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Showing that Jeff Knows Something About the
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WA.rttNfc Ytt,0 MONTHS FO'fifA
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Judgments
O.SK of tho biggest and beat thlnga
nrannlMd base ball ever dW was
W deny 1U sanction to Murphy's
troatment of Evers and veto that
ttt.i of tho trado with Boston by which
Murphy would have profited. It was not
Anna in pique; but to save to organized
base tall Its day of grace According to
vl Interpretations tide law of base, ball
TUB broken' In several pieces by Murphy's
summary disposition of Evers. This law,
for one thing, requires a ton days' 'notice
to players .before discharge. At tho re
cent National Commission meeting this
provliloa was 'doubly stressed. Murphy
Ignored It If organized base ball con
doned dellborato Infractions of Us laws
where la tha difference between organ
ized and outlaw base ball? Fans applaud
the action, qf the powers, but the powers,
having soon the light of another day
bursting full-flamed upon them, know
better than' to approve, even by lndlrao
Uon or silence, this high-handed action
of Murphy's. It was not altogether du
to tho general dislike of tha Cub owner,
though that runs deep enough among
tho powers and the supporters of the
game. Perhaps oven Mr. Murphy sees
this by now, especially with tho "nover
again" slogan flaunted In his face In
Chicago. Urgunlzud baso ball, perhaps,
has at this lale day dona ull It oould In
one instance to counteract the damagtng
effect of Murphylsm on tho welfare of
the game, but nevertheless that damage
exists to some extent, and It oxlats to
the Immense advontago of tho Federal
league. The Foierals, Indood, might af
ford to vote Murphy a ponalon It such -a
thins which Is most too good to hopo
for transpires oa hla ojuctlon frdnV'the
,jrm. .Our,frJcnda,who, in tills Instance,
leaped.1 to Murphy's dafense mid' fivers'
denunciation, .wore, to say the Jeos.1, ft
little proc'lpltulo with their Judgment Wo
tekr Surely the kind of treatment Mur
phy accords the Chances and ISrorfl and
Brawns and Itofmand and rfelntera nn-r
othrs who mafa him rich and powerful
enough to bo saucy la not provocative of
n falrntlnded, dlepacetonato tnnn'o ad
miration and approval, U Is hot Murphy
we ooudcinn, though, a much as the
principle, which cannot u -Unrebuked
without disastrous rvetilta to loo ball.
I'hat Is precisely the thing that actuated
the tnnsnates In rehiring to let Murphy
profit by the iiaqty Indefenslbte treat
ment life accorded Event, 3loton, of
Pours., la ahead, even thnUfth It gives
Evert tv bonus of ISQ..CQ0 with & salary of
110, W, Aside from the Intrlnslo value of
RYcfSi both ns a player and popular Idol,
It Will bring rich dividends to Boston
for the mere decency and tlmeltnees of
It. It doesn't matter so tnueh Whether
the Chicago syndicate goU the franchise
iwny from Murphy noW he Is separating
llmeclf from It just ns (not ns he can.
tn tho meantime, our congratulations to
ee tall far Its nrpcent robust condition
( health,
tittle mere tl.. . . ear aso when It
suited tho eapriee of Murphy summarily
le fire FranU Clmnee he tried to Justify
his aetlun bjf paying that he wnnted a
-ea'.;?r nrt'.ve plnylns manager; not n
beneh man, henee he took HTerst whom
lie lauded te the slilea In order to make
ho mueh as passible at an InTldlous com
imrloon with Chaneei who had made
Murphy in baro balh Kewi he eans Hrera
juel he Ut'.eeremonluusljr and turns o
Hanii O'Dayi the umpire. Poor naolti
Yiha was a ''youngi active player" some
few Oeeons ago. But Murphy seems to
hva murphled onee tea often.
Herewith wo venture te submit an Item
of the week as one answer to thejuues-
tlon, "Why do you belleTB In the Federal
league movement and Its probable suo.
cessT'1
Pitcher FalUenberg glres the following
tTneond tot signing with the Federal
e&KUe "l was wh sued nway from Gleve
land to the minors nheii 1 possessed
jnajor league .ability 1 bhuwed that by
in iPtl 1 rame back oinl nurked tinder
a eaiary aliiMist ecjulvalent to that of a
recruu piteneri Anu t won tweniy-iive
games and lest ten tat Cleveland lit 1918.
I fool that my 'eomebacU' Inereased the
proms or the uieveiand oiiui an
et the cuntrnet I was expeeted to sign
for next season granted me an Inereaae
In salary of (9,2$ a week.
A glanee at the forecast of the West
ern league's new schedule shows us that
Omaha opens at Des Moines, celebrates
Decoration day at Sioux City and Fourth
of July at Ht, Joseph, Yet you say Pa
Hourke was on the schedule committee?
Wu hope Pa, In the goodnero of his heart,
didn't give all the Hunday games te the
other boys.
The prayers of the fervent, righteous
nun avalleth much, wo are told In tho
good book and so with Old Roman
Comlskey sick In the shadow of tho
Vatican, we are pulling strong for his
'ecovery,
In the meantime we are awful sorry
that dope didn't pan out about the West
ern league landing in Minneapolis and
Kay See, though we might observe that
we had not fallen for It.
Why should Ban Johnson try to oust
MJrrby from base ball when Murphy Is
-Ht-nduig to t himself
X I f T6 A CfcMMMn I s - v I
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1.1. I I I 1 I 1
jMACK TAK$5 BENDER'S TIP
Adds Joe Graves to List of Pitchers
on Chief's Advice.
IS. A TTOUNG CHIPPEWA INDIAN
Stands Six Feet and One Inch nnd
la Only Eighteen . Yearn Old
line Appearance of a ln
ture Star.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Feb. 14.-Qn tho
advlco of Chief Bender, star Indian
pitcher of tho Athletics, tho world's cham
pions liavo signed up another copper
faced boxman. Tho pitcher In question Is
Joo draws, who makes the third pitcher
on the Macmcn's roster hailing from the
little town of Uralncrd, Minn., the town
which produced Bender and Leslie Bush,
who gained the limelight last season
when the youngster defeated the Giants
tn one of the world series games.
Graves is IS years old and stands six
feet one inch in his stocking feet. Fur
thermore, he is a Chippewa Indian. The
youngster was raised on the Indian
reservation at Wucher, a short distance
from Bralnerd, and his sponsor is another
Indian, Kd Itogers, a former University
of Minnesota foot ball player.
Rogers headed an Indian team last year
which played all tho beat Independent or
ganizations in the section about BralriSrd,
Walker and Bcmldji. Itogers declared
that "Graves had tho goods" and should
make a star some day.
Graves pitched for tho Bralnerd city
team and made a good showing. The lad
had a world of speed, goon control and
an assortment of curves. Possessed of
an unruffled temper, cool and clear
headed, he pitched the same steady game,
regardless of. any flukos. hla Walker team
mates sometimes made.
Rogers and the father ,of young Graves
advised Joe Grates fo throw his fortunes
with Connie Mack. Joe's father Is rather
partial td Philadelphia, for Ti6 went to nn
Indian school that was maintained here
onco and played ball. Young Graves was
born lr Red Lake July 31, 1895. 'He moved
to Walker when very young and got most
of his base ball training there.
Ho Is six feet one Inch tall, weighs ICO
pounds, Is a left handed pitcher and bats
right handed. Ho Is nt present a fccnlori
at the Flandrcau Indian school at Flan-,
dreau, S. t. His father Is the Issue cleric
at the agency at Onegam.
WiU Consider All
Protestors in High
Schools Tournament
LINCOLN, Feb. H, (Special.)-The
question of splitting the annual high
school tournament Into two divisions, ac
cording to the relative slzo and strength
of the schools entering, will not be de
cided without fully considering tho pro
tests of Omaha. Lincoln,' Beatrlco and
pome of the other larger high schools
of the state.
Athletic Manager Reed of tho univer
sity, who has charge, of tho meet, has
decided to put tho question to a referen
dum of tho state's high schools. Along
with the entry blanks which ho Bent out,
Reed attached a slip, asking each en
trant to express an opinion on the sub
ject, and this will bo tabulated.
In the early entry blanks received a
number of the schools have completely
ignored tho question, so It begins to look
as jthough It would be difficult to get
an expression on the question. Those op
posing tho plan for two classes consti
tute tho. most powerful high schools In
the state, and It would be a rather ques
tionable move on Reed's part to do any
thing to alienate their support.
The opposition to the plan arises solely
from tho ground that It prevents an un
disputed champion In basket ball from
being returned at the conclusion of the
tournament Under the new plan there
would in, reality be two champions-one
In eaoh of tho classes.
Entries for the tournament have i.
ready been received from Scott's Bluff,
ouui.i umana, Hampton. Bancroft, Genoa,
Wilber. Broken Bow. Schuyler. Sewurd,
riiiiBion, Alexandria, Craig and New
man Qrove. Jh addition, Reed has heard
irom xno ronowing schools, and tho man
agements have signified their Intention
of entering the tournament: Nebraska
City, Ohlwa, Columbus, Oakland, Al
llance. Friend, Ravenna, darks. Cort
land, Fullerton. Omaha, Beatrice, Fair
bury, Lincoln, Hastings, Fremont, York,
Norfolk, Gothenburg and University,
Place. i
McDonald to Handle
Briscoe Automobile
The new Briscoe car, which was one
of tho sensations ot tho Paris, London,
New York and Chicago shows, and which
sells for $750, will bo handled in Omaha
by C. W. McDonald, according to an an
nouncement Just made by Horace De
Llsser, vlee president and general man
ager of the Briscoe Motor company.
The new car Is French "tailored," hav
ing been designed In Paris, but la built at
Jackson, Mich. It is a five-passenger,
hus ample power, and has all the style
and finish of high-priced and larger cars
TIIE OMAHA
LOOK WHAT 1W PORCUPtMt? Ann J , ' ' lUOUbT WlMKW
6IYES THEM STIFF BACKBONE!
College Foot Ball is Great Prelude to
Political Career.
MANY OLD STABS PROVE CASE
FcIIotth Once Famous on Their lie
pcetlvr Teams Arc Now Hold
ing; Down ImportnnCl'ub
I In Positions.
N13W YOniC, Feb. H-That college foot
ball, with Its rigorous training, necessity
for self-control nnd ability to surmount
repeated setbacks on the part of Its
players, is particularly fitting for a suc
cessful political career later in life would
appear, to bo indicated by the number of
famous players who have achieved posi
tions of prominence In both etato and na
tion. There Is seldom, nn election of Im
portance In which some foot ball player
Is not elevated to public life by the
voters ot one or another political party.
These former knights of tha gridiron nre
selected or appointed to all kinds ot po
litical positions nnd almost without ex
ception dlschargo tho duties of their of
fices In an extremely satisfactory man
ner. ,
Tho recent election of Blair Lee as
United States senator from Maryland
recalls to mind the Jong list of former
players who.havo won public recognition
ot similar nature, Lee, who was a famous
.forward at Princeton In the late '70s,
playing the position of "next to end,"
now knqwn as tackle, followed tho foot
steps ot many other Princeton, Harvard
and Yale players.
Robert Bacon, late ambassador to
France, was an old Harvard captain and
halfback; James S. Harlan ot the United
States Interstate Commerce commission la
an old forward; Leo McClung, late treas
urer, of the . JJnlted,, States, a jtormcr
captain and halfback, at Yale; William II,
Lewis, recently assistant attorney gen
eral of the United States, an old Har
vard center; S. H. Thompson, tho pres
ent first assistant attornoy general of th
United States, and William W. Roper,
the present surveyor of. tho port of Phil
adelphia, both Princeton ends; ex-Con-Bresoman
Lucius N. Llttauer, a linesman
for tho Crimson; Glfford N. Plnchot, late
chief forester, onco varsity man at Yale,
and his successor, the present Incumbent
nt Washington, Chief Forester Harmon &
Graves, a former back for tho Blue. The
lato Governor William K. Russell ot
Massachusetts was a halfback at Har
vard; Governor George R Carter of
Hawaii, once a guard at Yale; Everett J.
Lake, the .great Harvard halfback, lieu
tenant governor of Connecticut, and the
famous W. H, Corbln, affectionately
known as "Pa," tho present commis
sioner of taxes for Connecticut, onco a
center for Yale, John C. Bell, tho great
Pennsylvania halfback, Is attorney gen
eral of tho Btate of Pennsylvania.
In the Connecticut senate, recently Bat
Frank S. Butterworth, Yalo's famous full
back of twenty years ago. Down In Dela
ware is Justice Marvel of tho supremo
court and onco secretary of Btate, an old
Princeton captain and forward, and In
the orfico of the attorney general of
Maryland sits celebrated Edgar Allen Poe
of Princeton. In tho office of tho chief
Justlco of New Jersey Is William S. Gun-
mere, nnotner old Princeton captain; In
Pennsylvania's Twentieth Judicial district
Is another Princeton player, Judge J, M.
Woods. George W. Woodruff, an ex
Judge of the United Htates circuit court,
was once a celebrated guard at Yale, and
still more famous as a coach nt Pennsyl
vania, Inventor ot the quarterback kick,
guards back and a host of other foot ball
maneuvers. A recent reform mayor of
Harrlsburg was Vance McCormlck, the
old Yale quarterback. A late assistant
policy commissioner In New York was
Bert Hanson, the old Yale guard, and
there is "Big Bill Edwards, an old Prince
ton captain, late Now Yurie street clean
ing commissioner, now In charge of a
similar work at Newark, N. J. Charles
D. Daly, the army's successful coach
last fall, has recently left the office of
fire commissioner of Boston to rejoin the
nrrnyv- and tho list might be continued
Indefinitely.
BRAINY MEN NAMED AS
LEADERS OFfiROOKLYN FEDS
The announcement of a Federal league
clubMn Brooklyn Is one of the most aus
picious developments In tuo -course of
that organization, for It conveys the prob
able plan of John Montgomery Ward oa
chief factotum and Wee Aytlllet Keeled
as manager of the new 'team. Where In
the history of base ball would you
search for two brainier men? "Want
more than a quarter of -a century, ago
was leading and playing short for one
of the greatest teams few York evor
saw ond then acknowledgedas one of
the big brains of 4 he diamond. Since
making fame and some money as a base
ball lawyer, he has . still further de
veloped his Intellectual, powers. And
the work of Willie Keeler is most too
fresh in mind to call for special men
tlon It BUlle's body had been propor
tionately as big as hla brain,- he would
have been one of tho physlpal giants of
the game. Brooklyn ought to make a
most strategls point for the Federals,
In the meantime, It Is another reason
why we hold lo the hallucination that
that Federal thing Is a go. ,
SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY
Habits of a Porcupine
Russ Ford to Twirl
Russell Ford, the star spltball twlrler
of tho New York Yankees, who has de
serted tho Chance management to try
for added glory and dough in tho Fed
eral league. Manager Larry Schlatly ot
the Buffalo outlaw club has Intimated
that President allmorq has secured Ford
'for his club and that the moist ball
artist will not be signed by either Chi
cago or Indianapolis.
Jap Ball Team Will
Tour United States
During This Season
HAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 14,-Ar-rangements
for the United States tour
of the Kelo university baso ball team of
Toklo, Japan, are rapidly being com
pleted, and the 1914 Invasion ot tho
Japanese collegians' nlno promises to bo
the most pretentious since the Inaugura
tion of these international base ball series.
During the last year Kelo played tho
university teams of Stanford and Wash
ington and the Giants-White Sox com
bination on Japanese diamonds. An a re
sult th Nippon nine Is really a formi
dable team from a collego standpoint,
and Is securing places upon the schedules
of the larger universities, Tho squad
will arrive on tho r-aclflo coast early In
April, and after finishing the coast
schedule will leave for an extended east
ern 'tour. Games are being scheduled
with the strongest varsity nines of tho
middle west, oitet and south, and the team
will not return to the orient until July,
Record for Clay
Pigeons Trapped
NEW YORK, Feb. 14. The CO.WO.000 clay
pigeons, trapped during 1911, set a, new
high mark for the truly American sport
ot trap shooting. But oven this .enormous
total will be eclipsed by the figures that
wilt bo hung up at the end of 1914. .
Dnuk Marrlen. '
Pitcher William Dook'of the St. Louis
Cardinals wan married at lMttsburgh, Pa.,
to Miss, Jessie Porter, a singer In the
Knoxvillo Methodist church. Doak Is a
memher of the Bible class of the Sunday
uchool and a regular attendant ot tho
church when he Is not away with the ball
team.
t
the
liaises Chicken.
Plez, the recruit outfielder of
Giants, Is a Jersey chicken raiser
r ''H''HI 1 DOTH ARE
15, 1914.
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I fislfn
for the Buffalo Feds
POSTPONEMENT NO SURPRISE
Fight Pans Expected McFarland
Gibbons Match to De Put Off.
ABLE FINANCIERS
Too Much Money In Ilout to Allow
'I'll em to ForeRo It anil It Will
He IfonRht at Some Fn- .
turn ))ntr,
NEW YORK. Fqb'. 14.-The postpone
ment of the MoFarland-Glbbons match
has caused no surprise. That theseytwo
conservative matcnmaicrs wouio,'- una
plenty of reasb'ns for'delay was only tb
be expected. But, although It Is highly
probable that neither has any great lik
ing for the other's game, If the matoh
falls through altogether, that would be
a surprise,
McFarland and Gibbons a,re two ot the
most able financiers tn the ring, and there
Is too much money Involved In this case
for either of them to turn his bs,ck, on
tho spoils. This match has aroused moro
wtdo-spread Interest than any in years..
It ii tho first that has seriously threat
ened to break the record gato receipts
under tho Frawley law, which Is held by
tho Brown-Wei la match. But Interest oan
not be maintained forever, and unless the
men get together beforo long tho match
may die of dry rot. iiowevcr, mo
scarcity of big matches will tend to keop
this one alive longer than usual.
With promoters In Australia, England
and France doing their bost to get all
tho leading boxers, tho dearth ot ring
talent Is likely to Increase. The two Aus
tralian promoters, who rocently arrived
In California, are bent Upon making big
inroads In the list of stars. They have
already submitted bids for Wllllo Ritchie,
Qunboat Smith, Mlko Gibbons, Paekey
McFarland, Qeorgo Chip, and a host pf
second-raters.
Make JCitruviigunt Demand.
The one thing that may save tho situ
atlon ib tho oxtravagunt demands of the
boxers. Rumors of mistreatment ' of
American boxers have caused most' of
the men wanted to demand that money
for all the matches shall be placed in
American banks In advance. Thin will
nrovo a check for Messrs. Baker and
Howe, who are up against as difficult a
proposition as tho backers of tno lfco
eral league. Even Jimmy Duffy, a light
weight, whose activities have been con
fined to Buffalo rings, wants 18,000 to
make tho long trip. With tho others
making demands In proportion, the Aus-
tfallans will probably have to be satis-
fli-d with fewer men than they expect
Still every star lured away will lessen
thn opportunities for big bouts' In this
country. To offset tho drain new mooa
Is required, ond thero is llttlo of this In
sight. With the exception of George Chtj,'.
who may and may notibe a real champion,
no new star has topped the flstlo horizon
for more than a year poBt.
Kid Wltllams'.'has cleaned up all the
bantams, but as long as Coulon refuses to.
fight ho can go no further- There Is
no one to meet t Kllbane. Ritchie, like
Qoulon. is on tho shelf, and so prevents
any new lightweight from gaining dis
tinction. Gunboat Smith has practically
fought himself out of, a Job, although
there still remains Jess Wlllard tor him
to tackle. But whether deservedly or
not, the long-)tmbd .Wlllard "has" been
hroasted so much there Is no. ca)l for his
services here.
8hould anything prevent Gibbons and
McFarland from coming together Olbbons
and Chip might do Just as well. This
match offers tho contrast tn styles that
Is lacking In the ono between the two
ultra-clever men. ) In .all probability it
would result In a more exciting affair.
At least thero would be less danger ot
disappointment.
Drawn for The Bee
r
Little Glints of Summer Sunshine
1 II Y F. . IIUNTISIl.
Did you notice that no ball player signed
contracts last Friday? Yes, tho thir
teenth. Last week Nebraska took another soak
at Minnesota. Two basket ball victories
In succession. No. there will be no foot
ball game next fell. Not if Mr. Williams
has anything to say about It.
Not that wo want to appear previous,
but If the boss wants a good reporter to
make tho Initial trip around tho circuit
with tlio base ball team, we think wo
can arrango our affalrn so It can be
done.
Charlie Ebbets to the front onco moro.
He Is going to drive tho Feds out ot
Brooklyn. Of course, tho Feds haven't
entered Bropklyn, but when he performs
tho duel deed another holiday will be
celebrated with a double-header.
Charlie looks
holidays,
a long way ahead for
Cincinnati Is howling for a reserve
bank. A ball team would be more pop
ular. There is only ono safe bet In' base ball
this approaching season. That I In either
league tho peanut venders wilt possess
Just as powerful junsa.
i First Gamble of the Year.
Fdr a starter we'll make one prediction.
It he'll start winding up rlgit away,
Pepper Clark will be called tho Kaw
twlrler,
Who will pltbH on opening day.
Mr. Clark Is tho gent who pitched' with'
Topelta .a ooupla ot years ago, and who
Is guaranteed to bo the slowest man in
captivity., . .
C. Murphy .has booked thirty-one. exhi
bition f games for his Cubs. Murt sure
haa.aii eye out for the'talmlghty dollar.
Chlnncm nnnntlnpM ttifit fnlir 1iW
le agues will start War on the Feds. All
HALF DOZENJN ; THE RACE
That Many Middleweight Glove Men
Nepk and Neck for Title
All' are legitimate fellows
But.JVccil to lie Hlruuiered Down tor
the Ileal One of the Whole
Crowd George Chip In
the 'Lead Now.
NEW YORK, Feb, 14. "Too bad poor
old Stanley Ketchel Isn't with us to
clean up this bunch of mlddlewelghts,"
Is a common assertion , at almost any
boxing club after the staging of a mid
dleweight bout. It'a a fact that the lato
boxer would have found some very easy
picking in tho class, but thero aro a few
with us now who would probably make
him go tho limit to win.
In tbe last year there has been much
activity In the ranks of the "middle"
boys, until today but halt a dozen ut the
most stand out as worthy hustlers for
the title. Georgo Chip, .because of hla
double knockout ot Frank Klaus, is
readily granted the championship by
many experts. If Klaus was champion
he was 'only . that by divine right, the
same prppedure which has been "taken
by others ln'tacklng titles to their names.
At tlat,VKlaus wan-as good, as any mid
dleweight when ho was going right, but
there were a few In the class over whom
he didn't scow victories.
Chin must possess some skill a" that
to conquer such a tough custom? and
then repeat. Subsequent battles showed
htm to bo improving Bteadlly as a boxer.
That ho can hit has been proven In the
Klaus bouts. Other things aro necessary
In the makeup ot a champion, though,
and It Is the opinion ot, many that In
four or five others there IS embodied the
mastery of the art which would overcome
anything Chip could show. These aro
Jimmy Clabby, Mike Qlbbonn, Eddie Mc
Goprty nnd .probably Leo Houck, They
are legitimate' mlddlewelghts, who can
scale IIS pounds easily.
Class Offsets I'oundHtte.
Although Clabby and Gibbons are far
below the limit notch ot the middle
woights, their class Is so good as to more
than . offset the extra pounduge others
would carry Into' the ring with them. It's
a tossup between Clabby and Gibbona In
point of cIoVemeM. and although uiaouy
has beaten the St. Paul man It is a
question whether he could do it again.
Gibbons has been progressing more rap-
Idly than any other man in the class and
his uuperlor hitting" power would give
him tho advantage over the Hammond
man in a long fight. But It's a mighty
narrow lino to draw. Gibbons has boxed
Eddie McOoorty and although he was
slightly outpointed then., Gibbons had
good excuse for -his failure to win. He
was a really sick man. Clabby has scored
aftdeclsldn pver McOoorty, but there was
a question rauea mat time, ioo.
So far as Leo Houck is 'concerned, there
Is no question as to hla rating. He has
3 S
by "Bud" Fisher
- -
of which goes to show that Chicago has
entered the hypodermic field.
And wo didn't know there were four
big leagues before.
Herrmann can't see how. the Federals
are going to, build grandstands. Garry had
better consult an oculist.
This Happened Yesterday.
This day was meant for lovers, and for
lovers let It be.
St. Valentine has named the day for
nono but ho and she, ,
Hut some rude boob has butted In and
spoiled the day lor mine.
Instead of sonnets sweet I get a comlo
valentine-
Slnco the advent ot the Federal league
thoro In a large number of ball players
and managers and' scouts who are par
taking of extensive winter travel.
Boston fans nre ot the opinion that tha
Red Box outfield trio will stick to or
ganized ball. Wo nover Knew before that
Trls Speaker was a trio.
Flfty-sevqn more days
shines.-
until the sun
.When the base ball tourists steam Into
N'Yawk there will be a huaky battery ot
Fodernls on board the welcoming tug.
Sam Crawford 'may be easily Induced
to Join the Feds. O. B. B. porsuadod him
to take the trip around the woHd and
Sam still' remembers Jiiit how ""pacific"
the Pacific ocean was.
Prexy Gllmore-now receives black-hand
letters. C. Murphy's press agent mimed
a bet when he let Gllmoro boat him' to It.
. llolUo SCetder evidently made hln Jump
frpm! N'Yawk to Chicago quto success
fully regardless ot hla famous bunion.
Washington wan bqrn tills month and
good Abo Lincoln, too.
But that will do us little good; now, Just
I 'tween me and, you,
All days look alike to me and mine, and
Christmas Is enough,
'Cause neither day's a holiday for the
gnk who writes this stuff.
boxed the best, can -make the middle
welsht limit easily and possesses all the
requirements necessary to a champion,
It would be a ten' strike "for some pro
moter to atart an elimination tournament
tn tho class now. Borne great bouts would
no doubt bo seen, -and It would wind up,
no doubt, with a battle between Gibbons
and Clabby.
New Penn Rowing
Coach Considers the
English Rowing Bad
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14. Vivian
Nlckalta, rowing coach ot tho University
of Pennsylvania, who arrived from Eng
land tho other day, surprised the rowins
enthusiasts at the local university by
stating that ho did not propose to uee or
teach the English stroke and declared
that he considered the way ihey row at
Oxford and Cambridge and' the English
rowing system in general as "very bad."
"X do not care to call the stroke I pur
pose to teach the university oarsmen by
any particular name," said Nickalls. "It
Is the stroke with tho greatest amount
of effect, with tho very least amount of
exertion. It does not strain the muscles
of tho stomach; It opens up the chest In
order to get wind and it is taken with
a long slide.
"Tho English stroke differs in that It
Is taken with a short elide. I do not be
lieve In the way they row In England. I
believe It is very bad. The average
Poughkeepslo crew, especially the win
ner, would defeat the Oxford-Cambrldga
winner every time.
"England's rowing Is by no means sat
isfactory. It Is not nearly as good as
the system here. The Oxford style Is
very poor. They overreach too much, for
pne thing. I will ueo, a modified stroke,
combining what little good there la In
the English and using the American long
stroke In part."
FOREIGN TIRE MAKERS DO
NOT GUARANTEE MILEAGE
In -the talk ot a foreign invasion by tire
makers It is to be bonie In mind that
standards of selling tires abroad are dif
ferent front those in vogue here. Guar
antees are unheard of abroad, and there
Is not even a sort of understanding, when
tho tire Is bought, that It Is likely to run
any given number of miles. Under auh
conditions foreign makers invading thla
field will have to make changes in their
selling methods If they are to stand on
tho same footing with American manu
facturers. Ot course, the recent cut In
Amerlcun tire prices makes the Invasion
less certain. Most tire manufacturers in
this country glvu It to be understood,
when the tire is bought from them, that
it should give about 3,500 miles service.
They can hardly be said to give a guar
antuo in so many words.
Possibly Chawles Webb Murphy might
find n berth In the Outlaws It he would
ask really pretty.
