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^ II*! . mm. ' TV*V lESZl IJl’i.vitoi • oi .vi/.i i .\.u iauv ,i. , .uha.\ ti.\., 4 \ i.;a l , iaim laidlu «:n, i:n»». 9 A » [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. w ▼ 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 ^ ZD • ' ZD “What is my personal opinion of -*>, ■<*> % ’ft - f' s§8aps«is • SKV' y- t -W • ’ «• 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. m * * /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. ♦ * » 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 0 1.000 : 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. * * * 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. * * * 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. In 1 .500 i .250 .000 * .000 i .000 I .000 ; AFRURX MAINE I'< It has | of - | h-rr Mafi Beaton Red ihat the bbVor win ;re M • ■ for An. hid l . g *' r 'jf»ct°d l.y "nagor Cmrigcjn, of the 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. . n . r, A- \ ..., - v. HP A A vvf/j# ij/ty a 66 ftye “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. IT 2 Strauss. Fritz Co. Distillers Cincinnati lira 2 v.. H i m i t\