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FOUR THE DINGBAT FAMIL’ iy, . - v THt CHAAri (oo h,a oak-7 as s\' fcM, 1C That so Tt:? I— / \ ~ < 3U6T }££ This Big C*k hev ? Now ajic* \ /tTus oak taie is wav our) ( t. /tWBaTX / Aft Kip 6gT Uf_A A MEN «< /ufcLC'THE 7*£AGU&£ 19 j ALL OS LAD • W ) » 6/V cto Am* / C aa)t to/w / W t 7. just \ \ °X, ' bkICK-LA'iEZ ( (~TD 7>lE PAST 1 SEW/AKS, *AJD LOUCHE*.) )jDCwT A«AK& \ aaakp A - _ • » 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 »übjecl .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 ELECTRIC WIRING IS A PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT TO YOUR PROPERTY ELECTRIC WIRING makes your house more desirable to live in. Does away with matches and all flaming lights, therefore, pro tects your walls. If you should want TO SELL you will get back your investment in wiring fixtures, and the house will sell QUICKER. If you wislr TO RENT the property ELEC' TRIC WIRING will make it easier to obtain a desirable tenant. \ DO IT NOW Wire while we guarantee ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. t : We will carry the account and let you pay monthly. A.-A. R. & E. CORP. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT 812 Broad St. Phone 2751 SUNDAY. APRIL 12. 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.