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THE OMAHA STXDAY BKK: I)E( EMBER 15, 912,
SOW THEY TALK BASE BALL)
Annual Meetings of Big Leagues
Furnish Food for Gossips.
COMMENT ON THE FOQEL CASE
Bfnrphj" AVn l.ncUy lo Hp 1'reeenl
nt the MaKnnlt' Meeting
Some Think Murphy Una
I,enrnei1 n I.eason.
n W. .T. MACnETIt.
NEW TORK, Dec. 14. Base bull come
Into tta own agatnl The foot bill season
Trent out with a clash and a bang a sea
on of many surplses. White Harvard
OTOthered Talo and the Navy annihilated
the Army, thereby proving the grld-6n
tram almost ru uncertain aa the groa
national pan time, the struggle of the
pigskin warrior wero not In valh. Fco ,
ball, m now practised by our wanly cal
lore athletes, la a apart that le llltcly to
vorvlvo, with littlo addition!', legislation
fbr many, many years.
Now to return to base ball and tta
TOany winter vicissitude. Thie week
siarked the real preliminary gun of tbo
IMS campaign for It ushered In the an.
nttal meeting of the two major league.
There wasn't a great deal of fuss or
flurry either here or In Chlcaga. The
chief regret of the faithful who vlilted
these parts tor the potv vow of the old
major wac that all the old comrades were
not on hand. It wo felt that nan John,
on was somewhat exaluslro In calling
the Amerloan loatru conclave In Chlcagd.
Truth to tall Ban and his henchmen were
not missed so much, perhaps, aa the crus.
ternary banquet of the Hod Sox In ealo
Oration of the world' championship. The
Jlttlo fry. which cluster the corridors of
the fashionable hotels whom the hie Both
ering are held, hold It a mark of dis
tinction to rub elbows or hoels over or
tinder the festive board. Johnson's r.oet
Ing in Chicago shut tout from the feast
aot only the National league ir.&vnatos,
but also tho mtnpr who saw better op
portunities of barter at the local gathor
tng. Jlmmle McAlaer will have to Btnd
impeached or foster another "lovo' foost"
?hen the annual schedule meeting of
the two big league are held hero next
wring.
Pnstlnrr of Pnl,
The annual meeting of the National
league proved but a "squib" to a speolal
meeting called on November 3i for the
uppreaalon of Horace Fogol, former
president of the Phillies. Horace was
pretty well squelched It wlfl he remam.
bered, when that conference passed into
hltory. The passing of Fogal caused no
vain regret n any quartor. Charlie
Murphy even deserted him In tho final
dark hour, a Weil a Chnrlto n. Khbeta
-part of the usual trinity of disturber,
The disolpline administered to Fofrel
dOUblles will prove a must ennd h
National league affair In general,, though 'Haven,. this fall he advised tho shift. Hut
wio nouse cleaning did not go far enough
Into the eetlmatlon of most people ln
tareated in organised base ball.
Organised base ball may have lost but
tittle in Fogsl. Btlll he wo not thq
wont offender. Charlie Webb Murphy
the real disturbing element, t
prompted all of Horaoe' outbreaWs. Mo
lnplred the. damaging arttola whlelt a p. f
pearea under Fogel' signature In a CM,
C&go paper; doubtlea ha egged on Fofal
to write the most of hi lnerlmlhfctlng
communications. Ho mado Fc-gel the
"goat" of hi own disturbance and then
Uropped him, ilka a live ooal, when hi
felt himself In jeopardy.
Murphy Is a very lucky Individual to
he among those present Just now, He
gave utterances to more cauatla criticism
of the league and the conduct of tta af.
fairs than did the unfortunate Fogel. But
Murphy waa wis enough to do nothing
more damaging than Idle chatter. Ho
put nothing In black and white. And
when the big trial came ha calmly denied1
everything and got away with It.
Tho Murphy Case.
Hod the National league possessed a
bit more backbone It might have made
things very uncomfortable for Mr. Mur
phy. It might oven have stowed him
away on tho shelf with hi friend Horace.
It ha4 tho "goods" on him. But evidently
It figured ono at a time very gpod fish
ing. A sporting editor from Chicago came
duplicity In the folnt of a letter. This
missive wo a private communication
",a confidential blllott" nd he refused
to turn It over to tho authorities, on that
ground. The National leagtto had a copy
of tha let.teri and might with some pres.
euro or diplomacy havo secured the orig
to the meeting with proof of Murphy'
tnal long enough to admit It as evidence
and thus Implicate tho boss of the Cub.
But It stalled too lonframl let the oppor
tunity slip. Thus escaped the real pf
fender, ' '
Great Little Second-Sacker Now in Charge of Cubs
SAN FRANCISCO PLAYS HOST
Mtyiy Have Boxed There During the
Last Half Year.
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;-l ' HBS3Mfi0w5 i tf'' .Johnny Kvcrs, the- peppery little second
yf xJHeHHH Ajy baseman of tho Chicago Cubs, who, has
Vyfc bHHb9bBh9. yf UMn cll08en b Owner; Charley Murphy
t' JHHH to take the placo of Frank Chance as
, tBBB&S$38U&, pllot of tho wlndy rlty National leaguers.
,',' HHEh&SBHH. Evens Is one of tho brainiest players that
ESngM. ever performed In the big leagues.
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SOME OF THE VERDICTS SHAKY
'.Vnnchton Comments nn Some of the
Itecent Decisions In the Light
nelaiht Championship
Contest)).
under the prevailing coaohlng system
thn advice waa scorned. Perhaps It was
jU8ta well. Yale seemed doomed any
how at that late stage. If the horrible
showing of the Iiluo against the Crimson
results In proper coaching reform, "Iiofty"
Flyiin may be regarded as a gridiron
martyr.
CONEY ISLAND ENTRIES
WILL CLOSE IN JANUARY
NEW TOUK, Dec. H.-The Coney Islkritl
Jocttoy club announces that entries for
the 1815 Futurity will close on Thursday,
January 2, of next year. The dlstnnco of
the raoo la six furlongs. There will be
45,000 added money, of which 11.750 goes to
the trustees. The last Futurity was run
In 1910 at Saratoga. It waa won by Sam
Hlldrotli's Novelty. Bushtu was second
and Love Not third. The time was I
minute )2ifc seconds. The value was J10.000
This was tho smallest purse In tho history
of the classic. Agitation against horse
racing In this 'state at tho time was re
sponsible for thn decrease In value.
Tttere t the usual clause however, pro
viding that the club may cancel tho event
and return entrance mcnuy without fur
ther liability. Ono of the drawbacks to
racing is the ''pcrsonul lluhlllt)" clause
In the racing laws, nntl as thul has been
ruled' out by the courts, there ls-n possl-
bllUy'-tlmt the club may see Its way to
meeting next year, although there are
.hopes of Ieg1latlon,on thn subject at the
nexr 'session of 'theoglslaturB.
Rnhuque fJ'ets n Matllek.
Iubuqus of the- Three-l league has
a ened Karl Mattlck. the St. I.oulM young
ster, brother of Chick Mattlck of the
Wltlto Box.
It Is believed, hoe'y?r, that a groat
" .... ...uin ujju
that hereafter he wlir hold his peaco-lf
uch a thing Is possible. l'r lr. Slur- ;
hy waa so scared by his cloeo Hhave
that ho readily endorsed n clause em
powering the National league to expel
from Ha conolave nil undesirable club
presidents; those who by questioning tho
honesty of base bull forfeit the right to
mingle with honorable promoters. Had
auch a power been possessed by right of
constitution previous tp this time, Mr
Murphy could easily have been side
tracked on a dosen. different occasions
ainco .ha took command of the Cubs.
All-Auierloan Teams,
A iiundred different" All-Atnerlcau amr
Alt-eastern foot ball combinations have
been selected and scarcely any two tally
In every respect. All of which signifies
an unusual galaxy of stars In the various
positions, Almost without exception, how
ever, a number of' candidates appear tri
oath lineup. Jim Thorpe, the wonderful
Carlisle Indian captain,' Is -TnlsxcuVby
everyone and Indeed with gold reason, for
lie 1 perhaps the greutest player Of a
decade, Ketcham Is Hie general choice
for center, while Kelten and Bomelsaler
are the most approved ends. Brlckloy
and Wendell have" the call for the other
back position. There' is a vast division of
opinion In the matter of quarterback,
guard and tackle positions.
I waa talking to "Lofty" Flynn, tho
liuaky Tale fullback, very recently an;J
lie seems determined next year to wipe
out any possible shortcomings which
cropped out for htm In the Yale-Harvard
game. Flynn did not shine 'at hU best
on that occaslpn, but logics upon the cir
cumstance very phllqaphlcally.
"I felt all broken vi about -it for more
than a week," declared Flynn, "but It
attrlkes me differently now. I'll be cut
fpr the team again next fall and If I
don't make It It will be no fault of my
own. I'm willing lu abide by the man
dates of fate, but I will bu surprised If
7 am seen In the backfleld again. If 1
Save my way I'll play In tbo line. An end
jkmUIou would ault roe, to a. "T."
In the .opinion of mot foot ball sharps
Vlepn should never have been played In
tbo backfleld. Ills speed, strength and
Kiumnce qualify him for un end position.
Tom fiheveltn thought so, toe. Tbo mo
went this advisory coach reached New
NEW HEAD OF THE NEW Y0BK
GIANTS.
GOLFERS MAYGO TO ENGLAND
Idea is Conceived by Doagl&s, Who
Has Metropolitan Title.
BRITISHERS LIKE THE IDEA
there might bo those ".who would prefer I
to. remain longer ror axour o mo wen
krjown courses In (Jreat Britain-' and a
possible visit to the continent.
Thus4far the .namf of Jerome D. Trav
crs, the national champion, has. not been
mentioned, or . the!' reason, that' sevetul
weeks ago the'-, 'Upper;,, ifontfilolr golrer
stated that- theto was . little' likelihood of
his going abroad In a-long while. 'Ono of
his reasons against a, trip next ( year Is
that he Is addicted to tho uoc of tho mallet-headed
.putter, , which has beon legls
latou agulnht on thu other clile. In bin
cplnlon It would take along spell of prac
tlco before he would bq' able to do him
self Justice with one of the ordinary kind
of putters.
There Is no telling .what this foreign in
vasion may lead to. Douglas says',a'far
scrapper from "play ball" to the last
putout.and ha every qualification that
an aggfesslye and successful manager
should have, but It Is a question whether
he, with his peppery disposition, will sue
ceed In getting the best possible brand
of ball out of tho men under him.
thought of without tho supervision of the
unueu mates uolf utnoclation and the
lloyal.alid Ancient, club of St. Andrew's.
When spoken to With ttgard to this, Ilob.
ert Watson. United -States Golt; associa
tion secretary, said that a grfat deal
would depend upon tho strength of the
players who .decided to go'acroes.v
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Mirer is Teaching
f reshies New Game
The Store fiolftra ' Go, the Mors
Glinhpc America Will Have of
Making I'resenca Felt In
Internal IobuU Oolf.
NEW TOIUC, Dec. J4.Abirlcari ama
teur golfers may go oven In force to ut-
tend the championship tournament of
Great Britain to be held at historic at.
Andrew's next spring. Tho Idea wan con
ceived by Flndlay B. DoUglaa, who since
coming to this country, more than thir
teen years ago, has won both the na
tional and metropolitan titles. Doiiglas
reoently decided to visit St. Andrew's, his
old homo, and he thought it would bo a
fine Idea If a number of hU fellow golf
era hereabouts could be Induced to go
along.
i When. -ha broached-the -subject to scv-1
era! of his friends they became onthustaa-,
tic nt once. In speaking of the project,
.Douglas wished It understood that thero
Is 'no regular attempt to bo mado to
swoop down on tho Scots and Urltons In
un endeavor to' lift the cup, bdt ruttier! o
have a' congenial party of golfers make
the trip.
Of course, he more golfers, of promi
nence visit St. Andrew's from here next
spring tho more chanco America .will
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navo oi maxing us presence e(i. xiere
tofore 'the United States has' never been
ratlsfitctorlly' represented, and' with iho
exception of the triumphal Invatlqn qf
Walter J. gravis In im the efforts on i
the' part 'of -tho' players from these shores
have been fjCrfHim'sHiccessful.
, I'romlneiil --NnJMes Mentioned.
JUst ut present-It ile impossible to say
who will makp'thoitrlp, and, as Douglas
llkoito' s,flo.u reV'ifr'rtat6hsliajTang6d
not 'the', least- onJoynblo". of'fwhlch would
be 'a llnoupvaOTlstJth Oifprd-Calnbrldgo
combination tha't mayed' itere n" 1W$
Once team matches nre ' talked af tb
Intornatlonal phase becomes more' prom
lncnt, and It would then' bo only a step
further to bring about a team contest be
tween Great Urttaln and the United
States. This, howover, could not be
TOPEICA, Kan., Dec. K Director
Driver has been teaching his freshmen
gym ciass ai wosnnurn a new game,
which Is ,a combination of foot ball and
basket ball.. Any number of men can
play, tho only restriction being that there
bo fl.n even number of players on each
or the, two teams. Th
e .game Is played
as he Is personallf. coriccrned fie ;wbutdlon ,thq fdo.t-b'aH flfd-jwlth a foot ba)l.
III.. . ' . . I . L I 1 . - J X -. . . I 3 . . . . . . .
iije'oincr
sket ball,
QQ.,tp,inprptects .opojgqal and i
the- other,' goat.' JUst a fn-nbns
jjie oau js1 aiCKeu on ,apa tuen. passea
as' In' bdafcVt ball , until one. sldo 'man'
sges to carr)' tho ball ti'tlielr opponent'
flheen'yard .lln, .vhern.a' drop kick' for
gol Irf trjed. Ttie only waj- to s'co're
Is by drbp kicking from the fifteen-yard
line. The game Is fast, safe, and very
Interesting, It Is said. .
11V W. W. NAUOIITOA.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-Slnco
Thanksgiving San Francisco has played
host to all tho youngsters who havo
ployed shutlecock and battledore with
tho world's lightweight championship dur
ing the last half year.
Willie liltchle. Joe IUvers and Joe Man
dot were In tho city at one and the same
time. If Wolgast had delayed his depar
ture a day or two he could have frater
nized with his throe distinguished rivals.
How these lads have mingled, to be
sure.
Wolgast has boxed liltchle, Mandot and
Rivers.
Mandot has boxed Rivers, Wolgast and
Ritchie.
Rivers has boxed Mandot and Wolgast.
Ritchie has boxed Wolgast and Mandot.
And the end Is not yet.
At present Wolgast Is achirig to get
another crack at Ritchie, who holds the
championship.
Rivers, If ho could manage it, would
like a trip over tho championship short
line. He would like to overlook Mandot
and Wolgast and sign up with Ritchie.
Mandot, too, would prefer Ritchie to
all others, but has sense enough to recog
nize that the public expects him to flulBh
out the rubber with Rivers before flying
nt higher game.
Ritchie, for the time being. Is thrilled
with the prospect of becoming a foot
light favorite and raking In some of the
easy money that awaits all newly made
champions.
As their performances will show, not
ono of these 133 pounders towers over
his classmates to any extent. They aver
age In euch a way that ho great wrohg
Would bo dono any one 'of them If they
wiped out past scores and started alf ovor
again.
' ' Sluikr Verdict.
. WOlgast secured a very shaky verdict
over Rivers .at 1.6s AJigeles and was
shaded' by Mandot at New Orleans.
Rivers was defeated by Maiidot at -Now
Orleans and Ritchie won the champion
ship from Wolgast on a foul. ,
And that 'foul" In sticking In the craw
of '"FOjlrPlay," "Old Sport," and "Con
stant Reader." They think WllHe should
shorten his theatrical Season and demon
strate thathe can triumph qyor Wolgast
without the-assistance of a foul.
If .Ritchie, and Wolgast were laps ahead
ot .the other championship candidates,
th.e tangle woulc) be., easier . (o unravel.
Vi would yrtdt'- patiently while' Rjilchlq
took, his fling .at -the k theatrical Vbuslnpss
nnd f?cl assured that! tiero.4jWa4arioier
Wqlgast-.Rltcblomatdhn jipre.'
. But, Rivers andiM&ndot ore not 'gohlft' t(
be thrust aside. If they can't get Ritchie
they will, .content themselves with Wol
gast and there la no telling what ups and
downs may have marked the prog.efs
events In l$3-pound circles by the tlT
Rltohte Is ready to don his war pa
again.
This much Is certain, howover, Tli--comlng
year will e a memorable one h
far a light-weight activities are cot
cerned. Rivers, Mandot and Wolgast hit '
better get 'together and deold "who's
who," for there Is something In the pur-
lta attitude towards Ritchie which pledge
an early return to tha ring on the ehan
plon's part.
Mutir Protests Aro I-'ltod,
From the way tongue are looten.r.j
and pen arn scratching- It would sonm J -
though great numbers of sporting men
were rendered dumb when Referee (Jrl
fen decided In Ritchie' favor at the
Thanksgiving day bout. Asuredly thei.
wa very little demur at the verdict n
the time, whsrea now the sport In;
editor' mall 1 filled dally with protest'
against the championship being tran-
ferred "on a technicality."
One sport write that th action r;
Referee Griffin In the prsmliee Is t.'it'.i
out precedent. Another argue that tl.o
affair should have been called a dm-.-
and ytt another lnslota that if V e
referee hd stopped the bout and called
"no contest" he would have done the
right thing at the right time.
In the writer's opinion, the referee took
the right course.
A foul Is a foul, and, whether com
mitted deliberately or through clumsi
ness, should merit disqualification. In
tho Instance under discussion there Is
ground for suspicion that Wolgast de
livered an unfair blow to escape the
Ignomlmy of a knockout. Now If there
were any way of condoning an offense f
this character, how mnny champions
would hesitate about committing fouln
when they felt themselves being beaten
down? Not many, I'm thinking.
That this particular foul hurt the re
cipientIncapacitated him, It might be
claimed Is a thing which cannot be de
nied. It was the one nunch of the con
test which made the San Franciscan
flinch and caused him to sink to the floor
In distress.
Now considering . that. Wolgast waa
daxod.and. reeling from the effects ot a
knockdown punch ,when . he committed
the foul., how could -any ruling which
would have permitted of .the thing being
overlooked or ;of the contest continuing
bo In accordance' with the old sporting
formula "n fair field and no favor? ?"
Mllnn I.llcea Cleveland.
Statistics are furnished showing that
Clyde .Milan did most ot his base stealing
off Cleveland catchers. He stole a total
of eighty-eight bases and twenty-seven
of . them wero In games against Cleve
land. The catchers of tho St. Louis
Browns were the next in assisting him
to make a record. He stole seventeen off
them, thirteen off Detroit .catcHers. ten
off the White 8ox, nine off Yankees,
six off Athletes and six off Red Sox.
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StaHlnica llaa Ldhftf- Contract.
"Following " the annual meeting Of the
Boston club, at which he waa again
elected president. James , Gaffnex an
nounced tHat. George, Stolltngs' contract
as-manager, wphld be.for three years and
ihat to) lings 'had also 'become e'stock
holderiln the club.
.Bills a Medic.
:J0y Bills 6f tho Omaha team Is at
tending Crelghton Medical college in
Omaha and expects to tack M. D. onto
his name when he gets ready to quit the
diamond.
aptly put, 'iW'Xou never can be sure
until they, 'have.'booked their passage.
There Is no deslro on bis part to control
the projectc-d fnyualon. He has, however,
spokun to such men oa FTed Herreschoff,
K. M. Uyere, Oswald Klrkby, W. C
Fownro, Jr.; Jloward W. Pcrrtn, P. W,
Whlttemore, Robrt C. Watson and John
M. Ward, all ot whom have declared
their eagerpess for such a trip.
The, ptatter- has not progreesed far
enough 4t present to tako in a wldo terrl
tpiy,' but Douglas said, he-hpped Churl
V.Hvans, Jr., the western champion.
Would. ,be able to Jolir the. Party. He
would .,1bo. like to see such men' as War
ren ly Wood, Albert Seckel, ' Mason
Vheljyt And Paul Hunter Included. (
. -Wiilttemore, for year one- of the lead
er: lti amateur golf circle over Boston
way, I keen for thp -trip.. and he bellevr
othtr Massachusetts golfers would bo only
too willing to Join tho party.- Uerreschott
Is naturally disappointed' with bis show
ing at Westward lib last sp'ring.apd he
f(i cbnrident he wilf'bo able to make
n better showing next time." It 'Is' also,
i- J'erdt'ood tlmt.Gcorgo' Crump and' ,
W,'' .Trtllnghnt. both ' of ' Phlaetlphla;
I would be glad to Join tho part,.' lflrkb'i
( cameMie'nr going over .lost spring.' with ',
n iierrescnou, unu tie ie,eu reasonauiy cer
tain of going "cxt 'el- .
' Many of those who have been spoken
already "'vlklted tho other side. Already
rumor has It that otlier golfers men of
mean and falrjy good" player have ,slg-
; ntried tlrelr'lntention of visiting St. An-
drew'sMrtMHn anrlna- but whVther thv
Harry N., Hempstead, son-in-law of Uhe I -.v.h thrill! h nourirWtv n
late JbKn T.k 'lUustf.Ms the- new president! . ,u. .r.
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lUARRTN, HUMl'STJJAD.
of tpe famoua, New york Giants. In as-,
suntlug 'control 'of the team ivhlcji , forj
two BuccesslVe ' aeaaonH won the 'cham-1!
plonshlp of the National li-egui v.Mr.j
Hempstead announced tho' policies ,of the.
former owner will bo continued. '-He says-.
"There .will be; positively ho ciage in
the nrganlzatlon--' John J. '"MeUraw will
continue to Ij audio the tram as inanatr.
and he will have exactly tho same lati
tude and free hand In the handling ol
the players -as-he had when 'working un
der Mr. Brush."
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COZY CLUB OF
Lodge No. .90 L. O. O. M.
nv. club house at 416 South 17th Street, whichis the cosiest dub in
. ilie United State s I We ivill be pleased to show non-members through'
',' , iVTem'befs' are. requested to bring friends to club' between the hours
of p ai vi, and ll.fi. m. ..For a short ti?ne the initiation fee will be
, $5:Q0 -Members are entitled to benefits of all other club houses in the
Country, as well as $7:00 weekly, sick or accident, free medical
'attendance to members and family, $-50x00 funeral -benefit.
If you are interested, call upo7i or address - ,.
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District Director Moose Club
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MvVrv for Himself.
One thing Is certain, and-that Is that I
no attempt will be. mode by'suiy organ
ization to flnuucoltho canting InviuJon.
I-Jiery person wh.o.gpes.Klir havo to do
so at his, own expense. Tho Idea Is to
havp the entire tilp consume about six
weeks, leaving here May .1 apd return- j
Ing about the middleof 'June.' That would i
glo tho visitors a 'couple of weeks for
practice at Rt. Andrew's and, a Meek of IVNg-VSgy
play after the championship. Of course, J . vCCT--
Telephone Douglas 6826
416 Sputh 17th Street'