds made the plaster set
surrounding the knuckles with
stone band.
The evening world., 1916-02-18

ready that they are a syndicate OF
contractors from Chicago.
The evening world., 1916-02-18
Capt. Huston Says He
Wouldn't Trade MuiseL
For 7LuO Joe JucksOns

Fritz Is interested Listener While Yank Owner Is Busy Deny
ing Report That He Is Planning Swap With White Sox, and
He Declares He Wants to Play 0uted or Nothing
The evening world., 1916-02-18

The only problem the league has
on It's hands now is the Cleveland
Club. Ban Johnston says lie win
announce the new owners In "A few
days. but II Is pretty well known al