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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
George Stallings Talks Nonchalantly of Giving
lip a Vaudeville Salary of $2,500 Per Week
Big Chief of Boston Braves
'*Was in Augusta Yesterday
Enroute to Haddocks---He
Likes Money, But Will Not
Ruin His Health
WANTS NO COMPROMISE
WITH FEDERAL LEAGUE
Says Ball Players Who Have
Broken Contracts and Gone to
Federals Not Square---They
Must Pay the Penalty For
Their Misdeeds.
George T. Stallings, chief of the
world's champions, arrived In Augusta
Saturday morning from New York en
route to his farm ar Haddocks, Ga. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Stallings and
they expect to spend the remainder of
the winter in Georgia, with the excep
tion of the time the Miracle Man is in
New' York attending the mid-winter
meeting of the National League.
“Do you mean to verify the report
that you gave up a salary of $2,500 per
week in vaudeville to come back to your
Georgia farm?” Stallings was asked.
“Yes, it’s true,” said the big chief,
“for although money looks good to me,
still I refused to have my health ruined.
The vaudeville work was getting me and
that's all there is to It. I had to at
tend rehearsals in the morning, play
matinees and then night performances
and the work was entirely too hard.
And, besides, while I was engaged in
the v'audevile work I had no time to
do my newspaper and magazine work i
was tied down so that I had no time to
do anything.
“As I said, money is a great thing,
but I refused to sacrifice my health and
the only sensible thing to do was to
cancel the contract, which 1 promptly
did and now you see me headed for
Haddocks to look after my cotton.
“I have between 600 and 700 bales of
cotton which 1 would like very much
to sell. The fans up in New York and
Boston have joined the ‘buy-a-foale*
movement and are paying ttn cents per
pound for cotton, so I told them that I
would >;e glad to sell them mine at that
price. I am going to make arrange
ments to sell as much of my cotton at
ten cents as I can.**
Stallings talked as nonchalantly over
giving up a salary of $2,500 per week as
If he was telling one of his prize pitch
ers to warm up in practice.
Favors No Peace Except on Proper
Terms.
Asked about the proposed treaty of
peace with the Federal League, Stall
ings said that he favored no compro
mise for the Federals are already prac
rically a broke set financially and other
wise. He wants no peace unless or
ganized baseball dictates tlie terms.
"I do not think there should be any
compromise,” said Stallings, "for they
will die a natural death before long. The
Wards of Brooklyn are the only ones
objected with the Federals who have
a%,tl ing like real money. There is no
room for a third league and the ball
players who have broken their contracts
in mid-season and gone to the Federals
must be punished. These hall players
are not squire. Organized baseball 18
being run «i the level and the reserve
clause is absolutely necessary to pre
vent raids from the rich clubs on the
weaker ones We are building a base
ball plant In Boston and the land alone
will cost $1,504000. Do you suppose
that men would put that much in a
plant unless they had confidence that
baseball was being run right and that
th fans would support Buch baseball?
The players who have broken their con
tracts and gone to the Federals are ab
solutely ruined so far as their futures
are concerned. Players of the ability
of Ty Cobb and Maranvill: would com
mit suicide, from a baseball standpoint.
If they should go to the Federal League.
Of course, I have no idea that either
of these star players is even consider
ing such a step, but I mention them to
Illustrate that a ball player bids good
bye to his career when he takes that
fatal step. Practically all of the men
who have gone over to the Federals are
now terribly anxious to get back Into
organized ball. Why, last week when
there was talk of peace the National
League headquarters in New YPrk re
ceived over 100 letters from ex-major
leaguers now with the Federals endors
ing peace proposals and each one try
ing to pave a way to get back" him
self.”
The big chief was certainly sweet on
his world's champions. He grinned
from ear to ear when he spoke of the
wonderful way they had performed.
"T have only two men on my club over
25," he said, “and three of my stars
are under 21. He did not say so but he
gave tha Interviewer the impression that
he had no notion of trading any of his
players during the winter.
Stallings in an Augustan and Augus
ta was glad W'hen the Braves won the
National League pennant and again
when they won the championship of the
world. George Stallings frequently
comes through Augusta but stays here
only a short while at the time. He
owns over 5,000 acres at Haddocks.
SEME SWAMPS
11. OF ALABAMA
Former Team Outplayed Op
ponents in Every Sense of the
Word, Winning By Score of
18 to 0.
Birmingham, Ala. —Outplayed out
fought and outgeneraled throughout,
the University of Alabama football
team was decisively defeated by the
University of the South (Sewanee)
here Saturday, 18 to 0. Alabama fail
ed utterly to cope with the Sewanee
attack, while Its few chances to score
were ruined by costly fumbles.
Parker wag the distinct star of the
contest, ripping the Alabama line Into
shreds by his terrific plunges Van
dergraafe did good work for Alabama.
DIFFICULT.
Ife hard to tell Just which It Is that
makes the widest noise—
The prim and starchy little girls, or
muddy-featured boys.
THE WEATHER
Forecast.
Washington, D. C.—Georgia and South
Carolina; Fair Sunday and Monday.
RICHMOND ACADEMY DEFEATED THE
G. I. E. ELEVEN Ilf HARD FIGHT
Heavy Team of College Lads Sent Down to Defeat By Local
Cadets By Score of 13 to 0---First Quarter Started Off with
Smashing Line Plays By Enemy---However, the Academy
Defense Stiffened and the Long Gains Were Stopped.
In a game in which “fight” was the
keynote. Richmond Academy yesterday
defeated the heavy team of Georgia
Military Academy -by the score of 13
to 0.
The first quarter started off with
smashing line plays by G. M. C. by
wiiieh they advanced the ball to Acad
emy’s 25-yard line. Here the cadet's
defense tightened and G. M. C.’s dug
gains through the line were stopped. A
fumble by the collegians gave Richmond
the ball In the center of the field for the
remainder of the first quarter and the
grealer part of the second, the ball
oscillated back and forth around the 50-
yard line, neither side being able to ad
vance It either by runs or forward
passes.
Academy Features.
Towards the end of the second period,
however, the Academy started a series
of beautiful end runs and off tackle
plays which landed them on their oppon
ent’s 15-yard line. A beautiful forward
pass—Davis to Armen trout—was then
worked, resulting in a touchdown for the
locals. Bryan made a wonderful catch
from punt out and Davis kicked goal.
Score, end of first half, Richmond Acad
emq 7, G. M. C., 0.
Straight Football.
Richmond received kick off in the third
period, and started a march down the
field. For a while the heavy collegians
Wore at the mercy of their lighter but
speedier cadet opponents. Very few for
ward passes were started, as the locals
were able to gain consistently on
straight football. G. M. C. secured the
ball on a punt kicked out of bounds.
Plays off tackle and advanced end
brought the ball to Academy’s four-yard
line. Here the real pluck, grit, and all
round football knowledge of Richmond
came into evidence.
Downed.
Four times the heavy hacks of G. M.
C. hit the li;.e and four times they were
downed after insignificant gains. The
first time it was Tom Bryan who caught
the runner. He was followed by Mar
tin. and Field who saved the day for
Richmond by downing the man in his
tracks. The Academy secured the ball
on down’s on their own three-yard line
and White Davis .puvted down the field
for 60 yards and put the ball out of
danger. In a fast desperate attempt to
ward off defeat the collegians started a
number of forward passes. These at
tempts proved disaster, for Percy Wil
TECH DEFEATED
BY AUBURN MEN
IN GOOD GAME
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Win Over Georgia Team in
Brilliant Game By Score of
14 to 0.
Atlanta, Ga —The Alabama Polytechnic
►lnstitute (Auburn) defeated the Geor
gia School of Technology in foatball
here today. 14 to 0. Both teams play
ed brilliantly.
Auburn scored her first touchdown In
the second period. After repeated short
gains by the Auburn backs through
Tech’s line, Prendergast finally carried
the ball over left tackle for a touch
down. Harris kicked an easy goal.
The second and last touchdown of the
games was scored during the first part
of the fourth period. After recovering
a fumbled punt by Hayes, of Tech, on
Tech’s 20-yard line, Auburn again hurl*
ed all her plays against Tech’s line.
When the ball had been carried to th#
10-yard line, Hart plunged through
Tech’s right tackle for a touchdown.
Louiselle kicked goal.
Best Chance.
Tech lost her best chance to score
w’hen Patten fumbled the ball on Au
burn’s two-yard line in the first quarter.
Senter wan Tech’s star both on of*
sense and defense. Auburn’s team show
ed great offensive power. She used
her two backs, Hart and Kldez to good
advantage.
The players on both teams were num
bered.
TENNESSEE WON
EDOM VANDY
Carroll Won Game By An Ac
curate Toe, Kicking Needed
Points, Thus Winning, 16 to
14.
Nashville, Tenn.—Tennessee defeated
Vanderbilt in football here Saturday
In a hard-fought game, by a score of
16 to 14. The extra score which decid
ed the contest was due to the accurate
to* of Carroll, who secured three points
on a placement kick for Tennessee 'n
the third quarter.
Tennessee made the first touchdown
after four minutes of play on a for
ward pass of thirty yards from May
to Carroll. The goal was missed. Ten
nessee added another touchdown In
the second quarter and Carroll kicked
goal.
From this time Vanderbilt played
fiercely. The Commodores secured a
touchdown In the second quarter and
another In the fourth quarter. Both
touchdowns were made bf Curry, the
last one on a 25-yard run through cen
ter.
CORNELL CROSS-COUNTRY
TEAM DEFEATS PENNSY
Philadelphia. —The Cornell cross-coun
try team today defeated the University
of Pennsylvania hill and dale men. 28
to 85. The first seven to finish wsre
Cornell men. Potter finished first In
28 minutes 10 seconds.
son, the speedy Academy back, set A.
R. C.’s supporters wild by Intercepting
one of these passes and running 50 yards
for a touchdown. Davis failed to kick
goal. The half ended shortly after with
the ball in Richmond's possession on G.
M. C.’s 10-yard line. The final score:
A. R. C., 13; G. M. C., 0.
All Stars.
To attempt to name the stars w°uld
he to name the entire Academy team.
Never before have the Cadets shown
such fighting spirit and sound football
knowledge. Special mention, however,
must be made of the wonderful work of
Save, Rupert and Armentrout on de
fense, and Wilson, Davis and Armen
trout on attack. Bryan played his usual
brilliant game. The Academy line broke
them repeatedly and downed the run
ner behind his own line. For the
visitors, Wilkinson shown mosj; brilliant
ly time and again pulling ofrlong gain.
Brilliant Play.
Coach Mad don, of G. M. C. in com
menting on the game, said the A. R. C.
won a brilliant game by consistent, clean
football. To have upset the dope and
won a game from a team so high up in
the football scale as G. M. C. is an
achievement of which the Academy
coaches are Justly proud. Augusta should
hqld her head high today, ;ind join in
praise of the plucky A. R. C. men who
so played havoc with their heavy train
ed opponents.
The line-up follows:
G. M. C. Position. Academy.
Rhodes Kennedy
Left end.
Harper Martin
Left tackle.
TVanrik Silver, Field
Left guard.
King Rupert
Center.
Daniel, Brake Muller
Right guard.
Ledbetter DeVaughn
Right tackle.
McKinley Armentrout
Right end.
Whitehead Saye, Miegle
Quarterback.
Bradford Davis
Left halfback.
Hadaway Wilson
Right halfback.
Wilkinson Bryan
Fullback.
Officials: Referee, Caswell; umpire,
Watkins; head linesman, Irvin.
CRIMSON INS
DYED TIGERS
Harvard Completely Crushed
Princeton in Annual Football
Game By Score of 20 to 0.
Cambridge, Mass. —Harvard crushed
Princeton. 20 to 0 today in their annual
football game. The Crimson complete
ly outclassed the Tigers in every de
partment of play. The New Jersey col
legians had little offensive or defensive
strength and theft- nearest upproacn to
the Crimson goal line was In till first
period when the Orange and Blank se
cured the ball on a fumble on Harvard’s
35-yard line.
F,ven with tha ball well In their op
ponents' territory, at a period of the
game when all the attacking players
were fresh, Princeton was unable to re
tain this advantage, relinquishing the
ball on the first play by a disastrous
fumble. Harvard never thereafter was
seriously threatened.
Both teams fumbled the ball In the
first period and it was not until toward
the end of the session that the Crimson
machine began to work smoothly.
Harvard sent In what was virtually a
substitute learn in the last quarter and
Princeton tried out its much vaunted
open attack. The Tigers made their
two first downs of ttie game here, one
by rushing and the other on u forward
pass. The Crimson substitutes offered
a aturdy defense, tiowever. and the game
ended with the Orange and Black still
near midfield. The few yards gained
In these final minutes of the play, rep
resent 1 Princeton's sole successful at
tack during the entire sixty minutes of
the contest.
All told the visiting team made thirty
nine yards and two first downs In
eighteen rushes, while the victors rush
ed elghty-two times for 297 yards and
sixteen first downs.
PENNST LOST TD
MICHIGAN SQUAD
Latter Team Tore Down De
fense, Rushing to Victory By
Score of 24 to 3.
Ann Arbor, Mich. Tearing Pennsyl
vania’s defense to shreds, the Michigan
won a 34 to 3 football victory today. The
slse of the score was a surprise even
to Coach Yost.
Pennsylvania’s only score was In ths
first period. Merrill 'aught a Michigan
punt near his own goal line, dodged a
Wolverine end arid three limes wrench
ed himself lose from tacklers He fi
nally was dow«d on Michigan's 48-yard
tins and a moment later Mai thews
dropklcked a goal from field.
Michigan’s rirst touchdown, In ths
second period, w«s partly the result of
Tucker's poor punt which went out of
bounds on Pennsylvania’s 35-yard line.
Cattlett made the score and Hughltt
kicked goal
Then Michigan opened up. Faks
klgks, delayed passes and long forward
passes from complicated positions, seem
ed to demoralize Pennsylvania's secon
dary defense. The rame was rough and
each learn suffared many penalties.
Maulbetch. Cattlett and Murray were
stars on offense Michigan’s line
held like steel and Pennsylvania made
most of Its gains on forward passes and
running back punts.
111.25. tin.OO, $18.75, 120.00 Hulta,
Hart Schaffner * Marx makes, all
wool and M lk; best In the world. Now
Is your chance. F. G. Martins.
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Augusta Fourth in League Attendance;
Total ot 35,000 Paid to See Games
President Kalbfleisch, of Augusta Club, Receives Annual Re
port of President Corish---Charleston First and Macon Last
in Attendance.
A total of 35,000 people paid to see
Augusta play baseball In Ausfusta last
summer, lri the annual report of Pres
ident Cortsb of the South Atlantic
league, which has been received by
President Kalbfleisch of the Augusta
Baseball club, it is seen that Augusta
stands fourth In point of attendance.
This city had an average of 547 paid
admissions to each game.
The following is a list of the Sally
cities showing attendance for the sea
son and the dally average:
Cities. Total. Aver.
Charleston 60.754 906
Jacksonville 50,281 811
RESULTS ON THE GRIDIRON
Clemson 35; Georgia 15.
Athens, Ga. Clemson College de
feated the University of Georgia in
football here today, 35 to 13, scoring
four touchdowns in the last quarter
of the game. When the final period
began, Georgia was leading. 13 to 7.
Clemson, however, soon forged
ahead, Quarterback McMillan receiv
ing a punt and dashing through the
entire Georgia team for a touchdown.
Line plunges and long end runs netted
three more touchdowns for Clemson
before the game ended.
Citadel Defeats Newberry.
Charleston, S. C. —In a fierce strug
gle the Citadel defeated Newberry
this afternoon, by the score of 14 to
13. Citadel played a consistent and
conservative game using straight
football. Newberry used the forward
pass brilliantly, completing nine out
of sixteen. Weeks and Sheppard, of
Citadel, and Mel,can and K. Baker, of
Newberry, divided individual honors.
South Carolina Wins.
Columbia, S. C.—The University of
South Carolina defeated Wake Forest
College of North Carolina at football
here this afternoon by a score of 26
to 0. The home team’s success was
due largely to its ability to negotiate
long forward passes. * Three of the.
touchdowns were scored on this play
and the otht r came after a forward
pass had put the winners in striking
distance of the goals. Stoney and
Heyward starred for Carolina and
Harris for,, the victors.
Louisiana Defeated.
Shreveport, La. —The University of
Arkansas football team defeated
Louisiana Slate University here to
day, 20 to 12. Leverett scored two
touchdowns fur Arkansas, one on a
45-yard run around Louisiana's left
end and Cool: kicked two goals. A.
O'Quinn and Moberly scored for
Louisiana and two other chances to
score were lort when the ball was
fumbled on Arkansas’ 2-yard line.
Bernstein played a star game at full
back for Louisiana.
Washington and Lee W>n.
Lynchburg, Va. —Washington and
Lee continued her unbroken string of
football victories by defeating Hwarth
more College, 10 to 0 here today. After
two and a half minutes of play, Gra
ham secured the ball on the 13-yard
line when Shutlz blocked Kline’s punt,
and carried It for a touchdown, Ple
rottl kicking goal. Late In the last
period Donahue secured ,1. goal from
a dropkick from the 35-yard line. •
Pittsburg Defeated.
Pittsburg. —Playing a game featur
ed by forward passes and long kicks,
Washington and Jefferson defeated
the Unlverrity of Pittsburg on Forbes
Field today by 13 to 10.
Navy 21 j Fordham 0.
Annapolis, Md Navy defeated Ford
ham In a one-sided football contest
today, 21 to The middles' attempts
at forward passing and open playing
were unsuccessful, the only plays on
which they could depend being wide
end runs and tackle plunges.
Georgetown-North Carolina.
Washington—Georgetown and North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
College battled here today to a 7 to
7 tie. The game was bitterly con
tested from beginning to end and was
marked by much roughness on the
part of both teams.
North Carolina scored in the first
period when Georgetown attempted to
kick. The hall was blocked and Rid
dick, North Carolina’s right halfback,
recovered It, raced thlrty-flvc yards
for a touchdown. He also kicked goal.
The North Carolinians maintained
this advantage until the last few min
utes of play when Georgetown exe
cuted a beautiful forward pass for
thirty yards and crossed the line for
a touchdown. Noark kicked goal arid
with the score tied time was called
before the two teams could line up.
Army Wins.
West Point, N. Y. —The Army won
from Notre Dame today, 20 to 7. The
Westerners handled the ball looselyy
throughout the contest.
The Army’s Initial score came in
the first few minutes of play after
Goodman recovered a fumbled punt on
Notre Dame/s 16-yard line. Four plays
netetd a otuchdown. In tha same
qparter the cadetds blocked a Notre
Dame punt, Benedict falling on the
ball over the line for a tally.
Notre Dame flashed a fine offen
sive drive In the third quarter and
rushed the ball forty yards for a
touchdown. The Army scored again
In the last quarter.
There was much forward passing
but neither team mude a success
of It.
Virginia Wins.
Chsrlottesvills, Vs —Completely out
classing their opponents, Virginia's
football .earn today piled up a score
of 88 to 0 against Bt. John’s College
of Annapolis. HJx of the thirteen
touchdowns were scored In the final
quarter with a team composed entire
ly of substitutes.
Tulsna Lost.
New Orleans. —The University of
Mississippi defeated Tulann’s football
eleven here this afternoon, 20 to 6.
Mississippi's first touehdown cam* In
the first quarter as the result of two
forward passes. Two others wera
added In the third quarter, one of
them resulting from the Interception
of an attempted forward pass and a
75-yald run. Tulane also scored <%
touchdown in the third quarter. The
Columbia 43 708 694
Augusta 35,000 547
Columbus 54.495 507
Savannah 31,924 515
Albany 25,358 .443
Macon 14,094 395
Columbia had more players than any
other club. 32. Calumbus had 31 and
Augusta had 30.
In his annual report Mr. Corish rec
ommends that the salary limit be de
creased from 81,750 to $1,600. and that
each clnh be allowed only 12 players.
Including the manager. The clubs have
been allowed to have 12 players, ex
clusive of the manager.
last quarter was played in a hard
rain.
Mississippi 73, Mercer 0.
Starkeville, Miss. —Mississippi A. &
M. overwhelmed Mercer College here
this afternoon at football by the score
of 73 to 0. The offensive work of
Kimball, left halfback for A. & M.,
featured the game. Mercer’s line was
somewhat lighter than that of the
“Aggies” and the locals found Utile
trouble In smashing through.
Brown 6; Yale 14.
New Haven, onn. —Yale played be
low form today and the eleven was
forced to extend itself to the limit to
defeat Brown, 14 to li. With all the
regular Yale haekflebl except Ains
worth watching the Harvard-Prince
ton game at Cambridge, the second
string backs played loosely.
Virginia 7; North Carolina 30.
Charlotte, N. C. —The University of
North Carolina defeated the Virginia
Military Institute in football hgrt) to
day, 30 to 7. The touchdowns were
scored within one minute of play lu
the second quarter. Bain, of V. M. I„
recovered a fumble and crossed the
goal line. On the ensuing kickoff,
Winston, of North Carolina, went
through the entire cadet team for a
touchdown.
Minor Game*.
At Syracuse: Syracuse 14; Rut
gers 14.
At South Bethlehem, Pa.; Lehigh
20; Pennsylvania State 7.
At Manchester, N. H.: Carlisle 0;
Holy Cross 0.
At Lansing: Mount Unoln 14;
Michigan Aggies 21.
At Lafayette, lnd.: Perdue 40; Ken
tucky 6.
At Cincinnati: University of Cin
cinnati 21; Western Reserve 0.
At Hartford, onn.: Haverford 0;
Trinity 6.
At Orono,' Me.: Maine 27; Bow
doln 0.
At Baltimore: Gettysburg 7; Johns
Hopkins 7.
At Lew burg. Pa.: Bucknell 42;
Albright 0.
At Hanover, N. H.: Dartmouth 68;
Tufts 0.
At Rochester, N. Y.: Rochester 0;
Colgate 18. •
At Easton, Pa.: Lafayette 24; Muh
lenberg 8.
At Springfield, Mass.: Y. M. C. A.
College 20; Amherst 0.
AL Waterville, Me.: ollry 61; Brown
0 .
At Schenectady, N. Y.: New York
University 0; Union 9.
At Wllilamstown, Mass.: Williams
20; Wesleyan 7.
At Cleveland, O.: Case 27; Ken
yon 0.
At Oberlln, O.: Oberlln 45; Heidel
berg (t.
At Shreveport, La.: Arkansas 20;
Louisiana State 12.
At Gainesville, Fla.: Florida 66;
Wofford 0.
At Roanoke, Va.; Roanoke 19;
Gallaudette 7.
At Bristol, Tenn.: King College 7;
Binghamton 16.
At Ithaca: Cornell 26; Franklin and
Marshall 8.
At Pittsburg: University of Pitts
burg 10; Washington and Jefferson
13.
At Indianapolis; Ohio State IS; In
diana 3.
At Evanston, 111.: lowa 27; North
western 0.
At Little Rook—Final: Henderson
Brown 28; Southwestern 6.
At Houston, Texas: Texas Univer
sity 23; Haskell Indians 7.
At Des Moines, la.: Missouri 28;
Drake 6.
At Boulder. Colo.: Colorado 33;
Utah 0.
At Memphis. Tenn.: Christian
Brothers College of St. Louis 62;
Mississippi College 0.
At Fort Worth: Texas Christian
University 13; Austin College 0.
At CrawfordvlUe, lnd.: Wabash 17;
Northwestern College 7.
At Terre Haute, lnd.: Rose Poly 7;
Earlham 26.
At Greeneastle, lnd.: DePauw 0;
Butler 7.
At Ashland, Va.: Randolph Macon
63; William and Mary 0.
At Charleston, S. C.: Citadel 14;
Newberry College 13.
At Shreveport, La.: Louisiana In
dustrial Institute 14; Centennlury 6.
At Lexington, Ky.: Transylvania
26; Chattanooga 7.
At Richmond, Va.: Richmond Col
lege 28; Hampden Sidney 14.
At Columbia: University of South
Carolina 26; Wuke Forest 0.
At Burlington: University of Ver
mont 20; New Hampshire 0.
At Granville, O.: Denison 40; Ma
rietta 0.
At Baldwin, Kan.: Baker Univer
sity 14; Southwestern College 13.
HIS IDEA.
When one of the popular teachers In
the west side schools had to deal with
a laiy who played “hooky,” she failed
to Impress him with the evil of his 1
ways.
"Don’t you know what becomes of
little boys who slay away from school
to play ball?"' she asked.
’’Yessum," replied the lad promptly.
"Some of ’em gets to he good players I
and pitch In the big leagues."
ROSE, ETC.
"Why do you take the barrel horSe
It’s empty as a bell."
“I know, but It held brandy, so Just
think about the smell."
SPDRTITDRIfILLY SPOKEN
If Turkey Impressed all Its wrest
lers into war service it would have
an army large enough to annihilate
the allies in two weeks.
The all-American and all-Nationa!
teams are battling for the champion
ship of nothing In particular, and nu
one seems to care much which side
wins.
Ban Johnson has announced that he
is not a candidate for the Nobel Peace
Prize.
Some California newspaper folks
continue to insist that Pink Bodie, of
the White Sox, has jumped to the
Feds. If they had said that Pink
rolled to the Feds or waddled to the
Feds there are some folks who might
have believed It. But Pink Jumping—
nix.! . - .
The grandstand managers who lost
their Jobß through the closing of the
baseball season are at work now di
recting the war operations In Europe.
There is a large flock of fight fans
in this country who think so well of
Jess Willard that they offer odds that
Paokey McFarland could whip him In
a. ten or twenty round fight.
A 1 Wolgast got $3,266 and a busted
arm as his reward for tackling Freddie
Welsh. Was lie cheated?
Owing to the fact that the National
League magnates will meet at the
Waldorf early next month, those who
have the bar privileges are slocking
up to the full capacity.
Larry Doyle has Joined the Alibi
Club.
Larry didn't do very well at bat or
afield during the 1911 season. Larry
STALLINGS HAS CONTRIBUTED QUITE
A BIT TO THE SCIENCE OF
BASEBALL THIS YEAR.
Boston. -George Shillings has con
tributed quite a bit lo the science of
baseball this year and it Is to be an
ticipated that Ills lessons will be taken
to heart by other managers before the
grass grows green again. The out
standing feature of Stallings’ methods
are the outfield shift and the three
pitcher system. The latter Is not en
tirely new, of course.
Stallings finished the season with
seven experienced outfielders and one
other who could play either Infield or
outfield. Much a flock of garden tal
ent Is entirely new In baseball al
though some clubs, like the Giants,
carry extra outfielders who are being
groomed for regular duty later.
The Boston outfielders were not ot
this type, barring Dugey, who Is be
ing developed for future work In
either Infield or outfield. The others
were retained to he put Into the game
when the pitching of the opposition
was susceptible to some particular
kind of attack. Other managers said
last spring when Stallings uncovered
his all left handed and all right hand
ed outfields that the plan would soon
bo abandoned. But It lasted all
through the world's series and there
is no questioning the success which
the club gained while It was being
worked.
Thro Is little likelihood of any right
hand batsmen chasing Ty Cobb and
AIRPLANE TESTS
BY U. S. ARMY
Important Lessons Learned By
San Diego Contests---Few
Builders Met Requirements.
Washington. That the recent army
aeroplane contest at Kari Diego, Calif.,
accomplished the purposes for which
It was held, although technically It
appears to have been a. failure was the
report made to Brigadier General
Berlven, chief of tho army signal
corps, by Col. Reber, In charge of the
work at Han IDego, who returned to
day.
The Important lesson they had
learned, Col Reber reported, was that
American aeroplane builders could
give the army exactly the type of
machine It desired rather than what
the builder himself designed for the
service. Col. Reber said he was satis
fied although so few had met the re
quirements and qualified. Aeroplane
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FIVE
now explains it by stating that he had
water on the shoulder.
Wonder why Larry doesn’t dry his
shoulder after taking a bath, as nearly
everybody else does.
Cy Falkenburg, who helped to pitch
the Indianapolis Febs into a pennant,
baa been sold to the Brooklyn Feds.
When ot working on the mound Cy
will be used as a support for the
Brooklyn bridge.
Princeton will have a Poe again this
year. He’s the son of Edgar Allen
Poe who was captain of Princeton's
great 188!) team. Young Poe now Is
on the freshman eleven. The Poe
family helped to make Princeton fa
mous. Six of its members played on
v arious Princeton teams and each one
figured In the Princeton successes.
The Poe’s had uncanny ability In ris
ing up at the crucial moments of th*
big games and performing stunts that
won the game for the Tiger elevens.
Tilly Shafer, the temperamental
party who used to play third base for
John McGraw’s Giants may come back
Into lhe fold next season. But he
won’t be folded into the arms of his
former teammates with any degree of
affection.
The desertion of Shafer left a big
hole at third, and the Giants fell that
II was because of the third base gap
that they were beaten out In the pen
nant race. The loss of the pennant
meant the loss of the world series
spoils. How those Giants hated to
lose the spoils.
However, if Tilly really plans to re
join the Giants he will be welcomed.
But the welcome won't be warm. Of
course, the Giants will be glad to get
Tilly back because he will close 119
the gap. but they’ll remember that h*
opened the gap In 1914 —and let ths
Braves trickl through to the pennant.
Tiis Speaker out of the line-up, but
from now on the outfielder who hlta
from the left side of the plate and has
only a fair batting average Is likely
lo spend considerable time on the
bomb, while a right hander Is batting
against southpaws. As the plan hae
proved a success In the outfield there
is no reason why It should not work
with success when applied to lnfleld
ors. An up-to-date team of the near
future may contain full shifts for
both Infield and outfield to Increase
the batting strength. Home major
league clubs are very much handicap
ped by the numbers of southpaw bats
men who are next to helpless when
facing a left hand pitcher.
The plan of working three pitchers
In regular order until double-headers
come fast Is the Ideal one. but it is
necessary to have three star boxmen
If it. is to be a success. With only
one star pitcher on a club, possibly
two, and the others of the mediocre
kind, a manager would not get very
far with the three pitcher system. A
three day rest, Increased now and then
by an Idle Sunday, Is regarded by
most managers as more conducive to
good control than rests of longer du
ration. But he trouble has been In
most Instances that the pitchers wers
not i*>od enough to keep on winning
as the Boston pitchers have done.
builders no longer could make ths
excuse, he added, that they could not
build a machine In a limited time to
meet what they considered the strict
army requirements, because this
recent teßt had shown tnat It could bs
done.
MURDER CHARGED
10 no YOUTHS
Gulfport, Miss. Two white boys,
Nathaniel Beggs and Fletcher Harvey,
each IB years old, were arrested here
In connection with the finding today
of the body of Captain Hhummer,
aboard the fishing boat Santa Merle,
drifting about In the Louisiana marshes
off the gulf coast opposite Dunbar, Ij*.
The police say the boys have con
fessed that during an argument aboard
the schooner last Thursday night they
struck the captain, who was 70 years
old, several times with a hatchet. They
then turned the schooner adrift end
got to land in a small boat.
Young Beggs recently killed his
father at McHenry, Miss. He was ex
onerated, It being shown the father
was threatening the boy’s mother when
he fired.