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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-31

A participation in one of the great tenn
perance or prohibition manifestations in
the United States, or in Great Britain or
in the scandinavian countries, with their
packed and enthusiastic audiences, would
have been disappointed had he taken part
on September II in the last Italian Con-
gress Against Alcoholism at Como, the
pretty city at the extremity of the lake of
the same name. Although the king of
Italy had accepted honorary presidency
OF the Congress and although Mr. Musso-
lni, the effective king of the realm, had
sent very warm letter, the number of
the participators hardly exceeded so, and
among these were many whose interest
in the temperance question was rather
doubtful
The representative of the italian Union
for the Defense of Wine was present and
the Union had generously distributed
among the congressists some propaganda
literature from which we learn that the
poor total abstainers have shorter life by
several years than the drinkers, that the
greatest writers and poets of the world
have all been consumers of wine, etc.
Even among the earnest adversaries of
alcoholism there were defenders of mod
crate use of wine and though this ques-
ton was not down on the program it pro-
voker the liveliest discussions. The small
band of italian teetotalers held their
ground VIGOROUSLY l believe, and they
are right, for, as former mayor of Milan,
DR.. Filipetti, the distinguished physician
and politician, told me, "our alcoholism in
Italy is winea1coho1ism; if distilled liquors
were to be prohibited today, it would of
course be step in advance, but it would
leave the main source of alcoholism I'M
touched"
An Economic Issue
The fact that it is the wine question
which has to be solved constitutes the
greatest difficulty for the progress of our
cause in Italy. For wine is one of the
most important economic resources of the
Peninsula, millions of people earn their
living by viticulture and, before we can
make any progress, means must be found
to utilize the vine products for the prepa-
ration of non-alcoholic grape juice and
also the surface now planted in vineyards
must be decreased and applied to other
purposes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-31
Not a Propaganda

This work OF PrOf. CarverS on proh1b1-
ton, its benefits and its enforcement is
doubly valuable as it is that of an econo-
mist and not as propaganda.
"The savings in the banks since prohi-
bition went into effect have been huge,
enormous" DIR. Carver said to the Moni-
tor "How much of this is due to pro-
hibition of course we do not know, but in
the violation of the law the poor people,
those who could least afford the drain of
the saloon, seem to be in the minority. It
is the wealthy class who seem to be the
worst violators. The 80 labor banks now
established, something unprecedented in
past history, are an indication of what pro-
hibition is helping to do. If American
workers will save their money, they can
own any industry they want There is
no doubt about it."
The Idea Elaborated
This idea Prof. Carver elaborated in his
published work, and on this point he says:
1t is safe to say that, other things
being equal, the nation that makes
the greatest economy of its human
resources-that is, that wastes the
smallest proportion of its man-power
or that economies and directs its
man-power most economically-will
outgrow in numbers, prosperity and
general strength the nation that does
the opposite.
SO long as all the rival nations are
wasting resources and man-power in
drink there may be no differentiai adj
vantage in favor of any one or against
any of the others; but when one ma
ton, such as the United States, makes
a definite advance in this form of
economy, unless it INDUCES in some
folly that will neutralize the advan-
tage thus gained, there is no reason
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-31

to doubt it will gain on all others,
year by year, decade by decade and
century by century, and eventually
dominate the civilization of the world.
They who refuse to take this great
step forward in the economy of hu-
man resources, whether they under
stand it or not, are definitely choosing
to occupy a secondary position in the
civilized world.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-31
No More Than Other Lava

Referring to the difficulties of dry en-
forcement, Prof. Carver says that one of
the oldest and most persistent arguments
against prohibition is that it can not be
and is not enforced. However, the Profess
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-31
WINE GROWING HOLDS KEY IN EUROPEAN LANDS
Is Great Economic Question Italy and Progress
Not be Made Until There Solution of Vicuure Issue;
Some Signs of Hope, However

Joint League Against Alcohol
Evening star., 1924-12-01
M0GULS WELCOME
TREND TO ECONOMY
Ply the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
HARTFORD Conn. December l.
Base ball magnates here for the an
citation OF Professional Base Ball
Leagues, which opens tomorrow and
continues Wednesday and Thursday,
were enthusiastic today over the wave
of economy which is gaining mo-
mentum in minor league base ball.
Dan ONell, president of the Eastern
League, has lined up a representative
of nearly every minor league to back
his platform of three economy piankS
Advocating abolition of high sala-
ries. elimination of what he terms
base balls greatest evil, the bonus.
and a substantial reduction in the
number of optional players on minor
league teams. ONeil today said he
would demand that minor league
clubs adhere strictly TO the letter OF
the law in the matter of the salary
limit.
Two issues likely TO cloud the at
mosphere of what otherwise will be
d peaceful session are a proposal 10
give minor league players sold to the
majors 10 per cent of the purchase
price, and a plan for most valuable,
player award similar to the one now
in effect in the National and American
Leagues.
The American Association holds its,
annual meeting today. The 1nterna-
tional League will meet tomorrow TO
consider matters unsettled at its New
York meeting last week.
Evening star., 1924-12-01

OF interest.
A few years ago Henry Ford vas
considering the proposition OF estao-
fishing a very large plant, an assem-
bling plant. I think, though I'm not
just sure what kind it was, in Chi
caEo He wanted to be on water
transportation and men who con-
trolled what they thought was a very
desirable piece Of land got Mr.. Ford
to make a trip to Chicago and took
him in an automobile TO the site.
This site was on the bank OF small
arm Of what was once the Illinois
River. but what Is now the open
sewer which Chicago is sending from
one end OF America to the other. they
rode to this spot In the car and got
out Mr.. Ford took one look. He got
back into the car.
81 wouldn't consider it for a mo-
ment. don't even care to look at it,
he said. because my workmen could
never work here and I wouldn't ask
them to-.
And he waved his arm at the water
transportation" It was filthy with
sewage. There were even dead dogs
and cats in it. II was nothing but
thick. soupy, green cesspool.
So Henry Ford left and that was
the end Of the proposed big plant. l
think this is an exceedingly important
instance. 1t gives Us still another
slant on the evil of river pollution.
The public spirited men IN thousands
OF towns and cities all over America
are trying TO induce manufacturers
and other capital to locate on water
Evening star., 1924-12-01
STARK, FORMER BIG
Lacquer, IS SLAIN

MEMPHIS. Tenn, December L.
Monroe Dolly Stark, former major
league base ball player and in 1916
manager of the Memphis club Of the
Southern Association, was shot and
killed by Harry $. Atkinson in Stark's
roadhouse on the outskirts of Mem
phis early today.
The men Quarreled, according to
witnesses, and Stark was killed with
his own pistol. which had been taken
from his bedroom.
Atkinson, treated at hospital for
injuries to his nose. said Dolly" had
been drinking and hit me over tne
nose with poker" Atkinson was
Jailed.
Stark learned to play base bali on
the sandlots of Memphis, where he
was born 3s years ago. His first
league experience was with the Lit
tie Rock club OF the Southern Asso-
citation. He later played shortstop
for the Brooklyn Nationals and To-
ledo and Dayton. Stark was married
about three months ago.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
CLAIMS IN MINORS
SETTLED BY BOARD

NEW YORK, December 1.-Several
leagues have been adjusted, accord
ing to announcement of John H. Far
rell. chairman OF the board OF arbt-
tration of the National Association Of
Baseball Leagues. which has been in
session three days.
In the case OF player Kemaer,
drafted by Forth Worth from Ard
more. Okla, tho claim of half Of the
$500 draft price entered by Okla
horna City was disallowed.
J. W. Moyrissey Of Grand Rapids
was awarded the purchase price in
the sale OF two players, Hodge and
Quillick.
Isey Bandrimer's claim for trans
portation against Galveston was
allowed but that Of Blake Harper
against Z. A. Daniels OF Oklahoma
City was denied.
Player Hoetker won his claim for
free agency against Fort Smith.
Topeka's claim against Grand Rap
Ids for player Baldowsky, amounting
to $500. was allowed
The application OF Sam wernke Of
Grand Rapids for free agency was
granted and ". J. Nutter was au-
thorized to collect his transportation
claim against Johnson City, Tenn.
The western associations applica-
tion for reopening of the Daniels
case. involving s1,a2o. was denied,
having been filed too late
The board also disallowed the claim
OF orlando, Fla. against st. Peters
burg for $500 in the case OF player
Meissner.
All other matters have been left
for the boards consideration during
the annual minor leagues meetings,
in Hartford, Conn, this week.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
DOWNEY MAY PROVE
MATCH FOR STOVAL

Joe Downey is expected to earn III.
respect Of Washington night fans to-
night when he encounters Tex Stoval
in the feature mill OF the boxing card
at Washington Barracks.
Although practically unknown local.
~, Downey made quite a reputation
for himself in New Jersey rings be.
fore going to the Bellview powder
plant.
powney at one time was a member
OF Mickey Walkers encourage, and
was accounted a clever and promistn g
middleweight He fought In q num-
ber Of preliminary battles at that
time with considerable success.
In Stoval. however, Downey will
meet a tough customer. Stoval has
made a name for himself here. and
Is preparing strenuously for ton!Eht's
engagement. He has been mix
ing matters with Jumbo Eygleston
and Terry O'Day at Mohawk Athletic
Club for some time.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
BaHShH Progressing After Half Century, Minors Haze Pointed Platform
so YEARS OF BASE BALL

The bnse ball season OF 1925 will
he the hftieth season Of the Ma
tional League. In the span COW
cred by those 50 years the great
American National game has de-
veloped to q point in popular
ity that its early patrons little
dreamed it would reach In that
time. Organized prOfessional base
ball IL q little older than the
National League. but 1t attained
real standin4 only with the ad-
vent OF that organization. 80 for
all practical purposes the early
history OF the National League
may be regarded ~ the early his.
tory OF base ball itself.
In commemorntioA OF the annl-
rersary which will be httinEly
recognised during the coming sea-
SON by the present heads of base
ball, John II. Foster, foremost
newspaper expert on the game, In
writing q remarkable series OF
short articles about the National
League. These articles will deal
with the history Of the league and
its founders and how they hap
pened to organize it, the Arat
teams Of the league, the Is great
est players Of the league; its flve
leading pitcherst it's six most
famous managers, Its greatest
Games; its early mpiOnships
and the development Of the rules.
Evening star., 1924-12-01

The minor league clubs think the
players should not set copper. 1t
Is their contention owners go to the
trouble and expense Of bringing out
Of rising player all he has in him.
They think the player should pay
them rather than be paid out Of
anything they may derive.
OF course, that isn't very sound
logic since the ball player Is sup
posed to give a certain amount OF
value received to his employer. But
that doesn't change the opinion OF
the minor league club owner who
insists that his business is 80 pre-
carious and that the chances against
making anything are so great he
should not be interfered with in any
way.
Why Players Object.
The players are opposed to the 10
per cent thing because they want a
greater per cent and also because
they think that the percentage, If 1t
Is to be established, should go for
all prices paid above $4,000. They
say that more players are exchanged
at amounts below $4,000 than above
that sum, and that the proposed rule.
IL it is to be Of any benefit to the
general run Of players should en-
brace the great majority of them.
The players also direct attention
to the fac. that the big club owners
are beginning to make about as many
deals by trading players az they are
by paying sums of cash and that If
the percentage law went into effect
they probably would trade one Of
their own men at n value of $4,000
and take On the new man at s9,9S9.s9
to get out OF paying him commits
sion.
The minors also are worked up
over the proposal that the major
league be given the right to put
player out under option five times.
He can be put out only twice nov.
If player can be put out five
successive years. the minors insist,
he may as we'll be bound for life. so
far as they are concerned, or SO far
as his rights are concerned. Five
years probably would put an end TO
the best part Of any ball players
life unless he began to play when
he was in knickerbockers.
Generally speaking. II is expected
that the minors will answer the
roll call in better trim than they
were in 1923. The class AA leagues
are in fine fettle this year, as all
three of them had fine championship
races in 1924. Even the International
"nIcn mas the most SFRW2IU CIRCUIT
OF the three, did better in 1924 than
il had in some time.
The class A clubs whooped things
UP. In the Southern. there were
three weak sisters, but they pulled
through and the circuit will start
out all right in 1925. The Texas
League 10 figuring on doing better
than It did In 1920. Dallas will have
q new stand and the Fort Worth
club will be doing business in the
championship line Just as Jack Dunn
does IL in the International League
Hartford is all set to give the base
ball men the liveliest time that New
England has had in that section OF
its hills since the minute men were
there. There will be formal dinners
in which New England special dishes
will play an important part, and
there also will be entertainment to
celebrate the fact that base ball in
Hartford Is so years old.
Copyright, 1s24.)
Evening star., 1924-12-01

Other Washington performers list
ed in the charmed class OF 500 hit
ters include Rice, with a mark Of
.s34: Prothro. .333: McNeely. $50;
Martina. .3c6; Judge, .324: Zachary,
.30a. and Matthews and Tate, each
with .302.
The marks Of Goslin, Judge and
records they set the previous season.
when Goose got an even 500. with
Rice attaining SIS and Judge hit
ting for. .3l4. Muddy RueI expert
enced a decided slump, from .Si6 to
.283. and Bucky Harris also fell Off,
getting only .26S. as against .2S2 for
the year previous. but the manager
earned one title. his s. sacrifice bits
being by far the highest total regis
tered in the circuit. Rice was the
champion base runner OF the local
outfit, with a total OF -.
In team batting the Nationals fin
ished IN tie with the Browns for
third place, with figures OF .394. the
Tigers being the leaders, with .2as,
while the Indians .296. made them
runners-up.
Ruth II League Leader.
Babe Ruth topped all the individuals
In batting, with a percentage of .S7s.
and was not pressed by any other
player who took part In as many as
hundred games Harry Heilmann
led the league in 1928 with .4o3 when
Ruth was the runner-up with 1893.
Heilnan, In 1924, dropped to .34S.
where he was tied with his team
mate. Johnny Bassler, a newcomer in
the ranks OF heavy hitters.
Bassler made the most marked ad-
vance Of any of the players regarded
as in the slugging class.
Charley Jameson is the first player
In 100 games or more to appear in
the list after Ruth. He batted 20
points below the Bambino
Ruth led in total bases hit for with
Sei. compared to his record of 399 in
1923. when he played in one less
game. He was "at bat" 529 tilnee in
1924. compared with 522 the year
previous; he made an even zoo hits,
compared with EOS the previous year,
but he increased his home-run total
by five in his futile effort to set a
new high mark for round-trippers.
Babe scored 143 runs, as against 15l
in the previous season. He stole but
nine bases, whereas he was credited
with II the previous year.
Eddie Collins Shines.
Eddie Collins again led the league
III SSo1cu OdSeS. Win ~, or Z less
than his 1898 total. In his effort to
come back after a years absence,
George. Sisler succeeded to the extent
Of hitting .305 and stole 10 bases.
Incidentally, he was trapped II times
IN efforts to steal. Collins was
caught pilferine an equal number Of
times. but. then, Collins made many
more tries to steal than did Sisler.
Few names OF new players appear
IN the list Of heavy hitters. but a
number OF old standbys are up there
as usual. in varying degrees. Ty
Cobb had good year and for his
nineteenth consecutive season batted
better than Extraordinarily bet
ter, for his figures were 1888. Ty also
stole % bases and was caught trying
to pilfer II times.
Tris Speaker was among the first
10 hftters, but he lost out in his
specially OF making two-baggers
The honors for the season in that
respect go to Harry Heilmann and
Evening star., 1924-12-01
u, S, RlFlEMEN WIN
PAN-AMERICAN CUP

LIMA, Peru, December 1.-The
American rife team has won the
an-American team match and the
Argentine cup with a lead. OF -
points over Cuba: Argentina stands
third and Peru fourth.
BY their victory the Americans
carry back the cup which was cap
tured from them at Camp Perry.
The United States made a sweep
Of all but one OF the individual
and team matches.
Lieut.. 3. r. Kinds, United States
Infantry, was high man in the Team
match. scoring 1904 points. Sergt
Morris Fisher. L. S. NJ. c., was sec
ond with 1893.
The unlimited entry match finished
in q tie, Lieut.. Kinds and Martino
Of Argentina each scoring 286 points.
First prize was awarded to Mar
tino because OF his better score at
the standing position.
Evening star., 1924-12-01
JARVIS is NOT CHOSEN
TO SAIL Upton CRAFT

NEW YORK, December John
Westwood. secretary 70 Sir Thomas
Upton, has denied the report that
the British sportsman had arranged
with Amelius Jarvis. sr.. Of Toronto.
q prisoner at the jail farm there. to
act as skipper OF his next Americas
cup challenger.
Westwood said he was authorized
to state that there is no foundation
whatever for the report
He said that Sir Thomas had seen
Jarvis. but had made no arrangement
with him.
Evening star., 1924-12-01

F'ondness for the game always had
been in evidence. but there was an
important and better element of the
population of cities where the at
tempt was made to foster base ball
in a business way which would not
tatronize the contests because of the
low order of humanity that had too
much in common with the game and
because OF the association of players
With men who we're known not to be
honorable in their dealings.
Owes Much to Pioneers.
The position which professional
base ball occupies at the present time
in the athletic life of the United
states IS largely due 70 the stubborn
fight wagcd by William A Hubert
Of Chicago. as an owner and eSecu-
tive, and Albert G. Spa'ding OF Chi
caGo, as player and later as al
owner. Both Of these men we're ruth
lcssly savage in their attack upon
gamblers. upon betting and upon
every source OF petty dishonesty that
was attached 10 base bali or had
anything in common with il. and il
was because of their back bone and
their persistent refusal to concede a
f,nt to players, even when the or
sapization of professional base ball
was threatened. that they eventually
won the tight because they command
ed respect for their stand and also
conservative and substantial support.
The National League, in it's time,
has been through many athletic wars,
but has survived al of them to cele-
Evening star., 1924-12-01

brate it's fftieth anniversary. 1t
never was SO near exhaustion as IL
was in 1889, but even then the force
full presence of Spalding assisted in
bringing it through a period which
nearly swallowed all its resources
and left it impoverished and just a
trifie stronger than the rival which
had brought it so low.
Two Original Clubs Remain.
The league has comprised six clubs,
eight clubs and twelve clubs. but it's
greatest success has been with eight
clubs. Of the cities which originally
made up the circuit only two---:hi-
cago and Boston - have remained
throughout and Of the men who
started the National League and who
he'ped TO make IL famous, strong and
powerful, there is not one in its or
ganization.
To the old-time base ball critics
almost as much credit must be given
for building UP the league as to its
hackers. because these writer's, who
began with base ball and who knew
base ball almost to man were
sturdy fighters against the crooks.
against that kind of base ball that
was distasteful and against the low.
ering Of the standard OF the league.
No force has done so much to make
base bail what it is as the legitimate
criticism OF the press.
(n article No. , tomorrow "the
first National League meeting Will
be describeG.)
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-12-01
SPORTS AT PRINCETON
SHOW A BIG INCREASE

An increase in its financial status
of s1l0,o95.S7 is shown in the report
of the Princeton University Athlete
Association for last year.
At the same time an extension ot
its program brought about an in
crease in the number of men partici
pating in organized athletics.
Figures included in Prof. Charles
w. Kennedy's report as chairman OF
the board of athletic control indicate
that 1,215 students out of an enroll
ment Of 2,l00 took part in various
varsity and freshman sports.