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4 B THE OMAHA SUNDAY llffl: NOVEMBER 8, 1H14. " G. GRIFF'S TIPS CAUSE MIRTH PEN MIGHTIER THAN SWORD Humor the Brave leader Wised Ath letic! Crtatei Much Merriment DEFEATS ABE G BIFFS ALIBIS la txtr-l Game wltk Macksnea Over a TkrTnir Stretcfc, Vitkliftn Iar Forty Tlanee. Br FBAJfK O. MFJfKK. NKW YORK, Nov. 10. There's a good laugh concealed In the charge that Clarke Griffith, boss of the Senator, tipped the Braves to the weakness of the Ath letics, "and, a a result of Griffith's traitorous actions, the Braves were able to beat the American league champions." A flight perusal of the records Show that Orlff Is just as well qualified to tip anyone on how to beat the Athletic a Jim Jeffrie la qualified to pass out tips on how to beat Jack Johnson. Orifr team tackled the Athletic twenty time in 1911 and Griffs team was beaten thirteen times. In 191$ the Athletics took fourteen out of twenty, two game from the Senators, and In 1914 they won thirteen out of twenty-two. In slxty-slx whirls at the Macklan ma chine over a three-year stretch, Griffith has been turned back forty time. There Griff allbL Those who have seen Oeorire Stalling on the state are loud In their praise of Stalling a a base ball manager. "What will happen if Washington and Jefferson aak Yale for a gam In 191! T" queries R. L H. The answer Is: The ame thing will happen a will happen when Pennsylvania Stt ask Harvard for a 1916 game. t i Yale. Michigan. Harvard and a few other large college are losing their Mat for practice games. The great army of prise "fighter," having been duly mobilised, Is now ad vanrjng rapidly toward New York, where there are enough of those folks that Bar nura said were born every minute to keep the boxers In luxury during the winter months. When Stilling took charge of the Brave In the spring of 191$ Houaer waa on first, Jackson was on second, Devlin waa at short and McDonald- was on third. Miller, Campbell and Jackson constituted the outfield. Johnny Kllng waa the reg ular catcher. Dickson. Terdue. Brown and Tyler were the main parts of the pitching staff. Of that team only one man remains ' Tyler. Kllng has quit base ball, Brown is dead. Perdue is with the Cardinals, Miller with the Beds, Sweeney with the Cubs and Dickson. Campbell and ' McDonald have gone over to the Federal. Houaer and Jackson are In the minor and Dev lin Is playing ion some semi-pro team In and around New York, Heinle the Zlm has been reported a threatening dire things to the Cub m.n agement unless his 1914 fines are re mitted. The dear public ha been lad to bellev that Heinle has been fined a tew 11 1 1 1 I A I. I. a. I iLI. uicta mi season. That e a ; uuna impression. The total fin levied upon Heinle Is 115. Heinle, yearning for a bit ot exercise, oaked Johnny Ever and Rabbit Maran vllle of the Braves last summer before the rest of the Brave got a chance to oak him. That cost Heinle 1100. the fine being assessed by President Tener. The other $25 wa assessed by the Cub man agement. Dame Rumor certainly I a busy little lady these day. Tho world series concluded about on Wehh'i Press Agent Sayi Now that Fighter If a Vegetarian. MEETS WHITE MONDAY NIGHT Experts Doabt Whether Chicago Lad Haa Eaoaah Power flack f Ilia Blows to Floor Freddie. Wrlik. By niHfGSIDE. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. "The pen Is mightier than the swqrd" Is a gem of wisdom that crops up every now and then, but fades away unchallenged. Now we have Freddie Welsh, worlds light weight champion, who, as the late Bill Naughton wa wont to say, Is eager to prove that "The squash Is mightier than the steak." This Welsh party, be It understood, Is a vegetarian, and when In training for a battle adhere strictly to vegetarian principles. The Briton claims that he thrive befyr and fight better on blood leas viands. We'sh will be afforded ample oppor tunity to demonstrate the practicability of his theory next Monday night, No vember , when he hook up with Charley Whit of Chicago, in a ten-round bout at Milwaukee. Thl will be White" econd whack at an unofficial title, as the battle I a declsionles affair, and ths only way White can dethrone Welsh is to admin ister a knockout punch. Whether "White can muster sufficient power behind his blow to even floor Welsh I very much doubted; o the bent the Wlnday City exponent can derive out of a point victory over Welsh la a lot of notoriety and possibly a twenty round match later on. - - Boat a Champion. White already has the distinction of decisively defeating a world's champion, and hot being a gainer thereby. Before Willie Ritchie sailed for England, wher he lost the World's lightweight champion ship to Welsh last Independence day, White thumped Ritchie to a fare-thee. Driving Into the Crimson Line ws ,f' " H-tf Vv?"i jr - , n ' t CO In it -vrioiHin-, a"w .ew.vxvxm I BASE BALL PROFITS LESS Cost of Operating Business-Sport if Fifty Per Cent Greater". PLAYERS HAYING HARVEST CREIGHTON AND BAKER NEXT Local Pigskinnert and Kansans ' Meet Here Saturday. COYOTE BATTLE ON BIRD DAY Aaaaal Thanksglvla gtraaale to Be Marked with Mark Kathasl sns an Part of Both Teams to Win tho Taaslr. Crelghton varsity will play It final preliminary to - the big,' Tbankaglvlnf atruggle with South Dakota when the blue and white meets ' the- Baker uni versity squad on ' Crelghton field ' next Saturday .afternoon. ' The ; Baker team halls from Baldwin, Kan., an,d has made quite a record in that eectlon, although not making . a well In ten rounds at the same club where 1 a1-1 deal ot nolM m thl" Part ' tn he and Welsh will battle on Monday night. As no official decision was ren dered, Ritchie clung to his title, while Whit enhanced his drawing powers by many thousands. country. This will be the first game be tween the two schools. Crelghton should walk away with thl I game, In 'spite of the fact that Baker i contains a number of cornfeds. For the It Is said that White and Welsh have 1 "r,t Un ' many moons Crelghton will IbikwI tnr n.iri.H-iii. have Its f ull team In action. Not atnra off, and for a very route contest several . th mlxup with the wily redskin from i hamnn' trying to sell his' chop' houses, Johnny Maulchetch (carrying the ball). This photograph shows a moment in the Michigan-Harvard clash at Cambridge. Johnny Maulbetsch, the great Wolverine back. Is hurling himself Into the line with the ball. On the left Hardwlck Is running hard. to. Intercept him. What Funny Things i We Will See :ay T. . xTnrrsB: - Mixing with the many merry mags. Drammer In a act and a flock of scenes. Place, Omaha. Time, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thurs day. ' Caste. All magnates. . SCF,IfB ONE ' ' . ' President . Mike , Sexton: - Meeting's opened. Magnate from , South:' I,et's have just one little drink. Adjourn. " ' SCENE TWO. " President Sexton: Now boys, let' go; If 10:16. Magnate from Coast: Whaddo we gonna do about these nutty' FedsT I Wanna know If I'm gonna have ' to stand up and be a goat Magnate trom East: ' Shut up. The Feds are- broke .already and -.Wheeg- months hence. If this Is so, Welsh is merely taking the precaution of assuring himself of another match with White In case Charley outboxe him at Milwaukee, Welsh Is somewhat dubious of his ability to stand off White for ten rounds, as the Chlcagoan is si veritable -whirlwind at the short distance. Welsh, However, enter tains no doubt of hi ability to smother Whlto In twenty rounds, as Charley ha been tried and found wanting at any dis tance over twelve rounds. Welsh pointed out to the writer the . apoKOTv counts for naught In this grand old vi mm aa i a una in ann wn an riAvan iia t . learned th trade of the ring right here In these United States. I Here la the way Freddie tell the story of his pugilistic life: . "I wa taught boxing at school in my home country, but I gained all my e perlenca on thl side of the Big Drink. Anything I know of professional pugilism wa learned in America. I had tny first pro' engagement in Philadelphia on Do camber , 1906. I have modeled myself after tha best men I have met. At first I wa Imbued with the notion that the only wy to box wa In the old English way the straight - from the - shoulder method. Cbaaae Hla Idea "They don't fight that way over her. as I discovered. I have not changed my idea as to tha benefits of boxing as taught In my own country, but when in month ago. yet none of th. Athletic , Rom It Is advisable to do aa the Roma ha rushed to th fore with any alibi. or have they attempted to poof th Braves' victory. Which speak much for th sportsmanship of th Fhlladelphlans. Th theory that a faat ball when hit by a batsman travels farther than a low ball wa exploded thl year. Chrl Mathewson of th Qlanta, whose pe clalty is the fadeaway ball, and who seldom resorts to speed, was touched up for sixteen homer, pick Rudolph, the slow hall pitcher of th Braves, waa hit ' for nine homer. The fast ball pitcher on the Braves and Giants rosters were hit for fewer homers. Lawrence has the blue and white troup j Magnate .from Coast: been getting their cues, In snappy fashion. Ooyntf finmt Weal. . , Following the Baker game, all . atten tion will be devoted to preparation for the Coyotes from the wilds of South liakota. Th Saturday preceding Turkey day will be a day of rest and rejoicing for Crelghton squad, who have been through a long and hard schedule. The chance of winning the South Dakota game are not of the beat variety, con sidering comparative score, but dope game, and the hilltopper are about primed to massacr a certain Coyote bancLsWhloh has boon nagging them for several successive feast , days. -South Dakota ha a gool team, playlnA Ne braska to a 0-0 tie, holding Minnesota to a soore of 29 to 7, and losing to Notr Dame 33-0, and easily defeating North Dakota. Tom Coffey will take partlcu. lar delight in facing hi former team mates. . Lyam Make Carnage. Eugene B. Fraaer, president of the Lynn club o( the New Kngland league, an nounces that the management of the club' affairs has been transferred from the Lynn lias Hall and Amusement club to himself an Lould P. Pieper, manager of the Lawrence team of the same league. The price paid waa not stated, hut It Is said that the club recently refused an offer of $10,000 from Jesse Burkett of Worcester. . . show of th New York Tho passing Tanks: Orlfflth. Klberfeld. Stalling. . Chase, Wolverton, Chance, Pecklnpaugh. NEXT! Cleveland, however, is giving the Tank a close race for the much-managed hoa ora. The Napa have had McAleer. Ar mour, Lalole. McQulre. Siovali. DavU and Birmingham. Walter Johnson haa lost some of his popularity through his plan of playing both ends against th middle In an ef fort to grab off the nugest salary evor paid to a .ball player. Fandom Idolised Johnson. It wanUd to ae him git all that he waa worth. "t when Johoaon put himself on tht auction block and boldly ann u need that he'll go to the highest bidder It put th commercial side of th game too much to the fort. FXr the nrst tlm In several year th National league trimmed the American league club In the poet-season series far as game played are concerned. Four serlea, and it waa an even break mere oui oi in twenty-oae game Played the National won nine. Her are the statistics: W. L. i GRAND TOTALS Nationals 1J M V Amuiictin 13 M do. I have learned to blend th English, or " orthdox, styl and the unorthodox styla ft th American ring; and as a eonsequence I am at home with any kind of boxer X may be sent against." . Welsh says he Is prepared to fight Whit at any tyle the latter elect to us against hint. Welsh ha made a study of Infighting, whll at long rang work he I conceded to be on .of th cleverest boxer of all time. Johnny Kllbane. champion 13-pounder of the universe, realises the futility ( f trying to keep at the featherweight limit when no' good bouts are In prospect. Also there, is not much money to be ac crued by merely fighting second-raters. Besides, Kllbane is aware of the fact that h ran easily treble his' ring earn ings by engaging front-rank lightweight instead of low-clasa featherweights. K-iiDan w ready to take th plung Into th lightweight pond Just as soon as a promising match offer Itself. Johnny would not be avers to a meeting wun woe .Aiandot, th New Orleans lad, for hi debut a a lightweight. .Nerotla- tlon are under way for a meeting be tween nuoan and .Mandot. and th 111 In all likelihood settle their differ. ence before an Ohto,club shortly. Ja Wlllard Is now th sole hon. f me Caucasian race. Th quick kno. k. out of Gunboat Smith by Sam Langford me otner night puts the "Owner" into th discards as far as his being a cham- pionsnip possibility is concerned. wiliard Is being groomed for a match with Jack Johnson, but It I hardly imcijr mat ne will ba juiwui - clinching 'the bout until he dispose ot th fee-roclous Tham Langford. Nego tiation are pending for a meeting be tween Jess and Samuel, and they will he bought -together before th club offering Kelly Haa ke Nerve. Outfielder Joe Kelly of the Pittsburgh Pirates 1 not lacking In nerve, whatever he may have lacked In other departments. He bought a secondhand automobile of Hans Wagner and after Wagner spent a couple of hours showing him how to run u H.euy started orr to Ms home In Kan sas in the machine, a trmtter of a thou band miles or so over muddy roads. Athletics .. Brave , Uanta N. Y. Americans. "libit White Sox "urdinala . llioKns R- 1 23 14 IS -1 7 IT. S M 4 4t 4ft 4 41 Frlctloa Anaoaa- Athletics. While the members of the Boston team were dlvlilmg tnelr world s arla v with a free band some hard foellnks are aid to have born stirred In the ramp at the Atiil" lu beoauee of the split arranged ly Connie Mack' players. Iavla. ThomiiMuii and iu-Avoy, it Is said, ware lven one share to divide between them, when t.-y .iuusht they were entitled to Xabrl !'! Basket Ball. t ubv. Inllowii;s tl'fc loee ut (he mi, has entered Halitr uiil.rrnlly at liald win, Kan. Ttii i hool has none cf the Vain ii.uloi, irlxml roffnUiitals boing liaeiulule lor the cillr(fe ball team and '.. ! w ill te a mrniber of the team until ia"J on lu reluiu lu the Cuba. Hockey Men Seek to Make Game Faster aaBaaaa NEW YORK. Nov. T.-The rule In foot ball that permits a player to get back into the scrimmage after being taken out Because of being temporarily knocked out or lor other reasons has appealed strongly to the rule makers of hockey. They are working now on a plan to make hockey a faster game, which can be done b Playing a six-man team Instead of a lineup of seven men. Prt of th Ama irur league scnequiea last year was played by teams of six men. and made a big hit But the lesser number of men in action naturally meant harder work for th pUyara, and toward the end of th gam th play became a bit alow. due to th extra work Imposed on the player. Yeah, that's where I got ! him beat,v I hocked my watch three months ago.1 Adjourn. , " 7 ' ' ' SCENE THREE. President ' Sexton: Back to business, boys. It's 10-30. Magnate from Coast: WelJ, how about this here Fed thing Magnate from South: Hey, Mike, how about It, ha this town an 8 o'clock law? President Sexton: Sure, but the police haven't found It out yet Magnate , from South: Let . have an other little drink. ' ' . Adjourn. ; SCENE FOUR. President Sexton: Let' get together, boys, it's 11 o'clock. Magnate, who Is probably an Elk: Time to stand up and adjourn. . i SCENE FIVE. President Ecxton: Do you or do you not want to get down to business. ' Magnate from Coast: Let' have peace. Ban Johnson: Never.' . M. F. C: Wholnell are youT Ba'ni I represent - ' Magnate trom Cast: Th tin-can talk ing machine coYnpany. Ban: Who said that? Magnate from Coast: Let' . have peace. 1 Ban: Never. . ' , Magnate from North: Who wants to buy a pitcherT ' . Magnate rrom Boutn: I want buy a drink. Adjourn. ,, . SCENE SIX. . . President Sexton: Cut loose with the business. ,. - ' M. F. C: What about them Feds? Magnate from Central Association Let' cut salaries. Magnate from East: Twenty-five per cent. ' All magnates- IT for it . Tl'gnat from South: ' Let' have a drink. Adjourn. . . SCENE SEVEN. ,. President Sexton: Now that we've cut salaries. -what else shall we dot: Magnate from South: Oet another drink. ( Adjourn. i' . ' SCENE EIGHT. - President Sexton : Business now, boys. - Magnate Irom Northern League: Lefs Jump to the Feds' circuit - Ban, Johnson: V1216Mi- (Deleted censor and postofflce authorities). Magnate from East: Who 'let. preach ers Into this meeting? . Magn'ate from Coast: Let' have peace. All magnates: Let's go Into secret session. . President Sexton: Adjourned until to morrow. By All Masaates. My heart burns ho with pain, , For the men who have been slainT1 In these horrible wars todav. It is a terrible thing. To hear the bullets sing, As brave men pass away. The death list, grim and long, Oh. war Is sureiy wrong, An;! costs whole plies of yen. I'm filled with deep regret For I cannot forget. The loss of Iron men. BIG CRASH KEXT SATURDAY Annual Nebraska-Kamai Gridiron Battle to Be Staged at Lincoln. SPECIAL TEALN FOR 0MAHAHS Local Alsmal of Cornhaakera to Make Trip Seat Are - Golkar Faat and a Record Crowd Is - Expected.' A dispatch from Chicago last week de clares Illinois was supreme In the west, and If needs be, the Jaylvawker In Chicago they must consider Nebraska j make full use of the forward pane. in the far east. By JAMES E. LAWRENCE LINCOLN, Nov. 7. (Special) The one big game of the year the Nebraska-Kan as gridiron claah-rWlU serve to draw hun dreds of Cornhusker alumni to Lincoln next Saturday. In addition to the inter est attached to the Huaker-Jayhawker battle from old time' rivalry, the game ha the added Interest that It will prob ably decide the ' Missouri Valley cham pionship, both Nebraska and Kansas hav ing gone through' the season so far with out defeat. Reed ha made the Kansas game the annual home-coming for the Nebraska alumni, and it will be a homecoming In, every sense of the word. There have been new stunts planned and the pro gram will be a very complete one for the Husker alumni, probably ending in a banquet In the evening. Coach Stlehm make no attempt - to minimi the strength of Kansas. The Jayhawkers have not played a game this season which has forced them to play to their limit and on tbJt other hand, the team haa shown itself to possess a most powerful bf fonse. On straight' foot ball, the Jayhawkers have been able to de feat easily all of their early season rivals, but It is known that Wheaton has. three good men In the ue of the forward pass. can To Send Ml Delearatioa. Kansas Is arranging to bring with them the university band and the freshmen eleven. It will arrive in Lincoln early The cold weather Is having a terrible effect In Chicago. A evidenced by the dispatch, the needle Is In use onoe more, i s-turdav morning In addition to the Kansas special. i Omaha alumhl of Nebraska will have a special, train, - Walter Johnson 1 becoming very much ! like Jack Johnson. Not in color, but in the way ho trail the mighty dollar. WAR FUNDS. We're loaded up with money, Well to the finish fight We'll spend our heavy war fund. From morning until night. Oh, we're loaded up with bullion, With bullion we are full. We're loaded up with bullion. With tha accent on, the bull. ' Shea Is Frve Agent. i Catcher Danny Shta of the Spokane Northwestern league team ha been made a free agent by his club.Mt la stated. In accordance with an agreement before he signed for 1914 season. Maran leoat for Brave. The story is now told that Pat Moran of the Phillies followed the Athletics for a month before the close of the season getting pointers for George Stalllngs on what the Mackmen could not hit. It may be true. At any rate, Stalllngs seemed to get the Information from somewhere, Why There is No Sport in England IJow if ' :.x " ; f Otvat Klaa Hekela. Because hla pay haa bin wltiihuld for lll the time h was auapendrd last aaaon, 11 Pino Zliimriimn Umlares he Im itirouvh '.""r George bi I of the . Chicago ' lnatiina rr. due l, l.ivaltv i n behalf c.f the Cuba and hu takra it til that I e haa been puniahed fur his pep. I'ratli'inl Thomas. Iiomaver. view the s tuatton from the standpoint of the Hatres that wee lost bei eiiae the fiert e third bamao was ua th benca so fre-iluenUy. I :..'..-.-.-., ,, -j .1.." ''"'"T nauaaiaaaai. 'Ml j 9mm'mvm!irflimmtiimi m mm mmm ' i'-.V t"": V '.. , t v -f - mi. 1 I - - VI" j I .' a) .s- '. j I i k . .-7- - t ; - - n - . . - k a " -n . v ! v ; j.vtr'1 : i 7. - " '. . ? .: : ,..- y -- - .- . . ' - ' , -a, f ' ' t .f I - r i . , , 4 - Jit:- 1 m 1 ) " W&toiv---3' at H r; n:-JJA I -I.. -4 a I -T 4l " ' ' . 1 - if. v ... ?r I Thia photograph shows th well kaowa Bntiah puglllat. Braddock, In the act of cooking a mess of "apuds" fur the Uritlah troups on the 'continent He U only one uf hundreds of leading athletes who have dropped their accuatomed pur suits and enlisted and are now at tbe front Muay of them have been killed or wounded ' and taking It all around, the outlook for sport la England.' is poor for several ear,s to com. Theiuprttng talent 1 now Interested only In th genie of war., The ravage of .'war will be especially IrK Ui Uie rank of th polo player, for many of. these are British cavalry .of ficer, and some belong to regiments whioh have keen decimated la th hor ttbl ftfhtiDg on the plains of Fra&o and Belgium. . ' , The amateur oaramen are found In .the fleet la large numbers and if the loaaea continue at th rat they have occurred In the tytt three months .of the war the Thame will have to mourn soma of lis moat prised watermen. The advance reservation for the Kan sas game already exceed " all previous records at Nebraska, with 8.000 seats al ready gone. The Kansaa game will wind up tha Missouri Valley conference season. Grana "Will Help Stlehm. Stlehm will have assistance from a large corps of Nebraska grade In whlpp'ng the team In shape for tha Jayhawkers He has been allowing the squad to take It easy for the last two week a d there would be no danger of the player be coming stale, but th coming week will be one of much activity at Nebraska, Ne braska and Kansas will present two ex actly opposite styles of play. The squad Is still suffering slightly from Injuries, although all of the cripple ought to be in superb shape by the Kansas game. No More 'Shifts. Stlehm will have no more shift to make In his team during tha remainder of the season and the lineup will be left as It 1s, with Cameron at center, Abbott and Norris. guards; Captain Halllgaa and Corey, tackles: Balls and Howard, ends; Potter, quarterback; Rutherford and Chamberlain, halfs; and Doyle, fullback. Following the Kansaa game Stlehm will begin preparations for Iowa on the following Saturday, which will wind up the season for the Huakers. Th game will be played In Iowa City. Manager Reed I already making arrangements for a special train for the Husker root ers, and about (P0 student have said they would make the trip. Munroe Thoughts Be in European War; Once Famous at Butte If Ja'.-k Munroe. the Butte miner, really la In England as one of the Canadian volunteers, Montana is going to have on good representative at the front. Munroe should be an Ideal soldier. He s a trained frontiersman, a gooa snot an athlete and a cool, thoughtful, courageous fellow. Munroe has had a varied experience. When a hoy he began playing foot ball on the great Butte team, then one of tha beat in the country and champion of all the west. He traveled through several seasons, playing in western cities, and fin illy moved to San Francisco and played with th Olympic Athletic club team there. While tackle on th Olym pic team Jack entered the roast amateur boxing championships and won the heavyweight title. Not long after that he bocame a professional, but went back to prospecting. After locating a copper claim in Idaho he went back to Butte to earn money to develop It. He was a level boss when Jeffries came to Butte and he .fought Jeff four rounds, winning the - purse Jeff offered any man who could stay with him over that route. - That made Munroe famoua. He came east and knocked out Peter Maher, 'Lim erick and a few others, beat Tom Sharkey in ' a alx-round bout and fought Jaok Johnson sis rounds m Philadelphia. Jeffrie was out for revenge when he met Munroe In San Francisco in a return matcn, ana ne pousnea Jack off in a couple of rounds. Munroe told me every time Jeffrie landed he thought a mule had kicked htm. That bout finished his fighting career. He bad aonie money and he Went proapectlng copper" and silver In th northern Canadian wildernea. Her he struck it rich, located a number of viAuabl tlatma.' became "Mr. John Munroe," a person ot prominence in Ca nadlan mining affair, and was for ev eral years mayor ot Elk City. If Mun roe is fighting now he kas gone to war as a wealthy citizen of Canada. Betwera Federal I.eaarae aad tho Playera,V Fraternity Thejr Have Come la to Their Owa for Maklaar Money. NEW TORK, Nov. 7. "The cost of operating a base ball club, in a big league is about 60 per cent greater now than a year ago." This significant observation, coming! from the best posted man in the national game, tell plainly the condition that con front a club owner In the National or American league. It proves that the days of big dividend have passed, .for several years, at least. It Illustrates again that the clubs In tho big show that have failed to keep up In the pennant race have operated at a loss and face a deficit next year. The club owners are Justified In crying about the high cost of base ball. The ball playersr well, don't take a player seriously If ha tries to plead poverty and tell you a tala about the high cost of living. The hired i man in base ball Just now Is like af Rockefeller compared to the magnate. h ft.. A . , . .. . ano tar pw cent increase in operating expense goes to the player every penny of It. These are harvest times for tho hired men. The advent of the FedrRl league worked both .way In their favor. It strengthened the Players" fraternity until now the so-called union of ball players Is as strongly intrenched as any of the big labor bodle that have sue. cessiuiiy battled against the greatest money powers In the world. Federal Leaa-ae la Bmffer. - Th Federal league is the buffer that the player use to get salaries whloh two years' ago were considered Impossible. But In abase ball '.war the only weapon Is the player and It requires money to hold star players. If the stars that bring tha patronage,' the real foundation ot success. It will take at least three years to restore the game to a profitable basis, even after the Federal league is beaten or some sort of peace plan I settled upon.' . - Since the rival league went to the bat against Organized Base Ball, players who have been receiving $2,600, have in some cases demanded and been granted an increase of $1,600. A star pitcher who formerly was paid about $4,600. considered a big salary., threatened to desert unless paid $,000. And sooner than see tho player Joins the Feds, the club owner had to stand the 'raise. And In every caae where a player had held up a club owner he signed an iron-bound contract for two years at least A great many of these Contracts call for four or fivo years. Star Get Basy. When several court throughout tha country decided early in the season that, th old form of contract waa not binding, a number of stars got busy at once. First they would deal with the Fed, and then come hack and demand a showdown. Most of them got what they asked for! Th Federal league is the greatest suf-. ferer. It failed to get the patronage it expedted. In Pittsburgh, where they had every assurance that things would run' smoothly, they handled less thaw $30,000 In receipt at home. Kansas City was a complete loss. And the few cities that did get a ttle patronage at home didn't handle enough, on the road to pay rail road and hotel expenses. Th high salaries ate Into the very foundation , of th Fed eral league. The money men ot the rival league admit this and that is why they retrying to bring about a settlement But It will be many years before tho heavy investors get back even a part of their money, If at all. MrOrsw Aftnr Cakan. HaVing falleA to nlarna Ttanntr Va.,' - the Feds with the New Tork Giants for next season the rumor factory Is now making an effort to. play the Cuban. Mar- sans, In McQraw's outfield. The atorv being that Marsans wants to return to organized ball if he can get away from Cincinnati and that the management of the Reds has agreed to trade him to tha Giants. Betting; Against Bravei, In the east they are talking about bets being made on the Braves winning th National league pennant next year. One bet of $400 to $100 is recorded In New York that they will not In New York they insist that the Braves played away beyond their real speed and that thoy never can repeat To Gsiro Catarrh Purify tha Blood Reason it Out. Where Does it Start the Mucus From ? Innumerable catarrh stifferer havt cured themselves by purifying their blood with S.JD. 8. Catarrh often Invades tha entire system before it chokes the nasal paeeagea. It becomes so chronic and ex tensive that tbe stomach, liver, kidneys, bronchial tube and moat of th glands are larolved without such serious condi tions being realized. Catarrh may be the result of some serious blood trouble of former years, and this Is only one ef tbe maay peculiar effects of Impure blood. Now S. B. S.. In its Influence upon the raucous surfaces, cauaes tboa catarrhal secretions to be changed or converted Into' a substance easily, quickly,' aad nat ural! expelled from the body. It s changes this mucus that It is not th ropy, clogging staff that plug the nose, chokes tii throat causea severe bowel trouble, upsets the stomach and contain. Inates the food Just entering the blood. 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