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BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON STARTS
THIS WEEK; THE “FEDS” OPEN TOMORROW
From Now Until the Autumn Leaves to Fall, America
Will Be Afflicted With Its Annual Madness, Known As
Baseballit:*—Organized League Will Pry Off Lid in An
Official Manner Tuesday.
■V FRANK O. MENKK.
Nsw Ysrli.—And now tbst the enow*
«/ yssterdsj-year have skidd*d hence or
.vherce anil the old but burner that
vrsrmsd out »hilled eliine during the
Mai (lx muni ha ha* been chucked Into
file lellai, »• coin* to the rsgUS*
the' the winter 'league aaaaou I* over
•ml that haaehal! I* with u* once again.
The Fed* pry off th* lid In *n offi
cial manner tomorrow and th# organ
iced major* do the name little thing
In tbelr league* on the day following.
And from then on until the autumn
leavea bagtn to flit hlilier and thither
and the football gladiator* ru»h Into
the spotlight once again, America will
he afflicted with It* annual »uinmrr
midiirw kMtn a* heeehellltta.
Looking buck uver llie happrnlnit* of
the part five month* one auddetuy
realliea the truth of the aMtement that
•■you never can lell." In the eurly eec
t|on of December ti looked ** If thoae
peraona who i*'uvidr bread, hulter nn i
other thing* for themaelvra through
punching out Utile a|H»tlng article*
were that nothing would happen during
th* Interval before the regular aeaaou
opened again, and that one would have
to draw quit* largely upon one'i Imagi
nation-and memory for Mile squiiis
now and then .
Sign* Fibbed.
But 111* algn* ftbbrd. Ho many thing*
“bueled’ between liccemlier and tlua
day and date that It kept one up rather
late at ntght figuring out not what one
could write about, but, rather, figuring
out wltlch ȟbjecl .one should aelecl out
of a acore or inoA of subjects.
Aa may be remembered, Garry Herr
mann and Charlea Kbtwts, the marry
old fnagnal**, who have a liking foe
Waldort wine started things a-golng l>i
framing up tha Tinker deal. Then Tink
er stepped 111 and *et them whiasuig
along faster, by Issuing an ulttmaium to
J.bbst* ''More lucre ih.in you offer or
i'll hop tu the Fads. "
And then along came Kbbet*. cure
tree and happy, ihlnklng he lutd Tink
er where Tlnkn'a aplnai column item
«d lo be rubbing up and down ag.unat
a blank wall, murmuring, "ll.i, ha,
Jump l you waaur." And that* wlun
Joaeptiua did, much to the surprise of
tha b«aaball world In general, and to the
greater eurpnar of the aforementioned
Mlatar Ebbeta. who since has lost a lot
of hla girlish laughter and a consider
able portion of hie care-free happy man
ner.
L**p Frog.
And th*n event* happened eo fan that
It Beamed a* tnuugh some one were
atagln* a Uglulng-ctMiia* panorama.
The Federal l.eagucra, that hud hoeil
merely looming ui the offing up to tn«
time that Tinker looped-ihe-loop, and
which organisation waan't given mucg
thought by anyone, suddenly billed UP
largely on tha baseball hotison.
The leap frog stunt* of the major*
who couldn't realat tha bulging Federal
bank roll*, the threat* of urganlxed
lUHtall to *ue the Federal*, choke ’em
to death boll I'tni in oil, umt eat 'em
•live, and other loud talk of like nature,
turntehed more oopy.
And that) Juat when thing* «remed to
raautne tiisir normal *lalu*. Ju*; about
th* time when the Fed* ceased to be a
sensation and were voted as am,.tig
those praaent Juat when It aeemed a*
If thlnga would quiet* down, along cam*
Charles Webb Murphj. who poked hla
frame Into the apotltghi by suddenly
canning the peppery Mr. Ever*.
Once again reams and reams of copy
wera available. Where would Ever* go,'
What would happen lo Murphy* Would
Ever* Jump lo the Fed*? These ami
a score of other little questions on the
same order seemed to call for answrra.
and In a dutiful way the composer* of
sport Inc squibs attempted tu answer
them-
Canning of Murphy.
After Mister Murphy was duly and
completely canned from hi* Cub presl
Schedule Arranged to Give America's
Cup Defenders 25 Races Exclusive of
Those During New York Yacht
Club Cruise
New York.—The owners sml min>|rn
of the three yachts now building for the
defense of America's cup next Septem
ber end the severe! yscht rlube hsv*
errangi-d a tentative acbcfluls which
givea the detenders twenty-five racee
exclue'ive of those during the crulee of
the New York Yacht Club.
According to the present arrange
ment the first racee will l*> June ; 3
and 4. These are to Ire under the aus
pices of the New York Yacht Club und
are to be sal'ed on the Sound. The start
ing point wlil be off Orest Captain's Is
land. which l» near Cltreenwlch. That
point has been chosen by the regatta
committee of the New York I tcht Club
because It enabled the committee to se
lect s good course, which may tic fif
teen miles to windward and return,
should the wind be from a favorable di
rection or around a triangle of ten
miles to a leg. Should three detunes*
be Impossible, the course may he short
ened and aatlad twice over.
Next Race
The next race Is scheduled f.Y the
lisrchmont Yacht Club on June *th. and
after that the three yachts will take part
In three racee outside Sandy Hook, un
der the auspices of the New York Yacht
Club The f< *r these three are
June 10. 11 and i:| and the courses
Wll! be the san)e as fm the Internal onal
denting Job. the world tourleta ecuddeo
acrose New York liny and a merry
scramble for the services of the u r.vifri.
ed players between the Kedah and t>.
It * ensued. the ensuing resulting in
lot* ami iota of copy.
All In nit it win one of the busiest lit
tle M'fteoriH that the oldest sporting In
habitant ever lias known. From. Uw
moment that the National Dengue mng
nates staged their annual battle in the
Waldorf on December fth, canning Tom
I synch and injecting John Tenor Into
their midst, there have been few dull
moments. When It looked ms though
there might be m sight lull In the pro
ceedings, Ban Johnson, who prexies for
the American League, would burst forth
with s savage attack on the Federal#
Ban's bpeecn.
Ban la to he thanked for something
else too. After the National Commis
sion, sitting in Cincinnati In January
granted most of the demands of the
Ihisetuill Player* Fraternity, and It
seemed that peace would reign and
there'd be nothing left to write shout
for a week or two, ftiin stuck his feet
under a banquet table ami loosened a
savage attack upon Dave Pults, presi
dent of tiie Fraternity, who happened to
be absent from the room nt the time.
Of course, tins made considerable
ropy, ItecMiiac Ban's speech cams ss
something *.f a surprise, in view of the
fact that right up to the minute .that
he climbed Imvey's frame it seernen to
everybody that he end l>avey were aw
fully g<»o<l friends.
I'sually a baseball scribe looks for
ward to the summer months when base
ball reigns In the Isnd, ss a season of
hard labor. Hut this season it would
)><• something different. After a winter
In which so many things happened, <n4
continued to happen, one after another,
and otoe on top of another; after a win
ter In which he got no rest but had to
labor at doublespeed, he looks forward
to the opening of the husehnll season
s the beginning of six months of vaca
tion for him. /
Jap Cyclist to Remind
Natives of Home Couijtfy
—- ££ «$•
Tokio.—Youthful chauvinistic
mou art following tt># Mrftfe'
inentn of a young Jupatiane nanjec\ Man
l»o, who haw Ju«t Mar ted on tHc)*oTh
trip around lho world. Strapped t<\ MM
wheel, <»Uub«> curries * precious btif *f
sand which he nhovclkd from (hi
ground* of the palace of his
lln Intention Is to sprinkle a ilttle
whenever he reaches » Japanese tfH
or I'otnes to a place where a num|K|l
Japanese live "Mv Ides,** he eifmtln
•d before Martin* **ls to remind 'Jlfs.
nese shroad of their nstiva rountTjM-of
the glorious Mikado ICmplre.”
“VanitieT’ candidate '
CUP DEFENDING HONORS
New York.— VanKle will bo the
name of tho yacht now building In
Neponset Mass , which is to he a can
didate for cup defending honors next
I*ll. It was announced hy tho owner,
Alexander S. Cochran. oT tho Hit*-
Carlton, and the designer, William
Gardner.
Cochran, In naming hla yacht, has
disregarded the old superstition of
vachimen, drawn rrom tho schemes
of defenders of America's cup in the
last, that the American yacht, to be
a w inner, must have a name of eight
letters. The Vsnltie Is being built by
Cawley & Son, and Is expected will
slip Into the water on April 25th
races ..nd under the ssme conditions ns
far ns possible. These courses will b*
fifteen miles to windward or leeward
and return and around a thirty-mile tri
angle. » ill one leg, the flret If poest
b e ten miles to windward. The starts
wll be made from the Ambrose Channel
lightship.
June Races
All the races In June with the excep
tion of the three off Sandy Hock will bs
I on l.ongleland Sound and the ooureea
Will lie made ns long ns possible. In
•lull lie cup defender* wl l go lo New
| lairl and race out n the open, whero Ida
1 courses wl 1 be thirty miles In letig-h
laid ust as they will be for the cup tWc**
| themselves.
The annual New York Yacht Club
, cruise will be from July Slat AtigUM S.
and the program probably will b* at
j t-endefvous si Ulen Cote, with Races
through the Sound, stopping at Hunting
| ton. Morris Core. New Yondnn end
Newport and then to Vineyard Hgv«c
i end hack to Newport This plan has
! not been accepted yet. but It Is tinging
I more favot than any other
The Aster and King s cup races wt'l
be sailed off Newport as usual, but the
defender* thte year will not be eligible
to compete tor those trophle* e.e- for
the flag officers’ cor- which are offers*
for the runs from port to pot t.
COLLEGE BASE
BULL PLAYERS
He Will Be Heard From During
Next Th’ee Months. To Hold
Prominent Place in Sporting
Program.
New York.—During the next three
mnnUm the college hakehall player
will hold a prominent position In the
spring sporting program His rec
ord will be followed by university
alumni and with even closer scrutiny
by the profegslonul scout, for major
league club managers and fully aware
that occasionally a star may be pluck
ed from the 'varsity diamond. Flay
ers of the calibre of Eddie Colllne
and Christy Mathewson are found but
Infrequently. There always exists,
however, the possibility of t ©curing
players who, if not capable of major
league speed rt the outset of their
professional careers, can quickly he
coached and trained to the point
where they are a decided acquisition
to u big circuit club.
Risen Rapidly.
Vnder professional coaching the
standard of play in college baseball
has risen rapidly duriug the past Tew
years. Veteran big leaguers have
aided the natural player by advice
and Instruction, l.lttlc hlrts on how
to bat; take the hall for a quick throw
and other points of technique In the
game quickly bring players with nat
ural qualifications within the range
of major league possibilities. All
those connected with the professional
game today realize that the college
bssabnll mb offers one of [lie MR
recruiting grounds ut the disposal of
the big league magnates, hilly Evans,
thu American League umpire, a col
lege graduate and close observer of
every angle of baseball, said recently
In dls’cusHing this phase of the gsme;
1 "The coliege ball player has be
come a big factor In the major
leagues Ten years ago a collegian
whs a rarity In a big league line-up.
A fuw y ears ago major league scvuits.
la search of promising material, gave
the college gamcH very little consid
eration At a big game Ir.st summer
between two strong college tennis, ex
nctly twelve major league scouts were
In attendance. Quite a testimonial
to the value placed on the college
player, by the men whose duty It Is
to pick up future big league Btura.
"Connie” Mack.
"Connie Mack Is tho pioneer In the
exploiting of tho college player The
resourcerul leader of tue World's
Champions saw the worth of the col
lege player, long before any other
major league manager looked on the
'varsity athlete seriously I once
asked Mack why he was always so
auxlous to look over the promising
college player Ills reply was brief,
hut characteristic of the famous lead
er of the Athletics. 'I like players
who can think. Four years of study
certainly ought to Improve a fellow's
intelligence. It It hasn’t, It doesn't
take me very long to discover the
fact. Another reason why 1 favor the
collegian, is because he comes to me
free from any other st>le of play. It
Is much easier to got | layers accus
tomed to your way of thinking, who
have never been drilled In any other
system Another point tn favor of
the collegian Is that he knows pretty
well tho best rules for keeping tn
condition I have no use for players
who fall to keep In shape He also
hns been taught the real value of
discipline by his professor In the
clsss roof and his coach on the hall
field.'"
Gift of U. of N. J.
Big Help Financially
Princ#t©n, N. J.— IVan MoUlenahan,
chairman of the Faculty Board of Ath
letic Control at Princeton believe* that
the recent (rift of the Palmer stadium
pave* the way for a complete and mod
ern athletic and sport equipment at the
New Jersey university. lie said In dis
cussing the outlook:
"One of the most (ratifying feature*
of the splendid gift Is the fact Unit It
Is to be used to obtain an Increase of
the revenue* of the University. Thl*
Increase will enable the work of the
University to be done even more ef
ficiently Thl* Increase will be In the
form of a rental to be paid by the
Athletic Association to the University.
"The nddtlonal revenue front me*
will In time permit the Athletic / **o
clatton to increase Its athletic equipment
In the form of a baseball (Vundatand. a
greatly needed baseball cage hockey
rink, and so on. unless some other (en
ure* us or friend meets these needs before
the Athletic Association can do so it
self It Is hoped also th»t In time the
stadium will permit us to lower the
price of (dm sslon for undergraduate* to
all of our athletic events.’*
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Where Will Army-Navy Football Game
Be Played Next Fall ? The Wrangle
Started Farlier This Season
New York.—The wrangling ahout
where the Army-Navy football game
shall be played next fali. started ear
lier than usual this season, and the
affair promises to develop Into a
lengthy wordy 1 war. with many con
ferences ami lota of publicity.
The Annapolis men have insisted
that the game be played in Philadel
phia, while the Army men have held
out for the Polo Grounds in New
York, where the big contest was stag
ed Inst fall While the middles have
found no Tault with the accommoda
tion- s( New York, they claim that
the Journey from Annapolis to New
York la too long for their team, while
the West Pointers have but a few
hours ride to the acene of the
struggle.
Agitation.
However, the agitation's not aU
caused by the representatives ol
Uncle Sum’s schools; the business
men of New York and Philadelphia
have taken a hand In the affair. There
is no doubt that the game Is a draw
ing card for visitors is extremely val
uable especially to hotel men and
florists,
Philadelphia business men say that
they will secure cither the National
No Hod Carriers Among
the Pittsburg Pirates
Plttaburg.—Some one has gone to
all the trouble to Tind out the occupa
tion of the Individual members of the
Pirates In the off season. Here is
the list;
(iltison, (Atoper. Harmon and Duffy
are the farmers of the aggregatiou
anil Manager Clark can also be class
ed as a farmer. Joe Oonzelman,
Ollie McArthur and Joe Ijeonard are
students —honest to goodness students
at that. Hyatt is a butcher, Hob
Coleman a stuge mechanic, and Geo
McQuillan an electrician. Janthleh
ner a stenographer and a good one,
too. This list also Includes three
salesmen, two plumbers and five
clerks. There isn't a hod carrier or
a truck dllver In the whole bunch.
The Indianapolis’ Motor
Speedway RaceS Promise
To Be Most Interesting
• .Indianapolis. With fourteen entries
•IVeatly made, tho &(h>-mile race of the
Indian**polls motor speedway on May
10th, promise to be the most Interest
ing event of Its kind which has been
scheduled this year.
Some of the best known urtvers In
this country and Kurope will pilot tn
■peedy cars around the track. These
Include Bob Berman, who drive a ma
chine of hl» own design, Goux, who won
the prlxe last your, Anderson Guyot,
Bene Klein and Karl Cooper.
Three Peugeot cars are entered, two
Sluts machines, two Pelages and two.
Humans. The Kxlelslor, K'ng and Sun
ben tu, have listed one car each, whlln
Wilcox will drive his Graly Fox and
Kenne his Billet.
.. r
Now Mrs. D. Has Butted In on the Affair"
I>eague or American d-eague ball park
In that city for the game, If Franklin
field, the Athletic stadium of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, where the
games were held for many years, Is
too small.
N. Y. Cornea Back.
The New Yorkers came right back
and charged that Philadelphia has no
place to accommodate 45,000 stecta
tors such aa witnessed the game in
New York last year. Then some one
suggested that the new Palmer Sta
dium at Princeton for which ground
will he broken in a week V>r two,
would be an ideal place to stage the
contest. The objection that railroad
facilities to Princeton ate such that
a large crowd oT spectators would
have a difficult time in getting in and
out of Princeton was in a measure
refuted by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
which is contemplating making addi
tions to the facilities at Princeton.
Two conferences have already been
held between officials of the acade
mies and no solution of the probli m
is In sight. The final selection of the
sight for the game may rest with the
secretadles of war and navy. There
is a possibility that Washington will
come forth with a hid for the contest
before the selection Is finally made.
Next Annual Tournamen
National Bowling Ass'n
Atlantic City, N. J.—lt is rumored 1
Now York will not be alone In blddL.g
for lhe next annual tournament of the
National Bowling Association, which Is
running now for its championships at
Columbia hall. The tournament starr
ed last Wednesday and will continue
until April 29th.
The annual convention be. giro next
J'liday and It Is said that .in effort Will
be made to take the next tournament
t< one <»f the Southern ci*;es» probably
Baltimore or Washington.
The New York delegation will aiYlvo
pn Friday With full plans for staging
next year’s championships in elth •?
Madison Square Garden or the Grand
Central Pa ace. The New Yorkers have
ample backing and will make a strong
bill for the event.
Ex-Champion Cycle Rider
Has Returned to America
New York. -Floyd McFarland, former
champion bicycle rider rvnd now an in
ternational promoter of cycling events,
has Just returned to America from bis
annual tour of continental cities. Mc-
Farland successfully promoted races In
Paris, Brussels, Berlin anil other cities.
Accompanying McFarland was Walter
Butt, the star German racer, who will
be under Flody’s in tnagement. Rutt is
matched to race Frank Kramer in Phil
adelphia and r.t Newark.
"Bicycle racing is the national sport
of European countries.” said Mr. Mc-
Farland yesterday, "and It Is growing
all the time. Enormous crowds attend
the races and the riders occupy th 3
same position in the eyes of the public
that Ty Oobb. Kddie Collins and Walter
Ji hnson do here.
"1 might add that interest in hike
racing in America is growing with leapi
and bounds."
RUMORED “DAD” MOULTON
TO COACH AMERICAN TEAM
Lo* Ang«ie*, Call—A well-founded ru
mor hae it that *'l>ad" Moulton, the
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viteran coach, who has Just left Stan*
ford University, after twelve years’ ser
vice, will coach the American track
team, during the 1916 gnoies nt Merlin,
which will be the next Olympiad.