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The Detroit times., 1917-05-07

SUPPORT
lessons
House COnferees Unite
Against Volunteer
Idea
BT ROBERT J. BENDER


tStaf CorrcSD9RGeHt CElted Press
WASHINGTON. May 7 That the
socallcd Roosevelt division amend
mcnt to thr conscription bill viii
not be favorable reported by house
and senate couforees on the measure
seemed certain this afternoon.
One member OF tho committee de-
clared the house conterees would
NOT accept The amendment and a
majority Of the senate conforees arc
opposed 10 f.
II the bul is reported out without
he amendment there vii be a
lively Geht on the floor Of the zen
ate. Senators Harding and Johnson
ere prepared 20 continue their strug
gle on The floor 10 get Roosevelt
into France With en army and they
appesr 10 have many of the senate
With them
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Au.o Eraeture. Man. slull.

Manuel Link. 5i. No ~ Brown.
pl. suffered a fractured skull early
Monday when he was struck by an
automobile driven by Chester Ryan.
$50 i1o Kendsllave.. at Grand River.
aee and Frstst Link was on his
uat to work Ho vas picked up by
RYAN and taken 10 Receiving hospt
cal where his condition was an
uouuced latter as critical August
harrington No. 3s5 Baggst died
sunday in Receiving hospital from
injuries suffered Friday, whom he
was struck by an automobile at
guchangn and Fiftecnth.sts Cor
cnor Parker viii conduct an in
guest
The Detroit times., 1917-05-07

BY HAROLD Y. WILCOX
NAVIN FIELD. May The
Tigers and indians finally got their
series under way this afternoon
after two postponements Weather
conditions were much the best since
opening day. Manager Foil sent
Jim Bagby TO the slab for Cleve-
land and he was opposed 20 Bo-
land The latter Is popularly sup
posed to be poison for Cleveland
and Bagby has a similar reputation
against Detroit The two clubs will
double-head Tuesday. starting a.
1:4b O'clock.
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advanced material costs mean aD ad
ditional s90.OOo.00o. provided proper
upkeep rs maintained
The S2l7.000 0o0 increase was
based on items which cannot be
stahly determined. while ihn roads
argued that they necd ruch new
rolling stocks, all of which is 81 10
100 per cent higher than O wear
ago
Five of fhe big eastern aystems es-
timated that even with tho desired
rate increases, they would sull be
behind the board" as a result % The
far higher operating costs.
The lines argued that despite tho
record 1916 not earnings. the net
earnings was but 6.35 per cent
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QUAKE Is FELT
IN ILLINOIS

ST. LOUIS, Mo. May IA dis
tlpct seismic tremor was felt in a
dazen Southern Illinois cities early
today With The exception of sew
eral broken windows in some of the
towns the earthquake shock did no
damage
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NEW TAX HITS
LOW INCOMES

WASHINGTON. May Incomes
n all Americans earning above
81 900 for single men and $4,000 for
married men are 20 do their BIZ to
wards raising 81 500 900 0ou Of tax
"a included In a revenue bill 20 be
reported tonight or tomorrow by
the house ways and means commit
tee.
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First Inning.

CJEVELAND--Graney opened with
q double 20 the left leld fence Chap
man sent him 20 third with sacri-
tcc bound TO Crawford. Speaker
scored ciraney with a sacrifice ny 20
Holman In deep center. Cobb was
under Guistos hy one run. one hit,
no error.
ROTT-Rush ilned a double to
center and went 20 third ON Young
sacrifice BaEby to Guisto. Bush
scored on Cobb's sacrifice hy To-
Speaker Neach walked and died
stealing q $~fi 20 Chapman. ono
rtt~
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BAKER LOOKS
FOR LONG WAR

CLEVELAND. May 7.-Secretary
OF War Baker. attending a Demo.
cratic caucus here today tpdicated
that no believes the war will be ~
long duration
This is only the beginning" he
said.
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BIZ WILLIAM PHTLLyP srMxg

~ WILLIAM FdtLL<-F hlMM8
(Sfdf Correspondent. Unstsd Prsss.,
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD. May T~--Anstxaisn
troops forged ahead @ mile intp up
German lines early today. A. ths
moment OF cabling this great hoas
In the German line is being snc
oessfuiiy msintainsd against an g.
emy oounternttncks.
The penetration % ths Gsumn
front thus achieved In around RAmnr
court.
The Australians began tnefr dfspv
az dawn Their whole sailant wn3
pushed forward, yard sitter yard, 30
the mile depth. IN the FACE OF yfo-
lent resistance The ttrrust caxrssd
them 20 the east Of a Village Rtnx
IN q northern direction from Risn-
court
Riencourt itself is tins hennasd
in BY British troops TO ghe wesi. ehs
east and the south
The Riencourt attack wss ss-pszt
Of a genera progressing moveuant
achieved on the right HanlC early 20
day More than 100 prisoners wers
Ia en
r1gewher. on - Brlnsh trupt
there were no melcc actions OF IN,
far,rv. hu, Al along the ine ar1iI
iery on both stdes wAs violently 60
tive
LONDON. Nav 7>-cohtfnuous
German counter since sstur-
dav ave FAILED 10 shake the Brit
ish grip on the H.ndsnburg tine
around rulleoourt and In the face
~ this unendlnE pressure the Brit.
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SWEDE WOMEN
IN HUNGER RIOTS
Police Stoned When House
wives Cannot Buy
Potatoes

STOCKHOLM Nav 7--serioas
hunger riots tooF place IN s-uck.
holm SATURDAY rhen women who
stood Ga irc fo buy pol atoes we're
informed thaf the supply was er-
hauFed Stones were thrown and
several policemen were injured and
several ~ me rioters were silently
wounded by blows fron tbs sabers
u The police.
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DAYS TEMPIeR Art REs.

Highest temperature this date In
the pnst "a yenrs 81 In 1895 lowest
~ in 1874.
one year ago today---HlRbest tenn
pernsurc. 70i lowest. 52t mean 6Ii
cienr weather.
Thr sun Scts Monday az 7:3s y.
und rises Tuesday at St9 a.
The moon rises Monday Mt sb4s o.
m.
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John Kondic. as. No 96 Sire-st,
WAS killed sunday night by a train
while walking on The Wabash rail
road tracks near Dearbornave The
body was removed 90 Che county
morguc-
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Seventh Inning.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

NrW fork. --,s- -...'',.ts ts...... ....V
Philadelphia .-.....-. ........ $50 2
batteries -MoEridRc and Nunama-
ker FHlkenburR and Schanc TIM
pire7-C Connolly and Mccormick
boston - 80 q .
Washington ..-........ .......n "a q
Batterte4-R Ruth and Thomas.
Johnson and Ainsurtth 1mpircs--
owens and Dinecu
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d: TRQ|T REGIMENT WI
=; =; HURRIED TO Franc |
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vtcinity--MSnday might
fair with frOSti Tuesday fairI con
tiuued c0OlJ moderate nOrtherly
winds.
Lower Mfrhfgan--Fnir With frost
Moray nights Tuesday fairt con-
tinuSd cool
Upper LnkeS-GentIe north md
northeast Winds fair Monday night
and Tuesday, continued cool.
IoNver Lakes-tientie 60 moderate
Winds partly cloudy Monday night
ana rUrsdaS3 continued cool.
.unn ~ ~, AL. IN 4 III ~ L.
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GERMAN BLOOD POURED
OUT IN Vain; MILE IS
GAINED BY AUSTRALIANS
Hindenburg Drives
Men Like Sheep to
Slaughter
POSITION NOW
is DESPERATE
Further Ally Gains
viii Force Retreat
to Belgium

PARIS, May 7.-T~enty-atns
thousand German soldiers have
been captured by French forces
sinee Gen. NivelIe's great drive
started April 10, the Frenoh Of
fetal statement announced On.
day.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-07

NEW YORK Three thousand
Russians In Carnegie ball staged o.
Wild demonstration when Dr B p.
shatzky declared no was authorized
by the Pefrogrsd government 20 an
nounce no separate peace possible +"
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U.S.. TRANSPORT UNIT TO
Be At FRONT WEDNESDAY

PARIS, May IA unit Of Americans who will be officially
classified fighting will begin work at the front We'd
nesday carrying munitions TO French fighters.
A. Patt Andrews. in charge of the American ambulance
corps made this announcement today.
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Second Inning.

CLFVEI4ANU- Rom lied % Nearh
Spencer speRred Warbvs r hunted Fowl
with one hand in sensational style
Turner singled o. center. O'Nct ffff
% Hcilman, No run one hit. no er-
roT.
DETROIT Heilman grounded 20
wamby Crawford singled 20 center.
Wit forced "a m Gufsto 20 Chapman
Spencer popped % chapman. No run.
one hft uD nrrp~
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Heilman'S Timely
Three-Bagger Sends
Veach and Bush Home
CIev. lev. | O @ 2 @ | o
Det. / @ @ O @ 2 @

was hit hy a pitched bali Roth stole
third Turned forced Wamby, Bush
20 Young Roth scored on the play.
% Nell flied 70 Voach one run. one
hfl, uu error.
TET ROfT- Bush walked Young
was called out. ON strikes cobb fled
& e. Spfsk,r ak {fog1e es4 siosled ts,I,6 ,S ls5t,
dropped a trInlr IN right ioil. scor-
ing BUSH and Neach BaEhy threw
out Crawford Two runs. two hits.
no error.
Seventh Inning.
CLEVELAND Young whipped out
BaRby Granev was out 20 Crawford
unassisted. Chapman foulcd 90 Craw-
ford NO run. no hlt. no error
DETROIT TURNER threw out Wit
Speaker ma de running catch OF
Spencer fly Burns batted for Bo-
land. Rurns safe oU Wamby's furI-
Bile Bush flied u RWmby. 10 run.
40 hlt. one error.
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Third Inning.

CLEVELAND -Baghy walked era
ney singled 10 right 4 nue play hy
Codd held Bagby 20 second Spencer
picked re rbv oT second. Bush taking
the throw Chapman fied 20 Heliman.
Graney died stealing Spencer 90
Young No run one hit no error
DETROIT R0iauG famed VAN 1v
pegged ont Bush. Young beat ou'
hunt. down the third base line Bag
by threw out Cobb No run ono hit
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WOMAN HELD IN
SCHREIBER CASE

Late Monday AFTERNOON the police
arrested Gladys Fell. 22 years old
in connection with The Staying OF
Schreiber, The woman ls The wife
oi Henry Fell. one Of the men
charged with the crime She. TOO.
Is registered on q charge ~ killing
the saloon man.
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Fourth Inning.

C1FNELAND--Sre was safe
an Bushs tumble Gutsto sacrificed
Boland 90 Crawford Roth was safe
at hrst on Boland's tumble speaker
took third Wamby bunted and
Speaker scored Roland didn't take
the ball and Vitt got ~ too late 20
get Speaker Turner hit ono 20 Rush
who tossed 20 second too late 10
catch wamby O'Neu forced Turner
Bush e. Young. Roth scored on tho
play Bagby hlsd 20 Veachh. Two
runs, two hits. two errors.
DETEOTT-Neach singled 20 right
Heiiman flied 10 Wamhy Crawford
hit into a double play Baghy o.
Chapman 20 Guisto. No run, one hit
-.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
philadelphia ..........,

Philadelphia .-...-..-.-..-+....
New NOrk -...... ....... o Q .
Batterie s--Lavender and Kiuifcr
TtsIeau and -Mrfarty l-mplres--
Et ron and QwEley.
Brooklyn .--.....-.-. .... q
Poeton ...... O. =
Batteries Smith ard Miller Ru-
drlph and Gowdy jmpires-O'DRy
and Braneheld.
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!. rsas ,sgss: Sss Ss'i bsS:s;. sss. s'sssss' .sss
The Detroit times., 1917-05-07

prtntIsG--tbe plain nest kind--thst
n rlght--Ttnes Job DePt.-nsin 4seo.
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pAHGs. NRy 7.--r. ". struby. -
Denver. Colo. An american ann
huiRnce corps worker, was today
awarded the French wnr cross
for hraVfrf.
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Sixth Inning.

CtsEvEI.ANI3-- -Cuisto- -a4sd r. Rssh
Roth doubled % left center Wanby
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Fifth Inning.

CLEvETsANTl- -Csrasay Was called
out on strikes -Chspman flied o.
Cobb Sneaker fouIed % Witt No
run no hit no error
uETRpfr-Nltf WAS stilt finNed nv
the flowers presented 20 him when
re came tn bat So struck cnt this
time Harhy threw out SPENCE.
Speaker got Boiands ~. M run no
MEf NO error
The Detroit times., 1917-05-07

Wsbash-RuHnio md Return sfQ,
on sale daily return limit - daVg
One-uRy fare ts Adv.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-07

Seventh Day Adventists have no
tlfied me war department tha, their
religion win not permit them 20
participate In The war bewsen The
United States and Germany.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-07
EGIBLE j.. tGITIMATE
/ IACONIC

Not an idle word In The Times
Not an eye-taSing line In The Times
lot a dollar.flchinu ad. In The Times
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
OMAR KHAYYAM
AND. HOURLESS TO
RACE TOMORROW

Laurel, Md. Oct 17-Omar Khay-
yam and Hourless have each taken
their dnal long distance trial for their
anatch af one and one-quarter miles,
to BE- decided on Thursday. track con-
ditioD6 agreeable. Honrless went over
Z slow track Sunday afternoon one
and one-quarter miles in 0:25, o:5o,
4f48f "a :4ss s2:1094. and finished as
fresh as daisy. Omar Khayyam
yesterday afternoon during racing
hours went one and one-uarter miles
in 0-24A, o:4s 4-5, 1:14A, 1.40 4-5,
1:0e SIS, and was as strong at the
dnzsh OF the trial as at the start The
course was much improved Monday
shin each colt performed as well as its
trainer expected it to. if not bet
An that Is now needed to put these
1xfo Krand three-year-old colts in the
very best Of condition for perhaps the
most even match that has ever been
made i'm turf history Is a short breeze
that each will receive preceding the
<est- Both Sam Hildreth and Richard
carmen, the trainers OF Hourless and
Omar Khayyam. respectively, stated
restarday afternoon that their charges
wsrs Is fit as their ability could make
them. and have no excuse to offer
Butwell, the contract rider for Mr.
+ Belmont, viii have the leg up on
4 Hourless, and In all probability, Bux-
ton VIII be astride the wonderful
4 Omar Khayyam-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
CORNELL LOSES IN
GREAT GAME TO
SOLDIERS ELEVEN

Ithaca, N. z, Oct. 1.-THE army
team of Syracuse defeated Cornell
yesterday by the score Of to o, be-
ing credited by the officials with a
touchdown in the last period al
though the play seemed an uncom-
pleted forward pass. The Syracuse
team outplayed Cornell during most
of the game.
In the last quarter the army after
series Of rushes by Art Wilson, the
old Yale captain, advanced from the
On the fourth down Wilson tossed a
forward pass over the scrimmage line
to Adams. Carey of Cornell knocked
the ball down as Adams was taking
it, but the army man recovered and
Umpire Unger, the only official known
to have seen the play, called it a
touchdown despite the vigorous OBJ
lection of Head Coach Sharpe, who
came out to the field and protested, a
rare thing for him to do.
There was little advantage be-
tween Syracuse and Cornell in the
first half, but in the third uarter
Wilson's rushing gave the soldiers an
advantage. Three forward passes by
Cornell, Hoffman to Co1vin, who
played brilliantly, were among the
features. The Cornell second team
had more pep than the varsity.
Farnum, the old Brown star;
Rausch of Wisconsin. Burke of Yer
mont, and Wilson. whose rushing
netted so yards. were the stars for
the soldiers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
MERGER LEAGUE IN
EAST AND WEST
TO BE ORGANIZED

Indianapolis, Oct. IA report
that within thirty days a new base
ball league will be formed, Including
in its circuit four American Associa-
ton cities aid four international lea
que cities, was revived in Indfanapo-
lis last night.
Authority for the report was Civ
en- as man high in the councils of
organized baseball"
It was further reported that six
baseball owners who will have teams
in the league. met In New York last
week and agreed on practically every
thing necessary to the new league.
The organization was delayed at that
time. it was said, in order that ar
arrangements could be, made to salts
fy claims of teams now in one or
the other league. which viii be, left
out under the proposed plan.
According to the report, Ed Bar
row, pow President of the Interna-
tiona1 League, will head the new lea
que. It is also said that he will
have powers almost as broad as those
of President Ban johnson of the Am
erfcan League. The cities talked OF
for the new circuit are indianapolis,
Columbus. Toledo. Louisville, of the
American Association, and Buffalo,
Toronto. Newark and Baltimore of
the International Lea que.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
JACK ROOT, ONE OF
FEW ROHEMIANS IN RING
WHO MADE REPUTATION

It was on Oct. II, 1900, that Jack
Root Knocked out Dick OsBrien in the
third round OF a bout at Chicago
Root, Bohemian, was top-notcher
among the mtddleweights in those
days, and afterwards fought Marvin
Fart for the heavyweight title.
OBrien, who lived in Lewiston, Me-.
was also a mighty good man, and
might have reached championship cal
ibre, If he had trained properly Dick
entered the ring that night with a bay
window, as usual, while Root was At
and fine Jacks superior condition
enabled him to take the lead from the
start, but the fight had not progressed
far when he grew overconfident.
The Maine lad awaited his chance,
and when 1t came he shot over a right
that sent the Bohemian down in a
heap. He struggled game1y to. get up,
but it seemed hopeless Finally he
succeeded, with only a fraction of a
second to spare. O'Brien, known as
the Butcher Boy" went in to finish
Jack, but the latter was willy. and man
aged, in spite of his groggy condition,
to get through the round. In the next
chapter Root was fully recovered and
out for revenge and he put over a
punch that sent O'Brien down 50 hard
that he didn't even try to get up.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
GIANTS LOST BECAUSE j,
THEY'RE ONE MAN TEAM

For the fourth time in five at
tempts under John McGraw the
Giants have lost a worlds series.
AS in most of their previous fail
ures the Giants were beaten, not
SO much through the power of the
opposition Aas through their falling
to pieces at critical stages.
This disastrous tendency of the
New York club is accounted for by
the fact that it is largely a one
man aggregation. The Giants are
John McGraw. He does all the
thinking for them and when they
are left to their own resources
their lack of training in working
their mental processes quickly and
on their own initiative leaves
them a prey to quicker nentalities
and men who have developed their
power to take speedy advantage of
their opponents mistakes. That
is not alone our conception of the
Giants big falling. 1t is, backed
up by man who once played I'M
der McGraw.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
YALE FRESHMEN
TO PLAY EXETER
AT THE YALE BOWL

h. NEW Haven. Oct 17one of the
most attractive football games Of the
local season viii be enacted ON Sat-
urJay when the husky Exeter forces
Invade the Yale bowl to clash with
the Hi freshmen This game has
aroused much interest on the Yale
nampus an the students know what to
expect when Exeter comes here
On account of their advantages In
weight the Exeter youths will enter
the contest top-heayy favorit9s The
Yale freshmen have one of the light
ct teams In years and it isia question
whether they win be able to stand of
thelr husky but less experienced OPP
ponents Exeter It will be recalled.
@as formerly coached by Tad Jones.
head OF the Yale football faculty.
The Yale freshmen have two other
important games besides the Exeter
. .snezEement. On NOV. II they go to
Cambridge to oppose Harvard and a
week later win clash with Princeton
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
ST. LOUIS FANS WENT
TO CHICAGO TO HONOR
OLD PAL COMISKEY
(sporting News.)

Some SO or more men of portly pro-
positions and prosperous mien, most of
them with their hair turning gray,
but all as sprightly as if in their teens
as they keyed up to the excitement
Of the battle, filed into Comiskeys
park and long before game time de-
monstrated their partisanship for the
Whit Sox, though they indicated quite
plainly that they were in strange sur
roundings at Corniskey Park. They
were not Chicagoens, as their badges
indicated.
est Louis?" queried some one as he
noted one Of their badges, asking a
question to which the answer was APP
parent enough. esssQuite a bunch of
you to make such a long trip he
added, wanting to start a converse
ton, probably.
yes" answered the man address
ed, well groomed citizen who look
ed as if life had been kind to him and
the years brief in spite Of his gray
hairs and eyeglasses.
YES" he repeated. I'VE come
quite long way, some OF us over the
space of nearly 80 years Some OF
us saw Commys team in a Worlds
Series in 1906, but some of as haven't
seen his team play for the big honors
since 1885,"
"Oh, yes" said the fnquiring fan
that was in the year Comiskey own
ed the st. Louis Browns"
'Was it," replied the gray haired
man somewhat sharply. and then he
said slowly, as if to impress a few
facts of baseball history:
"That was one Of the years, young
man, that Commy first biased for the
Browns and managed them. Doubt
less you remember that Commy was
some first baseman In his day"
Certainly" said the young man.
somewhat rebuked, everybody knows
what great first baseman he was
Everybody does not" said the old
er man only those who saw Com.
my play first base know what a grea1
| first baseman he was ats5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
" 7T7 - T7 - , IL ~ ---7a -
lack BARRY CAN
KEEP HIS JOB AS
RED SOX MANAGER

Neaus f6rkds Oct 4 u stories that
lack Barry would be displaced as
manager OF the Red Sox and that the
present owners were ready to sell out
THAR holdings were denied yesterday
bx' II n Frazee, president of the
Boston c1nb. A report had been cir
cr1afed that Dick Hob1itzen would
take Earryss place
Barry can remain manager of the
Red sox as long as he likes to hold
the job said Frazee- II fully recog-
nize the ability Of HoblttzelL but
newer Tor moment did entertain
anz Idea OF appointing him in Barry's
place AZ for my selling out all
c&n say 10 that I am in baseball to
4<ex> Boston has treated us right
and 7 hope to own the club for quite
some time to come"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
PLAYERS Get COIN AFTER
PROMISE OF NO EXHIBITIONS
Herzog and Collins Confer With National Commission Re
garding Holdup of Worlds Series Money.

uals or as a team, signed by every
man of both clubs It read as fol-
lows:
1--WE, the undersigned, hereby de-
clare and agree NOT to participate as
individuals or as a team in any game
after this day at Camp Mills"
This satisfied John K. Tener, Ban
Johnson and August Hermann. who
quickly agreed to accept the guaran-
tee and to release the $1,000 which
they had planned to hold in escrow
The ruling Of the commission was
made in the interests of the sport and
to prevent baseball being eheapened
by exhibitions below the standard
1t was a bit hard on Eddie Collins
and other members of the Chicago
team, who had been offered 10000 for
one game in Pennsylvania, but it was
considered necessary in view of abuses
in the past.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17

New York, Oct E.-Giants and
White sox will not have to wait until
Dec. l to spend or invest the full
amount of their WORLDS Series divi-
dends. The National Baseball Com
mission softened it's collective heart
yesterday, on an appeal from the
players, and decided not to withhold
$1,000 from each man for six weeks
as a guarantee of good behavior, so
far as transforming trips were con-
cerned.
Eddie Collins, captain of the White
Sox, and Charley Herzog, captain of
the Giants, went before the commits
sion yesterday morning as commit
tee OF the players, and protested
against the men being treated like so
many children.
They took with them a guarantee
against playing baseball as individ-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
DOC CRANDALL, FORMER
GIANT, DONE AT %

Otis Crandall, long the champion
pinch hitter of the big leagues. will
celebrate his 18th birthday today.
1tDoc,' started the 1916 season with
the st. Louis Americans, as relic Of
the Feds. but he couldn's pass muster
with Fielder Jones and was shipped
of to the Oakland club Of the Pacific
Coast league. CrandaH was born in
Indiana, and started his professional
career with the Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
over ten years ago. McGraw got him
in 1908. and with the Giants he be-
came famous by giving first aid to
faltering twirlers Otis spent practi-
cally all his time warming up and
was always ready to go in when Nc
Graw sent out the S. o. 81 Otis did
very well with the ST. Louis Feds in
1916, winning q out Of SO games.