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[CULLS THREE PREVIOUS
I n ion Association Made First Fight
Against National in 1884 Without
Success; American, After Two Years’
War, Finally Secured a Foothold.
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▼ 1TH so much activity in the
ranks of the Federal League
and rumors of desertions from
organized baseball going about, the
s of the big fight back in 1900 are
brought to mind. As a matter of fact,
t ■ re have been three incursions of
‘ trbarians” into National League
fi Is during the last twenty years,
o v one of which was a success. In
V t the Union Association’s invasion
• tie to naught, and in 1890 the Play-
<■ League also failed to gain a foot-
I. But in 1901 the American
1 . gue, guided by a master hand,
ioved its object and secured a per
manent footing in baseball.
In 1900 the Western League
r . no l its name to the American
League, and in 1901, like the Federal
League at present, placed clubs in
National League territory. It offered
alluring inducements to the best play-
1, and in three years, 1901, 1902,
1 > : succeeded in influencing 109 to
join its standard. Of these 109 play
ers several were assisted in their
“jumps” by the clubs which had reg-
.1 r paid their salaries. They were
1)■ 1:11 ed instantly upon the discovery
t'iat, while accepting their salaries
r , one hand, they, with the other,
v -u signing teammates to contracts
0 ’;>(• opposition.
In the first year, 1901, there were 55
■Vserters, and in 1902 there were 40.
I'> Lie time the season of 1903 rolled
.Pong, peace was declared between
• '.-airing leagues. But before the
papers were signed fourteen more
pi; 1 vt* 1 s had abandoned the old ship.
T e players who jumped during the
i o yea'’s’ war were as follows:
New York.
' "ip -pink Hawley. Frank Sparks,
Virgil Garvin and Joe Conners, to
ukee; Winnie Mercer, Mike
\ and William Carrick, to VVash-
iim<• 11; J. B. “Cy” Seyrqpur, to Bal-
\ iiimri■; Wiliiam “Kid” Gleason, to
Detroit—9.
ihj -George Davis and Sam
Strang, to Chicago; Jack Warner and
C liar ley Hickman, to Boston; Albert
Selbaeii, to Baltimore; Luther “Dum-
my" Taylor, to Cleveland—6.
Philadelphia
1901 ’hick Fraser, Nap Lajoie.
Wil' Piatt. .William Bernard and
Joe Dolan, to Phialdelphia; Joe Sulli-
van. to Ctticago—6.
1902 Ed Delehanty, Harry Wolver-
M. \I Orth and John Townsend, to
W: Ellington: Monte Cross. Elmer
! : k and William J. Duggieby, to
r ikulelphia; Frank “Red” Donahue
Bill Dougless, to St. Louis; Ed
McFarland, to Chicago—10.
F.u)3 -Guy Harris White, to Chica
go—1.
Boston.
1901 (/hick Stahl. John Freeman,
.lames Collins and E. M. Lewis, to
Boston; Hugh Duffy, to Milwaukee;
Catcher Bill Clarke, to Washington;
Catcher Bill Sullivan, to Chicago; Vic
Willis, to Philadelphia—8.
1902— Bill Dineen, to Boston—1.
1903— Herman Long, to New York;
Eugene Demontreville, to Washing
ton—2.
Brooklyn.
1901— Lave Cross, Dave Fultz. Mor
ris Steelman, to Philadelphia: Joe
McGinnity,, Harry Howell, to Balti
more; Fielder Jones, to Chicago; Joe
Yeager, to Detroit; John Anderson, to
Milwaukee—8.
1902— Joe Kelley, Jim Sheckard, to
Baltimore; Adrian Joss, John" P. Goch-
nauer, Eugene Wright, to Cleveland;
Tom Daly, to Chicago; Jim McGuire,
to Detroit—7.
1903— “Wild Bill” Donovan, Frank
Kitson, to Detroit: Billy Keeler. 10
New York: Charley Farrell, to Bos
ton; Jay Hughes, to Seattle; E. John
Newton, to Los Angeles: Charles Ir
win, to San Francisco—7.
Chicago.
1901— Clark Griffith, John Callahan,
Sam Mertes. Roy Patterson, to Chi
cago: Bill Bradley, John A. McCar
thy. to Cleveland—6.
1902— David Jones, Barry McCor
mick. to St. Louis; Fred F. Hartzel,
Ed (“Rube”) Waddell, to Philadel
phia: Danny Green, to Chicago; Tom
Hughes, to Baltimore—6.
Pittsburg.
1901— Jimmy Williams, to Balti
more; Fred Ely and Harry Smith, to
Philadelphia—3.
1902— Jack O’Connor, to New York
—1.
1903— Jack Chesbro, Jesse Tanne-
hill, William (“Widow”) Conroy, to
New York—3.
Cincinnati.
1901— Erve Beck. Edward Scott, .0
Cleveland; Rob Wood, to Chicago;
James Barrett, to Detroit; Phil Geier.
to Philadelphia: Hobe Ferris, to Bos
ton: George Rohe, to Baltimore—7.
1902— Dick Harley, to Detroit 1.
1903— Sam Crawford, to Detroit—1.
St. Louis.
1901— John J. McGraw. Wilber:
Robinson. Billy Keister. Mike Donlin,
to Baltimore: Denton (“Cy”) Young,
Louis Criger, Ossie Schreckengost. t >
Boston; Fred Buelow. to Detroit 8.
1902— Rhody Wallace. Jessie Bur
kett, Dick Padden, Emmet Heidrickj
John Powell. William Sudhoff, Charles
W. (“.lack”) Harper, to St. Louis:
Dan McGann, to Baltimore—8.
In 1901 the American League pub
lished a “blacklist” of players who,
it claimed, signed contracts and th c *n
returned to the National League. The
list contained the following names:
Christy Mathewson. Roger Denzer
and Luther Taylor, of the New York
club: William Dineen and Victor
Willis, of the Boston club; James
Sheckard and “Leyt” Davis, of the
Brooklyn club, and Emmet Heidrick,
of the St. Louis club.
Johnny Dundee Says
Kilbane Is Greatest
Favorite Training Stunts Performed by Georges Carpentier
French Heavyweight Champion, V/ho Is Coming lo America Boxei 111 theWorld
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Johnny Kilbane? I think this about
him: He is the greatest boxer in th«
civilized world, not barring McFarland
or any other," said Johny Dundee, in
Cleveland, recently. “What do I think
of his punching powers? This: Charley
White, Patsy Kline, Kid Julian—all of
them have hit me and I never was hit
any harder by any one of this hard
hitting trio than I was by the cham
pion at Vernofl last Washington’*
Birthday.
“My opinion of the outcome of an-
j other battle between us? In ten rounds
he very likely would beat me. Over the
long route I figure my strength would
heat him. I think that 1 am stronger
; than Johnny.
“Do I want to meet him again? Yes,
I I do. But I couldn’t make 122. for I am
; heavier than I was. If I can go In the
ring at a weight that would not weak
en me. it’s my one ambition to box him
a third time, but it looks as though we
can t get together."
! George Mullin Now
Holding a Political
Berth in Detroit
Food for Sport Fans
By QEORflMI H. PHAIR.
SPORTING SIDELIGHTS
By Ed \Y. Smith.
J UST offhand and without any
further preamble we should
say that most of tire trou
bles in the boxing game could
tad would be avoided if decisions
•»uid and would be rendered in
ail of l he contests that are held
Li different parts of the country.
There is everv reason in the
«»rid to believe that a great ma
turity of the petty annoyances
md some of the graver troubles
at threaten the game are due
• > this very same no-decision
rule that prevails so generally.
* # *
| N no other branch of sport does
tiiis tiling of not deciding of-
silly who lias won a contest
in vail. As a matter of fact, in
• « r\ other line of competition
1 at one can name there ahVays
a winner and a loser and the
matter is not left to a bunch of
e\\ .--papers. Mind you, we’re not
lying that a newspaper man’s
m-ision is not often as capable
is might be a referee’s, but when
is many as a dozen papers are
’cciding the same thing there is
‘•and to be a wide diversity of
•pinion.
1-7 e*vE always maintained that
1 fighters might do a whole
better in the ring if they were
meed to face the verdict of a
good and disinterested arbiter in
'he ring. As it is at the present
Ume, many a fighter goes into a
- rap in indifferent condition that
>s not readily apparent to the eye
of the examiner. H** goes in be-
ause he needs the money and
apes that he can stall along
through a contest without mate-
Fal damage to his reputation be
au pe there will be no “official”
decision. \fterward he can al
ly- claim that an adverse de
cision was all wrong and that he
ivally won the contest.
^FHERE is much of this sort of
* thing going on right now. A
' rtain opinion is expressed by a
newspaper and immediately there
- a big howl from the fighter
ho is hit by it. He presents
1 h a favorable looking alibi
: t usually he i< given the ben-
t «/' the doubt and thus gets
without getting a great deal
'• worst of it, when as a mat-
»*f fact a referee mijht then
and there have registered a de-
| feat against the fighter.
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/COMPETITORS in every other
v-* fine of Sport are forced to
stand before the public strictly
on their merits. Not so in the
boxing game. The man with the
price of a telegram can at the
conclusion of a boxing bout in a
distant city make the home folks
feel good by declaring tHat the
papers in tiie town in which he
was fighting gave him very much
the worst of it because the man
he was fighting was a strong lo
cal favorite, etc., etc. it’s a tire
some situation, but one for which
there is little remedy.
* * #
T HE claim often has been made
that the no-decision plan
does away with a lot of betting,
etc. We don’t believe it. Then s
just as much betting to-day as
there ever was. because the bet
ting men merely leave it to this
critic or that one and decide their
wagers on his printed reports.
‘Take Care of Eyes,’
Advises Nap Lajoie
CLEVELAND, Dec. 27.—Napoleon La
joie says that young baseball players
pay too much attention to developing
speed without giving a thought to what
lie considers the most important asset
in an aspiring young recruit. Lajoie
says a perfect pair of eyes can do more
to make a player successful than any
other adjunct. Plenty of nerve, intelli
gence and strength enter into it, but tfie
largest item is good eyesight.
The veteran star says that wmf>n he
first began to play professionally he
shunned chances to read at night or on
fast moving trains. Lajoie recalls sev
eral players of great promise who were
inveterate readers. One by one they
lost their batting powers and dropped
out of the big leagues. Lajoie gives
most all the credit for his wonderful
career as a hitter to the care he has
taken of his eyes.
WOMEN IN POLO MATCHES.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Dec. -’7. -
Society women of San Mateo and Bur
lingame, suburbs of this city, have ar
ranged to play a series of polo games
in the San Mateo Polo club’s field.
The first of the contests will be played
about the middle of .January.
PURDUE ELECTS CAPTAIN.
LAFAYETTE, IND., Dec. 27.—H. S.
O’Brien, of Wabash, Ind.. has b« <-i;
ec.ed captain of the Purdue foot
ball team for 1914. lie Hayed half
back on this year’s eleven
| Ritchie’s Indisposition Makes aj
Place for It in Pugilistic
History,
S AN FRANCISCO, Dec. -7. —In the)
grand scheme of pugilism the i
i ' nose is coming into its own. *
’Time was when it was an unconsid-
| ered trifle. Not that this prominent
(feature did not bear more than its
share of trials and tribulations, but
I from its resiliency and its adaptability
[generally to wear and tear, that wa*».
j what it was supposed to be for.
It figured in our kindergarten flsti-
! cuffs, for yvhich of us can not recall
with pride the school scrap in which
i the other fellow's nose bled? When
fighting became one of the arts and
crafts, the nose was recognized • s
the first stopping place for the glbved
hands of those who were learning
their pugilistic pothooks and hangers.
A reference to th< pink sport sheets
of 50 years ago .will show that so com
mon were assaults upon the nose the
ring chroniclers of those days had lo
invent synonyms to avoid falling info
mistakes of tautology. Hence the none
came to be known as the bugle, the
conk, the beezer, tiio beak and the
bazoo.
A boxer we.s shy on credentials f
his nose bore no evidence of having
been through the milk At important
sport gatherings the bench show of
noses was one ol' the incidentals. Y m
saw noses with a list to port and oth
ers inclined to starboard; some that
were, slightly dished and many that
were completely spreadeagled.
A damaged nose was such a com-
I men spectacle that it was compelled
to associate with the cauliflower ear,
the black eye and the split lip.
Now this is all changed. An in
flamed nose has been the cause of :i
world’s championship being post
poned, and now th»- nasal appendage
has attained the dignity of the solar
plexus, the ulna and the os.magnus,
points of the anatomy which leaped
from obscurity to prominence in a
single night.
Henceforward thorp will be a dis
position to regard the nose as the seat
of the emotions. Landing a punch m
he nose will be recognized as a great
er achievement than formerly, and the
possession of a battle-schrred nose
will be more of.a badge of distinction
than ever.
AH of which is in no measure ar.
argument that Ritchie hasn’t a. sore
nose. It’s simply a line of thought
suggested by the fact that this is
about the first im*- in pugilism the
nose has had a chance to assert itself.
GIANTS KEEP SNODGRASS.
NEW YORK. Dee. 27.—One who is in
Manager McGraw’s confidence says:
“There is no chance of Fred Snodgrass
being released or used in a trade, as
John J. thinks he is one of the best
gardeners and baserunners in the busi
ness.”
GRIFFITH RECALL S SPENCER.
Manager Clark Griffith has recalled
Spencer from the Los Aageles club in
an effort to fortify his outfield. He
has also signed up Muesek an outfield
er of the Los Angeles dub
Bender, Plank and Coombs Wero
in Nineteen Out of Twenty-one
World’s Series Struggles;
CARRIGAN BIDS FOR HOME.
I N 21 world's series games spread
over the stretch of eight years,
the Athletic leader has mad' the
remarkable record of using only five
pitchers. Tney were his three great
veterans, Bender, Flank and Coombs;
Bush, the youngster who won the
third game from the Giants this v^ar,
and Andrew Co&kley, who twirled a
losing game against the Giants in
1905. That means that for over a
period of eight years Flank, Bender
and Coombs divided the other nine
teen games.
Jack Coombs Is tne most consistent
world’s series pitcher in the land. In
two series he won four games with
out a defeat, taking three from the
Cubs in 1910. when he was backed
by terriffic hitting, and winning one
from the Giants before he broke
down. Chief Bender has won six
games and lost three. Plank has
been the hard luck world’s series
pitcher for the Athletics, and for that
reason his brilliant showing this year
was welcome to his teammates. Flank
has had fewer runs scored against ,
him than any of the Athletic pitch- |
ers in the four series.
Manager McGivw has participated’
in 23 world’s series games and has I
called upon eight pitchers in llm! <
time—Mathewson. Marcjuard, M<
Ginnity, Tesreau, Crandall, Arnes, j
Wlltse and Demaree. Mathewson ho.
pitched more game u
pitcher of either team, vet’ lie ha-
won only five and lost fiv one being!
tied. Three of these victories were I
in the 1905 scries, each l> ing a shut - •
out. The records of th* pitchers of
Lives of turners till remind ns
Hdseball is a sport no more.
For irr left that stuff behind us
In the simple da pH of yore,
liascbatrs rent, tmsebnlt's earnest.
And tin dollar is its goal.
Ititsl thou art and thou returncst
A!u:tiffs ttt the owner's roll.
/. ! as then In up mnl doiny ,
. Friend and foe mail day anil n ahl.
Double ernuxiny and pursniny
All th edust there is in siylit.
* * *
Th?- Tinker deal, we are toid. will
rod, but Cincinnati will get players
instead of cash. Tinker's share, wc pre
sume, v/iil be a couple of outfielders.
* * •
Whatever may be the outcome of the
National League palaver, there is a deep
suspicion that Tinker will be presented
with a perfectly good specimen of citrus
fruit.
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Mr. Murphy arises to remark that the
Pubs are due for another shake-up. He
works on the theory that every little
shake-up gets a column all its own.
# * *
Sometimes it is the expected that hap
pens. For instance, the National
L?ague announces that it will not pen
sion Cap Anson.
* 4 *
Quoth Governor Tener: “Anson is
strong, physically and mentally.” And
yet the Cap appears in vaudeville.
The Sox and Giants will celebrate j
Mew Year’s on water. Neither Ping j
Bodie nor Larry McLean is with the j
party. V
It must bo said fii justice to Joe Tin- j
ki r that he never exceeded the speed)
jlrnit when he was driving the CMncin-
,j all machine.
I . * * *
| One is vividly reminded of I ho high
Ictsl of lemons when one roads that New
jSdrk boxing shows have drawn $2,200,-
I 0 > to the last two > ea:
j Ivan Mamutoff claims that he once <
threw the Russian l.ion. He is now
I learning to threw the American Bull.
| 1 Hu may beat him tint! flay him 'and ;
clout him all day,
j You may plaster him flat on the !
floor,
I Rut the battered e.r-ehampion always ■
will say:
“/ am better than ever before!"
DETROIT, MICH., Dec. 27. - George
Mullin, the well known American
League pitcher, and once the pride of
the Detroit Tigers, is now an entry
clerk in the office of County Treasurer
Sudn at Detroit. He went to work
last week, .but instead of a baseball or
a hat. Mullin used for weapons a com
mon . r garden variety ,of pen holder
and lead pencil and his first duties con
sisted of the adding of a column of in
terminable figures.
"This is worse than pitching in front
of 30,000 people.” was all the comment
George made as he buckled down to
work again. Since lie jumped the Mon
treal team, in the international League,
the former Detroit pitcher has been
playing some independent ball County
Treasurer Sh in, who is an old-time bull
player himself, received an application
from Mullin -ome time ago, but did not
• M-ornizr the name at first. When his
an- iiMon was called to it he soon found
a place for the former Tiger.
Brickley Will Toss
Shot in Junior Meet
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. 27.—
“Charlie" Brickley, whose proflHency
with his toe brought victory co Har
vard during the recent football season,
will represent the Crimson in the II
pound shot-put event at the National
Junior track and field championships in
Brooklyn. January 3.
Announcement to this effect was
made to-day by Manager Squibb, of the
Harvard track team. Captain Storer.
of the football team, and Hardwick,
another member of the eleven, are ex
pected to compete in this event later
In the season.
Johnny Reilly Not
To Play With Giants
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 27.-^Johnny Reil
ly. declared by many to be the best
third sacker In college circles, denies
that he will play that Important posi
tion on the New York Giants team
next season.
Reilly has been approached by the
leaders of many clubs, but thus far
has not put his John Hancock to any
document offered by a big league or
ganization.
PLAN INTERSECTIONAL POLO.
CHICAGO. I'« . organization of a
new polo club in Chicago was perfected
Wednesday and an option which the club
'i<ls on an 80-acre tract on the lake
shore was considered. Besides the polo
field a race track will be laid out for
amateur contests. The club plans to
bring together East and West in polo.
Challenges will be issued to the polo
clubs of Cincinnati, the Meadow Brook
Club and others.
MORPHINE
WHISKY AND TOBACCO
Habits Cured Without Pain
or Restraint at Cedarcroft
Sanitarium, Lebanon,
Tenn.
Endorsed by Governors, College Pro-
j fessors. Physicians and Ministers.
Licensed under special law w'hich
gives at same standing as State Insti
tutions
No ileposit or fee asked until cure is
: effected to satisfaction of patient.
A successful method of Home Treat
ment based on a gradual reduction has
been devised for those who can not
visit the sanitarium. Patients treated
at about same cost as their accustomed
drug.
Address Dr. POWER GRIBBLE, Supt.,
Box 892. Labanon, Tenn.—Advt.
the two
follows:
teams in the world’s series
Coombs . .
Bush
Crandall
Bender
Mathewson
Marquard
McGinnity
Flank
Tesreau ...
Ames . .
Demaree . .
Coajtley ...
Wilt.se
T. Pet. I
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U 1.000 1
Yes, Hollo: that heavyweight affair in
Paris was a case Lf too much Johnson.
* * *
We gather that Jack Johnson is al
most as popular in France as a German
airship.
Charlie Herzog avers that at this time
next year he will have plenty of expe-
rience. Not to mention plenty of tin
ware.
We thought Colonel Goethals had a j
bkj iob on Lis hands, but here we have ,
Tommy Earns trying to make a boxer j
out of Art Pelkey.
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t/h, many a tune on a Christ mas j
morn
In Hu irintns of tony ayo
I yre< ted flu day with, a heart forlorn j
And a soul that was heavy with I
ind all day lony / was deep in the
blues.
And I wept till tin day was done.
I fir all I pot was some stuff I could
use ——^
When I ranted a knife and a pun.
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Handing a kid a useful present at
Christmastide is much like handing a
man a ham sandwich at a banquet.
"Away Above Everything”
Biggest Railway Engine in the World.
A r i RATN of .TO freight cars is considered a pretty good load, but this
giant of the Frisco line can pull 277 ears each of an average weight of 120.000
pounds. If has 10 drivers, a fire-box 10 feet long and 7js£ feet wide; is 95
feet 2 inches in length and weighs 580,000 pounds.
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AFRURX MAINE I'<
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HUGHES MAY UMPIRE 'N VIRGINIA
Maybe Tom Hughes will still land ;i
Job as umpire. Griffith having failed
to land him a job handling the indi
cator in the American. National, Inter
national and American Association, has
given up th« task, hut now comes the I
Virginia League offering the right
hander a job as’ump. There Is a chance |
that he will accept.
BIRMY GETS GAS CART.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 27. President C.
W. Somers, of the Naps, to-day ad
mitted that he had presented his man
ager, Joe Birmingham, with a new sev
en-passenger automobile. “It was in
appreciation of his great showing with j
the Naps the past season,” said Somers. ;
DE ORO TO PLAY MORAN.
CHICAGO. Dec. 27. Alfred DeOro. of J
New York, champion three-cushion bil- l
liard player, to-day accepted the -hal i
lenge of Charles Moran, of Chicago, for)
a match here January 5. H ami 7.
HARTSEL GOES TO LEXINGTON
Topsy Hart sol. former member of t} «
! MHet ' pj and v. ho managed h e Toie< >
| Mud Hens ti « greater part - f L« t sea.-
| will manage the Lexington club
of the Ohio State League, next season.
English Stroke Not
For Crews of Yale
NEW HAVEN. Dee. 27.—Although
matters have not been finally settled, it
seems ta he an assured fact that Yale
crews wTll not use the English stroke
next season.
It seems to be the intention of Rich
ard Armstrong, graduate head coach, to
.'•turn ;o the former system of Old
Eli’s great sueces on the water.
Britton Will Try to
Lift Canoe Trophy
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Dec. 27. Ralph
Britton, the Cananoque sailor, is again
seeking tlie international canoe trophy.
He challenged last year, hut failed to
lift the cup and is now preparing for
another assault upon the defenders.
He has given a contract for the con
struction of a cruft that he hopes will
capture the trophy.
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“Away Above Everything”
It would require many engines of the “Mallet”
type to haul the annual shipment of Lewis 66 Rye—
so great is its popular demand. For nearly 50 years
Lewis 66 Rye has been the accepted “Standard
Whiskey of the South” because of its purity and all
round goodness.
Case of Four Full Quarts $5.00. Express Prepaid.
For Sale by al! leading mail order houses and cafes. Never sold
in bulk. Sold only in glass direct from distillery.
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Distillers
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