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, f an 11 fci A an i Ol 1>|/A I .*1 li lt IV '/t.i . \ i> li rv i n i .VIM I, l./llA TilVI IlfiM |J»|,J. imday American Sportin Lead AM Other: FEDERAL LEAGUE PLANS Favorite Training Stunts Performed by Georges Carpenlier French Heavyweight Champion, Who Is Coming to America CHICAGO; DROWN, ST. LIS George Stovall Will Pilot the Kansas City Team and Toronto Takes the Place of Cleveland in Circuit—War to Death With Majors Outlined. CHICAGO, Dec. 27. — Federal League plans for 1914 were announc ed to-night by President James A. Gilmore. Joe Tinker will manage the Chi- ago team. Mordecai Brown will i andle St. Louis, George Stovall will pilot the Kansas City aggregation. It is understood that Tinker and Brown signed three-year contracts. Toronto will replace Clevleand in the league. The other seven cities represented will be Chicago, Buffalo, Baltimore. Pittsburg. Kansas City, Indianapolis and St. Louis. The season will start April 14. and a schedule of 154 games will be played. If interference is contemplated by big leagues, the Federals will defend themselves and the players who leave organized baseball to sign with them. Players who are held under a reserve lause only will be taken by the third league. Those holding straight con tracts for a term of years will not be permitted to sign. The Federals will tight the reserve clause to a finish with the ample funds at their dis posal. Tinker to Get $12,000. All this was announced by the head • f the league* following to-day’s meet- ng in the Blackstone Hotel. Rrepre- sf-nting the various clubs were Otto Stifel, St. Louis; Charles Weeghinan on! W. M. Walker, Chicago; Xed Hanlon and Harry Goldman, Balti- uore; C. C. Madison, Kansas City; I! T. Carol, Buffalo; J. E. Krause, Indianapolis; W. E. Curr and J. B. Barbour, Pittsburg; Barney Hep- hurn, Toronto. It is reported that Tinker's salary - t<» be $36,000 for the three years, or $12,000 per year. There will be at least five big league players on each club.” said President Gilmore. ‘‘The others will be recruited from the class A A and \ leagues. It is doubtful if we will be forced to go lower than that to complete our ranks. “The Chicago park will be located on the North Side of the city. Be cause Cleveland seemed unable to find a suitable location, the fran chise there was abandoned, but To ronto quickly applied for the place. Now all teams are provided with complete ball plants or 'hold loca tions upon which they can be erect ed. “We are not attempting to invite the organized leagues into open war fare. We are not going to conflict with them in any way that is un avoidable. Chicago and St. Louis are the only cities in which there is now continuous baseball. In the other towns we, naturally, will provide schedules that will not touch the dates of the other ball club. Will Protect Deserters. “We do not feel that the reserve clause of organized baseball is bind ing on the player, and are determined to protect and defend any man who has left those leagues to join us. “The Federal League will furnish first-class baseball in 1914. Our ex perience last year was 'enough to prove that the public does not want and will not pay for the mediocre brand.” Gilmore intimated that he would not be president of the league much longer. It is doubtful if Thomas Lynch, deposed head of the National League, will get the place, but the Federals are springing so many usr- prises that nothing will seem un usual. Gilmore, it is believed, will be president of the Chicago club, which position he held before as suming the league position. Killy Phillips, the old Cincinnati player, will hold the same job as last year—managing the Indianapolis team, with which he won a pennant. Larry Schlafly, the Jersey City boss, gets the Buffalo club. The Federals will invade four leagues. The American, National. International and American Associa tion are to feel the talons of the new organization in their gate re ceipts. Johnny Dundee Says Kilbane Is Greatest Boxer in the World “What is my personal opinion of Johnny Kilbane? 1 think this about him: He Is the greatest boxer in the clvflized 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 i them have hit me—and I never was hit any harder by any one of this hard hitting trio than 1 was by the cham pion at Vernon last Washington's Birthday. “My opinion of the outcome of an other battle between us? In ten rounds he very likely would beat me. Over the long route I figure my strength would bear him. I think that I am stronger than Johnny. “Do I want to meet him again? Yes, I do. But I couldn’t make 122, for I am heavier than I was. If I can go in the rlr.g at a weight that would not weak en me. It's my one ambition to box him a thin! time, but it looks as though we can’t get together.” George Mullin Now Holding a Political Berth in Detroit Food for Sport Fans ■ y OEORaa K. PHAIR. Three Previous Wars On Majors Recalled ! Ritchie’s Indisposition Makes a Place for It in Pugilistic History. \ I 7ITH so much activity in the V/y ranks of the Federal League and rumors of desertions from rganized baseball going about, the days of the big fight back in 1900 are brought to mind. As a matter of fact, there have been three incursions of barbarians” into National League fields during the last twenty years, only one of which was a success. In 1S84 the Union Association’s invasion ame to naught, and in 1890 the Play- rs’ League also failed to gain a foot hold. But in 1901 the American League, guided by a master hand, achieved its object and secured a per manent footing in baseball. In 1900 the Western League hanged its name to the American League, and In 1901, like the Federal League at present, placed clubs in N ational League territory. It offered ‘During inducements to the best pfay- ers, and In three years, 1901, 1902, 1903, succeeded in influencing 109 to loin its standard. Of these 109 play ers several were assisted in their “jumps” by the clubs which had reg ularly paid their salaries. They were bounced instantly upon the discovery Biat, while accepting their salaries 'vith one hand, they, with the other. v ■ ere signing teammates to contracts : the opposition. in the first year, 1901, there were 55 deserters, and in 1902 there were 40. By the tiine the season of 1903 rolled Long, peace was declared between Lie warring leagues. But before the papers were signed fourteen more layers had abandoned the old ship. The player. 1 # who jumped during the • wo years’ war were as follows: New York. 1901— Pink Hawley, Frank Sparks, ^ icgil Garvin and Joe Conners, to Milwaukee; Winnie Mercer, Mike Grady and William Garrick, to Wash ington; J. B. “Cy” Seymour, to Bal timore; Wiliiarn “Kid” Gleason, to Detroit—9. 1902— George Davis and Sam Strang, to Chicago; Jack Warner and Charley Hickman, to Boston; Albert Srdbach, to Baltimore; Luther “Dum my’ Taylor, to Cleveland—6. Ph iladelphia. 1901— r, hick Fraser, Nap Lajoie, Wiley Piatt, William Bernard and Joe Dolan, to Phialdelphia; Joe Sulli van, to Chicago—6. 1902— Ed Delehanty, Harry Wolver- Ln, A1 Orth and John Townsend, to Washington; Monte Cross, Elmer Click and William 5. Duggleby, to Philadelphia; Frank “Red” Donahue nd Bill Dougless, to St. Louis; Ed •McFarland, to Chicago—10. 1903— Guy Harris White, to Chica- go—1. Boston. 1901— Chick Stahl, John Freeman. Limes Collins and E. M. Lewis, to Poston; Hugh Duffy, to Milwaukee; ' atcher 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- r * Steelman, to Philadelphia; Joe L Oinnitv, 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, to 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 llarry Smith, to Philadelphia—3. 1902— Jack O’Coiinor, to New York —1. 1903— Jack Chesbro. Jesse Tanne- hill, William (“Widow”) Conroy, to New York—3. Cincinnati. 1901— Erve Beck. Edward Scott, to Cleveland: Rob Wood, to ChlcagD, James Barrett, to Detroit; Phil Geie*\ to Philadelphia: ITobe 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. McGran. Wilbert Robinson, Billy Keister. Mike Donlln. to Baltimore; Denton (“Cy”) Young, Louis Criger, Ossie Schreekengost, to Boston; Fred Buelow, to Detroit—8. 1902— Rhody Wallace. Jessie Bur kett, Dick Padden, Emmet Heidrlek, John Powell. William Sudhoff, Chari 0 ? W. (“Jack”) Harper, to St. Louis; Dan McOann, to Baltimore—8. In 1901 the American league pub lished a “blacklist” of players who, it claimed, signed contracts and th°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: Jarrms Sheckard and “Leyt” Davis, of the Brooklyn club, and Emmet Heldrick, of the St. Louis club. ‘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 pays 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 the largest item is good eyesight The veteran star says that when he first began to play professionally he shunned chances to read at nigh* 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. I^ajoie gives most all the credit for his wonderful career as a hitter to the care he has taken of his eyes. S I ! r«AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—In the grand scheme of pugilism the nose is coining 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 from Its resiliency and its adaptability generally to wear and tear, that wan what it was supposed to be for. It figured in our kindergarten fisti cuffs. for which of us can not recall with pride the school scrap in which 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 gloved nands of those who were learning their pugilistic pothooks and hangers. A reference to the 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 to invent synonyms to avoid falling imo mistakes of tautology. Hence the nose came to be known as the bugle, the conk, the beezer, the beak and the bazoo. A boxer was shy on credentials :f his nose bore no evidence of having been through the mill. At important sport gatherings tlie bench show of noses was one of the incidentals. You 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 mon spectacle that it was compelled to associate with the cauliflower ear, the black eye and the split Up. Now this is all changed. An in flamed nose has been the cause of i world’s championship being post poned, and now the 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 there will be a dis position to regard the nose as the seat of the emotions. Landing a punch m the nose will he recognized as a great er achievement than formerly, and the possession of a battle-scarred nose will be more of a badge of distinction than ever. All of which is in no measure an argument that Ritchie hasn't a sore nose, ft’s simply a line of thought suggested by the fact that this is about the first ime in pugilism the nose has had a chance to assert itself. Frank Baker Wins Over Jeff Gaffnev In 15-Bound Bout i Lieutenant DeLava! Will Be Pen tathlon Representative — To House Athletes in Berlin. By James S. Mitcheh World's Champion Weight Thrower. t >T only have the athletic coun tries of Europe been absorbing the advanced American ideas of sport, but a few have even shown inclinations to go the Yankee plan one better, especially fti the line of making a timely start for big events. Sweden seems to be foremost in this respect, as can be demonstrated by the manner in which they regard the Olympiad at Berlin in 1916. Tfye fixture is more than two years off, yet the Swedish Olympic Committee has started to make arrangements to house its team at the German capital. They are first as far as a definite move toward preparation goes, for no other country has yet bothered about how the teams will live or eat a couple of years from this date. Already the Swedes have, had the trial for the modern pentathlon, and the winner turned up in Lieuten ant DeLaval. This is a record in the w'ay of preliminary trials. It is re ported from Stockholm that Lieuten ant Del^aval is to train steadily for the next two years, and is sure to be returned a winner. By the way, nobody feels certain that the modern pentathlon will be included on the German program. The Swedes are out to win the point championship from the United States at Berlin, and they are going to leave no stone unturned in the de velopment of point winners. The Swedes were confident of win ning the point championship for Un- track and field items at their own Olympiad, and were thunderstruck when they saw their champions smothered by the Americans. They couldn’t understand it, and only in the end did it dawn on them that running against a champion op ponent is a totally different game from running records against an eight-day clock. The Swedish runners broke all sorts of records against fake watch-hold ing, but failed miserably when it came to duplicating the times against the Yankees. It looks now' as if the Greeks would be left alone in the Athenian Festival next spring, except that here and there some patriotic athletes and big clubs might help them out in the way of stars. Several months ago the Greeks asked the International Olym pic Committee to help them out, but nothing has come of the request. The governing bodies of the different countries figure that the Grecian meet is too close on that at Berlin, and that big teams can not be mus tered every year, or at least so soon, on top of each other. Frank Baker, the clever featherweight, returned from Savannah last night, where he shaded Jeff Gaffney in a fast 15 round bout. Although Frank was forced to give away several pounds, lie had little trouble in piling up a big margin on points. No decision was ren dered. Baker is anxious to meet some boy here in the semi-wind-up to the Whit- ney-Welsh fight on January 6. Asthma relieved in two min utes or your 50c refunded. I jives of owners all remind us Rase ha ll is a sport no more, For we left that stuff behind us In the simple daps of pore, liasrfaiir* real, baseball's earnest. And the dollar is its pool. • Dust thou art and Hum rcturncst Utraps to the owner's roll. Let us then be up ami doing Friend and foeman dap and night, ■ Double crossing and pursuing All th (dust there is in sight. * * * The Tinker deal, we are told, will stand,- but Cincinnati will get players instead of cash. Tinker's share, we pre sume. will be a couple of outfielders# m * • 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. * » • Air. Murphy arises to remark that the Cubs an duo for another shake-up. Be works on the theory that every little shake-up gets u column all its own. * # •* Sometimes it is the expected that hap pens. For instance. the National League announces that it will not pen sion Cap Anson. * ♦ • Quoth Governor Tener: “Anson I? strong, physically and mentally.” And yet the Cap appears in vaudeville. * V * Yes, Rollc; that heavyweight affair in Paris was a case of 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 bis |ob on his hands, but here we have , Tommy Burns trying to make a boxer (out of Art Pelkey. * * * j Oh. many a time on a Christmas morn fn the winters of long ago I greeted- the dap with a heart forlorn And a soul I hat was heavy with woe. i And all dap long I teas deep in the Id lies. And / wept HU the dap was done, | For all / pot was some stuff I could use When / wanted a Knife and a gun. * * * Handing a kid a useful present at Christmsstide is much like handing a man a ham sandwich at a banquet. The Sox and Giants will celebrate New Year’s on water. Neither Ping Bodle nor Larry McLean is with the party. ! It must be said in justice to Joe Tin- ike r that he never exceeded the speed ' 3 mil when lie was driving the Cincin- jrati machine. * * * I One is vividly reminded of the high c >st of lemons when one reads that New 1 lYork boxing shows have drawn $2,200.- I 00 lo the last two years. Ivan Mamutoff claims that he once threw the Russian Lion. He is now learning to throw the American Bull. I * * * You map beat him and flap him and clout him all dap. You map plaster him flat on the floor, But the batten'd ex-champion alwaps will sap: *7 am better than ever before!" TROIT, MICH.. Dec. 27.—George n, 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 Stein at Detroit. He went to work last week, hut instead of a baseball or a bat. Mullin used for weapons a com mon or 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 ail the comment George made as he buckled down to work again. Since he jumped the Mon treal team, in the International League, the former Detroit pitcher has been playing some independent hall. County Treasurer Stein, who is an old-time ball player himself, received an application from Mullin some time ago, but did not recognize the name at first. When his attention was called to it he soon found a place for the former Tiger. FLAN INTERSECTIONAL POLO. CHICAGO. Dec. 27.—Organization of a I new po'o club in Chicago was perfected j Wednesday and an option which the club holds 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 he issued to the polo clubs of Cincinnati, the Meadow Brook Club and others. Brickley Will Toss Shot in Junior Meet CAMBRIDGE. MASS.. Dec. 27.— “Charlie” Brickley. whose profi.iency with hid toe brought vlctorj : j Har vard during the recent football season, will represent the Crimson In the 12- pound shot-put event at the National j junior track and field championships in j Brooklyn, January 3. Announcement to this effect was I made to-day by Manager Squibb, of the I Harvard track team. Captain Storer, of the football learn, and Hardwick, j 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- | tlon 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. MORPHINE WHISKY AND TOBACCO Habits Cured Without Pain or Restraint at Cedarcroft Sanitarium, Lebanon, Tenn. Endorsed by Governors, College Pro fessors. Physicians and Ministers. Licensed under special law which gives it same standing as tftate insti tutions No deposit 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 GR1BBLE, Supt., Box 892. Labanon. Tenn.—Advt. g English Stroke Not For Crews of Yale NEW' HAVEN, Dec. 27.—Although matters nave not been finally settled, it seems to be an assured fact that Yale crews w ill not use the. English stroke next season. It seems to be the intention of Rich ard Armstrong, graduate head coach, to return to the former system of Old Eli’s great success on the water. Britton Will Try to Lift Canoe Trophy Away Above Everything’’ Biggest Railway Engine in. the World. n A TRAIN of 50 freight cars is considered a pretty good load, but this giant of the Frisco line can pull 277 cars each of an average weight of 120,000 pounds. It has 16 drivers, a fire-box 10 feet long and 7)2 feet wide; is 95 feet 2 inches in length and weighs 586,300 pounds. <&eu i4 66 flue €i 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 all leading mail order houses and cafes. Never sold in bulk. Sold only in glass direct from distillery. The Strauss, Pritz Co. Distillers Cincinnati HUGHES MAY UMPIRE IN VIRGINIA Maybe Tom Hughes will still land a 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 the task, but now comes the Virginia League offering the right hander a job as ump. There is a chance that he will accept. OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Dec. 27.—Ralph Britton, the Cananoque sailor, is again seeking the international eanoe trophy. He challenged last year, but 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 craft that he hopes will capture the trophy. American Asthmatic Co., At lanta, manufacturers. 50c pack age. CANCER FREE TREATISE. The Leach Sanatorium, Indianapolis. Ind.. haa published a booklet which riven Interesting f iqt ’ Cancer; also tells whai u rain, bleeding. etc. Writ* fur It to da*, minioning Jos . r. I 1 r 5