flecial& Sports
RUMORS OF STRIFE
I WESTERN LOOP
" t, ,
Rourke, Hanlon, Fairweather
and Savage Said to Be Set
ting Themselves for Some
Fireworks.
SANDLOT CHAMPS JOURNEY
TO MINNEAPOLIS FOR FIRST
ROUND OF INTER-CITY SERIES
Armours and Murphys, AccompantedTbby Loyal Fans, In
vade the Mill City, Where Two Games Are to
" Be flayed for Amateur Champion-
' x ship of the U. S. j
By FRED S. HUNTER.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept 15. (Specia) Telegram.)
Thirty-three Omahans, mostly athletes, arrived in this oasis at
8 a.m. today, on a special car on the Great Western, all set for
the big Twin City clash at Nicollet park tomorrow afternoon,
when the Armours, Omaha Class A champions, and the Murphy
Did Its, Class B title holders, meet the Minneapolis champs in
the first round of the Inter-City series for the Amateur cham
pionship of the United States.
Minneapolis opened its doors wide to greet ttie invaders
from the Gate City, and a live wire reception committee was on
the job at the depot with a program of entertainment that
broke all existing records. " , ' V .- .
An automobile ride was the nrstO
thing on the program. The; athletes
were treated to a motor spin over al
most all of the Twin Cities' extensive
boulevard systems and Fort Snelling,
where Uncle Sam is training a
' couple qf thousand embryo officers,
was inciuded.
The Omaha lads stopped at the fort
long enough to give the glad hand
to Chic McLaughlin,-4jim Drum-
mond, Tete Bristow, George Sugar
man, Bob Wetgle,' Roy Jones, Art
Trimble, Wallace McDonald and a
. bunch of other OmahanSj who are
toiling twelve hours a day in the bat
'" tie of shouldersfraps,
' - Some Feed. . .
At noori the gas carts stopped at
Minnie Giggle Falls for the visitors to
fall to on a sumptuous feed at the mu
nicipal pavilion at,the falls. The grub
1 included everything froms grape
juice mixture, which looked like it
might be something better, toa pie
.. a la mode..;, y . - " ' '
After the,4ioon feed the Murphys
beat it for the ball park to practice,
The Armours having just played at
O'Neill, Neb., decided they needed
rest more than practice, so they
passed up the chance for a workout.
' . Tonight a banquet was given for the
Omaha teams at the Minneapolis Ath
letic club. It was another gorgeous
spread and at 11 p. m. twenty-three
athletes were still reported hors du
combat. , , !
Lincoln There Too. t
The best laundry club of Lincoln
came up on the same train with the
. Omaha crew. The Links play St.
Paul tomorrow. . ,
' Will Hold Big Auto - f ,
Classic Saturday
Harry S. Harkness, owner of the
Sheepshead Bay speedway, has offered
the Harkness gold challenge trophy,
. valued at $10,000, to be contested for
on Saturday afternoon, September 22,
at 100 miles, with the. condition that
the cash prize 'and bonuses for the
j, event be no less than $20,000,
"I want to see the next meeting at
, the speedway the biggest event in the
country this year," said Mr. Hark
ness in discussing the offer, "and I
am willing to put up the Harkness
OWENFRAMMLLBE
COACH AT STATE 11
Former Huskier Star Chosen as
Assistant to Stewart to Fill
Vacancy Left'by EutHer
r" ford's Resignation.
Mainstay of White Sox in Coming y
World Series With Muggsy's Crew
tiffin JTnL
1 V - ft' ft vs,v - y -
iff JZ":- T 1 tZt "Z' ' & ?
ZJZxClCOTTE
Owen Frank, one of the greatest
foot ball men the Cornhusker institu
te ever turned out, is to be ap
pointed assistant fo Coach Stewart at
Nebraska this fall, it was learned in
Omaha yesterday
Frank played halfback for Ne1
braska three years and in his last
year in school was ca&tain. Last year
he helped Stewart out the latter part
of the year and his work was so suc
cessful he was chosen to "b$ Stew
art's assistant for the entire season
this year to succeed Rutherford, who
has been made head coac hat Wash
ington. IV
Frank, Omaha gridiron fans believe,
will make a capable assistant, as he
has the kanck of getting the work
out o fthe men, and he is an excellent
strategist, and scout. r ,
Tutor of Famous Prize
Ring Fighters is Dead
Word has been received of "the
death in Sydney, Australia, of Lau
rence (Larry) Foley, known the world
over as the discoverer and instruc
tor of Peter Jackson, Bob Fitzsinv
mons and Young Griffo, three of the
greatest exponents of the fistic game
the world has ever known. . Foley at
the time when Fitz,,Griffo and Jack
son were in their prime received
countless offers to visit this country,
but he refused steadfastly to leave his
native land. .
Foley was over 70 years of age at
the time of his . death, which was
caused by heart failure. He was an
ardent believer in all sorts of physical
training and he preserved the vigor
of his system, both, mental and physi-
cup to help make it so. I want to "l. 10 the end. t ,
see the biggest ana oest neia ot start-y v
ers ever entered at the track and with
the big prize I know they will come.
. Harkness offer to permit the gold
trophy to be raced for was brought
about principally by the wonderful
support that the fans gave' th last
meet at the track. If the trophy is
accepted it will be the only big classic
of the "year in this country. The In
dianapolis speedway called off its sea
son entirely. Cincinnati and Chicago
cut their purses in two and all of the
umaller tracks vlollowedt suit
With the big stake all of the pilots
in the country that are racing now
and some that have temporarily re
tired will be seen in action Septem
ber 22 at the bay course.
Cleveland and Cincv Will
Start Series October Second
The orooosed oost-Season series for
the Ohio championship, between the
Cleveland Americans and the Cincin
nati club of. the National league rwb-
ablv will start October 2 as both cftibs
finish their regular season Septem-
her 30.
Cincinnati has been on of the sur
prises of the National league season,
having finished much higher itfv the
race under the leadership of Christy
Mathewson than -was .expected, - A
series with Cleveland is expected to
. prove popular.
Lajoie May Be Chosen to
Succeed Bill Donovan
It is likely that Bill Donovan wil
nnt minite the Yankees another sea
son. i Among the names mentioned as
his successor is that of Manager La
joie of Toronto, whose selection for
the job would meet with the unani
mous approval of the bail fans of
New York,
A new photograpbof Eddie Cicotte,
upon whom the burden of the world's
series pitching will be placedand who
won a fulj quarter of games won by
the Chicago White Sox this season.
Cicotte, after ter. years' service in the
big show, is now enjoying the best
season of his long career; he has been
accused time and again of using un
fair methods, but to date no one has
been able to prove that his "shine
ball" is illegal. In a game recently a
ball that Cicotte had pitched was
taken out of the ame and , sent to
Ban Johnson president of the Ameri
can league. President Johnson ruled
there was nothing wrong with Ci
cette's delivery, so Ed continues on
his winning way.
BIG SALARIES WILL
BE REDUCED IN 1918
War Forces Magnates to Make
Out in Salaries; With War
Over Reductions WilT
1 Be Smaller.
To Post Scores of Omaha
Amateur Games Up North
Arrangements have been made with
the Western Union to bulletin the
games of the Armours and Murphys,
which will be olaved Sunday at Mm-
,ifanolis.The acores will be posted
at Rourke park, where the Brandeis
, team will be playing. . v
Yanks Juy RueJ, Who Once
Had Trial With the Brovvns
The New York club has purchased
"Buddy Ruet, who has been back
stopping for the Memphis club of the
Southern league. Ruel was given a
trial bv the Browns last year, but
was not rioe at that time. ; He will
report at the finish of the Souther
early days, was the connecting link
between the two codes of boxing, the
London prize ring rules and the "mar
quis of Queensbury rules in Australia.
His bout with Abe Hicken over thirty-
eight years ago marked the passing
of the old order of fight rules from
the antipodes. Foley was one of he
nrsi 01 inc pugmsis in Australia 10
be offered booking on the stage, his
first appearance being in the cast of
a production of "As You Like It,' in
which production Foley enacted the
role of "Charles, the -Wrestler."
Watchman atfYankee Park
Is Veteran of the Game
A "day" for Toe Horning was re
cently celebrated at the Polo grounds
by he Yankees, the veteran .player
who i now s special officer at the
New York ball park. ' ,
; He started his base ball career in
1870 and claims to be the oldest liv-
mg ball player today as well as
holding the record for service in the
game. Since he broke in he has been
connected irf some way with the game
from bat boy to player, manager and
then park attendant , . ?
In fact, Ubbo Joe never has done
anything else but base ball in some
branch or the - other since . he first
played hookey from school -
Alex McCarthy to Be Sent
To Kansas City in Deal
It is announced in Pittsburgh that
Alex McCarthy will'Bft turned over
to- Kansas City as part payment for
r-irst uaseman juouwitz ana rncner
Sanders, but that he will not report
to the American association club un
til- next spring. -
Eddie Plank. - s
Oh. old Bddl flank bu jump4 tat fcafiea
Ana urua lorttn nrm wua im wu
' known hunih
TkVU nlii hia mitt from tn dar'a box
Ho Was not tho kind of plank tor , t&a
collar Tloor. ' , .
That there will be many salary rey
ductions next year whether the war
is over or not is almost a certainty.
Base ball 'club .owners are tired of
paying some of the big salaries which
playefs obtained at the time of the
war between organized base ball and
the Feds. Most of the contracts
made at that time expire this yea;
and a good many of the players who
obtained large sums for refusing to
go to the Feds or who went and then
Jiad their top heavy contracts hold
over when peaci was made are doom
ed to have a big hack made in their
salary checks. ' '
The handwriting is dn the wall and
the nlavera realize that if the war i
going on when it comes time for them
to sign new contracts they will have
to Stand for salary cuts or quit base
bjill. The continuation of the ' war
would at best make base ball hardlv
a lucrative looking investment for an
other year, .and under war conditions
the owners could not well afford to
pay some of the salaries present con
tracts calfor. . v i:
v On the other hand, if the war is
over in a few months the cut tn sal
aries, while not as big or as general,
will still be marked, for there are
E layers in both leagues who, since
ase ball war days, have been getting
more money than they have been en
titled to. This has kept down the
salaries of some of the more deserving
men, something to which all fair
minded base ball players will agree.
bo far this season the war has
not hurt base ball financially, nor will
it in the few remaining weeks of the
1917 campaign. The twinning $lubs
in the National and American leagues
will make as much money as the vie-
Fair Miss Is Long on
Movies, fiut ThaVs AU
It was "Griffith day" at the White
Sox park in Chicago and a great
crowd, including soldiers, sailors atad
J'ust plain citizens, turned out to
ionor the Washington manager,
whose bat and ball fund has made
thousands of soldiers happy.
A young man took his best girl.
She was new to the game,' but she'
knew ail about knitting -socks for
soldiers and could name every movie
hero ever thrown on a screen. '
The young man pointed out the
celebrities to her at the ball park.
"There's Commy, that tall, white
haired man over, there," he ex
claimed. "And there's Rowland
down there." - i
The girl seemed mildly interested.
An auto raced around the field, in
which sat Clark v Griffith. He was
about to presentxbase ball outfits
to various military unit&i encircling
the field.
"There's Griffith now," exclaimed
the young man enthusiastically.
The girl jumped up, clasped her
hands, rolled her eyes and gave a
long Sigh of happiness.
"Oh," said she. "I've always so
wanted to see him in real life. He's
my favorite of all the movie stars.
Ohf
torious team of other seasons, and
me luaiug urBamaiii;ii3 yvuijiiui lose
any more than the tailenderf of other
years. As a matter of fact there will
be few clubs this season which will
sftow a big deficit. ,
Magee Gets Job Because
Matty Always Liked Him
Just what Christy Mathewson'
wants of another outfielder is not
clear, but nevertheless he took Sher
wood Magee from the Braves on waiv
ers. Matty always has tiad a high
opinion of Magee and believes that
the reason for his poor showing with
the Braves was that he could not get
along with George Stallings Magee,
because of his length of service, could
have claimed his freedom had no ma
jor league club claimed him.
. "They will play with their cards on
the table at the next Western league
meeting or I'll kick over the table."
That was the manner in which td
Hanlonowner of the St Joseph base
ball team, expressed himself as to the
coming meeting of the league mag
nates.which is to be held in St. Jo
seph soon, and '.as - he was standing
near Pa Rourke, boss of the Omaha
team, when he made the remark, and
the Omaha owner chimed in with a
similar remark, it is evident tjiat there
is to be something stirring in the hidden-
recesses of that meeting.
Politics are to be eliminated from
the Western league circles,. If it is
possible to do so and in their stead are
to be substituted business principles.
A new faction has arisen within the
league and it is believed that this fac
tion controls things pritty well; cer
tain it is that they control the finances
of the league in good style.
This branch is cbmposed of ,Ed
Hanlon, W. A. Rourke,' Tom Fair
weather, owner of the Des Moines
team, and John Savage of the Joplin
team. On the other side are Jack
Holland of Hutchinson, Frank Isbell
of Wichita and 'possibly Hugh Jones
of Denver. The alignment of Ducky
Holmes is expected to be with the
Hanlon-Rourke crowd for Lincoln
wants in on the new league, which is
being planned-and will stick with the
big four, "
After One Magnate.
: But here is the most interesting
thing which is to develop. One of
the magnates owes the league havily
and when the league meeting is called
and he attempts to cast his vote these
other men the quartet of monied in
terests, plan to hold- to the constitu
tion of the league and refuse to allow
him a voice in the matters of the
ljague'saffairs. That is certain to
cause a row at the outset of the meet
ing and a lively session is certain from
that time on for this magnate is also
a scrapper and will die hard. ,
Hanlon and Rourke have expressed
themselves as disgusted with the
league as it stands. "The league is a
joke," said Rourke in St Joseph the
other day. "Think of such towns as
Hutchinson being in, a league with
such cities as Omaha and St. Joseph.
Its all wrong and sueh a circuit can
not last."
, Talk of New Loop. v
The talk" of forming a new circuit
with Minneapolis, St Paul, Milwau
kee and Kansas City as four of the
towns and St. Joseph, Omaha, Lin
coln and Des Mopes as the remain
der is serious. It all soundti "fishy,"
bu the magnates of all these cities
have been conferring with reference
to the proposition and there is a feel
ing that because of the war it might
not be a. bad plan to figure out a
hcircuit of these proportions. It is
figured tha,t the increase ot interest in
the' Western league teams would more
than make up for any lack of interest
at the outset in, the four association
towns. v : .
At any tate there is to be ''some
thing doing" at this meeting and it is
to.be interesting throughout every
mo,ment of its stormy session. And
that it will be stormy is assured for
no words ae to beminced. It is to
be no milk nor water affair and none
of the magnates will break their legs
in any mad rush to buy peace drinks
or smokes for the others. Its a fight
to the finish this time and when the
smoke has cleared there, will undoubt
edly be a new Western league on the
lhap.
., ,-'
Firsi American Stars
' rfave All Departed Now
Not one .pf the " 200 players who
were members of the American league
inM901 the year the junior base ball
organization, made its debut for pub
lic support, remains actively in the
organization. ' The retirement of Ed
die Plank, the kreat sonthpaw, marked
the departure of the last of the vet-
erins. v
Bad News fon Cornhusker;
Michigan Reported to Have
Nucleus for Strong Eleven
TWO OMAHA TEAMS
, INVADEJRTHLAND
Armours and Murphys, Sandlot
Champs, to Battle Minne
apolis Ljeaders on For- .
ejgn Soil;
ByFRANK QUIGLEY.
Baseballically speaking, Omaha will
be well represented on the green car
pet at Minneapolis this afternoon,
when the initial elimination games
between' Omha and Minneapolis will
be staged to determine which will
step up a notch towards the coveted
world's amateur championship, which
was. won by Lincoln last year.
These games are staged under the
auspiefs of the National Amateur,
Base Ball association. The main
contest will be the battle-for suprem
acy -between the Armours, Class A
champions of Omaha, and the Class
A. champions of Minneapolis. It will
be remembered that the Armours
lost to Minneapolis in-a close game
last season mainly because they-were
nervous and their roofs failed to reg
ister in the pinches. -
This season several changes were
made jn(, the lineup of the Armours.
The erractic children received the
hardware and as a consequence the
Armours look at least SO per cent
stronger than last year afld with the
knowledge box of their silver-tongifed
irrepressible leader, George S. Ken
nedy, well oiled, they should snag the
bacon at Minneapolis. Of course, ihe
ability of the Minneapolis champions
should not be underestimated, because
after going through a grueling season
it is a safe, plunge that their team, is
composed of fast fielders and heavy
clouters. Both teams are starchy
propositions and it is up to the Ar
mours, to take the starch out of their
foreign foe.
Veteran on Mound. , x
Qld War( Horse Andy Graves will
decorate the mound for the Omaha
contingent and Koney will shoot his
puzzlers over the platter for the op
position. In event the Armours win
today and St Paul trims Lincoln the
Armours will play at St.v-Paul Tues
day, but if Lincoln wins the Ar
mours will return to Omaha and the,
Lincoln-Omaha game will probably be
played in Omaha. -If the Armours
lose their world's championship as
pirations will be buried at Mitjneapo-
Bender and Marquard Old Eiyals
' Caoro.)
Not tha kind ot plrfnk forth callar floor;
Not the kind bt .plank tor th ctllur floor:
They'll mlsa bla mitt rom the day'a box
season.
Paulette, who went to the St. Louis
z Cardinals from the St. Louis Bowns,
where he batted for only .130, is novv
hitting at a .300 clip. ,
Ha not tha kind of Blank for Vha eat-
latnoor. . ' ,
Wall, Fielder Jonea now tan hla hair
Blnca Edward Plank'a ona away from
thera; . a .
Ha waa not tha kind f plank (or tha eat-
v tar floor, .V
But tbara'a one mora Billed oa the cellar
door. . .
(Chorur) ,
One mora nailed oa the cellar door; '
One more naUed oa the cellar door)
He waa not tha kind of i nk for the. cel
lar door. x - f -
But there'a one more nailed ,on the cellar
. door, WILLIAM B. BUQOLES.
Slim Sallee is credited with winning
a Kame with one pitched ball recently.
Sal has developed a new delivery'
called the "solitary ' ball. -
.
ymr'. mm-- '
Murphys in Opener.
The preliminary game of this con
test will be between the Murphy-Drd-Its,
Class B champions of Omaha,
and the Class B champions of Min
neapolis. According to the dope,
these two teams are approximately
evenly . hooked ud. so a livelv con
test is expected: Peter McCoy, speed :
merchant will be on the hill for thi x
Murphy-pid-Its and Johnson" will
hoist the pill for the Minneapolis
troupe. , V t
Out at Holmes park this afternoon
a pair of nifty tangles are looked for
when the Holmes White Sox clash in
a double show. Thejinitial mix is
billed between the Te-Be-Ces and the
Holmes White Sox. Already much
interest by the local followers of the
amateurs has'been evinced relative, to
this debate, because the Holmes and
Te-Be-Ces are tied in the standing
of the Greater Omaha league. Dyck
will hurLfor the Holmes and either
Adams Sr Hull for the Te-Be-Ces.
Second game will be between Holmes
and Ramblers. Madden will hurl for
the Holmes and either Swansoit or
Potach will shoot 'em for the Ram
blers. Both games will probably be
close and interesting. ,
: It took thirty-two innings to de
cide the supremacy-between the Me
lady Mavericks and the Ramblers of
the Greater ;Omaha league. This is
something unusual and something
that never happened before in the
history of Omaha amateur base ball.
The first contest was a nine-inning af
fair, terminating with the score 6 to 6.
The second wrangle went thirteen
innings and was called on account
of darkness, the score being S to S,
and the last argument went ten in
nings, the score being 4 to 3 in favor
of the Melady Mavericks. Many other
extra -inning games were jerked off
I during the Greater Omaha league
t.. C , r . .
season, oeverai went ien innings, Dut
the longest debate was the fourteen
inning knotted affair hetween the
Holmes White Sox and the C. B. De
Vol Victors.
Play in Omaha. ,
Next Sunday the citychampion
ship will be finally settled, when the
Armpurt and Murphy-Did-Its will
clash an a double-decker at Melady's
meadow. Last week the packersville
crew put thefirst game of a series
ofHhree on ice and if the fist game
is won by the Armours next Sunday
the championship will be planted, but
anyway both games will be played
as ner schedule. I wo good games
are looked for by the directors"f the
Ann Arbor, 'Mich., Sept. ,5. Michi.
gan's foot ball team this falt is ex
pected to equal all opponents despite
the. fact that a number of last year's
varsity men "have graduated or been
called to the colors.
At least 'four former "M" men will
appear for the first practice abaut the
middle of September. Negotiations
between Coach "Hurry Up" Yost, dif
ferent colleges and universities, and
men who will probab.y be here in ttte
fall have been going on for some time.
Nothing" of a definite nature has been
settled as to the probabU strength of
the 1917 team."' , i. . , .
According to information given out
by Philip- G. Bartelme, director of
outdoor athletics of the University of
Michigan, fqurs varsity plfcyers, R. F.
Weske, C. M. Sparks, W.! L. Peach
and E. E. Weiman will be in the
ranks, forming a nucleus of a strong
eleven next semester.
The Schedule.
October 2 University of Detroit at Ann
Arbor. .
October, 10 West State norma, at Ann
Arbor.
October 1 Mt. Union college at Ann
Arbor. fe
October 16 Case Scientific school at Ann 1
ArBor. ' v
October 10 Michigan Agricultural col
lege at Ann Arbor..
October 17 University of Nebraska at
Ann Arbor.
November 3 Kalamazoo college at Ann
Arbor. -
November 10 Cornell university ''at Ann
Arbor.
November 17 University of Pennsylvania
at Philadelphia.
November 24 Northwestern -university at
Evanston, 111.
Four Reserves Ready.
F. A, Willard, J. H. Sharpe, f; O.
Goodsell and S. V. Eggert of the
regular squad, and Chivert, West
Franke, Hammond, Press and Hitch
cock of the freshman eleven are ex
pected tp be 'present Coach Yost
states thAt with the prospects of train
ing the raw recruits with the help of
the farmer varsity stars, the men on
the regular squad will have a formida- "
ble aggregation.
Coaches to Be Present.
Coach Fielding H. Yost, Assistant
Coach Douglas and Trainer Harry '
Tuthill will probably return to Michi
gan about the middle of next month
for the initial practice. The board in
control has not decided when the
first practice of the season will be
held, due to the Jndefiniteness of ne
gotiations which are pending. -
There is some question whether
Michigan will receive fho aid of Coach
"Brute" Pontius, who has recently re
ceived the appointment of first lieu
tenant in the artillery division of the
new army and has sustained a severe
injury. Elmer Mitchell, coach of the
freshmen' eleven, 4 will assist on the
coaching staff this iall.
Rube Marquard of the Brooklyn
Nationals and Chief Bender of Phila
delphia have . been striving to beat
the other's record in games won all
thjs season, but as things look just
now "they will break about even, the
Rube having a slight edge on Bender.
The rivalry between tjiis pair dates
from away back when MarquaVd faced
the chief in the world' serjfcs strug
gle between the Giants and Connie
Mack's Athletics.v Marquard has once
more been the mainstay of Uncle
Robbie's ' pitching staff and has
twirled splendid ball for the Dodgers.
The old chief has been going great
suns for the Phillies and almost sue
ceeded in landing another pennant for
Pat Moran's boys. After being slated
for the scran heap at the end of each
season for. the last, few years the
chief comej through with a record of
six straight wins, just tovshow tne
boys he is still there,' .
Omaha Amateur Base Ball associa
tion. '! :' , ".' ", x
Britton Walks All Over - V
":y Cross in Ten-Round Bout
New York. Sept IS. Jack Britton
of Chicago outpointed Marty Cross
of New York "in every round of a
ten-round bout here tonight j Each
Weighed 147 pounds. 1 ed Lewis ot
England, welterweight champion, out
fought Jimmy OlHagen of Albany ia
a ten-round contest- O'Hagen held
throughout the bout Lewis weighed
143 pounds and his opponent 155.
Harry Greb of Pittsburgh stopped
Jack London of. New York in the
ninth round of a ten-round match, the
referee intervening after London had
taken a count of nine.
St. Louis -Cards Get Rookie
v From Delaware County Loop
,The St Louis Cardinals have gone
to the independents and landed a new
second baseman. He is Billy Lloyd,
who hails from Trenton, . J., and
has been playing in the Delaware
County league, the circuit made ia
mous by Frank Baker.
Clark Griffith Leaves -
. "Monkey Suit" at Home
Clark Griffith has ioined thf ranks '
of bench- managers after wearing the.
uniform of various big league teams'
for nearly thirty years. The veteran
leader of the Senators is now appear
ing in his "cits" and there's a reason.
"After all these years onjhe coach
ing lines," says Griff, "I have just
discovered that my ball team xan win,
more games when I don't put on a
uniform than when I do and go out
on the lines. So long as they Vin
I'm willing to leave off the monkey
suit!".
It. was quite by accident that Griff
hit cm his new system for winning.
The Yankees were playing in Wash
ington when the Old Fox first under
took to run his team without dress
ing the part. With Griff sitting on
the bench in his store clothes the
Senators took 'every game from the
Yankees and then went out west and
started a drive that landed them in
fiftbj place when they captured a double-header
from the Yankees.
Now and then Griffith would get
into his uniform and do a coaching
stunt, but on such days the other
fellows won. x In Chicago i he was
obljged to appear twice in Uniform- to
present departing troops with jbase
ball outfits furnished by the Clark
Griffith bat aniTball fund. . f
, The Washington ' boys lost both
games, , blowing Walter Johnson's
winning streak in the second one. So
Griff is out of the uniform thing again.
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Ping Bodie Collects One
Souvenir that is Dubious
Ping Bodie, hard hitting outfielder
of the Philadelphia Americans, is an
enthusiastic collector of base ball ar
ticles which have helped make history
for the national game.
When the Athletics played in De
troit recently, Detroit made a triple
play, i When First Baseman Burns
tossed the ball on to the diamond
after the three-ply killing, Ump
JNallin obtained it -
"This should make quite a sou
venir for yrrr, .Ping," said Nallin as he
handed the ball to the big Italian.
You betcha, said Ping. , y
Later Nallin told , Bodie that the
ball was the same one which Ping
had driven over the fence for a home
run early in the game.
A boy brought it back and I im
mediately put it in play," said theum
pire. , " ; ,
ring then announced he was going
to have Ifte sphere coated with
schelfac. He evidently did not know
Detroit boys. , - ,
Uren Claims Les Darcy's
Australian Ring Title
Tommy Ureri has taken over the
middleweight boxing championship of
Australia held by the late Les Darcy.
Uren usually weighs 148 pounds. He
is an Australian by birth. and is 23
years of age.
Eight Boat Club Members
WinHrmy Commissions
Eight members of the Potomac
Beat club,of Washington, D. C hav
received commissions in the regular
army and two more are entered in
the aviation corpshaving passed the
examination. All were active oars
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