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This Is the Time of the Year That the Umpire Peels eit Peaee With All the World
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TEIER ACCEPTS
PUCE ST HEAD
OF OLD LEAGUE
New President Was Former Player
and Knows the Game From
Every Angle,
By Frank G. Menke.
N EW YORK, Dec. 10.—With its
new pilot, Governor John K.
Tener, at the helm, the good
ship National League to-day began a
four-year voyage that promised to bo
smoother than any ever experienced
by this old and battered, but still sea
worthy, skiff.
The presence of a new pilot aboard
seemed to have a taming effect upon
the heretofore mutinous spirits of the
crew, composed of baseball owners.
They promised him to-day that in
fair weather or foul they would be
with him in body, heart and soul, and
that they would leave the directing of
the craft solely to him. Perhaps the
promise and submission were caused
by fears. Governors, as most per
sons know, have the power to call out
the militia or marines, or whatever it
is they call out in case of trouble,
and no doubt the crew did not care
for a c.ash with these rough military
persons.
Tener arrived from Philadelphia
during the morning, and was met
with an avalanche of greetings and
congratulations from the baseball as
semblage at the Waldorf-Astoria. Al
though he did not give out any state
ment of policy prior to his induction
into office at the afternoon session, he
intimated that he intends to be the
leal boss of the National League, and
That he will rule with an iron hand if
no milder method succeeds.
Before Tener accepted the job,
when it was formally offered to him
about a month ago, he stated that if
he became president he was to be
permitted to be president—not a fig
urehead—and that he would not stand
for any heckling or subway politics
with reference to his rulings and
methods.
Elected on Four-Year Term.
Tener was elected for a four-year
term, at a salary not stated, but it is
understood to be $25,000 a year. He
will not draw any salary' from the
league until after his term as Govern
or of Pennsylvania expires on Decem
ber 31, 1914. but will give all the at
tention needed in the interim to Na
tional League and National Commis
sion affairs.
Of course, Tener’s arrival and his
assuming the job as National League
president was the big feature of to-
i ay’s confab at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Next in importance was the Tinker
question. Just what is to become of
the deposed manager of the Cincin
nati Reds was an unsettled question
overnight, but rumors floating around
inclined to the idea that Josephus
would land finally with about fifteen
of the sixteen major league clubs.
Tener a Former Player.
Some years ago in Pittsburg John
Kinley Tener. a ole-k in an office In
the Smoky City, gained quite a repu
tation as a ball player. He had suf
fered with ill health, and on the ad
vice of his physician, sought outdoor
employment, and entered professional
baseball. That marked the beginning
of the career of the man who was to
later become Governor of Pennsyl
vania, and who yesterday was elect
ed to the presidency of the National
League to succeed President Tom
Lynch.
John Kinley Tener was born in Ire
land July 25. 1863. At the age of 9
his parents came to America and set
tled In Pittsburg. At 18 years Tener
had become quite well known as an
amateur ball player. He had added
to his small income by playing with
amateur ball teams on Saturday aft
ernoons for $5 a game. When it be
came necessary for him to find work
in the open, his friends advised that
he become a professional ball player.
Among those who so advised him was
William H. Moody, later a justice of
the United States Supreme Court.
In 1885 Tener obtained his first pro
fessional baseball engagement as first
baseman of the Pittsburg club. He
had . become a husky youngster,
weighing more than 200 pounds and
standing more than six feet. Tener
did not make the tremendous hit that
his friends had predicted, and before
the season was half over he was re
leased and joined the Baltimore team.
M his own request, he was released
to the Naverhlll (Mass.) club, where
he finished out the season, to return
to business again, obtaining a clerk-
»hip with a Pittsburg house. He con
tinued to play amateur baseball, how-
ever. _
Played on Anson s • cam.
Tener’s brilliant record as a pitcher
in and around Pittsburg brought him
to the attention of A. G. Spalding and
led to a Job with Captain Anson s old
Chicago White Stockings. This time
Tener more than made good. He ac
quired a national reputation. He was.
one of the men chosen by Spalding
to make the famous baseball tour of
the world with the White Stockings
and All-Nationals in 188R-89, and act-
ed as secretary as well as playing
great ball. , , .
In 1891 Tener abandoned proles-
sional baseball and settled in Char
leroi Pa., where he again entered
business, acquired interests In sev-
eral large corporations, became presi
dent of a bank and head of a street
railway system. His fortune is esti
mated at close to a million. In 1909
Mr. Tener became a Congressman,
• md at the expiration of his term was
nominated for Governor of Penns>l-
vnnia by the Republicans and elected.
His term will expire on January 1,
1915 Governor Tener made a good
record as Chief Executive and enjoys
much popularity in ills State.
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INDOOR SPORTS
By Tad I FODDERFOR FANS
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Ancon, 100 (J.
McTaggart), 13-5, 1, 1-2, won; Pikes
Peak, 100 (Randolph), 6, 2, 1, second;
Big Dipper. 107 (Neander), 6, 2, 1,
third. Time. 1:16. Dr, Jackson, Fred
Levy, Willis. Guide Post, Jaquin,
Skeets, Protagaras also ran.
SECOND —Five furlongs: Little
Ep, 112 (Wolfe), 4, 2, 1, won; Sher
lock Holmes, 115 (Righemier), 3, 6-5,
3-5, second; Coming Coon, 115 (Bur
lingame), 6, 2, 1, third. Time, 1:10.
Eaton. Toison D’Or, Pish Tush, Un
ion Jack, Lord Clinton, Sallie Don-
ford, Gagnant, Port Arlington also
ran.
THIRD— Five and one-half fur
longs: Sir Marion. 115 (Waldron), 5,
2, 4-5, won; Pluvius, 115 (Glass),
13-5, 6-5, 3-5, second; John Marrs,
112 (Corey), 6, 5-2, 6-5, third. Time,
1:09 1-5. Detour, Auto Maid, Thco
Cook. Ben Prior, Camel, Lady Etna,
Deerfoot also ran.
FOURTH—Mile—Donald McDon
ald, 114 (Buxton), 1-2, 1-4, out, won;
Colonel Ashmeade, 101 (J. McTag
gart). 7. 2, out, second: Prince Ah
med, 108 (Deronde), 5, 1, 1-5, third.
Time, 1:53, Elwah, Counterpart also
ran.
FIFTH—Six and one-half fur
longs: Star Actress, 100 (Martin), 10,
4. 2, won; Jardner, 112. (Deronde),
13-5, 9-10, 2-5, second; Joe Die bo ;>1,
108 (Goose), 25, 10, 4, third. Time,
1:21. Sherwood, Stentor, Jabot, Col
onel f’ook, Supelvada also ran.
SIXTH—Five furlongs: Chartier,
115 (Goose), 7-2, 6-5, 3-5, won; Amer-
icus, 115 (Corey), 11-5, 9-10, 2-5. sec
ond; Veneta Strome, 112 (Doyle), 10,
4. 2, third. Time, 1:08 4-5. Rye
Straw, Daddy Gip, Tony W., Incision,
Belfast, Silas Grump also ran.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Five and one-half fur
longs: Birka, 103 (Kirschbaum), 5-2,
1, 1-4. won; Transact, 103 (Benton),
8, 3, 3-2, second; Alabama Bam, 10G
(Wood), 15, 6, 3, third. Time, 1:06.
Summer Hill, General Warren, De
forest, Ford. Maid of Norfolk, Attica,
Mary Pickford, Tigella, Dr. Bailey,
Fool O’Fortune also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Rose of
Jeddah. 103 (Neylon), 1, 1-4, out,
won: Palatable. 103 (Riddle), 6, 2, 1,
second; Annual Interest, 109
(O'Brien), 6, 2, 1, third. Time,
1:07 1-5. Garter. Lofty Hey wood, No
Quarter, Eye White. Rio Ja, Charles
Fox, Wicket also ran.
THTRD—Purse, 2 year olds and up,
5 1-2 furlongs: Scarlet Oaks, 109
(Carroll), 4-5. 1-3, out, won; Red
Path, 112 (Taplin), 3-1, 1, 7-10, sec
ond; Hinata. 109 (Woods), 4, 7-10,
1-3, third. Time. 1:05. Temple Focht,
Rodondo, Clarlbel, Florin Princess,
Ja.nina and Bib Hensley also ran.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Three-vear-olds and up,
purse, $300. selling, 6 furolngs: Warbler
111, Amoret 106. xAnn Tilly 196. Loan
Shark 108, xKlva 96, xCherry Seed 105,
xRight Easy 102.
SECOND—Two-year-olds, purse. $300,
selling. 7 furlongs; xPolly H. 104. Pat
ty Ragan 101, Otranto 109. xPeacock 95,
Ratling Nelson 105. Young Emblem 108,
Lady Innocence 98. xBeheat 106, Tom
boy ’98. xHudas Brother 99, Louise Trav
ers 109. xSingle Ray 94.
THIRD—Three-year-olds and up,
purse $400, selling, mile: xLa Sainrel-
la 100, xDr. Dougherty 107, Gerrard 103.
Tom Holland 10xLlttle Ep 102. xTroy
Weight 106, xBeachsand 105 Camel 110.
FOURTH—All ages, purse $500. handi
cap. B 1 ^ furlongs: Ijady Lightning 107,
Samuel R. Meyer 110, Sherwood 107,
John P. Nixon 100 Carlton S. 114. Wil
hite 111, Brigs Brother 100, Sir John
Johnson 19
FIFTH—Three-year olds and up,
purse $400. selling, mile and 2) yards:
Flying Yankee 110, tJa^queMna 102.
xRalph Lloyd 102 x^airy Godmother
96 Earl of Savoy 104. Dynamite 110,
Marshon 104, xDr. Waldo Briggs 112
SIXTH -Three-year-olds and up.
purse $400. selling, mile: Pierre Dumas
107, xMaster Jim ’0a Feather Duster
113, xThe Busy Body 108, Riving Yankee
111. Marshon 107. Spin He 111, xToddiing
108, Chester Krum 116.
xApprentice allowance claimed.
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AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Selling, a 1 ages. 6 furlongs:
xAve 90. xTrojan Bell 102, Lady Pender
110, xHazel C. 110. Beda 115, Rockdale
115, Helen Hawkins 115, C. W. Kennon
115.
SECOND—Belling, three-year-olds and
up. 5V4 furlongs: xPeter Grimm 98,
Nifty 103. xChanticleer 103. xMandadero
103. Cool 108. Ormonde Cunningham
108 Nila 108. Buss 108. Gilbert Rose
ios!
THIRD—Selling, three-year-o’ds. mile
and one-sixteenth: xKelsetta 103. xLord
Elam 103. xFalcada 103, Defy 108.
Sleepland 108. Jack Laxson 108.
FOURTH All ages. San Lorenzo han
dicap, 6 furlongs Osaple 90, Henry
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Joe Tinker is said to have slated that
he will not allow Garry Herrmann to
trade him to any other club than Chi
cago, Pittsburg or New York. If any
other berth ife found for him, Joseph
will probably manage a Federal League
team next season.
Fred Clarke is now hot after Charley
! Herzog, but it is doubtful if he can of
fer MeGraw anything in return. Clarke
made a bid for Herzog at the time Mc-
I draw traded Hank Gowdy and A1 Brid-
! well to Boston for the great little third
baseman.
* * *
Members of the Brooklyn team are
going to remember their former mun-
J ager. Bill Dahlen. on Christmas. Bill’s
stocking will contain a fine present.
“Red” Smith, Atlantan, is threatening
to <iuit the Dodgem Bo is Earl Ying-
ling However. when spring rolls
around it’s a good bet that both will
report at the training camp on time.
• • •
Tommy McMillan has started light
training already He is taking a ten-
mile jaunt over the Roswell road every
afternoon.
• * *
Charley Ebhets Is after Romanach,
the Cuban shortstop. Romanach fears
that he will not he welcomed in organ
ized ball on account of being a Cuban.
It’s a cinch, however, that the smooth!
Ebbetts will convince him otherwise.
• * *
Judge Kavanaugh should give Joa
Bean an umpire’s berth next year. Tha
Atlanta Club coach knows the gama
backward and would make a corkinrf
official.
* * *
Kavanaugh last spring promised ta
keep Bean in mind when he started tu
line up his taff for the 1914 season.
* * •
By the way. Anson w r ill not admitl
that his baseball playing days are over,
but he does confess to being a golfer c
and a golfer, according to his own defi
nition. is "any [Gayer who can get
around under a hundred.” Probably
he calls the others duffers. He also
admits to being guilty of an 81 out in
Chicago.
* * *
When Fred Clarke affixed his John
Hancock to H Pittsbfirg contract last
week it was the twenty-first time that
he has agreed to work for Barney Drey-
fuss.
• • *
Pop Anson declares that Jerry Cut-
shaw, former Southern League star,
now a Dodger, is a regular second base-
man.
• * •
Mr. Tinker will not enter vaudeville*
this winter, owing to the fact that h«
appeared in burlesque all last summer.
Many Good Bouts on
Card for To-night;
Ferns vs. Gibbons
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—In addition to
the Ritohie-Murphy affair on the
^oast to-night, many choice matches
are scheduled for the Middle Western
part of the country.
New Orleans is wrapped up in the
meeting of Mike Gibbons, generally
called the welterweight champion,
and Wildcat Ferns, the hard-hitting
Kansas City mauler. They should
put up a hot battle, one that will de
light the fight-loving Southerners.
Gibbons has all the class of the
pair in a boxing way and can hit
some himself. The weight, 145 pounds
at 3 o’clock, will let Mike in with all
his strength.
Ferns has nothing but his punch
and plenty of ruggedness.
Racine will be the center of Wis
consin’s boxing interests. In John
Wagner’s lakeside Arena Matty Mc-
Cue, of Racine, will make his first
fight under the management of Tom
Jones. His opponent to-night will be
Tommy Bresnahan, a tough and vet
eran Easterner, capable of extending
any boy of his Inches. The weight
for the battle to-night is 128 pounds
at 3 o’clock.
Over at Windsor Joe Mandot, the
Southern lightweight, will mix with
Patsy Drouillard. of Detroit, for eight
round? Mandot has had much more
experience than Patsy and should
have little trouble in outpointing him.
Fred Gilmore, welterweight, boxes
Frank Bauer, a heavyweight, at St.
(’harles. FTed has matched Jack
White with Cleve Bridges at Mem
phis for December 15.
Big Records in Southern In 1913
Some Echoes of the Glorious Strife
Walbank 100. Truly 102. Dorothy Dean
105. U. See It 108
FIFTH—Selling, all ages. 6 furlongs:
Angie D. 92. xFort Sumter 102, xFrazzle
107. Garden of Allah 107. Swift Sure
10?’ xArmy Maid 107. Bear Abbey 110,
New Capital 112, Lady Adelaide 111,
Stanley S 112. Commendation 112. Joe
Woods 115. Dahlgren 116. Ben Stone 115,
Compton 118
SfXTH Selling, three-year-olds and
ur 5Vfc furlongs xDynamo 106. Orimar
La’d 107, Chllla 108. Russel McGill 108,
Thistle Belle 108. Gemmel 108. Princess
Industry 108. Doc Allen 112.
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear; track fast
By O. B. Keeler.
A BEI.ATED, but none the less
interesting, boiling down of
stunts and records in the
Southern league last season reveals
a lot of things that may be used to
settle controversies in the Stove
League, and, even if there’s no row
on, make pretty good reading for the
famished fans.
You might look it over.
• • «
W ITH regard to fielding achieve
ments, Atlanta fans were privi
leged to witness the season's most
spectacular day's work. The day was
August 23, and the worker was Riv-
lngton Bisland. The wonderful short-
fielder that day handled fifteen
chances—fourteen assists and one
put-out—without a skip, and hung
up a record In this league that is
good outside of It, so far as the de
ponent knoweth.
These men led in fielding averages
for the season:
First base, McGilvray and Snede-
oor, .984 (Agler fielded .982): second
base, Mnrean, .871: third base, El-
wert, .943; shortstop, Elberfeld, .938;
catcher. Mayer, 984; pitcher, Hogg,
,991; outfield, Clark, .974.
A MONG the pitchers, Baron Bill
Prough, of Birmingham, was the
top-notcher, winning 23 games and
losing 6. He pitched 274 innings,
yielded 227 hits, and gave up 69 runs.
Elmer Brown, of Montgomery, fan
ned the most batsmen, striking out
166 of the 917 who faced him in 269
Innings
Parsons, of Memphis, allowed more
runs than any other hurler In pro
portion to the inning? pitched. In 36
games and 268 innings 139 men
scored against him, ari average of
more than 4 1-2 runs to the game
Brenner, of New Orleans, achieved
a record w-hich he probably is not
bragging about. He started eighteen
games without winning one He man
aged to tie three, and is charged
with losing eleven, the other four
being won for his successor on the
slab after he had yielded to the bat
tering. Troy, of Chattanooga, start
ed eleven games and wound up the
ing them from the Gulls, BUI Smith’s
team took a brace, and of the next
32 games they won 26, tied 2 and lost
4.
There isn’t much to add to the fig
ures--especially if you watched them j
do It.
season with a pitching percentage of
.000.
Uoveleskle pitched the only one-hit
game of the season, and lost it, at
that—a seven-inning affair with
Montgomery, July 12.
TN the hitting department, Harry
l Welchonce. of the Trackers, led,
the league with an average of .338,
jumping to the front just a few days
too late to cop the Rose medal, which
Dave Robertson, the Mobile slugger,
captured because *it was awarded “to
the batsman leading the league one
week before the season closes.”
Har’-y’s performance included 194
hits, 21 being tv/o-baggers, 12 of them
triples, and 6 of them home runs. He
set a new record for number of safe
hits in a season.
• • •
IN the miscellaneous records of 1913,
* Tommy Long's 113 runs set a new
mark for following base-runners to
shoot at and a tough mark to hit.
Clyde Wares, of the Bill!kens, led
the hase-swipers with 60, Dave Rob
ertson being second with 57.
Perry, of Nashville, on August 26,
made five hits in that many times up,
and repeated the next day in New
Orleans. Young, also of Nashville,
made eleven successive hits In three
days
* * •
A ND the biggest record of all, and
one of the biggest ever made, in
any league, or that ever will be made,
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