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The Manager I)iil>ss the Holdout an and the Holdout Looks for Sympathy
‘ GBOGMM COVER® EXPERTS
ACCUSE DINNER
OF WRECKING
CUB MACHINE
Baseball Expert Gives List of
Twelve Players Fired by
Charles Murphy.
By Sid <’. Keener.
HE great *'Tlnker-to-Ev<“rs-to-
Chanee" combination is busted
completely, and with the oust-,
ing of Trojan .lawn as manager of
the Chicago Cubs goes one more
member of the famous machine which
won pennants and world's champion
ships in the National League and
made a fortune for Charles Webb
Murphy.
No magnate ever has wrecked his
ball club as hurriedly as this Murphy
-person. Annually he springs a sen
sation, and his latest is the deposing
of Evers as manager and appointing
Hank O'Day to the post.
The release of Evers, even after
he was held high enough to be signed
to a five-year contract as player and
manager, brings to mind the team
which for years was heralded as su
preme in baseball. That club l-’rank
Chance directed ranks right along
side of the present Philadelphia Ath
letics as the greatest of all baseball
clubs.
• • •
IT won the pennant in 190 G. 1907
and 1908. Also the world's title
in 1907 and 1908. Also the pennant
Again in 15*10. And when th< tram
didn't win the pennant it came mighty
near, and always was a contemhr
But what happened to the athlete I
when be started to slip a bit lh‘‘j
player who aided Murphy in building
up his fortune, which is said to run
very close to the million-dollar mark”
Peruse this list :
Frank Chance. manager and firs:
baseman, released
Mordecai Brown, pitcher, released
to minor league club.
Jeff Overall, pit< h< r. released to I
minor league club.
Jack Pflesirr. pitchf-f. released to
minor league club.
Carl Lundgren, pitcher, released,
lai Keulbach. pitcher, traded to
Brooklyn.
Johnny Evers, second baseman and|
manager, released
Harry Stelnfeldt. third baseman, re
leased
Joe Tinker, shot estop.# traded to.
< ’incinnati.
Jimmy Slie< kard. outfielder, soldi
to Cardinals for wai\ er price
Art Hoffman, outfielder, traded Io-
Pittsburg.
Johnny Kl.ng. cat* hi t. traded to
Boston.
There’s a list of players, each amt •
every one a real star. now far. far
away from the West Side park in Chi
cago. For years they were heroes,
made money hi chunks for Murphy,
and what's the result ? «
THE case of Brown probably is the
most pathetic. The three-finger ,
**d marvel was a wonder in his day.
never missed a. chance to ma|ce the
Cubs a success. which meant dol
lars for Murphy His finish, so far '
a* Murphy was cone* rned. was be
ing shoved to a minor league club. *
Others suffered the sam> fate In
fore Brown, others even after Brown. .
And now comes the climax the re- |
lease of Evers.
The release of Trojan .lawn brings]
out another peculiar point. Only* a
year ago. just after Ewrs was given
Frank Chance's job. th* new man- i
ager was heralded .is the Keystone .*
King by Magnate Murphy Columns >
were written by Murphy for the Chi- '
< ago papers about Evers’ prowess on ,
the diamond. t
Chicago was in the midst of the i
shock of Chances release. Murphy
had to do something to win back the 1
funs. *•<) he promptly boosted Evers’ J
BtOCk. ;
Evers managed to bring his team >
home in third place, and it was the ,
unanimous verdict all around the Na- j
iional League circuit that during the .
last two months of the season livers |
had the best team in the league.
The next on the list for the ax from
Murphy's office probably will be >
Frank Schute. He the only regu- i
lar member of the famous machine •
now with the Cubs.
Weak, Nervous and
Diseased
f’'manentlt Ctrei
Dr Hughes is
an experienced spa
<iiit t, who ewccaa
fully treats ami per-
Blood Pol Bkla
Disease*, Nervous
res’. Vartroee Veins,'
Kidney and Bladder
I Troubles. Obstruc-
tions. Catarrhal Du
• hargM and all nervous and chronic dhiaacs of
Men and Women.
, I am against high and extortion*'? fe»-v
charge hy son »• nh.vsi>»at- and *»•• lah-'>
You will find lux charges very •• • -<»« w . ■ w! d
rn nmrt' than you are *blt to j •• • ••
tr-aturi t Condblt me t peratw or
and ’■ am th® truth a! Kit r condi and
nerliai * Rare much time nitTrrlng •” ! exp-!-
I am » regular gr« I.tai® and licrnw-l. long
ebtahltahed. and reliable.
FOR 30 DAYS MY Eli: WILL
BE VERY LOW. W EEKLY • !;
MONTHLY PAYMENTS AC
CEPTFI».
I »ar the latest aei ba tertna Mr
the treatment *t chronic < • ■ b have
felled to yield to ordinary treatment
poll v i i.x MPH < <)MP<M ' !•.
..shined vi’.'. tnj direct urea mnt will re
stere Ire <ita! force* to the fullest degree
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ID Llkt io kUow HOW Voui H AIUT (,’opma «/A?rr I
EkpfcT To Fire her uo waattsom her 1 \
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He's the "Sick Man of Baseball”
Murphy Needs a Drastic Remedy
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By (). IJ. Keeler.
FT us leave Billy Smith snoop
ing around the Ponce DeLeon
b ill lot for a day or so. direct-
ii.g the well-meaning efforts <»f a
•’•quid of Senrgambians on the long
sufTeiing turf lei us leave B. Smith,
we - i\. (imihii.K the park for spring
practice, and let u- turn for a moment
to consider the Sick Man of lease
ball
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I T is not necessary to extend the
* customs’\ coin less of three shots
at the answer. This is the first time,
so far as we know, that C Webb Mur
phy has been called bx that title. But
it seems to fit him just about as well
us the similar title fitted the once
palpitating and now neatly extinct
Turk
The famous trio now Is as one;
Tinker and Evers and Chance, They
have each m turn experienced the
kindly affection, the grateful friend
ship. the generous appreciation, of
Charles ’.'.'ebb Murphy
UfllEN I 'o fliaiwe episode was on
there were those who said that
Alurphx might he right. aftei all
that Chance miCH be wrong, with all
♦ hat pounding his bean had received
f ern piMhcd hulls. Wrong in his up
per story, they meant—not seand aI -
Olblv. but regretfuK'
Rut they said Murphx might be
right.
When the Tinker deal came off. the
Cub <»w*ner still had a "yesser” or two
- not vei‘3 loiui ones
Wo pause for someone tn "yes" foi
his treatment of Johnnx Evers.
There being no interruptions, we
proceed.
Brooklyn Feds After
Stahl as Manager
NEW YORK. Feb. 16. Il was report
er! I t<> <ia> that R. H. Ward. owner
ot the Broikyn Federal club, wa> ne
gotiating with .lake Stahl, deposed man
ager of the Boston American League
team. who won fame in I’.U'J by de! eat
ing tie New York Nationals for the
w ••rld’s OidmpkdiHhip, to lead the
Hr.Ki.lyn i. ••• tint season President
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11 i •■ • ''h ith- Wi •• Khman. ow ner
of the <” u;; > l-eiierais. are acting for
Mr Ward It Is -a.<l that Stahl is not
averse to returnin'? to ibe game if of
fend eiioti •_ ) monr.x
NEW COACH FOR COLGATE
11 X MIL I’l »N N Y . If 1. |«. H.
Hankhat n. a torniet l>a»'-
mouth football star, i.as signed a three.
i»»ar contrai l .<* •;<<■' for I- < ’‘’gate
I niVi rstl \ <•!• xen ||«- . i.p. hed the
t hampion*h p t'olbd 'c team last year.
<>T that we are going tu pan Mr.
Murph?. it would do no good,
and it would work no harm. Mr.
Murphy lias been thoroughly toasted
on warmer typewriters than outs.
Rather we wou’d say that the Sick
M in of Baseball really appears to be
it need of something -something dif
ferent than he lias had since first he
began to fritter away the greatest
ball club the National League ever
ow ned.
There was a wild story out the
other day that a plan w is on foot to
! separate Mr. Alurnliy from organized
baseball, if the National League had
to be torn apart and amalgamated
with part of the Federal circuit to
do it.
That warn’d be going a long way to
tlnd .i renndv. Yet there are times
w*hen some people might agree it was
w ortb it.
j organ.z»*d baaeha I is imitating the I
j baseball fans of Chicago ami of the
I country in at least one point - -it is
I getting tired of Mr. Murph?.
' 1 N the same connection we should
• judge from tie published tC'Ounis
' of t lie fracas that Mr. Evers landed
on a fair I? Howe y bed. A contra I .
f<»r four xears at <IO.OOO per. wit i .<
<?n.noii bonus, and more if the loam
, ions one-two-three, sounds prefix
■soft, own flowfix. Allowing the cos
tomarx discount, it seems evident that
Mr. Eve'r is not losing an? thug bx
toeing bounced from the command o*
I the Cdbs.
Now, l*»t us hope that Messrs l‘nr
] due and Sweeney, old pais of ours
in the Southern League. will not be
1 sentenced to w oik it out under the
taskmastership of Mr. C. Webb Mur
phy.
Bob Bescher Signs
[■ Three-Year Contrac*
I NEW YORK. Feb. Iti. Bob Bench
’ ' • r, Cincinnati outfielder, w ho came to
.. I (he Giants In the winter trade that
* sent Charles Heraog to the Reds as
~ t manager, has signed a three year con
•• ! trar; with McGraw. He was given
,1 i; 11 increase of s.Jarx Res her had
r j been holding out for w eeka, and
•r | threaten* d to join the outlaws.
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NECDHAM RETURNS TO CUBS,
sri;fßi:.x\Ti.i i; ohio, i’eb. 16
' Thi»m< < N»*e< .am to-uHX re«;gne». ill*
1 ,I h: **i tor of I’ublic S . lety of Steuben-
* ville sn J announced lie would e . »•!urn
r to ’ nicigo, xx ’tel • he wi I vutvh It*'
.-;••• i’hi<.«u. • |a .... bgivball
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Athletic Club Five
Closes Season With
Columbus Quintet
The Atlanta Athletic <’lub closes its
basketball season Saturday night
when it clashes with the champion Co
lumbus ouintet on the local team's floor.
Columbus triumphed over Joe Bean’s
quintet recently and the local five is
out for revenge. Respite the fact that
the visitors will rule a strong favorite.
Joe Bran thinks his team has a good
chance for victory, and will keep them
working overtime daily in an effort to
get them in the best shape for the
fray.
Following is the probable line-up:
Columbus. Positions. Atlanta. j
P*»d<i? left forward Forbes •
Kilcr» ase .right forward smith j
Mass- -enter Dnbard ’ <•» |
' Xowmati ...left guard Carter •
Dozier u*> right guard Weaver |
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Clemson Baseball
Schedule Announced i
CLEMS’»N COLLEGE, S C., Feb. I
16. The Clemson baseball team w ill |
. play l went? games this season. Sev- |
i ontern contests have been scheduled.
with three dates to be filled. Two of
|hes< games Will hr pin xrd .<( (‘iem-
1 son rind Ihe other al Greenville.
Following is the schedule:
March 25 ard 26 I'nixrr-itx of
»lent gia. at Athens. G ; ’
April 3 and 4 Erskine t .•liege, at
i lemson.
Apr.’ 10 and 11 Mercer University.
, at Macon Ga.
April IS Furman I'niivisity. a!
Clemson.
April 2 4 Erskine College, at Rock
Hill (two games).
April 29 and 30— Presbyte» an Col
lege of South Carolina, at Clemson.
May I and 2 -Newberry College, at
Newberry.
May 6 and 7 —Wofford College, at
Spartanburg.
May 11. 12 and 13—Auburn, at
tn son.
Grant Boxes Britt at
Columbia Wednesday
Jimnix Grant, the corking little ban-
I tarn*eight from <’' lcag«>. and ‘ Spider"
; Brht. of Atlanta. I uve final!? agreed on
terms and will clash in a scheduled ten-
I round go at the Columbia Theater Wed
. nesday night These boys should put
up one of the besi scraps seen around
her, in some tune, as the? are by far'
the best boys of tl.< rw • glu in \t
lanta.
Tw<> other m»tits ar# a ~o on the card.
| making iwej-tx r<.;u.o- <d i g in all.
| Never P’-ieo will . ’«•.'■ a th Fddie Wrdsh
.ior •< ; r. in iis. w , he Kin Puke and Ed !
| Murph? i.iet. t.xtr the four-roumi
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Sporting Food i
d
~ By GEORGE E.
A MERKLE.
Fred Merkle read the baseball dope
and chortled in his glee.
"/ thought I was the biggest bone in
all the world” said he;
"Hut since /’re read this dope about
Ihe flrers deal I know
That Charlie Murph i/ beats me by a I
dozen miles or so.”
Tommy I.each will be field captain
of the Cubs. Charles W. Murphy will I
be manager. We presume that the i
chief duties of Hank O’Dax w ill be tu
massage the bats.
As we understand it. Charlie Mur-*
I hy has organized himself into a S.-
iciety for the Adxancemem of the Fed-
I oral League.
i
1 There need be no fear that the Chi-
; cage Feds will not have their park
ready on time. They could build a i
better park than Murphy’s in three '
days.
Mr. O'Day is not to be blamed for i
stepping into Mr. Evers' job. In fact. I
■ he is more to be pitied than censured. |
FEAR.
I Cm/.xf«/r/ fht Federal tnnp.
Ctoisider the downtrodden thump.
'J'he potti tjtifi is re.ted
And his heart is p> t plc.rctl.
Ftn hr wonders if Ftcrs will jump.
If ii is true, as a b. b. scribe axcr-.
’hat Hank »»T>ay wi’: not take an?
dictation from his bo>s. wc fear that
Hank w ill be looking for a new job bx
the Fourth of July.
John Evers will not ro on the stag''
and tell what lie thinks of his old
boss. Resides. Major Funkhouser
i wouldn't let him use that sort • f
language.
Willie Ritchie’s foot has returned
to form, enabling him to start anoth
er campaign of sidestepping.
LONELINESS.
■ timid .U viler uh u xummer day
| H <’nt out to .«<<’ the Cuba at play.
Hut Koon »hc beat it from the place,
.4 look of fear upon her face.
“It geared me." iuiid the danmel fair;
‘I icax the only person there."
The Cardinals and Browns will play
their annual spring series in Florida.
The kmd-hearted athletes do not in- |
Pict unnecessary torture on the home
fans.
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w^^v /, 'Lai/ / ' x Fa' y A vtßl/ _rHiw6,
Pitcher Parsons and
Catcher Seabough
Let Out by Turtles
MEMPHIS, TENN.. Feb. t«. Alike
, Finn, manager of the Turtle.-, has
uisposed of two veteran players.
Catcher Seaboueh lias been released
outright, while Pitcher Parsons has
; been sold to the Troy club of the
I New* York State League.
Lindsey and Barbare
Join the Pelicans
i XKW ORLEANS. F.-b, 11. Catcher
; kobert Higgins and •‘Tacky" Barbare.
infielder, joined the Nrw Orleans club
yesterday, bringing the number us plax -
ers so far reported to thirteen, others
are expected tu arrive to-dax Ii is ip
ported Barbare and "Bill" Lindsex are
j candidates for third base.
i Plan Road Races
On Waycross Course
V \A< ROSS. Feb 16. Elaborate
• preparations have hcen made hern for
| ihe big road races i<. bp h e b| Mondac
I February* 23 by classes of athletes from
the city ’i . M. <’. it is proposed to
ha\o a of road races, starting
earl? in th« morning. Prizes are :■> l»e
awarded to the winners.
Harvard Lands Wray
For Long Contract
<'A MRRIDGK. MASS.. I’eb in
Poach .lames Wray, of thp Harvard
crows, has signed a contract for an
other five years, the athletic council
announced last night. I’ntler Wray's
handling Harvard has won the last
six varsity races from Yalft.
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| )It proves that <
Tetterine Cures Eczema
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) anklo. I tried many remodir* and no-
) merout doctor* I tried Tetterine and after
’ eljM week* am entirely free from the ter- , •
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? Tetter’nc will do a.* much for other;. It )
feuree cesetna, tetter, ervsipelae Mini other akin?
< trouble* It cures to stay cured. Get it to- 2
< <la>—Tettertne
50c at druffl't*. or by mall.
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Great Britain Keeps Noted Tros’
Golfers Spurning U. S. Offers
By Chirk Evans.
' HIS is the time of the year when
golf professionals are engaged
tor their next summer’s em-
I'l'L mi ni. Ii is a season of appoint
i nients and disappointments. There
-He as a rule many applicants for
j positions where necessarily but one
man can be chosen. And yet there
| aie many clubs ami the work is pleas
ant and comparatively well paid. Golf
I professionals are intelesting indi
viduals, and they form a t the present
: whlTr 41 . aig,J class in this country,
,« hele they receive, perhaps, the best
|all-.i>ound treatment in the world.
J-or Hie first few years after the
, introduction of golf in this country,
■’ tllp P’ofossiona's were British
'•"t-n. but during the last five x ea-s
a number <,f Americans have ap'pea'--
<d in t.ie professional ranks, and they
are holding then- own well. In conse-
S?""' so of the
•- oun piaj era coming over.
S° r«'-. not one of (he big British
, professicna . has e inp lo ved
male ■ 1 hp , 'j'Fh-clas-s players can
line' ' 'he table incomes in Great
> I. ham. and some of them ...nmmnd
-aigc ones, lor that reason ,„ lr pro
|L ssionals bnve been r..<mil. d laig. lv
I the eaddles the fanmus
mses abroad. It is .. ;! sy t„ pjelur,.
co yming Scottish boy. in a smte of
wi h hi C '?« , 'y'"' mp ’'t. hurrying
h. ». i r cad ,' l,es -“avings Io the boat
for the strange new country I
We Have on Hand
a limited number of College and Lodge Pennants. While
they last our friends may have them for 10c each.
They include the following: GEORGIA, GEORGIA
TECH, ALABAMA, YALE, PRINCETON, PENNSYLVA
NIA, B. P. 0. E„ MASONIC, CORNELL, VASSAR, COL
UMBIA, HARVARD, AND I. 0. O.F.
Mark the ones you want, and present this coupon with
10c for each at our Circulation Department.
YOU WILL HAVE TO HURRY.
GEO R>l A N RIC A N
20 Eant Alabama Street.
?IUO FuPIHERMOeEIHty
tiA/E HER EXPLICIT
uXTrwTiONS AZToMtW
vias To be Done ‘*c*r
7 'The cTecoMSMNCrA.
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where gulf has been recently discov
ered. He may have a golf bag with
him, but more likely a mashie, or
nddiron, or putter, is snugly hell
his arm. He has seen, pei
haps, one of his funner fellows com**
back to the old country with plentx
of money, ami he has seen him spend
it lavishly—that is, for a Scotchman.
The neighbors have contrasted rh*
tine clothes and the money with the
condition of the lad who sailed away
only a few years before. No wonder
the small boy is thrilled at the
’nought of the opportunities to he
found in America, and to many ”f
them their dreams have come tru».
Old parents in England and Scot*
land have been Kept in comfort an 1
the professional's ov. n fortune is as
sured. But there is another side
there are those who have never w'-it.
home and are lost sight of. Perhat •
‘.hex- drank heavily; the Income that
seemed so tremendously large spoiled
them, and the great weakness of the
Scottish caddie, a fondness for drink,
proves their downfall.
WHEN the caddie first comes
this country he usuaH? hire,
himself as a clubniaker. and he ma',
advance from that to the charge •
a small club. With health
generally a good, comfortable llxiya
sometimes a tid?* little fortune. <
the sober, Industrious man. > ea"’-
low ex er, the demands for position
are increasing, faster even nr * a
courses, I fear, and better serxice
necessary in the face of greater com
I petition.