TOE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 29, 3007.
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BASE BALL FIRESIDE GOSSIP
"'Vii! that Keep Game Fresh Purinj
ihi! Withering Season.
' : LE-AH" SHALL SOUND KO MORE
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' rllle Crr ml the Tlera la Mean,
!aa Mark Jeaaiars, the Bel.
Ilgereat Mamirr of
" Detroit.
"Wee-ah ia dead. The battle cry of the
Tigers of 1907 will be heard no more. Jen-'
nlngs, the man who Invented the exultant
hrlek, and who electrified the base ball
public of America by Ha use, says It ahall
be uaed no longer by the Tlgera, for much
usage haa killed It aa a potent factor In the
winning of game.
Uaae ball fana will no longer ace the lit
tle red-haired Irish double himself Into
a bow knot to give that unearthly yell.
"Wee-ah" ia far too common now for cham
pions to uae; something new must be
worked up. Mayo that ia why Hughie ia
studying Bpaniah.
But In all seriousness, Jennings la aick
and tired of that yell. It borca him as
much as "akldoo" Jars the average human
being. He isn't going to use It, any more
because it nettlea him. Every kid In the
trcet ahrleks It into his eara. every man
greets him with It, every paper he picks
up uaea It as a prefix to his name. It
haunts him night and day. He a through
with It; ha wants to forget It.
lie Just half admits this; he gives an
other reaaon aa the real cause. Hug-hie' s
argument is logical In Us way.
"I didn't yell like that because the crowd
wanted to hear it." he explains. "I just
started saying: 'That's the way. Those
Tigers played so fast I had to keep yelling
faster to keep up with them. Finally
'that's the way' was Just one word. 'Way
ah.' Then it became 'Wee-ah.'
"Now", when anybody hears that noise
it's a joke. It's been used so much the
real meaning of It has been forgotten by
the players. I won't use) it because I want
to say aomethlng to them that will be
taken seriousy and make them fight. 'Wee
ah is shopworn."
That yell brought Jennings a backhanded
compliment one day in New Tork. No one
would think to hear Tim Hurat talk that
he had any love for Hughie, but way down
in his atubby little boota somewhere,
safely hidden, he has a deep admiration
for the Tiger loader.
This wsa shown in a row he had with
Clark OrlfllUi. The Tigers were being
beaten, and "tJrlff." exultant, was Imitat
ing Jennings on the coaching lines.
"Wee-ah!", he yowled, as much like Jen-
nlngs as his squeaky rolce would permit.
Oct off . th' , coaching line." ordered
Hurst.
"Wot for?"
"Oet off."
v 'Favoring Jennings, are you you you "
"No." snapped Tim, "I ain't, either, Jen
nln'a may be a fool, but he's. original; yer
Just a fool." .
Ty Cobb, the real nifty kid when It
comes to the swatting business, haa one
ambition besides being a crack base ball
player. He wants to be a good clog
dancer.
Ty spends a good deal of his spare time
In learning new fancy dances, and 'tis said
that the clever southern ball player Is
really a .finished artist In . the style of
dancing that appeals to him.
. But of course hie base ball associates
have fun at the kid's expense, and although
they know that he la really a clever per
former In the Jig line, yet ho. would be
the laat person to hear It from their lips.
Just before the world's v. championship
series, and while- the Detroit club was
resting for those nerve-racking games. Ty
Cobb waa one morning going through aome
fantastlo step; when big Sam V Crawford
happened to come Into the room.
"What do you think of these foot move
ments. Sam!" gayly cried Cobb. -as he
went through some airy steps for the edlfl.
cetton of his big teammate.
'.you'll be a swell dancer. Ty." said
Bam, In. the alow manner he has of speak
ing, "were It not for two things."
And. what old two things are they?"
cried Cobb, aa he paused.
"Your . feet," retorted Crawford,' as he
baatlly backed out of the room.
That the eplt ball la most effective Is
proved by the tremendous number of as
sists the men who employed It secured
last year. Walsh, who Is not remarkable
aa a fielder In hla poaltlon, made the un
precedented number of 227 assists. To be
sure, he pitched fifty-six gamea, or from
fifteen to twenty more than the other lead
ing twlrlers.
Howell, another noted twlrler of spit
balls, secured 125 assists In fourteen games
lesa than Walsh. The disparity In number
of assists between these two Is ttot ac
counted for by the number of gamea In
favor of Walah. In fourteen more games
than Howell Walsh had 100 more assists.
We do not know that Joss of Cleveland
pitched the spit ball. In any event, he got
163 assists In forty-two games, file same
number Howell pitched. Pelty of St. Louis,
who Is one of the great fielding pitchers,
pitched seven games less than Howell, but
did not aecure within thirty as many aa
liata, Pelty Is a truly great fielder, prob
ably the best in his position In the world.
Bender, who Is a fine fielder and a good
jltcber. does not as far as we know; use
:he spit ball. Bo his share of assists la
very small. It Is noticeable that the Phil
uclphla pitchers, rated very high In their
line and the chief stay of their team, rank
very low In the department of fielding.
Dygert. who. by the way. la a spit ball
thrower and reckoned one of the most fin
ished atyllsts in his line and also one of
the very best pitchers, is one of the lowest
In averages. Waddell. too. la at the bottom
of the list. To be sure, Waddell's Inability
to field la notorious.
Tor two years now George Mullin and
Dave Jones have argued whether a whale
was a fish or an animal. There Is not the
.u.v,it doubt that If they are together
they will argue for two more years. One
night In Boston, iney o say, iney sal up
nd arfjued It all night. "
"What are the qualifications of a fish?"
demanda Dave.
"Dunno." says George, "but a whale's
tot 'em."
. -Got what?"
' "Qualifications."
"What qualifications?"
"Fish."
rv vi mean to ait there. Mullin. and
tell me you believe a whale's a fish?" per-
iists uave.
"Swim, doesn't it?"
"So do I. Am I a fish?"
"Yes. you are." (This with much feeling.)
"I say a whale's an animal."
"Can It walk"
And bo the atruggle coptlruies. After It
; all over for the nlgl:t Davy will explain
to the ret that he isn't particularly Inter
ested, only fce lia.Ua t a fellow so self,
tif.lnloned. Ard George will snicker and
sxpTaiu when lavy has departed that lie
Iked to e Ca-'o "jw!l up." It's a many
IV.
"Ta'.W aoout fierce wat."' remarked La
jolo, "Vut I acver lo all my life saw
ball hit harder than big Kay landed on
one served up by Addle Joss when we last
played In Washington. Oanttilon's men
liked whatever Addle gave them that day
and Kay led with four safe ones, two of
them better than singles. But the one thai
was hit the hardest was the one that sailed
by Addle's head at the rate of a mile a
minute. I heard It strike the bat and the
next. I knew Birmingham and Hlnchman
were chasing it. Had it ever hit Jons we
would have had to dig up . another star
pitcher for next year, and a Toledo paper
would have been shy a sporting editor."
"Queer about Kay." suld Griffith. ' lie
was used as a pinch hitter In several games
agalnyt us and never reached first bane;
atruck ogt mont of the time. Our pitchers
would tslk to him until they had him nerv
ous and then he would fan."
Sutnn). bofortyt .KtSeex-xl cmfwyp mil m
"I started to play when I was 16 years
old in a lot down south, wiien we had to
chip in to buy a 10-cent base ball, says Kid
Elberfcld. "I was born In 1876, and I had
no aooner seen a base ball flying in the air
tnan I was Interested. 1 then got In com
pany where! hey used the big base ball,
and that was with the Clarksvllle team in
Tennessee. The next jump for me . was
the Texas league, and after batting and
fielding a few there I vanished out of
sight and went to the Blue Grass league.
Jake Wells was at that time manager of
the Richmond team, and aa lie, liked the
way I played the game, he took a chance
on me and brought me over to his club.
That waa in 1X9. I was there a year, and
Btallings, who was then the manager of
the Philadelphia club, grabbed me and had
me In Philadelphia in 1X97. The latter then
went to Detroit, and so did I. I got so in
terested In the game that I did not like the
way Haskell was making decisions one
day, and I punched him, which was the
cause of my suspension indefinitely. John
T. Brush, now the president of the New
York Giants, went after pie, and had me
with the Cincinnati Keds under the man
agement of Buck Kwlng. I then seemed
to think I was going some, and went back
to Detroit. It was a great experience for
me. and I will never forget it.
"I believe that scrapplness wins games,
but under the new rules the authority of
an umpire is so arbitrary that it takes the
IIfpOut of the game. Give me the old
game, when a player could at least look at
an umpire without being put out of the
game. Most umpires do not know how to
use the authority given them. Just because
I have a reputation for getting hit .by a
pitched ball, the umpire called every one
I stopped with cither my arm or body a
slow ball. The foul strike rule has helped
my batting, I think. It prevents loafing at
the plate, and makes the game faster. It
also forces the batter to stand up and try
to hit."
"Hugh .Jennings' pitchers, even 'Bill'
Donovan, more that hla catchers, were to
blame for the walloping wo handed the
Tigers In the world's championship series,"
said Arty Hoffman, Frank Chance's man of
all work.
"Schmidt, Payne and Archer have come
In for a lot of roasts. They have been held
responsible for Detroit's downfall. Our
good playing, hustling, batting and field
ing, Kllng's superb catching and the swell
pitching by Overall, Pfelster, Reulbuch and
Brown havo been generally passed up,
while wallops were handed Schmidt, Payne
and Archer.
"Jennings pitchers were more to blame
than his catchers for the liberties wo took
when on the bases. Not since I left the
lots of St. Louis have I Seen base runners
get such big leads as we fellows got In the
big series.
"Against Donovan. particularly, we
skedaddled just as far off first as we
wanted to and by the time the Detroit
catcher 'had the ball he .didn't Oiave a
chance to head us .off. Not even Kllng,
the peer of all throwing receivers, could
have nipped any more men that Detroit's
catchers did."
BRITISH SPORTS TURN ON M0IR
London Writers Now Mar the Gunner
la a Mcotrhinaa.
LONDON, Dec. 28. The sporting writers
of the London Press were all disgusted'
with the Burns-Molr fight. It was hoped,
and believed, that the' lumbering, slogging
Scotchman they all give Scotland credit
for htm now he Is beaten; before that he
was a typical Englishman would have got
In one of his deadly punches and that
Burns would have been "put to sleep."
But there waa more lumbering than slog
ging about Molr, who entered the ring In
an extremely cautious frame of mind, in
duced by the overdone counsels of his sec
onds that he should be careful not to give
Burns a chance with his "deadly left "
The knowing ones realized at the end of
the second round that Burns could pretty
well do what he liked with Molr, who
was entirely overmatched In skill and In
telligence. True, he burst out with great effect In a
later round, but the effort was spasmodic
and only had the effect of making Burns
more active than before. Molr'a poaltlon
waa undoubtedly a trying one. Burns was
hopping about like lightning, landing a
blow at every opportunity and taking his
own punishment which was severe enough
once or twice without the slightest ap
parent discomfort. On the contrary, to
add to Moir's trials. Burna waa smiling at
him when he waa doing his very worst.
BUrns himself Is a typical production of
the ring. He seemed to assume that he
was dealing with a gang of sharpers and
his exlguousness about seeing the actual
cash and other points rather Irritated the
Sporting club prize-ring patrons. He had
an easy win of It and even the parting of
his hair was unruffled at the end.
Some of the papers here have become
suddenly alive to the brutality;' of these
contests. Indeed, It looks as if a move
ment were being started to put an end to
them. England, the nursery of "the noble
art of self-defense,", has now been unable
to produce a heavy-weight champion for
forty years. Pupils are fostered and en
couraged by every means by the National
Sporting club, while not only in the work
ing class districts of London, but all the
big citiea, there are boxtng clubs going all
the time. It la astonishing that with all
this opportunity, with the traditions of
pugilism in the Anglo-Saxon race, they can
produce nothing better than a aecond-rate
man. Obviously the time haa come to abol
ish the sport If it can be called a sport.
Moreover, Its abolition now will not In
volve any sacrifice of prestige by the
English "ring." The Henley Regatta com
mittee has given a good lead; It might
In future refuse to put up any prises for
an International competition. That la one
way of maintaining Its prestige as a sport
ing nation.
CHANGE IN CENTURY CONDITIONS
Important Alteration In One nf the
' toner Island Make.
VCY YORK. Dec. ia.-In the stakes of
the Coney Island Jockey club for 1908 there
haa been a moat important change in the
conditions of the Century. It ia a mile and
a half race for 1-ycar-olds and upwards,
run at Die fall meeting, and previously
has had a closing for yearlings. For liAW
It closes January 3, with the several other
big fixtures of the Sheeptheaj Bay club.
For th aaun of i'jrw the Coney Island
.tockey club r.s set a rweord for the rich
nets et Its .atukts and there will be no
fixture run for less value than fCObJ,
wl.il tosre are 'iw cf them at that figure.
WITH THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
Doings in the Field of Sport ia East
and West.
MINOR SPORTS TO THE FORE
Recent Changes la Eligibility Rnles
at Carlisle Break Between
Georgetown and Georaje
Washington.
There Is a sort of saying that suicide
Is confession, which msy be applied In less
offensive significance to the recent action
of the athletic authorities at the Carlisle
Indian school. Thoy have agreed, follow
ing the lengthy and free discussion of their
athletlo methods, to limit competition to
the four year period and to bar from their
teams the men who are paid employes, as
servants. In the school. However, much
of an effect previous asseveratlona by the
Indian school managers may have had In
creating and strengthening an Impression
that sport In the school was run on ortho
dox lines, this subsequent announcement
goes far to remove the Impression.
A critic, In fact several critics of the
school's system In athletics, made certain
accusations a while ago about the char
acter of the athletes there and were met
promptly with the reply that what they
had to say was In every detail untrue
and that they were saying what they did
because of prejudice only. What they
charged was denied In every way and form,
with long explanation added thereto. How
ever, following that long statement for the
general public came one that apparently
was addressed chiefly- to colleges, and
especially those colleges which the Car
lisle Indian teams meet. This second state
ment contained the announcement of the
formation of a sort of eltglbllty code for
the institution.
A natural question. Is that If there were
nothing wrong at the school and every
opponent OTfthe Indians was content to
take thorn at their own standard why was
it necessary to change the mlea, under flro,
as it were? The colleges which have been
meeting the Indian athletes recognise their
great ability In sport and also recognise
that they have certain advantages because
of a different sort of supervision of studies
and outside activities exercised over the
students. They have been willing to take
them hitherto, with all their limitations,
without .making any complaint about It.
In view of that fact It Is strange that the
Indian school outhorltles should have felt
It necessary to change, the more so, that
the charges of the men who first brought
them up this season are "baseless and
foundod on prejudice." It is rather a con
fession of weakness of stand to make any
change at 'all. By the very nature - of
things Carlisle never can be like an In-H
stltutlon of collegiate rank, , so what Is
the use of trying t-6eceme one?
o Money to Players.
There was one thing said In the course of
the recent argument that did appear on its
face rather foolish. It was declared by.
some folks that the money that was take ft
In for foot ball at the school was split
among the members of the team, or rather
that some of them got a good share of tho
season! takings. Any one who ever has
been down at the Indian school and who
has seen the athletic fields, the gymnasium
and the various Improvements made by the
means of the money brought In chiefly by
foot ball, would see the folly of the remark.
For another thing, part of the money Is
devoted to helping out the government ap
propriation for the purely educational pur
poses of the school. There Is email ques
tion that under Major Mercer and the other
persons In charge of the school the money
Is wisely applied. There Is no possibility
of such corruption aa Is Indicated by part
of the charges.
It Is well worth noting that )n spite of
all discussion, which In the main Das pro
ceeded from Chicago, the Institutions which
have met the Indians tn sport have been
very slow to rafike any comment at all
about the status of their rivals. Pennsyl
vania, Syracuse, Michigan, Harvard and
others have nothing to say about these
charges in the way of blaming the Indians
for laxity, and in fact whatever hi said
tends to support the other side of the mat
ter. Subsequent to the foot ball game between
Georgetown and George Washington uni
versities on Georgetown field there was a
break in relations between - these institu
tions. There never has been the best of
good feeling between them, and what had
more to do with the severance of relations,
probably, than anything else, was the
carrying by the George Washington univer
sity men to Georgetown field of signs
couched In offensive terms about the rivals
on whose field the game was being played.
The Georgetown athletlo managers waited
for an apology, but none was forthcoming,
and then action was taken calling off all
competitions In sport with the George
Washington university teams.
Swimming; Trials at Harvard.
Harvard has , not yet cnosen a coach
for the swimming and water polo teams,
and It la likely that If anyone is named
he will be a member of last year s squad
Instead of a professional. Trials will
be held about the middle of next month
and olasa relay teams will then be chosen.
After the lnterelass matches the uni
versity team will be selected from the
men who do best. Harvard has been
pursuing that method more and more
In choosing teams to represent the uni
versity In various branches of sport. A
practice meet with Brown and dual meets
with various members of the Intercol
legiate Swimming association will be held
In February and March.
Syracuse Is branching' Out Into sports
not hitherto taken up by the students
at the - university, and the Jatest plan
Is for a hockey team. Arrangaments
having been made for an Ice rink upon
the campurj, it Is figured that It will be
a short step to the formation of a team.
Attempts have been made before at Syra
cuse to get up hockey teams, but the ex
istence of these has been short-lived.
However, the opportunities never before
have been as good.
The remark about Syracuse branching
out I caused by the fact that In the
present season cross-country running jnd
lacrosse have been added to the Hat.
The biggest Institutions malnUiu twenty
or more sports. Syracuse la one of the
few that has a big rowing- establishment,
which calls for many men and consider
able money, and besides Is represented
tn about a dosen other sports. This is a
direct result of the Increase In students,
as the registration has doubled In a brief
period of years.
Bis Basket Ball Teams Lose.
-The university basket ball teams In the
larger Institutions have had some bad
fortune at starting. Yale. Columbia and
Pennsylvania have been beaten by teams
outside the Intercollegiate league, prince
ton haa thus early managed to become
embroiled with the Amateur Athletic
union over playing against a team rot
properly registered with the governing
body of amateur sport. This Is a case
that 1s not Infrequent and la regarded as
unfortunate. As long a tiie college
teams continue to go outside the class
In which they should legitimately play
there is bound to be trouble. When the
time arrives that college teams eiiter on
schedules made up of gamea with other
colleges only, t.is troubles of th Ama-
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will be cleared up to a great; extent. It
has been decided that in the caae of col
lege teams subsequently meeting' Prince
ton's players, no taint of disqualification
will follow. If it were ruled that play
ing Princeton disqualified all teams from
entering Amateur Athletlo union compe
titions, it would work a hardship to many
players who are members of club and
college teams, too.
Basket ball has not been proceeding at
alt well at Pennsylvania, in spite of the
fact that two years ago the team won
the Intercollegiate championship and last
season was regarded as the best team in
the league, although necessary forfeits kept
It In third place. The squads reporting
for the games have been small and on one
occasion, although a delay of two hours
was arranged In practice, in order to let
every possible candidate get to the floor,
only ten men reported. It is suggested
that If no more than ten men out of
4,000 students can And time on three after
noons a week to play the game it will be
necessary" to drop the sport. The argu
ment Is made that as basket ball is the
most Important winter sport there should
be more men who would be willing to
devote their time to it. The reason of the
Indifference to the game is not understood
at Pennsylvania.
There Is all the more annoyance over
the conditions, because In addition to the
games that are to be played In the Inter
collegiate league, the team is to make a
Western trip, playing several of the bigger
universities on their home floor. The east
takes particular pride In winning these
contests between sections, and the Penn
sylvanlans do not like to feel that they
will be the ones to spoil the record. Al
though there la no chance of contests un
dertaken for the preaent season being
dropped, the basketball team at Pennsyl
vania Is rather on probation this season,
and it Is expected that drastic action will
be' taken If this season proves to be a
failure.
At a recent meeting In tlie Michigan
union John M.' Harerty. V99, in behalf of
the Pittsburg Alumni association of the
University of Michigan, presented three
medals given to yie men breaking track
records In the last season. The medals
have been given annually for the last three
years to the Michigan men, who make new
high marks In the eaatern intercollegiate,
the university championship and the Michigan-Ohio
State dual meet. Garrels' discus
record of 140 feet 4'i Inches, made In the
university meet; Floyd Rowe's two miles
in the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet in t min
utes 34 seconds, and French's broad Jump
of 23 fet t Inches in the Michigan-Ohio
state meet were ao honored.
NO EASTER TEIP FOB YALE TEAM
Anaanl Invasion ( the Bonth la
Ilbaudonrn fsr Benson.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Deo. 28. The an
nual soul hern trip of the Yale university
bai ball team during the Easter holidays
will not be made tlilf year, and It may be
that it haa been dropped for all time. The
authorities governing base bail here have
dei-tded that the practice furnished the
Blue team on this trip Is hardly worth the
cost, not so much financially as physically.
On several occasions pitchers have ruined
their arms and last year Coach I.uvh's eye
was injured amfTennanl's leg wus broken.
This year all the practice of the team
will be held on Yale field and In the rage.
The schedule Is practlcjlly comil.-te and
shows that In addition to a majority of the
games that have conatltuted the playing
list In former yeais a game with the Car
lisle Indiana has been arranged
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NEW YORK BASE BALL ROWS
Numerous Kuctions at Oames at Local
- Parks.
IIAPP DAYS AT POLO GROUNDS
Fisticuffs, Police Protection for I'm
pi res and Flascoes Have Attended
Snort Under Civilising Influ
ences of Metropolis.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. The major league
ball parks of Greater New York have con
tributed numerous notable rows to the
national game's history. No city on the
circuit of cither of the big organisations
has been so active In providing turbulent
scenes. There have been ructions of vari
ous degrees of atrenuosity In the last ten
years right here In this effete refined com
munity, where we refer compassionately to
the wild and woolly west. Our benighted
fellow countrymen who have the misfor
tune to live In the west, eat with their
knives, wear their trousers In their boots
and practise., other crudities for want of
being In touch with the civilizing Influences
of the metropolis, have missed many of the
ennobling sights of barred umpires, fisti
cuffs between players and similar aukdences
of culture and sportsmanship which have
ornamented the biggest city of the western
world.
Ten years ago there were tempestuous
doings at the polo grounds. That waa
the year 'in which the magnates, with a
great flourish of trumpets, drew up anti
rowdy ball resolutions, resolutions meant to
suppress kicking on the ball field and to
accomplish the uplifting of the downtrod
den umpire. The season had not been
under way a week before Umpire Charles
Bnyder and half a doxen of the New York
players were In a row at the polo ground
The Bostons were the opposing team, and
Bnyder called Billy Hamilton safe sliding
to third base. There was a howl from the
local side. Davis, Gleason, Hartman and
others were ordered tA the field and the
police escorted Bnyder to safety through
the linen of a roaring mob of rooters.
Darky Holmes' Pleasant Repartee.
The celebrated Ducky Holmea case oc
curred about that time In New York's
stormy diamond history. Holmes was
charged with directing a remark at the
owner of the New York club which the
latter considered offensive, and the owner
declared he would not let his playera con
tinue play unless Holmes waa put off the
field. This the umpire refused to do. When
the New Yorks at their owners' bidding
came In from the field the Imptre declared
the game forfeited by the New Yorks. Then
there was a howl from the spectators, wiio
demanded their money back, congregating
Id groups and gesticulating and shouting
their displeasure. They got their money
back. The Beckiey-Joyce Imbroglio occur
red during tl.e same regime, Joyce did not
like tho way Berkley went Into him at first
base and, picked up the ball, let fly and
landed with It on the back of Beckley's
head.
Kacli of the two local parks has had a
big fiasco, each the result of short sighted
management on the part of somebody, and
each a huge farce and at the same time the
source of great annoyance to a big gather
ing of patrons. At Americal league r"rk
In liUr the openins game no rain check
were given out. A drenching rain set In
before tiie game was half over and for a
while the contest went on Just the same,
the players the while being soaked to the
skin. The crowd yelled for tire gsino to be
called, and though It was prolonged aa far
as possible la order to get 111 the necessary
four and a half innings the umpire finally
ordered a halt. Then followed a demon
stration around the gates for return of the
cranes money. Announcement was mads i
after a while that everybody would be ad
mitted free at the next fame, which served
to soothe the crowd. The promise was kept
and its keeping furnished an event unique
In base ball a regularly scheduled game
with closed box offices.
Mngirir'i Famous Mistake.
The fiasco at the Polo grounds was caused
by the barring of Umpire Jolmxtono In ISOo.
The far-fetched reason given for the bar
ring of Johnstone wus that his presence Ir
ritated the crowd, that his work had nnido
him unpopular and that his presence might
incite a riot. The Chlcagos were here at
that time and there was a big crowd on
hand. Umpire Kmslie refused to officiate
unless his mate were allowed to go ahead
with the assignment, and declared the
game forfeited. There was a mockery of
some player of the New York side declaring
the game forfeited to NewYork. President
Pulllam stuck by his umpires, escorted
them to the ground the next day In an au
tomobile and saw them pans through the
gates. Tho New York club had backed
down from Its position and tho police had
resented the imputation that they could not
protect the umpires. Instead of Johnstone's
presence Inciting a riot the umpire got an
ovation.
There was an outbreak of great disorder
at the Polo grounds last season, the Chl
cagos again being the visiting team. There
had been kicking by both sides during tiie
game and the players, by making acrid re
marks to each other, had not poured any
oil on the troubled water. The Chlcagos
won the game and there was a kick on tho
'very last play. The Instant the game
ended several hundred persons surrounded
the umpires, and Pitcher McGlnnity and
other New York players went to tho assist
ance of the arbitrators and kept the crowd
at bay.
There were no police on the grounds
Commissioner Bingham had ordered
that the clubs must do their own policing
and the force of private police was not
large enough to handle the situation.
The umpires were Jostled and missiles
and abuse hurled at them as they took
their way to their dressing room. While
they were dressing regular cops arrived
from the outside, among them a mounted
policeman from the Speedway, who scat
tered the crowd as It pressed too close.
Another policeman. In order to Impress
the crowd, drew his gun and tired In the
air. A gun play at a ball game showed
Just how far New York was ahead of the
rest of the country In maintaining order
at its ball parks, showed that wlldness
andwoollness, indeed, were foreign to
this peaceful locality.
Three Spirited Flahts.
There have b.en thr spirited fist fights
at American League park. One be
tween Danny Green, then of tho Chl
cagos, and Umpire Jack Sheridan. Green
called Sheridan an abusive name; Sheridan
walked over and punched Green: the two
clinched, were separated by the police
and Sheridan arrested. Later two play
ers of the Boston Americans fought dur
ing a game on the' hill. They were Fer
ris and Haydon. First Haydon punched
Ferris, then Ferris kicked Haydon in liio
face. Arrests followed tills exalted oc
currence also. Griffith and Hurxt came
to blows at American League park In
liOS, the umpire striking the manugrr In
the face. A kick at fli-Mt bate started
the row. Another disorderly scene at the
same park wus when Harry. Davis of 'he
Athletics kinked until he waa put off the
field and tiie game was forfeited to the
New Yorks by Umpire Sl'k O'Loughlln.
Still another dignified rpiHode' wiut when
Buelow and Joss of the I'levelands raged
at the umpire until they were banixlied
Washington park, Brooklyn, had a riot
ous day last summer. This was the time
when Captain Chance uf too Chicago be
came enraged at tho taunts of a specta
tor and, picking up one of the arveral pup
buttles which had been shied at him,
threw it with all his might Into the
crowded bleacher. The police saved Chanc
from a rough handling, and It took some
time to quell the disturbance. The rop
stood guard over Chance until the field
had been cleared and then he waa spirited
away In. an automobile. There was an
attack on Botb Kmslie once at Washing
ton park. .The game, ended -with un ad
verse decision by him; spectators gath
ered around him, and one of the latter
took a punch at tho umpire from behind.
Kmslie Is as nervy as they make 'em.
He wheeled and returned the punch with
Interest and his assailant beat It in a
hurry.
HEADS FOR AMERICAN GOLF GAME
Only One ( hnc Mnde In Official Ho,
ter of U. H. CI. A. 1
NEW YORK. Dec. S.-The United States
Golfing iiKsoclation, through Its nominating
committee, has announced its new officers
for the year 19. According to the usual
custom, tho ticket is named thirty days tie
fore, the- annual meeting, which Is to lis
held January 17. Tho new officers named
are as follows:
President, Daniel Chaiincey. Garden City
Golf club; vice presidents, Silas II. Strawn,
Midlothian Country club, and Alex BrittnVi,
Chevy Chum: club; secretary, William Fel
lows Morgan, Bultusrol Golf club; treas
urer, Samuel Y. Heebnor, Philadelphia
Cricket club. Executive committee, Leigh
ton Calkins, Plainfield Country club; J. D.
Cady, Rock Inland Arsenal Gulf club; Her
bert Jacques, the Country club, Broukilne;
C. V. Thompson, Homeward Country club.
The only change In the lint of officer
Is the substitution of Silas II. Strawn for
Fred S. James as one of the vice presi
dents. Mr. Strawn is . a member of ths
executive committee and his place la trf
lie filled by C. F. Thompson. J. D. Cady
has been chosen to succeed Warren Dick
inson of Des Moines.
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for Colds and
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Cabinet Meeting broken un l.i.,.u
the Secretary of the Tre&Knrv a,,, t,
Secretary of the Interior are ahi-d win.
Grip.
Social functions. esiWialiv s h.iir..
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her wlt'a eud to find substituteo.
The Stage, thai lonrrnd fnr innnnri...
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me limes ot sica Htara.-
The Opera, the gathering audience
approach the foyer with dread fearing
to see the sign, change of bill, no fre
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The Col If co and school classes are
slander, so niany pupils, especially
girls, being laid up with Grip.
Offices and factories are crippled by
absentees and yet
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