THE OMAHA Kt'NDAY BEE: DECEMBER 14, 1913.
AD IS FOLLOWING THE PLOW
Tighter OcU HiV Training on Farm
with Two-Fold Results.
WOULD LIKE TO TEET RITCHIE
Watput . Write that , He TVoola
EomrTrhrro and Some Dr 1AU
Meet tlie Kamona
Victorious Hoxer'.
POLO -MATCH -NOW ASSURED
Four Relied Upon to Keep the Polo Oup
YALE PUTS UPBIG STADIUM
Stand Will Accommodate Sixty-Two
Thousand Persons.
HANS HAS THEM ALL BEATEN!
For Seventeen Years Wagner Ha1
Been Batting .300 and Better.
LOOKED SHADY FOR HIM ONCEi
Brand New Team of BfitoniWiil
Invade Next -Year.-
GIVE
YOUNGSTERS
A CHANCE
CROWDS ARE GROWING BIGGER
v
Whitney, and I rr y and Monte.
Every Yrar the Attendance nt the
Por n While I.nst Season There
Ti'nterbnrry, Retire from Hpejedy
"port 1o aire Others an
Opportunity
Pont Hall (lumen Increases, and
t
tr Structure la for the
- Comfort of Pans.
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I :
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BY W. f. JfAUCJHTO.V.
SAN FRANCISCO Deo. 18.-I had
letter Irom Ad Wqlgast Hho other day,
written In the seclusion of his farm at
Cadillac, Mich.
It was a typical Wolgast letter. H told
m. ai Ad has told' others, that he Is
through with the marathon distance In
pugilism, but not retired br any means.
II set forth that Ho expects to-'gather
In many a well-filled purse by mingling
with the ten-rounders, and It wound up
with (he perennial Wolgast wish that
fate would steer him against Willie
Ritchie same, day, somewhere.
There waa one' line In Wolgast'a Jettsr
wflil'ch ' furnished a" brand newldea. Here
It in:
"I have been joint In biff licks for
outdoor work, following the- plow day by
day for rnaay mile."
There' t utilitarian proposition If ever
there was one. It must have occurred
any man of a .thinking turn that
every time a pugilist trains for a battle
there la an enormous waste of power.
Of course, itr. Fighter will not admit
that It Ja waatedr-slnoe It places him In
good condition, but unless "he Is devoid
of reason he con be made to see that
while conditioning himself he should go
In for stunts that -would be of practical
use In other directions.
Turning; Iifiea Into Profit.
Kor Instance, suppose that If Instead
of hitting up the road and sprinkling a
little perspiration along the pike, the
boxer taking off weight auld'ed tha han.
dies of a plow for miles, as Wolgast
ow, or covered a distance similar to
what he traversed along the highway,
owrnr grain.
Supposing. Instead1 of that Ina'nM
feminine practfce of skipping the rope,
re na.1 a treadmill fined so that lib
cewa, by virtue of his footwork, grind
coffee or ptfmp water.
Wwpoalng that Instead of tost In tin
n$clno ball h,e loaded grain onto trtfcks
or flat cat, .and1 supposing Instead of
wnwKing nu arms around playing hand
na swung an ax and chopped wood,
Then. Instead of the stale old Informa.
tlpn peddled to the public dolly anent the
miles of road'worK and the bag-punch
in, we would learn that champion so.
and-co engaged In a variety of ' occupa'
tlotl; of a highly useful character and
rounded out a fine afternoon's work by
snapping several cords of wood.
All Haven't Got Farma.
ut, wherp would the new order of
tataca be Inaugurated, some one mav
ask. It Isn't every boxer that owha a
raim of his own, like Wojgaat.
That's Just whero it Is and that'l Just
hy a proposal of' this kind under fcc.
letttic conditions, appears as unstable ai
a. 'feet's dream.
l4t aapfiosiag the boxing game were
fswly organised and legalised, and
Musing every burg had It's boxlntf
esiHiiilsutun with every branch governing
y duly qualified to collect percentages
e gate receipts and apply the same to
such purposes as would produce tho best
benefits to the community.
Huppoto In such case the commllon.
In this locality or that, bargained, for
tho purchase of what might be called a
municipal farm and made It one of the
renditions of Txrmll granting 'that the
lighten should do' their tValnlng there
under the. system suggested'.
And when I say a farm. I mean a
farm with plenty of good broad acres
und stralght-away miles for the plow fur
rows. Ia uti caM there would be lit
tie danger of the lines at rival boxers
crossing while they engaged In their
practical traJnlac, for farm chores' aru
varied enough to keep a brace of' bruis
ers apart while they purWo their dally
vocation.
, re, Whatever It U'Wfrtk.
I offer tbts Meaner wba lt'a worth,
aad I fre)y a4iK that. In my opinion,
the time, is not yet' ripe for Us adoption.
I Sri all. the more el" that way of think
ing after ufoMItf my1 pet scheme to a,
yeee-feitew w whose wledom In matters
r wnd I. have. tha greatest con
fhfenoe.
"Put It or ftcfc" lie ad viced, "and spring
ic an at aotno future date.1
"But whanf I persisted.
"Whrnr .he murmured. "Why. as Rud
yard. KlPWn nfrht, y; 'When the. oldest
champion has retired' and-.'the youngest
crjtlo has ttt4L? " . . t .
vs the foregoing; Is pe nfee In. a. spirit
uf levity. I may aa.yfellbe consistent
td the close of the lettef" $a.d tell; of a
humorous incident whljjrt 'occurred at a
recent afternoon of gloves litre;
There was a preliminary ijbut In which
a youngster named or nicknamed Kid Kx.
poslto, was, opposed tb another fighter
whose name Ust- jtyv - escapes , my
ihsmory . Anyhow, Espoilto was what
the old. time crltlo Used to style "re.
By PHASIC C. MKNItK,
NB1V TORIv. Dec. 11 (BpecTsl.l-Now
that an International p'olo, match In 1314
practically Is ,-a-surcd,.' the jAnv.rloan
eport loving' pubtlc may look forward
with keen anticipation to witnessing again
this moet thrilling, most wonderful sport
In the. world,
Pony polo, 'In our opinion, takes front
rank as a generator of thrills.' as a
creator of wild, frenzied enthusiasm. We
have seen legions of base liall and foot
Jall gatrie. looked In on a few cham
pionship boxing bouts, watched scores
of dAie-dovlI persona flirting with death
on motorcycles and In racing automo
biles, but n6ne ever has sent the blood
coursing half so fast, or fumlnlied aa
glorious a ftpectacle as pony polo.
Tho American "IIlK Tour" won over
the- Bngl'h Invaders last June, but only
after nlaylnfc the grandest, most death-
defying Rarrlo ever atagod on any field.
Hut only after they were forced lo the
TfrfWof human endurance, forcing to the
limit their powerful pontes, riding with
tho speed of a whirlwind, unmindful of
Ufa or limb, were they able to triumph
over the wonderful Britons.
Novr Men to Inrade.
What are the Americans' chances Bf
repeating the victory In 1H?
That Is tho big question polo enthus
iasts are asking today, and It Is one
that will be difficult to answer. The
team that represented the British lost
year has been scattered to the four polnta
of the compass; au entirely new quartet
of Invaders' will make their appearance
The chances are that the old "Big
Four" combination which has brought so
much glory to the Americans from the
polo battlefields never will play together
again. A new tam will be choten, and
Uevcreaux Mllburrl, regarded as tho
greatett pololst that ever swung a mul
let, will be the only member left of the
famous Vlllg Four."
The new American combination prob
ably will be: I. nene Montague; 2, i
UevereaUx MilbUrn; 3, 1juis li etoa
dardl back, Malcolm Stevenson.
. The Polo association, whtfh names the
team, figures that with Mllbum playing
forward and Slevenson as goal guardian
the American team would be noticeably
stronger. Mllburn Is a wonderful player
at any position, , while Stevenson's great
est valuo Is In the backfleld.
Make Room for Youngsters.
Harry Payne Whitney, Captain of last
year's American teum, and Larry nhd
Mont Waterbury. the other two mem
bers of the "Big Pour," announced at
the conclusion of the' match last June
that ther never would play again. The
gm, they declared, waa too strenuous
for thole added year and' added weight,
and they announced they gladly would
etch asJde and give the younger element
a chfthco for the glory.
Wneo England's challenge for the 1911
match ha been received pressure has
been brought to bear on thla trip to re
consider their determination, but they
have reiterated that they never- again
will take part In a match, either as
regulars or substitutes.
The new American combination, how
ever, ought to' put up a mighty battlo.
With Mllburn to teach his three team
mates the tricks that helped the Ameri
cana to Victory In other years, with .Mil
burn's1 dashing tactics as their -model
the 'heir trio soon should take rank, al
most huI with the old "Big Four."
Mentation Is flame.
Montague la one of the gameit men
that ever played polo. Scores of times
he has been Injured In tho cub games
In which, he has participated, but he
never winced', Ipslsted- upon beng lifted
back, pnto his mount and resumed play
with the some dash and vigor that
eharacterlwd his game when In' perfect
physical condition.
StodcUrd figures In the 1813 Interna
tional match as a substitute, and brpKe
Into the. second game. 'He was Inclined
to. nervousness which affected his play
ing -somewhat,, but "did 'not obscure the
fact that he la a brilliant rider, - a sure
hitter from almost any angle, and a
great man.pn defensive play.
Stevenson seems absolutely without
fear , while on, horseback, .He takes'
-icnunces tnai no other nan darea. More
tlian liair the tlnia he Is out of the
saddle, urging his pony pn tb greater
iyfru, gcyifiir. terrirjo rqree in nis
mallet drives, and showinir rare liidBmrnt
In following, the ball and picking' It out
or scrimmages.
Of Mllburn nothing need be said out
side the fact that he ts the greatest all
arounn polo player In America, If not
In the world.
linellah Team Uncertain.
The makeup of . tho English team Is
still uncertain, However, It will be
chosen from the best players In tho en
tire empire. Among those who will go
to Madrid In February to practice for
the International' match will be Baron
:i
Mnch Sprcnlntlon na to Ilia
' lie cor it, lint lie Klnlahcil
" (.lorln'nslr,
,NKV YQItlv. Vict- lJ.-The great'estl
batter of nil times Is 'Hans Wagrier. H!a
record of seventeen consecutive j'earn'
torvlre In tho major leagues, battlns
.300 or bettor, has never been approached, I
let along equally, In ihe history of tho
national pastime.
Next to Wagner's record comes that
of old Pop Anson, the old Chicago leader.
Adrian went twelve consecutive years,'
Mttlng over the .300 mark. The next
best mark 'is held by Lajolo. tho great
Cleveland second baseman. He bus been
In tho -big leagues cicven years and has
when the IToinnii emperors construct'-fed ' halted .300 every one of those seasons. 1
huge etadlums in the pand hollows of ; Tho Demon Dutchman wus given ht
Home in which to hold their games. i first professional base ball engagement
The new stadium Is the realization of by-' George ilorclnhd, tho well known
yours of work on the part of the Yale ' Pittsburgh statistician. In ISO. nt Steu
athlctlc authorities. For sOme lime pant ! I cnvlllo. O' The next year Hans nlavedk
with Paterson, so he really has batted
over the .300 mark professionally for
more than seventeen years In a row.
When Wagner first signed with Steu-
btnvlllo he only got f33 a month. They
NEW YORK,- Dec. ITj-Ynle lUntVbrsltj'J
la l.nll.lli, u.. t .1.. .11.
In tho woild. Dlrcetlj- opposite thu
present grounds nn ariny of Workmen
nre now cngagcil building tile new Ynle
field thnt will cost ticKrly 500,000 and
' accommodate 62,000 persons. Thfc nctv
' Y'ale rladium wlir represent ,art. Immense
bowl built over twenty-six feet under
ground. Nothing like It has ever been
attempted In this country, nnd for that
matter few In the entire world have been
sunk so far under 'ground since the time
of tho ancient Romans. 2,000 years ago,
tho priiicnt New Haven' stands, although
tho largest wooden structures In th
country, have beon Inadcquato to handle
the record-breaking crowds for tho BlUe's
annual foot ball games. New quarters
were anxiously eousht. Mainly through pays that he gcta twice as much a day
tho efforts of Chairman Thompson of tho i now.
Milu Athletic association tho college was J
Induced in hllllfl n atmllllni nn '
grounds opposite the present field, on tho
road to Derby, that would surpass even
the great Harvard stadium. The new
Ml field will do that by many thousands.
iWlhon completed it will accommodate
about C2.000 persons, and without a great
deal of trouble and expense the seating
capacity can be Increased to 1W.O00.
Ucflilcil l'lnn Several Yenra Ago.
The Yale athletic authorities first dc-
viucu 10 ereci a new and modern stadium
several years ago. The Increasing foot
ball crowds made a change Imperative.
Tho first move was the sending of
Chairman Thompson to BUrope to study
the plans of foreign architecture. After
considerable labor the blue prints of tho
original Roman coliseum wero obtained
and It waa finally decided to build along
these specifications. Then came the big
mner-.
ell art
o cnitl
AboveLouis B. Stoddard and Mal
colm Stevenson. Below Reno Ia Mon
taguo and Dovereux Mllbum. These
folir great ' polo player wilt probably
make up tho team to meet the English
army officers next summer. They are
all brilliant players. The old "big four,"
consisting of Whitney, the two Water
bury brothers nnd Devereuz, probably
never will .play together again In an in
ternational match. Foxhall Keene also
Is hot expected to figure. The changes
are partly brought about by the age of
some of the players, who are taking on
weight, and find the necessary training
and practice increasingly difficult
Cables from tho other side say the Eng
lishmen axe working feverishly In
preparation for an attempt to break the
succession of American victories. Their
challengo arrived a few days ago and
wns promptly accepted.
MORE H0KORSJ0R BAKER
Famous Pitchers Among .300 Hitters
for Last Three Years.
FALL DOWN OCCASIONALLY
under him at every round-and hla sect
onds wero at their wlta ends to Infuse
tho necessary degree of fighting spirit
Into him
Vlnally, when they were grooming him
fpr the -Xlfth round. Uls chief adviser
yelled; "do In now and knock Ids block
oft. You're o far behind that you will
to kaock him out to get a draw."
MICHIGAN SQUAD TO BE
'COACHED iY YOST AGAIN
,NN ARBOR. Mich, Dec 11 Fielding
H. Yost will coach the Michigan foot
ball team again next season. Though the
contract with the Wolverine rosntor has
expired, R contalnf a clause which speci
fier that relations shall continue unleaa
one of tho parties, gives the other writ
ten, notice of other Intentions thirty days
before the end of the current playing
season You gave no such notice to the
local atbletio authorities, and they
laughed at tho possibility of deposing
Yoet, declaring he" could coach at Michi
gan a long as he continued lu active
work.
Observation Proves thnt Star Bats
men Dn Not Keep Up Their
I'Vata DarlBK (lames for
Ihe World's Title,
NEW YORK, Dec. K.-More honors
ha;e been discovered for J, Franklin
Baker,, who rna mode himself bo ex
tremely obnoxious to major league pitch
ers, since he. moved from Reading, Fa,,
to Philadelphia early n September, 1908.
U develops that J. Franklin' ta the only
athlete who has been for three seasons
a member of the "World's Series Boclety
of .800 Hitters." The man who put
Trappe, Md., on the base ball map also
Is the only player who has annually hit
harder In tho baso ball classlo than he
hoii in tho regular setson.
'Chief Meyers of the Qlnnts had a
chance to seoure the same honor as
Baiter possesses, of being a .300 hitter lit
Comes Six Thousand
Miles to Learn Fine
Points About the Mat
NEW TORK, Dee. It Six thousand
miles Is quite a distance to travel to learn
tho fine points of the wrestling gome, yet
that Is what Oscar Kaplur, who recently
arrived here from Reval, Finland, has
done. Kaplur Is so anxious to win the
wrostllng championship at the Olympic
games at Berlin In 1916 that he Is going to
spend the Intervening time with Alex
Aberg In order to learn all the intricacies
of 'the art of grappling.
Kaplur Is a genuine amateur, 23 yenra
of age. He Is a mechanical' engineer by
trade, but haa saved enough money nt
his profession to keep -him In food, drink
and clothing until after the next Olympio
meet.
Kaplur is considered the best amateur
light heavyweight wrestler In Europe,
but he doesn't' think his knowledge of the
sport Is anything as compared with that
of the professional, Aberg,' who haa been
here three or four weeks now in the
hope of beating all comers and earning
a match with Frank Qotch for the world's
PRICE DOESimiAKE A STAR
High Cost Merely Safeguards
League Owning Good Men.
BEST HAVE BEEN THE CHEAPEST
Brightest Appellations In the Base
Ball Firmament Were Scoured
nt Flanres Which Were Cer
tainly Reasonable.
three world's series, until his hand waa
damaged prior to the start of the second j championship.
game for tho championship of the world Even now, Aberg says, that Kaplur can
last month. McQraw'a Indian batted .360 give him all he wants In their training,
In theconteats with the "Athletics In 1911 bouta. and he predicts , that Jf. nothingi
and .U7 In the games with the Red Box happens to Interfore with Kaplur'a plans
In 191. His percentage n. the ione game , by 1918 he will be able to easily defeat
he played this year waa underneath the , all comers in the games at Berlin.
charmed figure. ! Kaplur isn't going to appear at any,
Other players who have batted .500 or tournament in this country whatsoever
better, In two wprjd's serifs are, besides J unless, It is at some amateur bouts con-
Meyers, Frank Chance. Frank scnuue. j ducted by the Now York Athletic club,'
or some sucn ciud, ;
Kaplur Isn't - going to earn one cent
during the next three years,, but will par
his .own .way, everywhere Aberg goes, so
as not to lose his amateur caste.
reiver general." Tho ground slipped from j A shby St. I,cgarsj It, Orenfall. Captain
j.iuj u uarrcii, MKjaett, Tompuinson, RalN
ston and Palmes. From these tho Brit
ish teun and Its twp substitutes will be
chpsen.
In tho meantime, the Kntllnh and
American' polo associations ore scour
iiu? their respective countries for suit
able mount. Much of the success of a
polo team depnfln on Its ponies, The
English team will have the hardest oh
In making its selection, as It sold prac
tically all Of Us 00 ponies before re
turning to England lost June.
Mpst of the ponies used by the Ameri
cans In the at match were young and
especially wiry, and practically every one
can .be used 'again In 1911. unless the
Americans find new ponies who stem bet
ter able to stand the terrible strain.
Change the Name
of Goodyear Tire
Johnny E,vers, .Artie Hoffman, Danny
Murphy, Jack Barry ana lsaaio vpuins.
Collins' and Baker are. the only two men
who have hit over .too twice. The Co
lumbia graduate had a percentage or.
AS) In 191Q and of ATI this year. Baiter's
1910 figures 'vere .too and his slick out
put this year waa UO.
Star batsmen .have a habit of falling
down wheh' games for the world'e title
are played. Tip" O'Neill of tho St.
Louts Browns of 1SS7 ran up an average
!of almost .COO during the regular cham
pionship season of the American Asso
ciation and during the games wth the
Detrotts for base ball's highest honors
l, t,l. 1u4 .1(1. r
Would Match Native
Golfers Against All
Who Come to Country
NEW YORK. Dec, U.-That a team of
homo-bred professional golfers meet an-
" . . .v. other team mado up of resident profes-
world'J scries with-the Rod Sox hls j Pvlou, to tho national open champion-
average waa shaved down to. .til. Baker
haa Jived up to his regular standard in
the world's series, as theso figures show:
1919, batting average during regular sea
son.: o33(; batting average during the
World's series, AU gain, .075. 1911, bat
ting, average during regular season. .34T;
batting average during world's aeries,
.175; gain, .CCJ. 191S, batting average dur
ing regular season. .?33; batting average
during the world's series, .4SQ; gain, 417.
Basn CrowfQrd vh the only man
to
Pty w every stMt with 11,0 Detroit
Ttsjais in the pes laiaon. Donie Bush
Played in every ipMM.lHtt the. final, and
rsrrea a chaas. to rest to' making a
sejMon's record
. A with All That Msaey, To.
ays the Kw York Ifein: 'Ty Cobb,
rciplt f a 12J salary, is a fra
, tsrnlty a4Utor, Of course he has a
'iicec7-Jia-rii)of the DtroU club
tojde to his demand for .a, 3,$0 con-
Hereafter a popular type of product pf
tl)e Goodyear Tire and Rubber company,
Akron, O., is to bo known as ttjo "All
Weather" tread ttre. This name takes
the f4ao of "Non-Skid" aa descriptive u.
the sllplesa type of Goodyear tire.
FORD CAR CLIMBS PEAK
UNDER DIFFICULTIES
A Ford-Model T has established a new
record for Uo ascent of Plke'a peak. On
September 3 tho car driven by Oliver W.
Hall of Denver started from the Cascade
poetofflce at the foot of the famous
mountain. The start waa made at 8:15
a. m. and the Summit house was reached
at U$S,' or rather the telegraph otfioa,
for it. was the official checking point.
The elevation Is H.iu feet aiovo tne
Tha proportion of Ooodyear "Non-1 sea, ' but many mllca were covered In
fiklds" sold to total Goodyear tire, axles ' reaching the top. The road was In very
has been Increasing rapidly. Tho sale Is j bad shape, aa it haa never been repaired
NEW YORK, Dec. lX-"Dld it ever
occur to you?" asked BUIy Murray,
former manager of the Phillies and nt
Present scout for tha Pirates, "that we
have never had a ball player who costs
a lot of money to be ono of the great
stars of the game?"
"Of course," Murray continued, "there
are one or two cases where the clubs got
their money's worth Marquard, for In
stancebut I think you can safely say
that all the really great stars of the
game didn't cost 110,000 put together."
"Then what's the use of paying the big
prices?" Murray was aske'd.
-just because we are afraid we might
lose a star if we didn't, that's all," he
said.
Murray's question brought out the
.very Interesting fact that Eddie Col
lins, , now considered the . greatest ball
player living, cost .Connie Mack exactly
5-the price, of a return trip'vtlc.ket"for a
man to come Jrbm Phlladelpida, sign
him and go back,
Ty Cobb ,cost the Detroit club 175 and
his expenses from Georgia to Detroit,
Trls Speaker cost Boston In the neigh
borhood of J2.000, but could have been
had for less, as the "Red Sox had him
before that and let him go.
. Just, what Walter Johnson cost Is not
exactly known, but It was certainly not
more than 11,500.
Of the expensive players we have to go
back, to Theodore BreJtensteln to find dne
who proved to be a star of the. first maff.
nltude after his purchase. The price
paid (or Breltcnsteln was J10.000, and that
Was the first big figure known In baso
ball. The oth.er expensive men are Mar
quard, O'Tooie, Blackburn of Chicago,
Vy ,8e,y.mourf Spike Shannon and Kelley,
recently ot iittsuurgn. Of these men
only two Marquard and O'Tooie remain
In the big league. None of them have
turned out to be history-making stars.
"I think, after all," Murray said, "that
Connie Mack has got tho right Idea. He
gets them from the schools, wfiere they
don't; -cost anything and where tho
no longer a .seasonable matter, but keeps
lip the year round. The tire users have
com? to reaUne Umt, the Goodyear "Non
Skid' (a a good tire for uie an- kind of
weather-hence the change of name.
There Is no change In the ttead Itself.
It present the, same edges and angles,
fiud offers ,'th stmj strong; rvstihte"'to
skidding on any surfais. '
since the old stage coach days. In p'aoes
the grada exceeds" TS Per cent and In
sooio-spots it was necessary to "lump"
MOVING PICTURE TRIP. OF ,
HIGHWAY NEAR COMPLETION
Having driven over 4.200 miles since
October K, J. Nell Patterson, the young
Detrolter who Is securing a motion pic
ture record of the -Lincoln highway route.
left Detroit early Thursday, morning for
kpow of one schoolboy player right now
that-vas signed by Connie Mack more
than a year ago, and it will still be two
years before ho gets out. of college and
can report to the Athletic."
frhlp ts a suggestion which comes from
Massachusetts. -The Idea follows tho
niati ' 1,1 vnlfllA nn .til nthp Mm wh.ra
there is an International match bttwtert of developing a dar are just as
,..... c,,. ,,...i. J great as among tho minor leagues. I
curtain raiser to the British oven.
The argument -Is advanced that such a
match would uct aa a stimulus to the. na
tive born golfing talent, and would hao
a tendency to create the ambition to
give deeper study to the technique of the
game.
It haa been suggested that the home
bred team would have the call upon such
well known placers as John X McDcr
mott, Thomas It. McNamara and Mich
ael 3. Brady. Despite the fact that these
three men were members of the team,
which lost th'e International match at Ia
Boulte last spring, It la argued that a
different tale will be told if there was
a series ot matches on various courses.
Keep Vit Ilrcord. k
There was much speculation as to.
whether linns would keep up his' good
work during the past season, for a,
time he batted below tho .360 notch, nnd,
eano experts predicted that the wonder-
tul veteran had gone back to puc
extent that ho wouldn't be able to
the reason with n rcrtcntn.se of .3W.
However, Hans closed the year In a blnia
! of glory, and when the curtain fell h
nns hitting them out as of yore, bu
Just managed to sneak in the hall i
fame with a mark of .300.
Wagner Is llko Tennyson's brook, an'l
ho promises to go on playing in the big1
leagues and hitting .300 or better for
many years to come. Ho has already
announced that ho will be back on tho
job for the Pirates again next season. o
It looks as though llko a cinch to lvctl
task of collectln-r n mifflr enl mint nf ! en mo Euuon ui u-ii cnuu no win
mm,nv f, ., imi , ,ui, M've bntted eighteen straight years IrJ
the llmlortnlrlnir Thl. nrnntnntl.1,.,1 Ulc blK leagues for .300.
work was finally begun. ' A"hougli ljole hns gone along twelvrt
Tho present plans cut! for o eoatlng eB WM" 11,0 p'" lor JW'
capacity of 52.CO0, over 15,000 more than
Harvard's stadium. Room will bo pro
vided for 10.COO and enough vacant space
will remain so that the accommodations
can be Increased to 100,000 at any time.
The ctadlum will bo tho last word in
modern construction. Every desire ot
tho spectator will be catred to. There
will be about fifty-seven tiers ot scats
around the huge bowl, but every one
will be so arranged that a perfect view
of tho gridiron may bo had from every
position.
SInst Be "Completed Soon.
The contracts call for the finish of the
now stadium in time for the Rame with
Harvard next year. This means that tho
vast stands must bn completed In less
than a year, but it Is believed that the
work will not be nearly as' arduous as
the labors connected with the construct
ing of the Harvard stadium. It' Isn't
generally known that the outlying dis
tricts ot Now Haven are filled ground.
The ground was once the mouth of the
Connecticut river. The filled In part hr
mostly sand. This will make the dlg,-
glng ot tho site for the Yale field fairly
easy and comparatively cheap. It was
estimated that It cost 117 a seat to build
the Harvard stadium, while Tale's home
can be constructed for K a seat a big
difference.
Notwithstanding the heavy expense of
the new field, It Is expected that the
stadium will soon be a paying invest
ment. The old wooden stands on Derby
avenue have cost the New Haven Ath-
letlo association about $13,000 a year for
repairs alone, and they . have 1 been un
able to accommodate the large crpwds
that have wanted to see the Bulldog's big
games each year. And there haa always
been -the worry and anxiety of a fire
breaking out In .the wooden stands th
would centalnly result In a severe loss
ot life.
Yale will open the 1914 season on the
old grounds, but by the time of the
battlo with the Crimson, if everything1
goes 'right, it is planned to open the
Blues' new home andthere Isn't a Yale
supporter who doesn't wish that the
Bulldog will produce a team that will
do credt to the new JCOO.OO0 stadium.,
which will be a monument of Its kind
for years to come,
Issuing Entry Blanks
'For Coming Futurity
NEW YORK, Dec. IJ.-P11U y blanks
for the futurity race of 1518 have been
Issued by Secretary V. E. Schamburg, ot
the Coney Island Jockey club. The con
ditions tor the race, whloh will be at
six furlongs, wilt be by subscription of
KO each, or ohly $10, If the money is sent
with the entries for marea covered in
1913, and a further subscription ot $50
unless struck out by November.!. 1915,
or $100 unices struck out by July 15.
IMS. Each starter to -pay $S0 additional,
ell of which to go to the second and
third horses. The Coney Island Jockey
club to add $j,C03; the second horso to
receive $700 and two-tldrda of tho start
ing fee', and the .third $aco and one
third ot the starting feea. The nominators
Franklin Sedan Car
Makes Record Trips
The use of enclosed cars tor tourine
purposes haa been growing steadily for
tho last two years. The enclosed car for
this purpose must be light In weight and
particularly strong.
Arthur Holmes, chief engineer of the
H. H. Franklin Manufacturing company,
has made several trips In a Franklin
Six-Thirty Sedan during the last . week.
He drove lo Boston In one day. Upon
the return trip he came from Plttsfleld,
Mass., to Syracuse, N. Y., a distance of
193 miles, in five hours and fifty-seven
minutes, an average of over thirty-two
miles per hour. A few days later with
the same car he went from Syracuse to
Buffalo In the morning in four hours and
forty-five minutes, and returned that
afternoon In the same time. The dis
tance from Buffalo to Syracuse Is 15C
miles and the average speed on this trip
was US miles per hour.
Perrtent Advertising Is the Road to
Big Returns.
ho has gotten along In years to such ani
extent thnt he Is not likely to recW
Wagner's mark. In fact. Is Is expected)
that Wagner win remain in the gamot
Jtist as many more years as Liajote. j
Colli, -tt Close Second.
Ty Cobb Is the only present-day bat-(
ter that Is looked upon as possessing
the ability to tie or beat Wagner's recordj
but as ho Is of a very nervous tempera-!
ment and ot a none too rugged physique,
it ts hardly possible that ho'U accom
pllsh this feat. Hero Is the batting reconl
of four wonders ot the game: '
AVAGNER, PITTSBURGH. '
Years. Games. A.B. R, II. Ave
... 61 241
... 148
... 144
... 134
... 141
... 137
... 12)
,.. 132
... 147
... 140
142
151
137
150
133
145
U4
1897
1S98
1899
1900
1901
1903
1303
1904 ,..
1905
190U I...
1907
1308
1900
1910
1911
1912
1913
591
549
538
550
538
513
49)
548
51G
615
5fiS
495
556
473
558
413
53
80
103
107
100
105
97
97
114
103
93
100
93
90
87
91
.61
S3 .344
ISO .XH
197 .3S9
01 .3S
196 .351
177
183
171
199
175
ISO
201
168
178
158
181
134
.32
.353
.33
.sat
Totals 2,283 8,647 1.553 2,971
, Years. Games, A.B. R. IT. Av
ISM 39 174 37 57 .32!
1897 120 545 107 198 .3G.'
1S98 147 610 113 200 .J2S
1879 72 808 TO 117 .173
1900 102 451 95 156 .344
1901 131 643 1 45 220 . 42
1902 87 332 81 129 .376
1903 126 4SS 90 173 .Sal
1904 140 554 92 211 .391
1905 65 244 23 82 .329
1906 152 032 88 214 .356
1907 137 600 53 152 .293
1908 157 681 77 1G8 .28$
1909 128 469 68 152 .321
1910 ... 159 681 93 237 .381
19U 90 815 86 U5 ,3CS
1912 117 44S 66 105 ,3C3
1913 1S7 465 63 160 .331!
Total Sit! 8.249 1,393 2,853 Ijil
' Years.
1965
COBB, DETROIT.
1908
1908 ....
1910 ....
1911 ....
1912,
1913
.
Gomes. A.B.
41 150
97
150
159
156
140
146
149
122
SCO
605
681
673
U30
691
63
428
Rv
19
44
97
88
116
108
147
119
70
H. Ave
83 .2491
112 .329
2U .a&x
1S3 .82
216 .3771
193 ,SS1
Hi .4301
2E7 An
167 .3901
Totals U44 4.340 806 1,612
ANSON. CHICAGO.
.ml
Years. Games. A.B. R. II. Av
1876 68 264 51 98 .831)
1877 ............... 47 187 36 69 .S2lJ
1878 69 261 88 78 .291
1873 M. 49 130 31 d .833
1SS0 84 358 61 133 .SCSt
1S81 84 343 67 137 .89ft
1SS2 82 348 67 128 .368
1&3 96 413 69 137 .808
J8S4 108 428 K 135 .31S
13S5 112 4l 100 144 .310
1&86 125 604 11T 187 .571,
im 123 633 107 284 ,431i
1SSS 134 515 101 177 .SM
lf89 134 518 99 177 .343
1890 139 504 100 157 .S4T
1891 136 637 83 158 .23
1H3 147 661 62 154 .175
1S93 101 381 TO 123 .32:1
1KH 83 347 87 137 .S3fl(
HS5 122 476 88 161 .339
IK 106 304 72 135 .2711
1897 ." 112 423 66 12S ,303-
Totals 2,250 8,947 1.665 3,013 .3371
Cobb Speaks A (rain.
Ty Cobb states that a good rest wllli
allow Rollle Zelder to get back in condl-l
tlon. "Never overlook Zelder," says Ty.
"He is a smart ball player, and will
prove it if he comes back in good condi
tion, and there is no doubt that the win
ter's rest will do him the world of good.
He can play any place in the infield, and)
ho can play them all well. That is the
reason he Is a valuable ball player."
the car six to ten fet at a time. The, jfew York City. Accompanying Patter.
ilrcrent was made In a pouring rain. . ion are Ben Holladay ot I.os Angeles un
which Increased the difficulties of the ' J. Mitchell, a moving picture photogra- of the first, nccond und third horses to
down trip. In, estabUibing the new record ; pher. both of whom mado the long trip . receive 31.000. $509 and 320O, respectively,
the PVrd beat the bU previous record I across continent In the Iler Fix which j The estimated value ot the race ts 300, (XX.
for tho feat by forty-six minutes. Pattmon Is drhinr. Jand entries close January 2, 11.
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