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6 TTTE \TLANT* fiLORGTAN AND NEWS. *v r a Under the Circumstances You Can't Blame Mutt for Not Buying • • • • 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 WELL I T00K*5 AWAY 1 f*0M JEFF — I'LL just Dasm in this Boote Joint yakc- a eepc BuY, siR. _ i tjosTj tuANT TQ cock AT T Hq t NTRlPS SO IF you WANT To HM'tG ABOUND THIS DoNvR, you'll HAnt- — — C*PX*JC,HT dQn KRAZY KAT «• • • — • • • Which Makes it a Dog Fall /db^r To ‘lHouj You,, ttuftey*") CG H Yfc«=. d Hoo All o? you cats are cftAiy did you ®j6tk hea<>. of '■mt Mate- alowKE.V That aiadsl a Cats paw - of- owe. OF Voufc- T1>ife£. ? WHAT ALADE a CATS MAMp) out of oiue. of c=r=~ OUR FEOPcE-S - *? -U muff our of You J) BOXING News of the Ring Game Meddling Has Ruined Red Sox j BASEBALL •I*#* • * +•+ 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. * ♦ • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • Pitcher Walter Johnson, of the Wash ington Senators, now holds the season record for victories. • * • The first eight innings of the Pitts burg-Brooklyn game were played in one hour and seven minutes. * * * 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. • • * 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. * * * 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. • • * 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. 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