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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-06
{. v. MURPHY'S NAME
LINKED WITH GRANTS
Former Club Owner Said to Be
Financially Interested in
Boston Braves.

Latest developments in the mystery
regarding the identity of the new
owners of the Boston National League
of George Washington Grants
partners is none other than Charles
Webb Murphy. Murphy will be
remembered as the former president
OF The Chicago Nationals. who was
forced out of the league Murphy
: sold his control of the Cubs under
pressure. but nevertheless cleared
close TO a million on the transaction
came east to be in the thick
cf the Grant negotiations for the
Braves. Gossip has il that he was in
View York. in communication with
Grant. when the latter went up TO
> Boston to complete the deal
!, Murphy and Grant are close friends
Grant was regular visitor in
Murphy's box in Chicago when the
Cubs were in their prime. Both men
we're born in Cincinnati Murphy has
tried repeatedly TO put some of his
money back into base ball. Recently
Ire made an unsuccessful effort to
place an American Association fran
chise in the west side OF Chicago.
Murphy merely may have loaned
money to Grant to help him swing
The big deal That would be a strict
a business transaction outside the
legislation of the National League.
Murphy unquestionabIy would not be
Welcomed back to the league in
(which he proved such a mischief
maker. but II he aided another man to
buy club which holsters the league
in one of its weakest spots there
could be no objection.
There is one thing ] know about
DIR. Grant says President Heydler
of the National League. He intends
20 1--we in Boston and will run his own
club. He will make base ball his bus
mess and from my talk with him he
knows lot more about base ball than
many persons who have been inter
ested fin the sport. He will give Bos-
ton the Kind of a man IL needs. a man
who will mix with Boston persons
and keep constantly in touch with the
situation
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Completely Acquitted.

Chase. therefore, is completely &C
quilted and no cloud rests over him.
/ do not know where Chase will play
next season. but have heard informal
~ that he will be signed by the New
York club. He will start the new sea-
son with the best wishes of the league.
and | hope that the ordeal through
which he has passed has been lesson
to him and will prevent such loose
talk as that which was responsible
for his trial
Under the circumstances the Gin
cinnati club was fully justified in
making the charges it die and of de-
handing of the league to make an in
vestigation. While the league found
no evidence of wrongdoing, Chase,s
CONDUCT was such as to make his
teammates regard him with suspicion.
He is to blame for much of the loose
talk and gossip which was circulated
about the player and placed him IN
this atmosphere of suspicion. Much OF
this loose talk was due to Cha sG' s
careless nature, which made him treat
base bali as joke and prevented him
from treating matters pertaining to
the game with proper seriousness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-06
TEN EYCK WANTED BACK
TO COACH AT SYRACUSE

James Ten Eyck, Syracuse Univer-
sity's rowing mentor for many years.
who retired following his second
marriage to a varsity instructor a
few months ago, will be back to his
old post for the Orange this spring.
Undergraduates have announced
that they viii raise special fund To
bring Ten Eyck back il the finances
of the athletic association would not
permit the rendering of contract
at a substantial figure.
The name of Ten Eyck stands
prominently in boating annals of the
country. Old Jim made himself best
known through his developments of
many winning Syracuse shells in the
American Henley and American
intercollegiate Rowing Association
regattas. Ten Eyck, through his
superior tutoring. placed the name OF
Syracuse topmost among the col
leges of the country which have been
represented in boating circles for two
decades
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CHASE IS CLEARED
OF ALL CHARGES
President HeydIer's Decision
Exonerates First Baseman.
To Play With Giants.

NEW YORK. February 6--Harold
II. Chase. base balls greatest first
baseman. was exonerated of all
charges made against him by the Gin
cinnati clcb yesterday. He was
cleared of making bets against his
own club and of attempting to influ-
ence pitchers on his own and other
clubs to the detriment of Cincinnati.
The decision was handed down by
John Heydler, president of the Ma
tional League.
THE Cincinnati club charged Chase
with violating section 40 of the Ma
tional League constitution. which ap-
pears under the heading. 'Crookedness
and Its Penalties and submitted aff-
davits and personal evidence to sup
port its charges, said Heydler. The
case before the National League then
was one of confederation, not refuta-
ton. We carefully examined the evil
dence submitted and found nothing In
il which we could construe as a Vio-
lation of section 40.
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ception of Mrs. Bundy and Miss Mary
X. Browne, also OF California, that
there are no new laurels for her to
ca pture without going overseas.
The woman's national championships
of the United States generally take
place in June on the turf courts of
the Philadelphia Cricket Club, at St.
Martins. near Philadelphia, so that
it is possible Miss Bjurstedt would
not be able to defend her honors on
this side of the water and also COM
pete for the English title unless the
date of the latter fixture is either
moved forward or postponed. 1t is
not known whether Mrs. Chambers
will defend her crown this year, but
there are plenty OF other formida Bile
English candidates for the crown,
as well as several strong players
from France.
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STYLES Wins MEDAL
His Card of 1856 Best in Big Golf
Field on Pinehurst
Links.

PINEHURST, n. c.. February o.
Edward styles of the North Hills Coun-
try Club, Philadelphia, won the auaiify-
ing medal in the st. Valentine tourna-
ment at Pinehurst yesterday. He fin
tshed with total of 1876 for the thirty
six holes and led the field by margin
of-four strokes.
Al the end of the first eighteen holes
STYLES was tied for the lead at ls with
John n. Sfearns. Sd. of the Nassau
Country Club and Fl. c. Fownes, the
Oakmont veteran. Stearns had. how
ever. made his particular IS on the difi-
cult No. 3 course and was generally ex-
pected TO win the medal, as Styles ana
Fownes still had their No troubles
ahead of them.
Fownes took 81 for the second round
on No g. Stearns played the poorest
round he has played on No. 2 for long
time and finished in 81. Styles went out
on No 3 in 81 and came home in II Tor
a rs. which gave him total OF l96 ana
the medal, with Stearns in second place
at 100 r. w. Gwaltney of Baltusrol
took Sc on No. 3 and finished third at
167.
John H. Clapp. Chevy Chase, got into
the second sixteen with S5-es-lS3-
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CLOSE DUcKpm MATCH.
Mack Hollidge Defeat Armiger-
Pratt BY -Four Pins.

An interesting and closely contested
duckpin match was rolled last night
on the Recreation alleys between
Mack and Hollidge and Armiger and
Pratt, total pins to count, the former
winning by 1,132 to 1,12S in five
games. Hollidge was the star of the
match, totalling COS, with high game
of 146. He got a poor start, with
only IS in the first game. but in ro-
ia ton reeled off 131, 120, 146. 125.
which is some bowling, to say the
least. The defeated pair also did
well. Pratt especially, he running up
to SIS. A large crowd witnessed the
match Scores.
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SIMPSON TO RACE IN EAST.
Star Hurdler Leaves San Francisco
to Compete in New York.

Lieut.. Bob Simpson. worlds greatest
hurdler answered a Millrose A. A.
summons TO its games in Madison
Square Garden February rs in double
quick order. Simpson is stationed at
San Francisco. F'orty-eisht hours
after receipt of an invitation simpson
was speeding east. He is expected to
arrive in New York in a couple of
days and will begin training at once.
Simpson obtained a thirty-day fur
Tough and Will probably stay long
enough in the east to go to Boston for
the Boston A. A. games on March 1
and return TO New York for the ma
tional championships on Marc, 9.
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MACK SIGNS GARDNER.
Veteran Expected to Play Third
and Lead Athletics.

PHILADELPHIA, February e.
Manager Mack announces he has re-
ceived the signed contract of Law
renee Gardner, the veteran third base
man, and that Gardner would act as
field leader, position held last year
by RUDE Oldring
There was rumor that Manager
Mack did not expect Gardner to play
with the Athletics this season. the ex-
pectation being he would remain at
his home, Epoch Falls, Vt, to attend
to his business interests there.
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Sum of $40, 600 Is Offered
for Stecher-C addock Bout

Abont dozen weil-tO-dO
stocEmeB have gotten their
heads together to make a big
b-.l for the attraction for the
stocxmen's convention, which
will be held Mt Camp Gordon,
Neb., June N and Is.
They stand ready to offer
SIG. 800 for a world champion
ship match between Earl Cad
dock. the present wrestling
champion, and Joe Sfecher, who
lost to Cz-l1Ock more than
year ago.
Coming from western Nebras-
Ia stockrpen, this will he some
what of n surprise to the sport
Ing world, hut, nevertheless,
they say they nre game, and
will stage the match between
the two wrestling giants.
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W on Twice Before.

Should Miss Bjurstedt capture the
british title ii would be the third
time in the history of lawn tennis
that the woman world championship
OF the courts had been brought to
this country Mrs. Thomas c. Bundy
won the English crown in 1905 play
ing as Miss May Sutton of California.
with Miss G. NJ. Wilson as runner
up. She repeated in 1907, and is the
only American player who ever won
the English championship She did
not defend her American title in
those years. but was almost univer-
sally recognized by experts, both here
and abroad. as the greatest woman
player in the world of her time
Miss Bjudstedt has not visited her
native land since 1914, but she has
held the national title both on indoor
and outdoor courts. in this country.
every time she competed and is so
far superior to every player in the
United States, with the possible ex-
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To Play With Giants.

In dismissing the charges against
Chase Heydler takes a strong slap at all
base ball betting and issues sharp adj
fnonition to National League players
who may be tempted to wager on con-
tests in the future. Heydler says that
any player detected placing a wager on
any game while he is in office will be
expelled from the league.
Cleared of his charges of crookedness,
Chase will sign up with the Cincinnati
club before the week is out. John Nc
C;raw, manager of the Giants. is now in
the west signing up players. but is ex-
pected back late in the week. The New
York club will obtain Chase from Gin
cinnati in exchange for the release of
Pat Moran. McGraw recently agreed to
destroy Moran's New York contract as
coach and assistant manager so that he
might go to Cincinnati as manager.
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New St. Lawrence Ship Record.

MONTREAL. February "a voy-
age which establishes a record in the
history of navigation on the St Law
renee river. usually ice blocked at
this time of year. has just been COM
pleted by the steamship Canals ian
Voyager, which has reached Halifax
from Quebec. This vessel. built here.
left Quebec January 81 under her
own steam, conveyed by the govern
ment fce-breaker Montcaln, and ar
rived at Halifax Monday morning
damaged.
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Players Again in Good Standing.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. February G.
The national base ball commission
has handed down notices to the effect
that Players Allen Russell and Hugh
High of the New York American
League club had been restored to
good standing in organized base ball.
Both men were carried on the reserve
list for this year
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Track Stars Return to Columbia.

p Two of Columbia's most promising
track athletes Of year ago have re-
turned-Charles Staub, elected captain
of this years team, and Henry
SEMINARS, both quarter miIers. They
reported TO Carl Merner, coach of the
team. and will begin training today.
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Increase for House stenographers.

Increase from $4,000 to $4,000 year
in the salaries Of official stenograph-
ers of the House and for committee
hearings was voted yesterday by the
House No further legislation is nee
essary to make the Increase avail
al 1e
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Story Is Doubted.

The story. that Stoneham is the real
owner of the Braves is doubted. He
may have put some money into the
pool to help his friend Grant. but we
do not think that he has controlling
share. At that il is Objectionable to
see even a minor financial interest
acquired by one owner in a rival club.
Charles p. Taft once had such varied
interests in the National League, but
he sold out in Chicago and later cut
loose in Philadelphia Barney Drey-
fuss at one time was accused of hay-
ing an Interest in two clubs other
than the Pirates. The late Commo-
dore Morton F. Plant had money in
several major league clubs. but in
none did he have anything approach
ing a controlling share. He liked
base ball and he liked to help club
owners in distress. with the result
that he bought small blocks of stock
and held various owners notes
Several National League club presi-
dents became aroused over the re-
port regarding the StoBeham trust,
and it Is reported that Grant and
another club owner had quite a de-
bate in the National League offices.
That there will be an investigation
there is no question. How deep 1t
will be remains to be seen.
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SYNDICATE BASE BALL
NN.L., ICHARGE MADE
Same Capitalists Reported Control
ling Giants and Braves and
After the Cardinals.

NEW YORK, February 6.-Just as
long as We have professional base ball
there always will be more or less mys-
terry regarding the ownership of di-
vers major league clubs. Just now
the big mystery involves the Boston
Nationals, which recently were sold to
George Washington Grant of this city.
There are some who say that Grant is
naught but the representative of
Stoneham. who long has been friend
of Grants. Also, it is added that
Stoneham has in view the purchase of
the st. Louis Nationals.
From st. Louis comes the informal
ton that last season John McGraw
made inquiry into the financial state
of the Cardinals. the clubs indebted
ness to Mrs. Robinson and other de-
tails. AT that time McGraw laughed
down suggestions that he might be in
the market for the outfit. Be all that
as IL may. the fact remains that Stone
ham issued no denial that he was in
yolved in Grants acquisition of the
Braves, although McGraw has done so.
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Totals. 52s 4os AS Totals. 5io 454 45s
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Cardinal Sin.

Syndicate base ball is regarded as
a cardinal sin in the major leagues.
There is no doubt that the new own
ership of the Braves. whoever the
buyer be, will help that club and
the National League. There is little
question that a change of ownership
of the st. Louis Nationals would help
that team and the league, too. But
the question arises whether it would
be polite and in the long run not un-
heaithful for the league to have one
syndicate control two or three clubs
There might DC even a greater ZeSt
in the competition and e. greater
evenness in the distribution of the
better players under such a system,
but the public soon would doubt the
genuineness of the competition.
Base ball cannot AFFORD TO have any
such suspicion attached to it. 1t
behooyes the National League to see
that no man controls more than one
club. And il might be a good idea
to investigate whether a certain man
who once was forced out of the
league has not bought himself in
again somewhere.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL LEAGUE.
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CITY TENPIN LEAGUE.

Totals 4ss 45s 49, Totals. AZ 44o 4e5
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Copyright 1919 by a. c. Fisher Trade mark
registered U. S. Pat. on
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MASONIC LEAGUE.
BUREAU OF YARDS AND DocKs LEAGUE

Totals. a. sis 5ls Totals. 4s7 49, 4sI
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/ can recall about a half dozen great
Dit cheers who are disiiked by their
team mates In many cases an exag-
gerated ego is the base of all the trou-
BILE. The pitchers ] have in mind re-
gard all victories as due to their mas
terly pitching, while in defeat they
always find an alibi at the expense of
one or more of their team mates
recall one game last summer where a
pitcher was sent in to save game,
with two on bases and no one out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-06

Western High yesterday took the
-lmeasure of St Adams in one of the
best contested games that has been
played on the formers floor. The Red
sand White emerged from the game
with a 22-to-2o score in its favor.
: sfordlinger's fine work at forward fer
western was the feature. Sixsmitli.
for St Adams. played brilliant basket
esbaIi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-06

Central Highs quint went to Balti-
more yesterday and lost to the Balti-
more City College by a score of II
10 IS. Dasher, following his brilliant
efforts ~of Tuesday against Tech, was
again the star for the Blue and
r. White He scored fifteen of his
teams points and played a good floor
game besides. The other two points
made by Central were the result of
q field goal by Mills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-06

Business High Reserves won from
the Eastern High Reserves yesterday
in the Iatters' gymnasium by 20 to ).
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521 MILES IN 2111 HOURS
ON BAD MICHIGAN ROADS
Grand Rapids Party Undertook to Out
do E. w. Williams Performance

90 e w. WfiliafHS feTIoTfnalCe
with an Essex Car
Striving to Guido e. W. Williams
| spectacular performance with an
Essex touring car last fall Grand
Rapids, Michigan, dealer a few days
ago undertook an endurance trip over
what is considered about the toughest
road in Michigan
1t was over what is known as the
/ Old Indian trail from Grand Rapids to
Mackinaw City and return in "a hours.
The distance TO be covered was 521
miles. The Hudson Triangle gives the
following account of the performance:
Battling its way over frozen ruts,
through mud and against binding
snow storm, a standard Essex touring
car on Nov. 23d-24th established what
is declared to be the greatest endur.
ance record ever achieved in Michi-
gan by any stock car.
Running day and night over almost
| impossible roads, II covered 521 miles
in Il hours, 81 minutes. During all
this time not a single adjustment was
made to the motor, which was never
stopped for single instant during the
entire run.
Carrying four passengers besides
the driver, the Essex, which had al
ready covered 1868 miles before begin
ming its terrific test, started from
Grand Rapids on the stroke Of mid
night Sunday, Nov 23rd
Heading straight up into the cold
/ northland, the car plunged into the
darkness, often ploughing through mud
reaching tina hubs, Water-llled clutch
holes, which had TO be taken at full
speed, tested the springs to the ut
termost
! Dawn found the Essex still racing
northward in the teeth of binding
! blizzard SO dense was the snow that
| the windshield had to be raised to al
| low the driver even a glimpse of the
| treaoherous road with its many short
and dangerous bends.
! Mackinaw City was reached at 9.47
a. III. Monday and the return was be-
! gun at 1925 a. m, the delay being
/ caused by the difficulty OF finding an
| official to certify the time of arrival
/ Despite the bad roads, the speedom-
eter often touched seventy miles an
| hour.
This was necessary to make up for
! timo lost on The twisting curves OF
| what once was an old, Indian trail
/ The trail wound for miles through cut
! over timber land which offered scant
! protection from the freezing blasts
from the north Never was a car sub
| ected to greater punishment
! As night approached the snow be-
/ came worse and forced several stops
while the ice was scraped off the
! fronts of the lights with 'screw-driv.
| ers Despite every handicap, however
Grand Rapids was reached at 9.4S the
same night with the motor running as
sweetly as when it started.
Notable as such an achievement is,
it is nothing mere than any ESSEX viii
dc, as the car used was standard in
every respect had 4 2-3 gear ratio
and had seen the hardest kind of SER
| vice over the, roads around Grand
Rapids, Mich, before starting on its
test.
! 1t is just another proof that the
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Pictures

Our Mr. Santa Claus partner of the firm this month"; has
returned from several large manufacturing plants with
choice additions to Christmas stock
Right his the most beautiful pictures
have had priced at from SOC 800 Among them really
surprise because did them before spring
local Bennington vewhan ptnun made by the ceIebra
ed photographer David Davidson who here this
We how people appreciate the beauty
doubt the
spots which these pictures them
you go by East show window.
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Mystery

of those popular fortune telling
the country And
satisfied minds that they will reveal
accurately
bottom of the bumps head Price is soc pack
We also have of Ouija the mystery boards
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-13
Some w omen

of socks and pocket handkerchief for hubby
do know really what he would like for Christmas.
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Most Men

unless wiley made peS clear by expressing herself positively
don't know what in thunder to get that will please her.
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T o B otfA

there shop within miles Of here full of
geson of things that different and bound to please taste
every pocetbook Drift in and look around Ask questions
cheeu and will try and help solve the
problem without soliciting you buy anything.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-04-17

count of the hard rain that day few
attended.
Miner Stewart attended the Bowles
sale on Tahoe Thursday.
The high school gave a party in the
old Crowther store last Friday night.
Several outside guests attended Lunch
was served at midnight.
Heavy rains fthe last few days
have put a stop to farming operations
in this section.
Mrs. L. w. Davenport is visiting on
Battle Ridge.
W. B. Huston made a business trip
to Grangeville the last of the week.
NJ. L. Gregory of Auburn, Wash,
is here making some improvements on
his ranch near the Pleasant Valley
school house.