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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
ALLEN TO STAND PAT.

You can say for the Little Rock club
that the Travellers are going to stand
pat on tile salary limit and every other
ruling that the majority of the Southern
league club owners deem wise and
proper, said Robert q. Allen, ST., presi-
dent OF the Little Rock club, yester-
day. President Allen is here for q con
ference with President John d, Martin.
and Is sitting in with the schedule
makers and seeing that Little Rock Is
not sighted in choice dates.
1--WE heard 1t bree2ed around that the
Little Rock team would be one of the
Bolsheviki of the league, and that at
the spring meeting would kick up II
hot Of noise about the salary limit, etc.
But that stuff Is all bunk, and Little
Rock is going to be one OF the stand
patters, " said President Allen,
According to Allen, everything is
shaping up In Little Rock, and things
look good for a big year, Asked IL the
Travellers were going to have Sunday
bah this year, President Allen replied
in the affirmative. This will be a big
help to the club, and while It has not
been definitely settled. President Allen
believes that all will he well by the
time the season Is scheduled to open.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
TIRED OF CAMoUFLAGE.

President Martin Is tired OF oamou-
tlase In the league regarding the salary
limit and says every possible effort is
going to be made to keep all clubs
within the law this year. I'VE must do
Il at all costs, for the league Is badly
In need Of lust such a move. and the
the scratch. II the club owners are
not willing to abide by the ruling, I'm
In favor OF taking of the 1890 limit
and letting the sky be the limit. Let's
stick to the limit agreed upon and all
clubs do as the majority have voted TO
do, and the league Will Get by fine, But
n some clubs violate the agreement,
the others are likely to try TO follow
suit, which viii result In the whole
league getting balled up, so every pos.
slble effort Is oolna to be made TO keep
the teams within the salary limit law"
concluded the president.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04

Jaunt was hardly under way whe~
across the broad rotlnda was noticed
that sternly set and determined jaw
known TO patrons Of the game. 1t Is
unmistakable among the thousands for
there is none other like it, it being the
personal property Of Monroe Randolph
Stark, better known as Dolly.
Dolly was dressed in the uniform Of
a Y. NJ. C.. A. secretary, but this should
not be held against him. There he was
in life and uniform or nc uniform, he
was the same old Dolly Stark. Don't
forget that a rose by an other name
win smell as sweet, so they say.
For goodness sake Dolly, what are
you DOING here at the opera?"
The same as you-just looking m"
The apology being acceptable, Dolly
spilled his story, At the present time
he Is in charge of the Paris division
Of athletics for the Y. M. c. A. and is
busy formulating a schedule for the
Paris basketball league, soon to get
under way. When that is completed
he will dive into the baseball situation
ana Will stage an eight-team league to
run through the spring and summer,
Dolly to be high muckety-muck and
king cockolorum. At the same time
when the league is old enough to
breathe for itself, Stark intends pulling
away "hu oNdi IHlS DdCh lOI ll6 STATES.
From a strictly disinterested stand
point we are assured that baseball will
never ,be a paying proposition over here.
How the deuce can one run a baseball
league when II rains 1865 days per year?
The question is quite simple, is it not?
Dolly Is Sick.
Stark is not in the best of physical
condition and Is undecided as to wheth-
er he will enter another campaign or
not. 1t looks like he has about burned
out the tape and is through with the
game of his choice. Only the other
day he went out to base hospital 81,
the Memphis unit, and Capt. John j.
Shea examined him. The X-ray re-
vealed the fact that Dolly is in bad
shape and that old Doc Time alone is
the bird to set him back in fighting
shape. 1t seems that when Stark took
that memorable slide in Birmingham
that wrenched his back muscles the
effect was lever more severe than he
ever dreamed, The ligaments have yet
to respond to a rest and in the main
Stark is constantly worried. Exercise
is out of the question and baseball Is
undreamed Of.
His face is a bit sunken and while
the old life Is still there In all its pep
perry form it Is somewhat Of a subdued
Stark that now extends the welcome
hand,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
TRI-STATE GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP
TOURNEY
To Be Pulled Off by Colonial
Country Club June 81 to 25
Inclusive.

One NJ the h{~-.,t .
club aN..a.-5 ,' 7y,,r 'ts'ls lHe t0IohIal
reI 49,. pun HlI TINS season In
cha. ,. ,. ..r WIZ Toe inc trl-state
June 2I u.s. rrr .' WI '',.-u' TO DE- held
be- for M. ~ Inn "a. ,.I. Hz'y. mus viii
,tatc.-tresrs11 Njsg yl lle tnree
nr-srs ""'N7'H' a"d rem
There will ts Tho .b,u,.
and several +tbc, rtI .n't .o-nig ign
Tho numbcr' SUI, G~eptHdlhs on
win he rIyar ,,i9nrrs ', .o8 lrl1es
I'm zach figbt WHY itlu luuiitfS- W
Tor law. r,a-I,ti. .,,rg T. nauu.uHnt prize
The mffsrs ~, ~, Ing US.
sipri nayn bser 'n,Eil9'H 'lu NlSSlS-
ve4r ar loo ~, nus I"t thg ltSt
we'll yjt,g|.3 a"u M'n1phl~ being SO
inc r-ntn"t,Ii tut EalnSE ~S"j4lnltlee or
would no n fjro fidJmSo, ~ Inousht y
t-ouruanTsrt II l,9SIS' w thi5
from wear to year '"" Pe'pe'N''e IL
Tho Cirt.t E'T'iitl, p,,i
U,i.r, ,rnAa ~, u 10y. l'ovk' Ithe blult,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
Has Opera Craze.

Nevertheless the opera craze has
seized him in it's most vicious form and
he is now a strong devotee of the sport,
He hasn't reached the fanatical stage
that some have attained here, as he Is
content to sit in his chair and applaud
there with the rest, but he has the
fever and was keen to take in the show
the following evening. Our powerful
and forceful objection overruled his de-
sire.y -
Now the Y. M c. A. secretary is not
the highest paid individual in the
world and for that matter neither are
any of the other war volunteers, so the
following question wal quite apropos
Dolly, how do you manage to live on
800 francs per month";"
Well, you see, It's just like this: |
eat now and then, when ] don't go to
the opera too much. It's a tough job.
but | am getting used to It,"
Unless one knows Stark and his
habits he can not appreciate the acute
situation, so an illustration is not out
Of the way. When Dolly was playing
with the Memphis club and the late
Frank P. Coleman was president, Stark
found simself suddenly short of funds
in the first week OF the month. So he
struck the president for 500.
What do want $40 for this early in
the month, Dolly?" queried Mr.. Cole
man.
oh" uttered Dolly as he spared
for an opening, Il want to buy a few
collars"
Now, if it take $50 to buy a wesk's
ration OF collars, what does it cost to
live in Paris a month? That is, when
they take the American for the sucker
that he is and sting him II ways on
the same purchase.
SO much then for Stark and before
closing the only apology we have for
being at the opera also ls this: Lieut.
Col. e. c. Elicit. Of Memphis, COM
blew into Paris that same day and
armed himself with tickets for the eve
ming Of terror, How can a lieutenant
refuse a superior officer?
When all has been said and done
there is a very optimistic way OF look
ing at an opera, and the idea was ad-
vanced by Chaplain James Dolan, Of
Falls River, Mass. When 'Rigoletto,'
sung in Italian, was over, the question
how did you like the show"
ooh" chuckled. the chaplain, Il liked
this one better h any | have seen.
Much better indeed"
How Is that"
well, you see, | was more contented
Il knew the French couldn't under
stand 1t either"
I used two machines In writing this.
The first one Is Of French descent and
has a strange keyboard with variations
for the French decorations to their
is all out Of shape. a hopeless rheu-
matte M. .COYLE SHEA.
p. S.--Regards to all. Leave here to-
morrow for Blois, from there to Brest
or st, .Nazalre. Hoboken next stop,
oh. boy!
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04

a set.to as head Of some athletic camp
over there, He was overseas several
weeks, returning shortly after Jan. l..
football elevents at G. II, S. during
the of 19t3-t9l6 gained him no.
toriety all over the South. He was
labeled the most successful coach C.,
II. y. ever had. turning out a number
Of champions in baseball, basketball,
football and track teams. After tho
summer Of 1919 he will leave Memphis
to accept a coaching position with u
Southern university.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04

their homes tonight. 1t was decided
10 open the season on April "A and
close on Sept Z Mike Finn, who
framed a tentative schedule before he
arrived IN Memphis, said he believed
II would be a wise policy for the south
ern to close on Sept. T. az the Texas
would close on that date, and the pro-
posed championship series could then
be started without delay.
Tim figuring on having a winner
down my way this year, and want
to get started after the winner in the
Southern while my team Is stu in
championship form" said Mike
According to Finn, the Texas ]leagucrs
are strong for the championship series
and already there Va evidt nee Of strong
preparations on all clubs to put the
strongest team possible IN tho field.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
o SUNDAY BALL.

The action OF the court Of civil APP
peaIs at Nashville In barring baseball
for the capital city on Sunday viii be
appealed to the supreme court by VIM,
C. Cherry, attorney for the Nashville
club, and John D. Martin, president Of
the Southern league, who Is consider
able attorney himself.
The league president is looking on
the sunny side Of the proposition and
is hoping that when the case comes
before the supreme court II will be de-
eided In favor OF the Sunday baseball
hackers. The case has been decided In
favor Of Sunday ball one time, and II
Is on this basis that the hopes OF the
baseball maunates are being pinned this
time,
Just when the decision of the supreme
court will be made Is not known. but
cVery effort Is going to be made TO Sc.
cure a ruling before the regular spring
meeting of the league In New Orleans
March pa.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
COLLISION WANTS MANAGER

Chas. C~olsson, whose middle initial Is
H., Is here assisting in framing the
schedule, and represents Mobile,
Charley has just been renamed secre-
tary OF the Mobile club, and IL on a
hunt for a manager to succeed Patsy
Louisville Colonels. .
Colsson wants a good man and
thought maybe some OF the assembled
magnates could tip him off to q good
Glass A leader, who could win the
pennant for the Mobile fans this year.
Mobile is the only club In the league
that hasn't chosen a 1919 manager, ana
Colsson is anxious to land II pilot and
get things started,
Charley street, Nashville catcher. and
Ralph Works, a well-known ball player,
have been recommended to Colsson.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
BY BOB PIGUE.

a salary considerably in excess of what
was within the law. Judge kaVanaugh
was president of the league at the time,
When the matter came up Mike eN-
planned It to the Judge that he had
bought STAIRS apple crop. starr being
a farmer. II Charley ever grew an ap-
pie nobody ever heard Of II.
Judge k~avanaugh never did forgive
me for that" said Mike,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
ANENT THE SALARY LIMIT

Yesterday at the schedule meeting.
which lasted far into the night, and
which Is again under way today. some
of the club owners were taking all the
JOY out of President Martins life tell
ing him how the Southern league club
owners used to get by with Violations
of the salary limit.
Mike Finn, who Is now out Of the
Southern and who Ia free to tell OF
some Of his stunts, told Of one instance
whore he was paying Charley Starr,
who was on one Of Mlka's bail tAams.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
HUTCHINSON A NEW ONE.

ing the Nashville club on the schedule,
is a newcomer in the Southern, but he
has the bearing Of a baseball magnate
Of many years experience and bids
fair to develop into a second Ban John
son, being about the size Of the base
ball car. Yesterday at the sessions
OF the schedule committee. Hutchinson
was picking up many pointers by way
Of learning the ms and outs Of the
baseball fraternity, and he will need
but a season or so to round him out
as a regular Southern league moBul.
The league welcomes MIR. Hutchinson
and extends him the right hand Of
welcome and fellowship.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
SULLIVAN WILL
COACH CENTRAL
Will Again Try to Put Crack
Teams in Field.

Lieut.. r. l.. Sullivan, better known
as Coach sullivan. was elected coach
Of the baseball nine at the Central high
school Monday night by the /school
board. His remuneration was fixed AT
$3.50 a month until the end of the
present term.
Sullivan returned a few days lagc
from overseas, where he was ready u
enter the fray with a heavy artillery
unit, choosing real ae1ion rather than
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
CARDS HAVE NO STOCK

"Please state one thIna for me In your
columns" said PresldeNt Allen. "Telt
the Southern league fans that Bob
Hedges nor the ST, Louis Cardinals have
any stock In the Little Rock club. I've
been trying to get this out OF the heads
Of the fans for four years, and Just
when thought the N had been
killed, II back like the proverblal
cat. But there's nothing to IT," oon-
cluded Pregy Allen,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
terday Of meeting up

manager OF the Pittsburgh hto.es, 81
now a man OF wealth, In San Antonio
recently and Of hearing Clarke make
one Of the most timely criticisms on
present day baseball that he had ever
heard In all OF his long career as a
baseball man. Said Clarke:
1.-THE trouble with baseball now Is
that there Is not the contest on the
diamond that there used to be. The
contest is now between the mapnAteS,
while on the ban field, where the con.
test should be, the athletes are as
brotherly and solicltous Of each others
welfare as II they we're of the same
family, Tho magnateS are cutting each
others threats and are trying TO out
do the other, which should not be so,
They should all work In harmony, The
ball players should fiaht each other
for the game Of baseball that they play
Instead of all mixing and being friendly
In a game.
"The old fight that we old timers
knew Is missing now. For instance,
now when a base. runner slides into a
bag and sprains his leg, the opposing
players 90 out In a body and take a
glass Of water and assist In the ohse.
quies. In the olden days, when a player
GOT hurt, the opposing club was glad
OF II, for II removed a good player
from the opposing teams lineup and
gave them a better chance to win. But
nowadays the players are not hustllnu
to win that ball game as much as
they are hustllnu to get those nine
Innings finished so they can get under
a shower and beat 1t back to the hotel.
1.-THE mapnates should cut out their
wranpllnq and contestlne and trans.
fer II to the diamond where Il Is needed.
The players should cut out their har.
monIzIng on the field n transfer It
to the magnates. Then there would be
no worry Of basebaIl's comeback. The
game needs this shift in the oontestlng
and Of the pastlme and when It gets
L the worries Of the club owners viii
be over"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
CLoUTING A RETIREs

Mike succeeded Clayton Perry IA
manager of the San Antonio team. Clayt
wore the nickname Of ClOuting Clayt
while on various Southern league clubs
The Clouting one is through AS a
b~asehaller and has retired to a farm,
according to Mike. Perry was q second
haseman while in the Southern and
was hard to beat.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
AUDITORIUM AND MARKET
HOUSE BONDS

y - ANU w X n /. Il
HOUSE BONDS.
Notice Is hereby given that seaIedp
bids viii he received by c. c. Pashby.
city clerk Of Memphis, at the city hail
IN Memphis. Tenn, until 2:30 o'clock
2 ~, Tuesday, March 25, 1918, for ina
following bonds Of the city of Memnhis'
Tenn, viz '
Three hundred and seventy five thou
sand dollars $685. 00l Of general la
Duty serial coupon bonds in the de-
each, authorized by chapter 42t Of tbe
Of the state Of tennessee Tor the YEAR
1917, and further pursuant to an ordi-
nance passed final reading Tuesday.
Feb. 7, 1919.
Tho interest rate viii be determined
N the resolution Of sale and viii he
four and one-half Nts), four and three.
quarters HA), or five t5) per centum
per annum,, as may he required to pro,
The bonds win he prepared at tho
expense Of the city Of Memphis and
delivery win he made In Memphis. I'm
New York city or at the equivalent 81
N N,,N,, YORK city at tho option of the
whore the delivery shalt he made. '
said bonds shall he dated Jan I
l9l9, and shall mature as follows, with.
out option Of prior REDEMPTION:
IAN NOS, ,od5g9 l5' both inclusive, $4,000,
NoS 70 to 80, both Inclusive. $4,000.
Nos, "a TO 45, both inclusive, $4,000.
Nos. g a. 70 60. both inclusive. $4,000,
Nos g. to rs, both inclusive. SIS. 900,
No. - sto 30, both inclusive, sl5,O 900,
Nos 81 70 1o6, both inclusive, st5, OOo,
Ian 1871
Noa. l0G to 100, both inclusive. SIS, 900,
Jan, l, 1882.
Nos, ~ to i35, both inclusive, $4,000,
N&s, 1873 to 1850, both inclusive, $3.50 0
Jan. I 1894. F'
Nos, 15l to 1865, both inclusive. $4,000,
dan, I, 1885.
Nos. l66 to $50, both inclusive. $4,000.
Jan, |, 1886.
Nos, 1871 to 1876, both inclusive, SIS, 900.
Jan, |, 1887,
Nos, 1875 to 80, both inclusive, $t5,O 900,
Jan I. 1888.
Nos. 2lt to 225. both inclusive, SIS, 900.
Jan, I, 1899.
Nos, 29G TO go, both inclusive, $4,000.
Jan, |, 1910,
Nos. "a to 255, both inclusive, s15,O 900,
Jan, J., 1871.
Nos, 256 to go, both inclusive. sis, 900,
Jan. T. l9i2.
Nos, ~ 10 2S5, both inclusive. sis, 900.
Jan, |, l9i3,
Nos. 2SG to 800, Both inclusive, SIS, 900.
Jan. /, lg(t. ~
Nos, 3Ol to ais, both inclusive, StB, 900.
Jan. I. l9l5.
Nos. 3lG to $50, both inclusive. $l5,o 900
Jan, I, 1916.
Nos. 331 TO 345, both inclusive, $l5, 900,
Jan, I, 1047.
Nos. 34G to $50, both inclusive. SIS, 900,
jan I, l9AS.
Nos, ACT to $40, both inclusive. SIS, 900,
| Jan, /, i649 ''
The bonds will be registered as Ia
| principal only at the option Of holder.
Interest payable semlannualIy. July 1
and Jan. I. Both principal and interest
PAYABLE in awful money Of the United
states of America, in Memphis or New
York city, at option Of holder.
No bid will he entertained which
names a price less than par and ac-
crucd interest to date of delivery, free
from ali charges for fcbs brokerage Or
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
BIDS WANTED

The Shelby County Commission will
receive bids up to noon, Tuesday, March
IL, for one or more tractors suitable
for use in road work.
The Commission viii also receive bids
on one or more trucks, chassis only.
from two to five-tou
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids, =
SHELBY COUNTY COMMISSION.
BY +. w HALE, Secretary. ,
February 81, 1919.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
BIRMINGHAM ONCE FINED.

Discussion about fines for clubs In
the Southern In the past for violating
the salary limit revealed the fact that
the Birmingham team was assessed a
fine Of 81 900 for violating tho limit
several seasons back. The fine was
It Is understood, No clubs have been
fined IN recent years, but there u every
indication that any club caught deal
Ing the other clubs an underhand blow
like violating the salary limit Will be
assessed the maximum fine Of one
thousand iron men.
The time Is ripe for the Southern
league club owners to deal fairly with
each other and themselves and adherIna
to the salary limit is one Of the first
rules to adopt to realize this very desir-
able state OF affairs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
Have Several in View.

The Chick president has several good
men in view, but until he has nailed
them he naturally doesn't care to spill
their names. HeIs determined to make
the 1919 Chicks Il formidable agErega
ton and IL going out to get some real
talent to takethc place Of some OF the
hasbeens and neyer-wuzzers who have
been drawing good salaries from the
Tribe for the past several seasons
The 1919 lineup is uncertain at pres
ent, for there are gaps AS big as shell
holes in No Mans Land that will have
be ready for the go-ahead signal.
Pitchers are badly needed, as are a
couple Of good infielders, The outfield
could use Il pair Of good hitters and
fly-chasers, and il Is with the object
in view Of settling these problems as
satisfactorily AZ possible that the pill
%griInage is being made to New York
and other Eastern points. on his re-
turn TO Memphis President Watkins
will give out information rs TO what
he has secured in a baseball way.
Orth Collins, who is assistant secre-
tary of the Tribe and Watkins right
hand man has resigned his job as
driver for Black Maria and viii he on
the job at baseball headquarters for
prasident Watkins. Collins las been
twisting the steering wheel of the po-
lice patrol and hauling malefactors in
TO the station IOf the past several
weeks. But as baseball II drawing
nigh and there is much work to do.
Orth has turned the police lizzie over
to- somebody else and has started In
on the job Of misunderstanding the
Chicks.
The training season is going to begin
in Memphis the latter part Of March,
now that the opening of the season
has been set as April "a. which will
give the Chicks and would-be Tribes
men a chance to get in the proper
fettle to romp away with the 1919 flag.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
In h
Mornings Mail

Dear Sir:
Noticing several remarks you have
made relative TO the gas, here Ia one
| heard In Nashville;
Scene; Nashville vaudeville house.
Enter lady and gentleman oman Is
wearing u gas mashO.
She-JRCk, ] am 80 glad to see you,
but what tx that terriblc-looklng thing
you are wearing?
He-rhat IL a gas mask,
She Why, | did not know you had
been over fighting tho Germans.
He--l haven't | Just came from Mem-
phis, and everybody has to wear them
there.
prolonged applause from the Nash
vile audienCe.l
ONE WHO HAS sMELLEp THE GAS.
Memphis,
The following letter came today from
Johnny Grtffiths, who meets Ted Lewis
here March 10;
Dear Slr-I AN going to box in Akron
on March Z with Johnny Tillman, but
you need have no fear about 1t having
any effect on the Memphis show with
Lewis, for | will beat Tillman In good
shape, and leave here morning Of the
Sth, arriving there to work out on the
9th, Hoping everything Is O. X, and
tickets going good. VIII close Good
luck. JOHNNY GRlFFlTHS,
+. ST. sure will try to knock this
fellow u Monday.
Akron, o, March 3.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
CHICK PRExY TO
GOTHAM AFTER
PLAYER RS
Tom Watkins Will Meet Cy
Barger in Louisville and
Will Proceed on Tour.
BY BOB plouE.

RESIDENT Thomas r. Wat
kins, Of the Memphis Chicks,
boards a RATHER tonight for
New York and way stations
in search of baseball talent
for the 1919 Tribe. presi-
dent watkins first stop will
be Louisville. Ky, where he
will greet Ezra cyrus Bar
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
GET THROUGH TODAY.

The schedule committee Is expecting
10 get through with its deliberations
Today and the members win depart for
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-04
More HghtO on Ball Field and Less Among
The MagnGtes is Crying Need of Baseball
Fred Clarke, Former Pirate Manager Says This Would Help Game. Schedule Committee
Busy Appeal Sunday Ball Case-To Fine Salary Limit Voktors

IKE FINN, who 10 al
ways good for a flock
Of baseball dope, Is In
Memphis helping the
Southern %lesauers frame
the 1919 schedule.
Mike was telling yes.