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The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
Minor Leaguers Now
Hopeful of Running

New York, Feb. S-Secretary Far
relfs opinion OF the National Commits
sion's new decision on minor league
territorial and player rights is that it
may encourage several leagues that
were in doubt to make a start. The
commission, after being very positive
as TO reservation rights and lack Of
them, finally has agreed that Il will
accept the minor league view and rec
ogni1e claims to players where a club
finishes as much as one-half OF the
scheduled season.
The commission previously had stood
on the sound principle that 81 a club
did not carry out its contract with a
PLAYER IT could not hold the player
under that contract However. the is
sue may not have to be raised.
The view Of the minor league situ-
anon Is becoming 20 hopeful In Off
cial baseball circles that there seems
no danger OF any league making a
start failing to play out its full sched-
uled season Furthermore no league
Is likely to be given protection unless
It can show financial backing sound
enough to guarantee completion Of the
schedule.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
RICHMOND WILL
STAYINLEAGUE
Dixie Magnates Willing tc
Sell Franchise-Not to
Be Kicked Out.

Richmond, Va, Feb. S-Richmont
Is awaiting with interest the mex
meeting of the International League
at which time the scribes who have
already written Richmond on ths
baseball map as far a. the Inter
national League goes. win have an
awakening. and learn that IL Syracuss
or any other city desires the Rich.
mond franchise they viii have e
come across with the price IN good
and lawful coin. the same as Rich.
mond paid Jack Dunn. There is nc
denying the fact that the director
will sell II they get their price, bui
when IL comes to mere kicking out
Richmond for geographical reasons
the kickers will find that Ben Wilson
and his board of directors will stanc
to the last for their rights and priv.
ileges and that they will have this
backing Of the courts.
We have never felt the least br
uneasy about out position, but 80
much has been written that the base.
ball lovers may think Richmond ii
q mere plaything In the hands q,
the league-that we could be takeI
On at a time when the league Wal
needing a lift and could, after serv.
ing their purpose. be thrown ssId,
1T will As a matter Of fact, and
II can be proven, Richmond has beer
as good a baseball town as any N
the international League during tb.
past three years. with the exception
Of Toronto. and that record must b,
considered.
However. be all this a. Il NAV.
when the curtain is rung up. Rich.
mond will have a seat on the pIat.
form or some city in it's stead W.
have put up her coin for the fr.n.
cslise.
Richmond has two frst-strtnF ma,
on its reserve list that should com.
mand the attention Of the big leaPuer,
who are looking for material, Botby
Clements, out1elder for the past tbre,
seasons. is surely big league tInnbe,
and should command the attention q,
the scouts. Bobby Is without a doub,
one OF the best day-in-and-day-oui
players in the minors. He peve,
misses game and has the prouS
distinction OF never having drawn /.
pink slip, although the has beer
traded and sold around several times
Hack Eibel is, IN opinion OF local
ians, the best FIRST basernan IN ths
minors and should find a berth with
the big one and hold e. ALREADY
oeal is on for his purchase BY Man.
ager Moran. OF the PhilHes, wbich
probably will be contaminated st m,
leagues meeting in February,
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
DOWNEY-EGAN BOUT
GREATEST IN WEST

Chicago. Feb. 2-No battle stag
ed in the Middle West in recen,
months stirred up more discussion
than the Bryan Downey-Joe Egan
fight at Milwaukee. Critics and fans
c gree it was one of the roughest
tussles ever seen in a Milwaukee
ring, but neither the critics nor the
fans are able to agree on the out
come.
A majority of writer's gave Egan
the decision because of a punch in
the seventh round that put Downey
in distress. The referee, however,
thought Downey's lead in the early
rounds large enough to justify a
draw verdict
The result of the dispute prob
ably will be another mill between
these two rugged scrappers. The
bout probably will be Staged in
Milwaukee at some date in Febru-
airy.
Berman, Egan's manager, wants
to bet $4,000 that Egan can beat
Downey. Tom Jones is just as sure
Downey would win II the boys
hooked up again. Downey was
over-trained and out of condition
when he fought Egan, Jones de-
clares, and would be q more formi-
dable foe for the Boston battler in
another encounter.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
PUEBLO jim FLYNN
AFTER JACK DEMPSEY

New York. Feb. 3-Hark to the
voice OF James Flynn. PuebIo's
hghting fireman James refuses,
under any circumstances, to remain
in obscurity. His latest pronuncia-
mento is directed at the head of
Jack Dempsey. who has come out
OF the West bent upon stirring up
the Eastern heavy-weights.
They're making a noise about
this fellow Dempsey" says Flynn.
That's all right as far as advertis-
Ing goes. but Dempsey and his man
ager must not forget me. knock
ed Dempsey out once with a single
punch. and he must remove that
blot before he can class with the
front rank heavy-weights."
And a search OF the records prov
ed the truth of Flynn's assertion.
Flynn met Dempsey last Feb
ruary in Salt Lake City, and the
fight lasted just ten seconds. Jim
walked out of his corner, clipped
Dempsey on the chin with a right
swing and they rang down the cur
tain
Dempsey is silent about the bat
tie further than to admit that
Flynn put him to sleep. Jack
kearns has an alibi, however.
Just what came up in the match
cannot say because 1 did not see
II" says Kearns. But / want to
make this plain. Jack is a much
different and better man at the pres
ent time than he was then"
That does not answer Flynn's
argument, however. that Dempsey
must wipe out that knockout be-
fore he can move into the front
ranks Of heavyweight chaIlengers.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
L. SULLIVAN
HAD CIRCUS PLANS

New York. Feb. s-That III,
death OF John L Sullivan was 10.
tally unexpected by even hi, clos,
ADVISERS and friends was subetSbti-
ated by Darcy oConnor, who Jur1
returned from Arlington, Mass.
where he had long business tar
with the once-famous fighter. O'Con.
nor went to Abingdon to Ert n.
signature OF John L to q coptrnrf
Tor a circus act which was 70 h
the feature OF Ringing Brother,
circus next summer. OConnor. rho
managed the last stage appearance
and tour Of John l. had completed
arrangements with the circus
whereby John L was 20 reeeiv.
Sl.0Oo a week for appeayinR In an
old Irish Jaunting car act The ven
cradle ring hero was to be used %
onset the circus influence OF Jes,
willard. the present heavy-veight
champion. who now wears thx
crown once belonging to John I.
O'Connor felt deeply the passing
OF the ''old man OF the ring" as he
termed his former employer. He
made plans to hurry back TO Alb
ington for the burial services.
II was hard to convince O'Connof
that John L finally had been knock
ed out for the last time. He said
that the famous Irish fighter had
appeared In sound health. although
he acknowledged he was not as
strong as usual This did not worry
OConnor. since John L used 20 meas
ure his strength by lifting a piano
or knocking down q horse, and
O'Connor said II was not 20 be con-
sidered unusual that John L. should
complain Of losing strength.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04

Johnson and Jefrries sz7o,77s and Will
lard and Moran $153,000.
Rickard now believes that he will
stand on that record and give some
Of the wise promoters something TO
shoot at. Tex was mentioned as one
OF the men who was going to bid on
a Fulton and Willard fight. Rickard
will not touch such a spectacle. He
believes that the public would fight
shy of that bout because of the un-
certainty Of Fulton's actions in the
ring. and after all that Tex has ex-
perienced in the matter OF feeling the
public pulse his word ought to carry
some weight when he makes a pre-
diction in that particular bout
Tex has had all Of the emotions that
come to a promoter and has landed on
top three different times. He went 50
far as to step into the ring and referee
his own Johnson and Jenries fight
and performed his duties like an old
timer. Tex is a game man and one
Of the few promoters in the history
Of boxing who was willing to risk all
on his judgment. No wonder Tex
wants TO stop right where he Is
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
DIRE OUTLOOK FOR
COLLEGE CREWS

New York, Feb. ST the rail-
roads refuse to transport racing
shells for the college crews next
spring, some OF these things may
happen:
Jim Rice arrested for disturbing
the peace at Peapack, y. J., when
coaching the Columbia crew row.
ing down the canal to Princeton for
a regatta with the Tigers.
The Harvard varsity eight
aground in the Cade Cod Canal
while rowing to New Haven to race
Yale.
Joe Wright and the Pennsylva-
mia crews blown out to sea while
rowing across Raritan Bay on the
way to the Hudson to meet Co
lumbia-
Yale's varsity eight lost in a fog
on the Sound when starting for
Ithaca
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
W. Va. Colleges Break
Athletic Relations

Morgantown, Feb. S.-Declaring
that West Virginia had other am
bitions in college athletics that
were more interesting to her." the
athletic committee of the Univer-
sity announced today q unanimous
decision not to meet West Virginia
Wesleyan College in sports till fur
ther action of the committee. The
action did not comprehend a sew
erance Of relations" but only q
break in the same.
As a result, there will be wide
spread criticism of the action of the
West Virginia committee, but the
demand for a break was so insis-
tent on the part of the students,
alumni and officials that the COM
mittee felt, 1t could not defer ac-
tion. The decision is effective i'm
mediately, and prevents the playing
Of the annual basketball games,
the first Of which was to have been
played at Morgantown next week.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
HAVANA RESULTS.

TTPST RACE-Five and oue-half furIongs.
Rai.d FiTsr. III iBolandl. to l. to 5,
Z 70 :; Count Boris lO5 UunSford). to l.
a TO ]. To /. second: Fickle Fancy. lG6
-fstcaInsI 10 7. to ?. 6 to ). third, Time,
fG 20 Phedodsn. IAudator. Bandyme. CIon-
aliuty, Sweet Marguerite, Little Menard also
ian.
SECOND RACE-six furlougA Brizr. Is
lstcarusl. to ]. 6 tOj to 5. won; PajorOita.
) iis HUM Thrissl. 4 TO I. 8 TO ). to 5. SEC
:. third. Tines. 1I3I5. FfascueIO. High
land LAssie. DR.. Prather WaVering, ScTimmase.
Nnncsuch. Jacslst also ran.
THIRD RACE-Handicap; FIVE and onehalf
fuElOugs. Odd Ms. Ill lShillingl, to !. even
and ont, second; Back Bay. l05 (HUmphries,.
to ], TO l. ont. second; Milkman. Il3
tGrothl. to 5. l 20 , out, third. Time. 81 IS.
Alert. Spnrkler. Rafferty, also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Mile and a SixteenIR.
zsiluland. % CLrmsfoTdD, ; to l. to 5, out.
osIi. second; MarauJer. IOI CHumThriesl, 5 to
) to 5. out. third. Time. l:Hl-5 oisA
Star also ran.
FIFTH RACE-Ons mile. Col Marchmou,.
is CHoSaril. to !. even. to s. won; Dsl
Acton, 30 DunsfOrdl. to !. to S. ) to S,
second Harry Lander, lI3 Pitzl, 9 to /. to
;. ? 10 ). third. Time, 30 Is. Flare, whfte
cfOwr. Mesmer. Miss BamharbOr. Easter
Greetings COmmanretta. Hedge Rose also ran.
SIXTH RACE-NGle and % yards. Indy.
- N"hsAeAulE 10 D 70 D Outs WON
schemner. III Cooper. ) to 2 to s. out
second: Roy. l4 CHumphriesl. 4 to ]. 10 8.
to . third. Time. 1:O45 vagabond. Mother
1Iachree. Thirst. Golden Chance, Balfron also
ran.
SEVENTH RACE-MiIe and % Yards. Rock
away &c UansfortD. } to l. to and to ;
u0n; Bill Simmons. Ill CGrDth), ) TO !, s to s.
: to ). second: Lohengrin, 1Os Pitzl. to ].
: 20 5 to s. third. Time. l:I3. Red Post
.hicf Brown. Lady ROwena. Bulger, Lantana,
Thasisres aIsn ran
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
TURNER FEARS
PINK GARDNER
Buffalo Grappler Has AL
ways Tried to Keep
Game Clean.

In obtaining the signature of
Pinkey Gardner. the Buffalo grap-
pier, to a contract to meet Joe
Turner. the middle-weight cham
pion, in a finish wrestling bout
at the Lyceum Theater on Thurs
day night, Manager McGeorge has
put over ten-strike for local
graphing fans. Gardner not only
ranks among the best mat-men in
the middle-weight division that has
appeared before a local audience.
but he has at all times been picked
as the successor to the middle
weight crown now held by the local
athlete.
Gardner is one of the fairest and
squarest grapplers that has ever
appeared here and the best that
can be said about him, is that he is
always out to win, as there Is not
black mark against his record in
career that has lasted over years
Pink Is the most dreaded opponent
of Turner. as he has time and again
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
Braves Not to Play Men
Who Return on Furlough

Boston. Feb. 3.-The Boston Ma
tional League baseball club tonight
announced that it would not sane
ton the playing on the team Of
any members now in the army or
navy who might succeed in obtain
ing furloughs.
The owners OF the Braves" the
announcement says. believe that
baseball has its place today as ever,
and that the public needs and de-
sires that relaxation found in clean
sport, but they do not believe that
the strength of our fighting forces
should be permitted to be weakened
one iota because OF baseball"
Two Of the teams best players
are now in the service. Hank"
Gowdy is in France with the army
and Rabbit" Maranville is in the
navy.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
LARGE PURSE
FOR WILLARD
Cheyenne, Wyo., Comes
Through with Big Offer
for Fulton Fight.

OF all the extravagant offers
made for a bout between Jess will
lard and either Fred Fulton, Billy
Mlske or Jack Dempsey there ep-
pears to be at least one that is gen
uine. The offer in question has been
made by the group OF sportsmen in
terested in oil In Cheyenne, wyo.,
who have offered 100000 for such
an encounter to be staged in that
city.
Persons in a position to know
have ascertained that the financial
ability of those who made the offer
is unquestioned. The bout Is pro-
posed to be held on July I.
1t apparently is the opinion &
the promoters that there is a su
fciently strong public demand
bout involving Willard that
fans the country ever will pay rc
money to see him in action, regaru
less Of who is selected as his op-
ponent. While they prefer him to
meet Fulton it is understood they
have expressed a Willingness to go
through with the bout no matter
who the champion meets. The Of
fer comes from Chester P. Thomp-
son and a syndicate Of oil men he
represents.
quest for bank references Thomp-
son named the First National Bank
and the Stock Growers Association
Of Cheyenne.
Thus the only thing that Willard
be inclined to question would be
the ability of the sponsors to con-
duct such a bout in the face of the
Wyoming law that prohibits istic
bouts.
Boxing exhibitions now held in
Wyoming are six and ten round
post at Cheyenne, which is not
amenable to the State law since it
is government property.
The boxing enthusiasts who wish
to conduct the bout as a war char
ity have two strings to their bow,
however. First, they hope to in
duce Acting Governor F. L. Houx to
waive the State law. Failing in
of the cavalry hall at the post.
Governor Houx is now on the
way home from Washington. A
State official close to the governor
said it would be impossible to make
a statement in the absence of the
executive. Personally he doubted
whether the governor would have
power, to exercise such authority
and secuted the proposition unless
it is to be held at Fort Russell
The cavalry riding hall. the larg-
est auditorium in Fort Russell,
could be adapted to accommodate
from 1000 to 5000 spectators. 1t
would be necessary to obtain per-
mission from the War Department
to hold the bout on the reservation
and also to remodel the hall. The
hackers Of the movement profess
confidence in their ability to secure
permission, considering the cause.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
EIGHT STAKES
FOR MEETING
Handicaps iIlFeatureH Har.
ford Spring Racing at
Havre de Grace.

Havre de Grace. Maryland. Feb.
3.-Eight stakes. five for horses J.
years-old and over. one for 3-year-
olds exclusively. one for 2-year-olds
will be renewed in the spring at
Havre de Grace race tracks by the
Hartford Agricultural and Breeders
Association.
These stakes are the Hartford
handicap, $500 added. five-and-a-
half furlongs; Philadelphia handi-
cap. $500 added, six furlongs;
Susquehanna handicap. $500 add
ed. one mile and seventy yards;
Penn selling stakes. $1,000 added,
f1ve-and-a-half furlongs: and Ches-
ter selling stakes, $1,000 added. six
furlongs, for 3-year-olds and over;
Wilmington stakes. $1,000 added,
five-and-a-half furlongs, for 3-year-
old exclusively. and the Aberdeen
and PerryvilIe selling stakes, each
of $1,000 added and each at four
furlongs and a half for 2-year-olds.
These stakes will close on February
IL. and Secretary Frederick Reh-
berger viii receive the nominations
at s9S Fulton street, Brooklyn, New
York.
The officers of the Hartford as
sociatlon have decided to orfer
seven races each day. and the over
night purses will be $500 and $500
added money affairs. 1t is not i'm
probable, also, that a new stake
may be announced later. probably a
Preakness preliminary. for Havre
de Grace track will be the train
ing place this coming spring for
most OF the Eastern candidates for
the great 3-year-old special which
VIII be run at Pimlico in May, TO
the starting fees OF which the
Maryland Jockey Club has decided
to add $4,000. making it the rich
est OF Eastern specials for horses
3 years old.
The Havre de Grace session this
spring will. as in the past, follow
the Southern Maryland Agricultural
Associations meeting OF fifteen
days. beginning April l. which will
usher in the Eastern racing season
at Prince George Park, Bowie. tt. =
horses will be at Hayre de Grace
fourteen or fifteen DAYS. The
Jockey Club. OF New York under
whose aegis Maryland racing is
conducted has not yet announced
the Eastern date schedule for 1918.
Indications point to a brilliant
session Of sport at Havre de Grace.
which is situated midway between
Baltimore and Philadelphia and
within an hours ride by motor car
OF Wilmington, Delaware, on the
main lines OF the Baltimore and
Ohio, and Pennsylvania railroads
There are in Maryland and the Dis
trict Of Columbia, already, upwards
OF 500 thoroughbreds. Most Of them
are at Benning. Bowie, the Gentle
mems Driving Park and Pimlico.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
DEAL NOT ON
WITH FRAZEE
No Chance of Boston Get.
ting Either Morgan or
Dumont.

Why accuse Harry Frazee. known
In the theatrical world as a pro-
ducer of FREELY attractions, OF at
tempting to buy in the American
League pennant of 1918? But this
" just what some six or seven
ieague moguls Of the younger cir
cuit are placing at the door OF the
Boston owner.
- Let Frazee buy his pennant IL he
= has enough of the good old U. S.
money to do il with. but according
10 Clark c. Griffith. manager of the
Nationals. he must lay off the Wash
fsgtOn club. as there Is nothing COM
4sing to him from this outfit or there
Is nothing wanting by this outfit
that the Red Sox could supply.
- No. Frazee is not bidding for the
entire Washington team, as the st.
Louis fans would put it-Walter
Johnson-but he is cutting in on
two other members OF the Nationals
Hne-up that are wanted and need
ed more in the stripes OF the little
ID. c. brigade than in Beantown.
From Boston comes the report
that Harry Frazee and his Boston
Red Sox. still minus a pilot. are try
ing in every way. shape and form,
not to collar John Henry, but to
! land Ray Morgan and George Du-
mont. Just why Frazee jumped on
the deal to take John Henry to the
Hub City is not known, but at pres
, ent the wires state that the famous
overnight president of the Boston
american League team is putting in
real. honest-to-go goodness bid for
the Nationals second sacker and
youthful curve ball hurler.
Grid has too much baseball knowl-
edge tucked away behind those
old gray hairs OF his to allow any
lone like Harry Frazee to step in
and gobble up the boys named.
when they are just ready to put
) forth everything they have in re-
2 serve for their old boss.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
TEX RICHARD
NOW THROUGH
Famous Promoter Claims
He Will Never Stage
Another Battle.

New York, Feb. a-Tex Rickard is
through with promoting boxing. and
no matter what the fate Of the Nc
Clure bill at Albany. Rickard will take
only a passing interest in the future
of boxing in this State. Tex says that
he is willing to let the younger Bar
NUNS take a chance. Rickard intends
to devote all his time to South Ameri-
can cattle lands.
Tex gambled high on three .occa-
sions. even against the advice OF
every man he called his friend, and
won. When he offered a guarantee Of
S34, 900 for a Cans and Nelson fight at
Goldfeld. of which Nelson was to get
$1,000, folks said Tex was just plum
loony. When he offered johnson and
Jeffries a guarantee OF S101. 900 and a
bonus OF $4,000 for each man, they
said he was loony.
Then he cropped up again and Of
fered Moran and Willard close to
81. 900 for a ten-round bout at Madi-
son Square Garden, and the wise ones
insisted that Tex was having a re-
turn OF the old affliction.
Yet Cans and Nelson drew ss9. 715.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
CARDS MAY GET CRAWFORD.
Former Detroit Star Expected to
Sign with St. Louis Club.

> Detroit. Mich. Feb. at became
known here today that Sam Craw-
ford, formerly OF the Detroit Ameri-
can League baseball club. may soon
sign a contract with the st. Louis
Nationals. Crawford is a free agent.
Since Crawford was dropped from
the roster Of the Detroit club last
fall. 1t was thought that he would
sign a contract with a club in. the
Pacific Coast League. Crawford has
told friends, however. that he still
cherishes the ambition not to COM
plete his major league career until
he has made 1900 safe hits. He now
is about thirty hits short Of that total.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
Wattelet a Captain.

Denver. Feb. S.-Leonard A. Wat
telet. former president and manager
of the Victoria team in the North
western League. and the man who
introduced baseball in that Cana
dian city, is now a captain in the
United States army, stationed at
Camp Lewis. Wash, and he has been
placed in charge of baseball opera
tions for the camp of 10000 men.
One of his duties will be to assem-
BILE and train the camp team that
is to play a regular schedule of
two or three games week the
coming season with teams from the
Pacific Coast international League.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
Bletzer Gets Partner.

New York. Feb. 3.-Dick Curley,
of this city. is now associated with
Herman Bletzer, the FIRST promoter
OF Baltimore. in conducting the
boxing shows at the Baltimore A.
c. Of the latter city. Bletzer made
arrangements with Curley on We'd
nesday night to be his assistant
and he also authorized him to sign
up the top notch fighters to appear
in bouts at his club.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
JACK DEMPSEY ON STAGE.
Coast Heavyweight to Meet Carl
Morris in Buffalo on Monday.

Chicago, Feb. S-Jack Dempsey.
the Coast heavyweight, who will
meet Carl Morris in a ten-round
bout at Buffalo on Monday night,
opened a four-nights' theatrical en-
gagement at the Englewood The
ater last night. Dempsey's act con-
sists of the stunts a boxer goes
through while training for an i'm
portant contest.
He finishes with a four-round
boxing exhibition with Andre An
derson.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
Ty Will Show EN-.

New York. Feb. S-Tbe Cincin-
natl Reds are expected to pick up
Few pointers in base-running by
watching Tyrus Cobb closely dur
ing the spring series between the
Reds and Tigers. A Cincinnati
scribe has figured that the Reds
would have a much greater total of
stolen bases each season IL the play
ers knew how to utilize their speed
properly.