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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05

OUR LEADING CLUBS
Moulders of Public Opinion and
Assembling Places for Citi-
Gems in This City.

Following are the locations Of the
leading self-sustaining clubs Of Chi
caso:
Apollo Club. 202 8. Michigan ave.
Bohemia Club-3659 Douglas boule-
ward.
Builders. 412.4ls Chamber Of Con.
merce building.
Calumet, Michigan ave and goth sS
Caxton. Tenth floor. Fine Arts bldg.
Chicago Athletic Association, II Q.
Michigan ave-
Chicago Architectural. Art Insti.
tute.
Chicago Automobile. s21 Plymouth
court
Chicago Club. Michigan ave. and
Van Buren, street.
Chicago Cycling. 1915. 81 East vaa
Buren, street.
Chicago Ltotor Club. 1850 South
Michigan avenue.
Chicago Yacht, foot Of Monroe st
City Club, 315 Plymouth court
CliR Dwellers. 216 9. Michigan ave.
Colonial Club Of Chicago. llls
Grand boulevard.
Columbia Yacht foot Of Randolph
street.
Elks, Grand Pacific Hotel item.
porary), pending completion Of new
club house at ia West Washington
street.
Englewood. 1929 Harvard svenua
Edgewater Country. 665s Winthrop
avenue.
Farrgut Yacht Club. foot of $50 st
Germania Maennerchor. 100 Germs,
mia place.
Hamilton. 20 8. Dearborn st.
Illinois Athletic. liz 8. Michigan
avenue.
Irish Fellowship Club. Ia Sale Hs
tel
Iroquois. 81 N. La Sale st
Illinois. 113 8. Ashland boulevard.
Jefferson, Dearborn ave. and Maple
street.
Kenwood. Lake ave- and 47th st
Kenwood Country. Drexel boule
ward and 4Sth street.
Midday. First National Bank BLDG,
18th floor
Oaks. Lake st. and Waller ave.
fress Cub OF Chicago, City Hall
Square Building.
Quadrangle. Lexington avenue anI
6sth street.
Rotary. 80 South Dearborn st.
Saddle and Cycle. Sheridan Road
and Foster avenue.
South Shore Country. lake shore
and 67th street.
Southern, 26 N. Dearborn street
Speedway Park Club. 40 8. Dear.
born street.
Standard. Michigan ave. and a(th
street
Swedish Club OF Chicago, 1888 Ia
Sale avenue.
Twentieth Century. 22l6 Michigan
avenue.
Union League. Jackson boulevard
and Federal street
University, Michigan avenue snd
Monroe street.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05
MINORS IN BIG MOVE.
Plan to Withdraw From National
Association by Class IA.
international, American Association
and Pacific Coast Organizations
DissatisHed-To BE Brought
Up at Next Meeting.

tBy JACK vEIoCK, International News
Sports EditorJ
o. w. Wathen, president of the Lou
isville American Association club and
vice president of the league, expressed
the sentiment of the three big minor
leagues recently when he said plans
are being made for n withdrawal from
the National association by class IA
leagues.
For number of years the three big
minor leagues-the international, Pa
cific Coast and the American Associa-
tiOn-havc been the minority faction
in the national organization. Last fall.
for the first time. they succeeded In
dominating the annual meeting of the
minor leagues at New Orleans. They
managed to secure n resolution on the
part Of the association asking for a
change In the draft rules and the sup
port the move received was real
surprise.
But the three big minors are not
satisfied. They feel that they should
be permitted to withdraw as active
members of the National association.
They would like to be recognized as
n third party to the national agree.
ment, for they feel that the affairs
Of their leagues are of no vital in
terest to the smaller minors and they
believe they could conduct their bust
ness to II much better advantage on
the outside.
President Edward Barrow of the
international League has admitted
that such a plan Is on foot, and he
intimates that II will be brought up
mt the next meeting of the national
association, which Is to be held In
Louisville next November.
The plan being worked out by the
big minors is expected to receive the
support Of the national commission,
for 1t will In no way interfere with
the smaller minors, and It will not
affect the major leagues in any way.
Glass IA owners feel they should
be set apart from the smaller leagues,
because they are In n distinct class
by themselves. Furthermore, the
vast amount Of business In which
the many small leagues are inter-
ested has little or no interest for IA
owners, except In n very few cases
where there Is n controversy over
players. Many of these cases are
threshed out between the owners
themselves.
The new move of the big minors
Is In no way an attempt to cut loose
from the protecting wing Of organ
lied baseball. They merely feel that
they, us distinct branch of the M.
tional game, should be permitted 10
form an organization of their own
and operate under the laws of or
ganizcd baseball In the same manner
rs the National Association does al
present.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05
Y 6SizEG %G%e

Big JEFF Tesreau has rounded to
form.
Evidently the Georgia Peach be-
lieyes in spiked neutrality.
Rube Benton Is the most backward
pitcher on the Giant staff.
Steve Yerkes has been turned over
to indianapolis by the Cubs.
The American league race Is over.
Comiskey has picked Il winner.
Hans Wagner would make great
sheriff. He would be there In pinch.
The Indians will bear watching If
Smokey Joe Wood Is as good us he
was In 1912.
If Connie Mack wants to get rid of
Anos Strunk he will have no trouble
in getting bids.
Walter johnson Is cattle fancler
and looks over the purebreds ut ev-
cry opportunity.
One difference between baseball and
war Is that war does not have to is
sue rain checks.
According to all reports, linn Beck
obtained by Milwaukee from the Car
dinals, is playing bang-up game.
The American league clubs are so
evenly matched it looks like Col. If
will be the deciding factor In the race.
The Athletics are greatly improved
lar there's no telling where they might
finish.
Sam Rice started his professional
career as pitcher, coming to the Ma
tionals as twirler from the Virginia
league.
Manager Rowland feels that his out
fit OF White SoN this year has n little
better than an even chance to win
the flag.
Big Jim Vaughan has made up his
mind to make record this year. He
Is In the best shape he ever was at
the start of the campaign.
Leslie Mann is the champion whistler
of the National league. He whistles
all the time, except when he Is asleep
or has his mouth full of food.
Lee Magee Is doing much better for
the Yanks this year than last. OF
the players on the club he has i'm.
proved most over the work now rec.
orded with 1916's history.
The reason for Brick Eldfeds re-
lease may be ascribed to desire of
President COmiskey to send this speed
merchant where he will develop by be-
ing regularly in the game.
New players, new managers and q
determined fighting spirit among clul
leaders are the things, President
Hickey believes, that will make the
| pennant struggle one of the hardest
In the history Of the American asso
citation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05

Pat Moran Is confident that his Phil
lies will capture the pennant this year,
although Pat does not say so In ms
many words. Morans men are in ex.
cellent shape and start the season in
as good u condition us any other COM
bination In Mr.. Tener's circuit.
The team started with the pitching
staff composed of Alexander, RiXcy,
Lavender, Mayer, Oeschger, Fittery
and Fortune. Besides Lavender. this
means that only Fittery and Fortune,
of the young pitchers, have won the
complete confidence of Moran.
The Phil boss will probably attach
strings To all of the pitchers who may
make II good showing and are likely to
be Of service in case of accident.
MOran's outiield problems have not
been settled. The Illness of Walker,
who was unable to get in uniform for
several days because of tonsil trouble
was II blow to Moran. Ernie looks like
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05
BASEBALL MOTIFS

EMPIRES 90 South to take the ragged
edges Off their decisions.
Bert Gallia will likely be Il scientific
farmer when his baseball days are
over.
Price of shoes has gone up. 80 the
Pirates are trying To fill Hans Wag.
ner's.
Harry Harper served four years rs
Il Boy Scout and Is II great advocate
of the movement.
The White SoX have been picked by
a majority of the critics of the country
to win the pennant.
st. Louis turns out more ball play
ers and wins fewer pennants than any
city in the country.
Manager Griffith Is II "shnrk" NJ
playing bridge, but John Henry runs
him close second.
And when the ball players are put in
the ranks they should be even more
careful about hits and errors.
y y
Christy Mathewson says 1.-THE Giants
will be hard to beat" which Is more
than he could say of the Reds.
Ballplayers object to military train
into their poker games so terribly.
Slim Love Is the generous pitcher of
the Yankees. He passes batsmen 50
the fielders need not chase the ball.
With war ana the baseball season
starting almost simultaneously this
looks like an interesting summer,
The fans of Cleveland are more con-
fident that the Indians will be In the
race than they have ever been before.
"ToO many race track tips are spoil
ing Brooklyn's ball players" says Il
dispatch. Also emptying their peck
cts.
Roll call shows four McGraws I'm
sport. If the other three are like John
]. sport will be better for their COM
ing.
A young man named Ward Is play
ing shortstop for the Pirates, but he
does not expect to fill Hans Wagner's
shoes.
Funny thing, but who ever heard of
an office boy staying away from work
on account of the death of II grand
| father?
iris Speaker is the youngest men,
Der of family of eight, He has six
sisters and one brother but he Is the
big end of the family.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05

a hard hitter and brilliant chaser OF
fly balls. but illness has kept him of
the field and he has lost invaluable
hours of drilling.
Captain Luderus Is In prime condi-
ton and getting his hits In every game.
lie should be the same dependable
cleanup man that he was Il year ago.
Bancroft has been covering short with
his usual dash and brilliance. Byrne
has been playing his accustomed safe
and sane game at third.
Paskert Is just rs good as he ever
was. and Cooper, who will start the
season in right field, Is hitting the ball
hard. A few base hits In Philadelphia
will cause quiet Claude to gain the con-
fdence of the fans. With Moran's UNI
settled outiield, 1t Is going to be diff
cult to keep Crayath on the bench rs Il
pinch hitter, as Moran had planned to
do. Killefcr. Burns and Adams will dc
the catching again.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05
SHELL STOPPED GAME
German Goal Box" Tears Up
Base Line Right at Start.
American Gives Interesting Account Of
Baseball Games Played Back Of
Trenches--sh ortstop Wore
the Only Mask.

The following Is u story of ball
game behind the first line trenches ut
the SOmme, as told by A. g. Empey of
New York:
an the trenches we eagerly awaited
the result of our appeal. A few weeks
later Santa Claus arrived in the shape
of the trench postman,' who, in surly
tone. stated:
"'Say, Yank, there's about million
parcels at the orderly room for you.
All from America, too. You'd need
Timber to deliver them, and I hain't
no Timber, so you'd better get a couple
o. blokes to carry them in
"Those Tommies were just like hap
py kids, helping me to unwrap the diff
ferent parcels, eleven in all. There
was enough equipment for two teams.
81 Immediately got busy and organ.
lied baseball squad and my troubles
started. Talk about boneheads, those
Tommies were awful. After while l
managed to turn out pretty fair
bunch and we had several games be-
hind the lines.
"One day we had a game scheduled
with the Canadians. 1t was just below
Wipers Npres). All that morning we
had been busy getting the diamond
into shape for the game, and when we
had finished the result was o. X. The
bases were sand bags, and for home
plate q sniping plate was used. The
foul lines were of white tape. which Is
generally used as a guide back to your
own trenches while on bombing and
raiding parties In No Mans Land.
"About ten minutes before the sched-
uled start of the game German five
nine shell, or coal box plunked it.
self right on the base line between
first and home and exploded.
Earlier In the morning our first
baseman, u Wclshmnn, found I'm old
German hand grenade of the hair
brush variety. Being an ardent
! souvenir hunter. he proceeded to get
busy on that bomb with the point Of
his bayonet-wanted To see how the
detonator worked. The result of his
Investigation was right arm blown of
and no first bnseman. We filed in
with substitute. II was awful: he'd
chase runner right into the outfield
trying to touch him with the ball. We
lost that game by an overwhelming
score.
sour shortstop had bad habit OF
trying to stop hot grass eaters will
his foot-result, the ball would ciml
his leg and paint his eye blue, greer
and yellow. After losing two teeth ant
getting beautiful lamp he made q
'holler' to wear our only mask. | hat
to give In To him Che was II sergeant)
Just imagine II shortstop wearing {
mask: wouldn't II make you sick?
"Another great difficulty, just wher
you had man broken in so that h,
could cover II bag or play the outilelt
working or digging party woult
come along and said man would stop /
German bullet and 90 on the sick list
losing all interest In baseball. out o
the 33 Tommies originally In the squat
IL have been killed and II wounded.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05
JOHNSON PLAYS FIRST GAME
Washington Speed Demon Received
Magnificent Sum Of So for Pirch-
ing-Cost Him 81.

81 lost money instead of making II
when pitched my first game Of ball.
I had been trying to get Il job every
where and was delighted when ! got
telegram from the manager of II
club just outside Los Angeles, where
I was living then, telling me to be on
hand Saturday. He offered me two
dollars.
II went, all right. 1t was long,
dusty ride in II day coach, and
pitched the game. / won ii, too, and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05
MAX CAREY AS BALL LAWYER
OutfieIder Of Pittsburgh Pirates Dis
covers That Theory Is One Thing
and Practice Another.

Max Carey of the Pittsburgh Pr
rates, who first directed his career to-
ward preaching the Gospel, decided
during the past winter to add to his
ministerial studies Il course in law
rs it relates to baseball contracts. AS
n result he reached the conclusion
that the reserve clause was Il mere
scrap Of paper and he announced that
he was free agent from the Pitts
burg club. 1t mattered not that base
ball authorities Overruled him, Max
was sure of his finding. Finally, how
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05
KAUFF IN AMERICAN LEAGUE?
Manager Hugh Jennings Says Giant
outfielder Would Bat About $50
In johnson Circuit.

Hughie Jennings says Benny Kauff
would bat about $50 If in the American
league.
''Kauff was wise boy when he elect
ed to go with the Giants" says Hughie,
"There are dozen, or more, Outtlelders
in the American league who are far SUI.
perior to him. l could name any De.
trOit Outfielder, two on the Chicago
club, two with Cleveland, one with st
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05

Louis, one with Philadelphia, one with
Washington three with Boston and two
with New York who are superior to
him.
"Kauff Is not good hitter. He is a
fellow who stands up to the plate and
slams away at the ball. A wise pitcher
would have him In the hole all the
time. The pitching in the American
league Is admitted to be much better
than that served in the National; the
fielding Is also better"
Kauff says he would like to give the
American league whirl.
Benny has cut away from the notion
that he Is Ty Cobb's equal as a ball
player, but he still thinks he Is pretty
good.
I'D like to be in the American just
to see what could do" he says.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05

ever, he discovered that theory is one
thing and practice another. He waived
his claims to free agency and signed
a contract with Pittsburgh, reported
to the club and says all his energies
are being bent toward asserting his
claims to being one Of the star out
fielders of the game. 1t is well, for
each man must stick to his last and
Carey, all will agree, Is better ball
player than he is ball lawyer--even
better, we take 1t, on the diamond
than in the pulpit, for who ever would
have heard of the Reverend Max Ca
narius, while everybody knows and
admres Outfielder Max Carey.-Sport-
Ing News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05
IRIS A SPARK PLUG

They are calling iris Speaker
the spark plug of the Cleveland
Americans. Bobby Roth says
Speaker displays so much ginger
that he simply makes everybody
play better ball.
"The Improvement I have
shown since I played with Cleve-
land / owe to Speaker more
than anybody else" Bobby said.
"After watching him few min
utes you seem to say to yourself,
Get move on you, old boy"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05
FFFFFf'FffF'FF
MISS NO-HlT COLONY

No pitcher on the New York
Yankees has ever forced his way
into the no-hit colony in the ii
years that the team has been
represented in the American
league. In that time, however,
nine pitchers have wayered on
the ragged edge and have been
! denied II place in baseball's Hall
of Fame by one lone hit. Here
are the names of nine who came
so near and yet are still far:
Bill Wolfe, Jack Chesbro, Billy
Hogg, Al Orth, Joe Doyle, Joe
Lake, Louis BrOckett, Jack War
. hop and Russell Ford. Nine one
hit games also have been pitched
! against the New York Yankees,
and the men=whO held them in
: the hollow of their hand, meta
, phOrically speaking, We're Fred
Glade and Earl Hamilton of st.
, Louis, Addie Joss (2), Heine
Berger (2) and Guy Morton of
, Cleveland; Eddie CicOtte of Chi
tcago, Ray Bressler of Philadel-
! phia and Carl Cashion of Wash
ington.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05

when collected my two dollars was
the happiest kid In the country.
"That's why didn't worry over the
fact that my expenses from my home
to the ball park totaled more than four
dollars, while all l earned was two
dollars. 1t was my first professional
game"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-05

of
u
Dunn ickled with whole combination. We
have fine set of players and great harmony combined
Il
he u He looks the of
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-01
FARMERS SHORT COURS.
BEGIN JANUARY 81

Athens, January l.1The an
nual session of FARMERS Short|
Courses OF the Georgia State Col
lege OF Agriculture will run from
January 8 to January "A, -
This year boil weevil confere 81.
will be held each night during the
Short course, which are to be adj.
dressed by farmers who have
madSexN success growing cotton
undes Noll weevil conditions in
states Fest OF Georgia.
Specially low railroad fares
have been Rut into effect by the
railroads on account of the short
course and farmers conferences.
The ten days spent at Athens will
give a farmer the best of informa-
ton about growing cotton in spite
OF the boil weevil and the neces-
sary information about VARYING
tarm practices.
Two new courses are offered
this year, one for farm machinery
dealers, that they may know tn
best machinery to recommend FIX
changed farming conditions and
short course for farm women
touching home gardens, poultry
dairying and the like.
:. The Short Course is believed to
be the most important provision
for the future success Of Georgia
farmer that is offered in the state.
1t is free except for one dollar in
itiation fee and is open to all
farmers.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-01
MUCH BOOZE, IS FOUND
UNDER AUTO WRECK

Waycross, Dec. 30-An auto
mobile accident two miles north
OF here today was the means of
placing in Sheriff Pittman's
hands nearly 500 pints of whisky
and a wrecked machine. Three
occupants of the car, which turn
ed turtle when front tire blew
out, were injured, one probably
seriously, but friend following
closely in another car picked
them up and carried them away
before officers were aware of their
identity or the contraband nature
of the packages.
An Investigations being made
and little difficulty will be ex-
perienced i'll finding the owner of
the machine 1t came here from
Jacksonville, and was making 40
miles an hour when the accident
occurred.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-01
MRS. CASTLETON MEMBER
,OF HUSBANDS LAW FIRM

Atlanta, Ga, Ian. l.-"Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel NJ. Castleton, At
torneys-at-Law" is the sign which
might appropriately and truth
fully be painted on the frosted
glass of well-known law office
in this city, but not being dispos-
ed to violate the ethics OF their
profession by anything which
savors of advertising, the Castle
tons have simply hung out their
single as "Castleton and Castle
ton"
Mrs. Beatrice Castleton is not
actually the first woman to be
admitted to the bar in Fulton
county, but she was one of the
three who were first to be admit
ted after the legislature last sum-
mer passed an act permitting wo-
men to practice, and she is the
first to form a law partnership
with her husband.
She graduated from a local law
school in 1918 and Immediately
launched an agitation for the pas
sage of a law permitting women
to practice at the bar, being join
ed by other would-be Portals over
the state and by men of the bar
who could see no reason why wo-
men should not as we'll support
themselves in the role of lawyers
as i'll the roles of lawyers steno-
graphers.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-01
POLICE OF ATLANTA GOT
MANY TIGERS CHRISTMAS

Atlanta, Ga, an. Holiday
activities by the Atlanta police
department have rounded up the
largest and most variegated as
sortment OF blind tigers ever cor
raled at one time behind the bars
in the station house.
They range all the way frcn
negro women who cleverly at
tempted to conceal tightly sealed
bottles of liquor beneath week 5
washing i'll tubs full of water t.
fully equipped and we'll financed
tigers operating automobile pipe
lines to the nearest out-of-state
whisky supply station.
Recorder Johnson of police
court has been busy several days
trying blind tiger cases picked up
by the police during Christmas
and the aftermath, and without
exception has handed out severe
penalties to those convicted.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-01
REMAINS OF NEGRO IS
CLAIMED BY TWO WIVES

Atlanta, Ga, December 80
Solomon's famous problem Of the
two mothers claiming the same
child was simple matter COM
pared to the brair-racking puzzle
which confronts the management
of the Grady hospital Of this city.
What they want to know is
whether the first wife OF A. B.
Booker, negro who died in the
hospital, is entitled to his mortal
remains or whether they should
be placed in the hands of his sec
ond wife. Both of them claim
the right to bury him and collect
the insurance money, and both OF
them have retained the services
of negro undertakers to prepare
the corpse for interment.
Meanwhile, the hospital man
agement, who are not in the least
concerned about the matter ex-I
cept to avoid a troublesome
wrangle with the disputing wild
oWs are in quandary as to which
OF them is really entitled to per-
form the post mOrtem hOnors.