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VOLUME XIX. No. 208.
The Story of How the 1914 Pennant Chances
of the Cleveland Team Were Wrecked
in the Saving of SI,OOO
New York.—This is a story of how th©
1914 pennant chances of the Cleveland
American League team were practically
wrecked by cupidity that resulted in sav
ing about SI,OOO.
It is a story, too, of how Charles W.
Somers, the Cleveland magnate stands to
suffer a loss of SIOO,OOO this season in
stead of mak'ng a profit of from $100.1)00
to $300,000, all because he wanted to dole
out a small reward to a pitcher whose
brilliant work during the 1913 season kept
the Naps in the fight all the way and
enabled the club to clear something like
$150,000.
"Cv” Falkenberg was the hurler who
kept the Naps in the 1913 pennant fight.
He won the first ten games pitched and
finished the season with an average near
the top. Such work, in Falkenberg's
mind, and In that of every fair-minded
fan, was deserving of a sizeable boost In
pay.
Did Falkenberg get it? Nay. Nay.
Somers instead of giving Falkenberg a
l oost of about $1,500 a year, offered him
an increase that amounted to about $1.;»3
a day. according to Falkenberg. and
which statement Somers does not deny.
Falkenberg, disgusted, jumped to the
Feds. They made him an offer far in
excess of that of Somers. They recog
nized worth and were willing to pay the
full price. Falkenberg’s heart had been
in his work in Cleveland. He would
have preferred to remain there, and un
doubtedly wou’d have remained on the
Naps’ roster If Somers had offered about
«1 f'OO more. But Somers didn’t. He
overlooked the fact that the Federa
League was a haven for the underpaid
stars.
■With Falkenberg on the firing line for
Cleveland this year and pitching in any
where near his 1913 form, the Naps now
would be in a pennant fight instead of
hopelessly in the rut. The deplorable
weakness of its pitching staff has kept
the Clevelanders in the cellar practically
from the outset of the season. Outside
of Crf»gg they haven’t a dependants
pitcher and the demoralized condition of
the pitching staff has disheartened the
entire team. It has taken the fight
Brooklyn Feds Team Have Made a Hit
With the Fans; Souvenirs and Covered
Stands for Two Bits
The Federal League folks who are
aiming to please the fans might make
a master stroke if they introduced free
score cards at their parks. The idea
of paying for scorecards at the bail
carries appeals to most fans in the na
turTof a holdup. Why should the fans
he compelled to pay for score cards.
Why aren’t they given away free the
as are theatre programs?
If the Feds ever get together a real
ball team in Brooklyn the Ward fam
ilv’s team will outdraw the Dodgers 3
.to Vmatter what the attraction
the Dodgers are staging. The w ards
have made a hit with the Brook yn
f ins They gave away some souve
ntofc to both sexes of the fans that
attended the Fourth of July
there. They have reduced the prices
and instead of forcing the bleacher
ite to sit in the uncovered seats origi
nally designed for them the Wards
have invited the 25 cent fan to sit In
the crowded stands where he can en
joy a game without being broiled.
A fan has just issued forth with the
suggestion that sliding into the bases
be eliminated from baseball. He points
out that many of the game s greatest
stars have been forced out of the line
tip for days and weeks because of in
juries received by the spikes of the
opposing base runners.
The suggestion, although fjood \ in
one sense, cannot be adopted. To elim
inate Sliding from baseball would elim
nate one of the best features of the
game would reduce base stealing to
a minimum because a player who was
barred from sliding the final eight or
n feet of his pilfering Journey,
wouldn't take the chance of making
the base.
Some years ago it was suggested
that the sharp steel spikees used by
Middleweight Championship of World
Which Has Been Bantered Around for
Nearly A Years, To Be Decided Soon
(By Ringside.)
, "*« worTif"which ß^"
assays
on ° c tobe r 15th. 1910- w ■" ujversal
,'ossesslon of one who ™ of 158-
ly recognised as ine c^ntcnde rs is
rounders. The ne« the number ol
r i n ?ftr the title r'an now be count*
ellgihles for the Mord-eai Brown’s
f,ch?n* hand ' And basebaU lore t.H.
thaf the" old Cub has three finger .
‘rv BcX 2 Pre tenders°^bat £
nwner would be to hold a round-robin of
houts the ultimate victor to be proclaim
ed ftie world o'er as the middleweight
chlUrriol Middleweight Problem.
Anvwav. the mddleweight problem,
whlchhas disturbed the fighting ele
ment for over three years, is nearer to
solution * than It ha. been In all that
1,1 There are any number of fair "mid
dies ’ hut the trio who should be fight
ing It out for final honors are M'ke Oih
hntie Tlmmv riahby and Oecjrge Chip. If
r,?bbone win only enter the controversy
we ore likely to have an undisputed
champion In the 158-pound division he
for* the current year roue by. If Gib-
I wh could only be Induced to tamp#*
w'th the men who## displacement Is 15K
pounds, he would have no difficulty In
showing to the world In convincing
fashion that h# Is the only and legiti
mate successor to the title vacated by
the lamented fltanlev Ketch#!.
Nothing Startling.
Olhhons has don# nothing of late to
stnrile the piig'llstlc ren'm. but his ree-
substantfallv bea r s out tils class,
r*Wr and Clabhv demonstrated Just a
for’n'ehf ngn that their pretensions tc
♦ >’« t'M* must be given due and serious
consideration. Tn far awnv Australia
Clabby took It upon himself to eliminate
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and spirit out of them. They have coma
to feel that no matter how brilliantly
they field, no matter how terrific their
hitting, the inoundman cannot hold the
opposition in check.
If Falkenberg had been with the Naps,
he would have been good for at least
ten victories that have resulted in de
feates for the Naps. Manager Birming
ham, with Falkenberg on his staff,
would not have called on Ids kid twin
ers so often. He wouldn't have to ex
periment so rnucli. The result would
have been that at least ten of the games
that have been lost would have been
won by Falkenberg.
Furthermore, if the Naps had won
those ten games instead of losing them.
It would have enthused instead of dis
heartened them. They would have pi y
ed better i aseball and fought harder,
and no doubt, would have won at least
si xof the other games that they have
thrown away by indifferent work.
Think of what a difference this would
have made to the Naps! July sih is re
garded as the half-way mark in tne
"aseball season. This year it found the
Naps with a stand'ng of 25 games won
and 46 lost, for a percentage of .352.
if Falkenberg had be,en with them and
those 16 games had been won instead ot
being thrown away by miserable pitching
and inconsistent, featureless playing, the
standing of the Naps on July sth would
have been 41 games won and 31 lost, for
a percentage of .569. Tills would have
put them Just a Jump behind the league
leading Athletics—and with a fine chance
for world's series honors.
When a club is down in the race the
turnstiles feel the effect. The attend
ance at most of the games in Cleveland
this vear has been the smallest m tne
history of Mg ingue baseball In the Ohio
city It is reported that on many
the paid attendance had fal'en below the
1 wo mark, and that one day It reached
only 210. As a road attraction they are
n °Whut e a’different story m'ght have been
written had Somers offered Falkenberg
a boost of $1,500, or even SI,OOO over his
1913 salary—ia boost that he seemed to
have earned.
ball players be replaced with little
leather blocks on the so'es of the
shoes on much the same style that
golfers and football players use. But
experiment with these showed that
they were almost without value as thy
did not dig into the ground deep
enough to aid the base runner. In fact
they burrowed only the slightest frac
tion of an inch because of their rath
er blunt points and the base runner
found that instead of being aided his
speed was retarded.
Every time an Organized Baseball
Player jumps to the Feds or begins
flirting with the Feds, the O. B. mag
nates at once shriek about his “trai
torous actions.” They assert that this
player oweea certain loyalty to the
fans and to his owners and that he s
committing a horrible crime by quit
ting th©m, or even thinking about it.
The O. B. magnates always lay par
ticular stress upon the disloyalty
shown to the fans by the player who
jumps—which is a bit of grandstand
play that fans can see through with
outthe aid of their spectacles. When
the magnate sees a chance to trade or
sell one of his stars, he doesn’t consult
the fans as to whether they want the
deal put through. He just swaps. He
figures that the deal will serve his
own interests. And that’s the way
the Jumping player feels.
If a player can get about twice as
much money for his services from one
man as he is getting frym another,
why shouldn't he change Jobs? This
“loyalty to the fans" Is a lot of hunk.
He's their hero one day—if he performs
well. And the very next day, if ho
fails to hit in a pinch, or hobbles at a
crucial moment, he is hissed and hoot
ed. No one knows this better than the
ball player, and that’s why the player
doesn't take the fans into considera
tion when he is tempted by a larger
offer from the Federal League.
the most dangerous man of his weight
In the wbrld. He beat up Eddie M<--
Goorty so handily for a few rounds that
McGoorty deliberately fouled him In the
eighth. The defeat puts McGoOrty out
of the running for the title he once Im
posed upon himself, and of which he
made Australians believe he was the
rightful owner.
At about the time Clabby was show
ing up McGoofrty. George Chip knocked
all the championship aspirations out of
Billy Murray In fifteen rounds. Mur
ray was being looked upon as a “sec
ond Stanley Ketchel" when he collided
with Chip. He proved such for a few
rounds, and then the bubble burst. Mur
ray twice previously had beaten A 1 Mc-
Coy, who scored a fluke knockout over
Chip.
Still Another.
Booking over the f eld again, there Is
still another middleweight whose work
In the past entitles him to considera
tion. Jack Dillon Is the man In mind.
His defeat on Jndependenc Day of Sailor
Ptroskey, who gave Clabby a great fight
for twenty rounds, stamps Dillon as a
fighter of merit. Dillon is capable of
giving Gibbons Chip or Clabby all the ’
could handle In a fight over the rout*;.
Dillon has fought Chip about seven
times, and came out unscathed In hl«
tussles with McGorS’ty, Moha and Klaus.
Clabby and Gibbons have fought throe
times, the verdict going to Clnhbv once
and the other two houts being no-<b*
cision affairs. The best way to deter
mine the champion would be to stack
Clabby against Gibbon*. and the winner
of this bout against Chip
If the “law of the r'ng’’ were adhered
to Ain McCoy, the Broklyn fourth-rater
would be the champion of mldd'eweigh i s
at this writing. The “law of the ring’*
Is simply this: hat. when a champion
dies the title reverts to the previous
udder. Thus, when Ketchel was mitv-
Jered. the erown shifted hack to the
orow of Billy Papke Papke lost to
T ank Klaus on a foul In fifteen rounds
over In Paris, making Klaus the champ
ion. K'tios. in turn, was knocked out
wire tv Georg# Chip, who, In his or
der. succumbed to Al MeCov In a punch.
Elimination Bouts.
But as long as there was a question
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 26.1914.
Interesting Factors That Are Proving Important
in the Gallant Battle of Boston to
Climb Out ot the Cellar
Genial Jim Gaffney, the Smiling Owner and President of the
Braves, is Not One of the Ordinary Run of Baseball Club
Heads —He is a Type of His Own—His Players the Joy
and Pride of His Life —Stallings is Great Manager.
I New York—While the fans ..round
the Nat.oual League circuit are talk
ing about the gallant battle of the
Boston Braves to get out of the cel
lar it is interesting to consider some of
the factors trial are j roving .myortant
in tlie Big Upli.t. The stereotyped
thing to say is that the manager is
the chief element in any success the
club may attain. This would he
handing the palm to George Stallings.
While there .« no intention to avoid
this, for Stallings is undoubtedly one
of the greatest leaders in the game,
and will prove it onbe more before
this season is out unless we miss our
guess. He is by no means the sole
cause of the Big Upli.t- The players
on the team of course have something
to do about it, but that is not what
we mean.
“Genial J'm.”
James E. Gaiiney, tali, genial Jim
Gaffney—now we’ve said it. The
smiling owner and president of the
Braves is not one of the ordinary run
of baseball club heads. He is a typo
of his own. Mr. Gaffney, who is one
of the powers that he in Tammany
Hall, one of the big leaders o New
York Democracy, and who also has
about as big a contracting business as
any man hereabouts, build ng sub
ways and such, is not in baseball
simi ly for the money he can gee out
of it. He is a fan. a thirty-third de
gree one, and he would rather lose
money on his club and have it play
good baseball and get up in Hie race
than make a mint of coin with a poor
team.
Those young fellows out there on
the field with a “B” on their chests
are the joy and pride of Jim Gaffney,
and the Big Chief, George Stallings,
is worshipped by him as an older
brother wjll admire a capable young
er brother. Anything that Stallings
does is good enough Tor Mr. Gas ney.
Oh, yes, he “tampers” with the team,
just as other club presidents tamper
with their manager's teams, but lie
goes about it in a different way. The
extent of his tamper.ngs is about
this:
Inside Gossip.
He keeps In touch with all the in
side gossip of the game that he can,
to get tips of various kinds of dif
ferent players that are likely to be
available for him, and he shoots the
information along to Stallings: w th
the comment, “you may go as far as
you like, George,” meaning no i rice
is too high for him to pay. If Stal
lings, who is the baseball supreme
court ot the club, does not like the
player in question, nothing further is
done, but if he thinks he wants the
man, he passes along the word to Mr.
Gaffney to go get ’im.
Such methods were used when
Johnny Evers was signed up last win
ter. and recently the same tiling was
done in the cases of Jos Devore, from
the Phillies, and Ted Gathers, from
the Cardinals, as well as a number of
others lined up by trade and pur
chase.
During the summer Mr. Gaffney is
living in his country home out on
Long Island. No evening paper is
published within miles of his habit
that contains the scores of the ball
games. But Mr. Gaffney could not
wait until the morning for his news.
He wants to know how his boys fared
and he must know quickly. He
would die if he had to wait until
morning. So what does he do? He
picks up his telephone, asks Tor “long
distance” and calls the sporting edi
Just Now the Militant Suffragettes Are
Comparatively Quiet —Merely the
Lull Before the Storm
London. —At the moment the militant
suffragettes are comparatively quiet, but
It is the lull before the storm. The fu
rious women have gon# too far to draw
back. There can be no question of com
promise or a reversion to more peaceful
agitation. It is war ail the time; real,
well-organized, brainy war again the
governing forces and against law and or
der. The women have unwittingly rush
ed to extremes which permit of no re
treat. That 1s regarded by them as nn
impossible solution and tantamount to
an admission of defeat. They are still
strong in numbers and financially. They
have the sinews of war that count dol
lars. and plenty of them.
Inherited Fortune.
Only this week It was revealed In the
course of a trial that one of the prison
ers a girl of 25 years, had Inherited #
fortune of half a million dollars a year
or two ago. Half that has found ts
way into the militants’ war chest and Its
donors Is one of the most rabid leaders
of the cause. Though but a girl she
fears nothing. Incendiarism Is her hob
bv. She defies police and magistrates
and at her last trial she fought 1n the
dork In an effort to attack the magis
trate and injured three waitresses Tn
a few da vs 1 suppose she will he released
under the “cat and mouse act” because
the prison authorities will fear that she
will die of hunger.
Can’t Be Overestimated.
The seriousness of the position cannot
be overestimated. It will be a long
drawn-out business If the government
hopes to cow these women bv a process
„f exhaustion. They may shorten the
lives of a few by allowing them to un
dermine their health by hung#r-#Mklng.
But all the time recruits are Joining the
women’s army and the conditions of the
about Papke being the legltlma'e champ
ion when Ketchel passed away, none of
his successors was looked upon as
champion. The manager of each of
these men, however, admitted that his
charge was the real champion; but who
ever took a rnanaKV’s word without
some saline sprinklings?
The championship is still in abeyance,
and the only way to clear the situation
would be to bold a series of ollnnlnatlorv
houts. The one fighting his wav through
the rness should then he thh recognized
champion The International Box ng
Federation would do well to Insret a
hand in the ass dr. and sterHze the mud
dle In on** of the two divisions that need
sterilization, the welterweight class be
ing the other.
tor of one of the big New York morn
ing papers.
"fielio, Mr. Gaffney," answers the
storting editor, "your fellows cleaned
up today; the score was 2 to 0 tor
whatever iB might happen to be.J"
Wanted Part culars.
“Who pitched.’" asked Mr. Gaffney,
and receives the iniormation.
How d d we do it? Get the runs in
the early innings," he queries, "or
make ’em near the finish?”
The hits on each side, the sluggers
of tlie day, errors and other facts
about the game are asked by the
BBraves' pres.dent.
"What did the Giants do?” is al
ways the next question. He doesn’t
ask about the Pirates, Dodgers. Phil
lies or Reds, who are right in tlie
same general section of the standing
with the Braves. Whether ids club
should pass by a few o, those outfits
and land around fifth position or so
does not seem to be on his mind at
all. “What did tlie Giants do?”
that's all that worries him aside from
the playing of ills own team He is
still aiming at the top, amt way down
deep we believe he feels that Stal
lings will lift them up tlisre, though
at first sight it seems impossible, it
would be nearly a miracle, hut it is
not impossible, even though more
than half of the season has passed.
The big question being as to how
long a handicap they are able to al
low tlie other clubs. But it is a fifty
to one bet they won't be last when
the season ends and much better than
a three ot two wager that they will
he in the first, division.
Gaffney is not going to let Stal
lings go unrewarded n a material
way i. lie lands tlie club well up in
the race after such a poor start. Thd
Braves had a mark of away below .800
in percentage of games won before
they started their recent spurt, which
has carried them well beyond* .400.
They bid fair to do the same sbrt of
a climbing act that ti.sy staged last
year. What was Stallings’ reward
then? Gaffney made him a member
of the board of directors of the club
and gave him some stock in it. When
Stallings took hold of the club a year
ago, the outfit was branded as a hope-
Issh ta.lender, one that could not
rise out of the cellar within less fhan
three years, counting all the building
possible. But they did. going up to
the head of the second division. And
i Stallings does not get at least
somewhat higher than that tlris year,
even with the discouraging beg nning,
when bis outfit was shot to bits by
injuries, we need a new pair of eyes.
The Braves now have a really first
class outfield as tlie result of tlie
trades with the Phillies and Cardi
nals that brought Gather and Devore
to the club. Jockeying these two
with Connolly, Mann and Dugey,
Stall ngs has been keeping a eanable
outer works crew in the game every
day, using soma of them against right
handed pitching and some against
southpaws. The infield has been de
livering the goods In fine stlye. Evers
at second and Maranville at short,
form one of the greatest double play
machines in the game. Big Schmidt
at first and Deal at third also are
playing the game right up to the
handle, and Gowdy is a much improv
ed catcher, with Whaling to help him
out. With Rudolph and Jamea n the
leading roles. Stallings now has his
pitching staff going better than at.
any otlwr time this year. Keep your
eye on tlie Braves.
militant forces Is now one of cruel and
cunning fanaticism.
Other organizations are working for
women's franchise in more peaceful
channels but the struggle is intensified
by the actions of the militants. Lady
Selborne, Winifred Lady Arran, Mrs. Gil
bert Bamuel and Lady Betty Balfour re
cently entertained the women delegates
of the International Suffrage Alliance In
London and their peaceful and dignified
propoganda Is regarded here as much
more likely to bring the desired result, If
only the militant# would refrain from
their devastating tactic#.
Walt for Year.
Even so the day of woman’s franchise
here 1# not yet. They will have to
wait for years before success wfll re
ward their efforts.
Though as I have said, the militants
are rather quiet at the moment, a little
guerilla warfare goes steadily on. One
of their latest exploits Is to ruin the
great organ in the Iloyal Albert Hall,
London’s largest concert hall, by pour
ing huge quantities of water into all the
vital parts of the Instrument.
But what was more tragic still was the
fnet that the work of the malignant# was
not discovered until after a concert at
which Madam Clara Butt was the chief
singer. The organist, Mr. Herbert L.
Cooke, was severely taken to task by
the critics for his “wretched and intol
erably inefficient*’ playing of an obligato
for Mine. Butt, but the poor fellow has
since been absolved by the discovery of
the damage.
Program of Music For
the First Baptist Church
Below In the program of muile that
will he rendered at the Find BaptUt
thtirch today:
MORNING.
Ormin prelude Mnxxenet
Anthem "Jubilate Deo" Corbin
Offertory-- “Rock of Ak«B."
EVENING.
Or fan prelude Bhumann
Anthem "I Will Day Me Down In
Peace” Ondxhy
Offertory- "I Will Magnify Thee"..
Marxli
Duet Alto and bus*.
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The Biggest Bargains of
the Year to be Had
Here Tomorrow
We take stock at the end of the month,
Friday, so all odds and ends must go.
Be on hand this week,
pickings will be good.
Jl Wonderful Dress Sale
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Crepes, Linens, Voiles; in White 1 gj
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tlie yard lO^
5c and 10c Torchon and Cluny Laces
lip to 5 inches iti width,
the yard
$1.75 embroidered 16 button Silk
Cloves, in black and white
the pair SI.OO
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25c and 39c Draperies
for 12i/£# and 2<ty
50c and 75c Ratines 19^
BLACK SILK WAISTS
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$1.50 Crepe Kimonos aOtf
SI.OO and $1.50 Sahlen Waists 50c
SI.OO and $1.50 Corsets 75c
50c Brasseries 39c
39c Brasseries 25c
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6-4 Utica Pillow Casing .. ..16^*
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Felt
80x80 Nets on frames, worth $1.25, for 98^
90x90 Nets on frames, worth $1.98, for $1.49
100x100 Nets on frames, worth $2.25, for $1.98
Kly-haek Frames with riots, each $2.98
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
ODD LOT OF CORSETS,
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$1.50 House Dresses, small sizei
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Fine nainsook, Cluny Lace trim
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Ruffling including double silk mi
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Narrow Hufflings, worth
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Remnants of Curtain Nets and
Scrim, worth 25e and '7l/ rt
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25c Children's White Silk Sox
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