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By “Bud” Fisher
AN FRANCISCO. CAI Auk. 1
There is h flurry imung tb< of
: . Aclals of the Pacific Athl*-tn
Association and In amateur athleti*
circles generally over the allegation
that James E. Sullivan, director gen
eral of the amateur games to he held
here during the Panama-Pacific Ex
position. has appointed Thomas S
Mulvey. the well-known San Fran-
ciaco clubman, his principal aide n
connection with the handling of the
exposition sports.
A few days ago Mulvey received a
telegram from Sullivan, who was then
on the point of departure to Berlin
to attend a conference of the olym
piad committee.
In his telegram Sullivan said he
would be bac k in New York early In
September, and that it would be- nec
essary for Mulvey to come to New
York at that time to aid in interest
ing the athletic fraternities there in
the games to be held in tills city in
31*15.
Elliott Issues Statement.
While the telegram Intimated that
Mulvey was appointed the head of the
San Francisco committee on games,
no reference was made to any other
appointments of local men in the
same connection.
The Pacific Association of the Am
ateur Athletic Association took uni
forage at this Indication of Mulvey**
appointment, and John Elliott, presi
dent of the association. Issued a
statement yesterday in which he said
that the selection of Mulvey to the
post did not meet with the sanction
of the association.
Elliott pointed out that the Paclfi,
Association had given valuable as
sistance to the exposition officials In
securing sanctions for American
c hampionships to be held here in 11*15.
He declared that Mulvey had no
knowledge of or affiliation with ama
teur sports, and intimated that Mu!
vey’s appointment would cause the
association to refrain from using its
•ndeavors toward making tlie 1915
games the success thev should lie
Mulvay Has No New*.
Wliile Elliott did not say so It Is
evide nt that he and his associates ex
pected Sullivan to depend upon the
local athletic body for whatever as
sistance he required.
The Panama Exposition officials
stated emphatically that no appoint
ment such a» the Pacific Association
complained of had been made, nor had
any such appointment been author
Ixed by the exposition directorate,
which, of course, is the lust word In
all matters of this kind.
Under these circumstances it Is be
lieved that the Pacific Association
will take no precipitate action until a
clearer undt rstanding is had as to
Just what honor Sullivan intended to
confer upon Mulvey. As Sullivan Is
on the high seas, it would be some
little time before he could be heard
from
Mulvey said vesterdav that h*» had
no news regarding his appointment
other than was conveyed in th'* Sul
livan telegram He said he intended
going East, hut w ill wait to hear fur
ther before making the trip
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BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Meddling Has Ruined Red Sox j BASEBALL
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Frank Whitney left last night for
New York where he will try to got on
with Youpg Shugrue or Home other
star lightweight Before lie left. Whit
ney had nothing but praise for Charley
White and is looking for ttie Chicago
boy to l»e the next light weight cham
pion. Whitney is also anxious to re
turn here fer some more bouts.
Ad Woigast, former lightweight cham
pion. signed articles yesterday to meet
jcm Axvedeo, the Sacramento light
weight. In a ten-round go at Oakland,
Cal . on Labor Day.
Stallings Is Popular In Boston
Diamond News and Gossip
T
IS III THE DEAL
S T. LOUIS MO, Ang '.—If the
Giants will part with Christy
Mathewson and bred Merkle,
then McGraw can have Ed Koney
from the Cardinals!
From New York Thursday came a
report that the Giants were dickering
with the Cardinal* for another swap,
and that McGraw had offered South
paw Wiltse and First Baseman Fred
Merkle for the “Pig Train.'*
Considering that Wiltse is fading
and fading fast, and that Koney eas
ily outclasses Merkle. the cards would
run second on such an exchange, and
the truth of such a transaction was
asked of President Prltton.
“If McGraw will m*ke it Mathew-
aon and Merkle instead of Wiltse and
Merkle then I will O. K. the trade,"
said President Britton. “But Wiltae
and Merkle, no.”
Then the Cards’ Proxy smiled and
puffed his perfecto and continued:
"Yes. that* what 1 mean, Matty
and Merkle. Matty must be in the
deal. Anybody but Matty and there’s
nothing doing with us for Ed Koney.”
"But don’t you know, Mr Britton,
that McGraw never would consent to
trade Mathewson?” was put to the
Cards chief.
"Why, certainly I know' it. and
t XfolU s Just why I name Matty in u
* deal with the Giants for Koney.”
flashed bark Britton. “After we took
Crandall Instead of Wiltse for Mc
Lean. I offered to buy Wiltse from
the Giants, but McGraw said he did
not want money, but was after play
er*.
"We’re after players to strengthen
our club, too. We arc trying to get
the youngsters, and are willing to
make a trade where we have nn edge,
but it’s a cinch that we re not going
to pass out anything 1 ik*- Koney for
Merkle and Wiltse.”
CLOTHIER WILL BATTLE
TOUCHARD IN FINALS
SOUTHAMPTON, N T , Au* 17 _
William J. Clothier, of Philadelphia, and
Gustav F. Touchard, of New York, will
meet in the final round of the mens
singles in the Meadow Club invitation
tournament here this afternoon.
.1. 8. jstraonmi and C .1. Griffin, hold
er* of the Western doubles champion
soirv will pla> Thomas c Bund.* at d
William Johnson, the other California
pair, in the «emi-fira! rounds of tie
doubles this afternoon The winners
will then oppose \Y I* Larned and \\
J Clothier in the finals
PHILLIES SECURE »^Di '
SHERMAN. TEXAS. Aug 17 -An-
uncament was m*»«n h
.it of the Sherman iTexas-* <kIuUo.. .
ague that Ren Tinrup. u plt'd.er 1 u
sold In the Philadelphia Nation !
Tlrcvp. who is an Ind’ar
to the Philadelphia club Au
Charley Eyton has been selected to
referee the Leach Cross-Joe Rivers
scrap at Los Angeles on Labor Pay.
j Rivers and Cross will start work for the
bout next week.
Young Hhugrue and Joe Hyland will
clash in a ten-round engagement at New
York to-night. Both hoys will weigh
in at 135 pouYtds ringside.
Willie Schaefer, Lackey McFarland’s
sparring partner, was matched yester
day to box Pick Woods nt Plattesville,
111 . on Tuesday night They are sched
uled to go ten rounds at 1411 pounds.
Billy Walters. Chicago welterweight.
will don the padded mitts with Young
Penny in a ten-round set-to at New Or
leans. Penny is a great card in the
Pelican City, where he nut up a great
battle with ''Wildcat" kerns.
Steve Ketchel will travel to Denver.
Col., on September 15 where lie is to
mingle with Eddie Johnson. Tills con
test Is scheduled to take place during
“State Fair Week" and the lighters
will go twenty rounds, weight to be 133
pounds at 3 o'clock.
Coast fans are looking for Ad Wol-
gast to hand Johnny Dundee a neat
lacing when the pair get together at
Los .Angeles on September J*. Ad has
promised to train for this mutch, as he
Is anxious to get on with Willie Ritchie
in a title match.
Eddie Menney will exchange taps with
Frankie Conley, the veteran bantam
weight. in a fifteen-round engagement at
St Jo.*-eph, Mo. on labor Pay This
will be Conley’s first fight In six months
Jack White threatens to quit the box
ing game. Jack is discouraged over
ids recent defeat at tiie hands of Johfiny
Dundee and wants to get away from the
game.
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Jimmy Gram, who fought several
bouts here, left yesterday for his home
in Chicago. Jimmy expect* to return
later in an effort to get otv with Charley
Lee. Kid Young and Spider Britt.
Terry Nelson is walking the streets
with a broad smile these days. His
knock-out victory vet Mike Saul has
pi a cad a chip on his shoulders. Nelson
says he would like nothing better than
to* box Eddie Hanlon again, providing
the latter will make 138 pounds at 3
o'clock for a night fight.
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Word haa reached here from Los
Angele**, Cal , to the «h n t that Phil
Cross will have to t*ke part in three
semi-final bouts to stHr attractions be-
i fore lie will get the chance to appear in
a main ^vent and prove that he is :i
| good welterweight
BRAVES GET FOUR PLAYERS
BOSTON. Aug 17. The Boston Na
tionals ha v r secured rour additional new
j men toward strengthening the team for
| next season Two ate infielders and
1 two a e outfielders. The Infielders are
P'jgax. second ha**eman of the Waco
i (Texa* League) eluh a*’-' McCloskev, a
’1 ir< bv-eiiian of the Albany <Ga.) club,
j of the *v>uth Atlantic League. From
Ce Pai rs club the Boston Braves have
j secured two outfielders. Wilson and
* ati both now hatting better than
1 "00
RED SOX GET OUTFIELDER. .
BOSTON. PASS. Aug. —The
Boston American League team an
nounced ye-sVcM*- the purchase - f
'>•’ * ’ 1 NY- !.- • ! cm th'* Worn . .•
| „Tim «*f tlie New England League.
By W. J. McBeth.
'MiEflK i* little comfort In a refu
tation to the fellow who has loa;
his pun h. This ring chatter
applies directly to baseball. A pugi
list may get away by sidestepping
action, but * organized baseball re
quires 154 tilts every year.
The Boston Red Sox furnishes n
very flne object lesson for the point
in question. One year ago the staid
old “Hub” was wild with enthusiasm
over its pets of a generation. To
dispute that the “Speed Boys” boast
ed the classiest aggregation in mod
ern times wys the shortest route to
suicide. To-day. though a world’s
championship has been added to the
achievements* of the Back Bay ath
letes. the pennant winners are the
scorn of the City of Culture.
The answer lies for the most pari
In four agate lines—which represent
the difference between first and fifth
places in the Amrrican League stand
ing.- Boston’s National League team
which saw many lean and hungrv
years, while its rival lived upon ti.e
fat of the land, hit** usurped the pop
ularity of its fading contemporary.
The Red Sox in their company have
s'hown the better percentage of vic
tories. But still their work has
slopped off so badly from what was
expected of the holders of baseball’s
highest honors that in comparison to
the improvement made by the Braves
the Red Sox appear in the light of
the veriest “bush" claa-*.
Boston, like every other town, has
little use for a team that has hit the
chutes, while always ready to extend
a hand of encouragement to a club
that stems on the upward tretid.
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T X gaining a few rounds on the
1 ladder front the cellar George
Stallings’ Braves have accomplished
ft task that well might be consid
ered more wonderful than cinching h
second American League pennant with
the champions. Baseball fandom is
clever enough to appreciate the point
and pay tribute where tribute is du?.
But the Boston “Jtuation of the
American League furnishes a moral
which many of our meddling promot
ers might well take to heart. One
thing is to leave good enough alone,
another that it is far easier to de
stroy a finely attuned mechanism than
to overhaul and rebuilt it.
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C VERYBODY oaid a year ago that
the Boston Red Sox were the
luckiest world’s champions known io
history. Perhaps they were, but they
certainly had some class to get in the
finals. Moreover, they went through a
long campaign without dropping
more than two games in a row till the
pennant was cinched. The club looked
anything but impressive in the.world's
series. But \va>» it altogether th*
fa .lit of the club?
I honestly believe, in the light of
later developments, that if the real
inside truth were known President
James McAleer had a lot to do both
with the poor showing of that team
against the Giant# and in the 1918
race so far this season. Jake Stahl,
deposed from the management in
mid-season, may have been left un
hampered this season as McAleer in-
i sinuated. but he certainly did not
I have a free hand against the Giant*
j last fall. He was girt about by a so-
! called bond of strategy. These many
! cooks came very near to scorching
| the broth.
While the Red Sox were setting
; themselves. Jake Stahl and, incident-
; Lilly. McAleer on the high pedestal j
where the bump incident to this
i \ ear s fall should be all the more pro-
, nonnoed. srmebodx put « stick of
, > t' ,v * t under the foundation. In J
* ine i. i^ht of bailie a serious row l
cropped out among certain players.
As is usually the case, factions re un-
ed. The unity of the team was un
dermined. The big exnl«si«>n f
ed the poor start of 1913 consequent
to wholesome injuries and sicniiv«.,.
McAleer may not have directly In
terfered with Stahl. Yet the in
ference is there pretty strong. Jim
my looked like an ideal president
when everything was of rosy hue.
But once a manager always a man
ager. We see that in the attitudes
of some of our renowned scouts. The
cunning hand of McAleer might be
traced in the present dilemma of his
noble country.
AT least McAleer. or his associates
** in the business administration of
the club, deserve little sympathy for
the cold desertion of Hub fandom.
They brought it upon themselves by
a cold throw down of their most
loyal supporters. The band of “Roy
al Rooters” which had accompanied
the team to and fro between New York
and Boston were not provided w'ith
seats for the seventh game The busi
ness management was unable to ex
plain satisfactorily this shameful
oversight; naturally the rooters took
It as an insult, believing they had
been “given the works” simply
through avarice of the management.
“It is the last ganip and they think
standing room good enough for us”
wus the universal sentiment. The
rooters put a boycott on the eighth
and deciding game. Also they gath
ered round th e offices at the close of
the contest when they were slighted
to put the curse on Fenway Park,
Red Sox and all connected with them.
By the looks of things it was some
curse.
PITCHER GEORGE MULLIN
JUMPS THE MONTREAL CLUB
By defeating the Cardinals the Giants
made it three straight, but they had to
do so in order to hold their distance
ahead of the Phillies, who are going
strong. By beating the Reds the Phil-
‘es likewise made it three straight.
Brooklyn and Pittsburg went fourteen
innings to a tie The Cubs came away
from Boston with another victory.
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The Eastern teams in the American
League won on Western fields yesterday
with the exception of the Yankees, who
were beaten by the White Sox. The
Athletics took revenge in Cleveland,
while the Senators landed a free scor
ing contest in Detroit. The Red Sox
grabbed a light scoring contest in St.
Louis.
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Pitcher Walter Johnson, of the Wash
ington Senators, now holds the season
record for victories.
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The first eight innings of the Pitts
burg-Brooklyn game were played in one
hour and seven minutes.
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Mike Donlin. formerly of the Giants
and the Pirates, may join the Yankees.
It is understood that overtures have
been made to Donlin since he was un
conditionally released by the Phillies
this week.
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The Chicago Cubs have purchased
Heath Allison, an outfielder, from the
Cadillac, Mich., club. Allison has a bat
ting average of .340. He will not report
until next season.
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Old “Cy” Seymour was a visitor at
the Polo grounds yesterday to see Mil
ler Huggins, manager of the St. Louis
Cardinals, in an effort to land some kind
of a berth. Huggins told the veteran
that nothing is open now. Although
Seymour is well to do the game still
lures him.
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Harry Spore, a young southpaw pitch
er from Crestline, Ohio, has been signed
by the Athletics. *
NAP LAJOIE HAS FANNED
EIGHT TIMES THIS SEASON
CLEVELAND. OHIO. Aug 18.—Nap
Lajoie has struck out but eight times
this season. Keating, of New York,
has tdrned the trick three times. Baum
gardner, Bush, Willett. Mosely and
Dauss once each. No Chicago nor
Washington pitcher has been able to fan
him.
NO INTERFERENCE IN
DILLON-BROWN CLASH
TERRE HAUTE. IND., Aug. 17.—The
Central Labor I'nion committee has
osked Chief of Police Fasig to prevent
the Jack Dillon-George (Knockout)
Brown Ia&bor Day bout. The committee
was told by the chief he could not in
terfere.
From Chicago comes the word that
Brown and Dillon are in great shape,
which means a corking match awaits the
public here.
Pruritis a Severe
Form of
Eczema
Nh\\ YORK, Aug. 17.—George Mullin.
the former Detroit pitcher who was re
cently sent to the Montreal club by
Hugh Jennings, is among the missing
.Mullin pitched a few games for the Roy
als and then was told to ait on the
bench. He became peeved. It is said
and the other day. after vainly asking
for a turn in the box. he disappeared
Owner Lichenheim. of the Montreal
'dub, who by the wav is trying to sel,
the release of Left Fielder Gilhooley to
a prominent major league magnate, has
instituted a search for Mullin to no pur-
nose it is believed that the former De
troit star has Joined a semi-pro team
under an assumed name at the invita
tion of a wealthy baseball fan who is
backing the venture.
HARRY SMITH LIKELY
TO MANAGE BROOKLYN
NEW YORK. Aug. 17.—Harry' Smith,
manager of the Newark team of the
International league, which is believed
to he a sure pennant winner this year,
may succeed William Dahlen as man
ager of the Brooklyn*) at the end of the
present season.
At least this is the story circulated
by insiders who know what is going on
behind closed doors at Fbbets Field.
The Brooklyn and Newark dubs are
owned outright by Charles H. Ebhets,
Stephen W. McKeever. Edward J. Mc-
Keever. Henry W. Medlcu* and others.
The failure of the Dodgers and the won
derful success of the Indians have
prompted deep thought among the own
ers of those teams
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