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FRESNO IS CHOSEN FOR BEAVER CAMP Passage of Prohibition Act in Arizona Blocks Plan to Train at Tucson. CALL TO BE FOR MARCH 6 Gaines With Team at California City, . Chicago White Sox and Perhaps AVIth Other .Squads to Be Played, Says McCredie. BT ROSCOB FAWCETT. try Arizona will not entertain the Portland Coast ball club tnis year. TV. XV. McCredie announced yesterday that the Beavers' 191S Spring training wniiirf he done at Fresno. Cal, instead of Tucson. Aria, as originally planned. The Tucson deal was knocked into mitherines by the passage of the pro hlbition act. This seemed to take the wind oat of the Tucson wmmtrou Club's campaign for a 12500 guarantee. President McCredie will send out his 1915 contracts In a day or two and will order all candidates to appear at Fresno by March at the latest. Fresno Is about midway between San Francisco on the valley line and is only 3i or 40 miles from Vlsalia, where the Beavers did their conditioning two years ago. It is a city of approximately 50.000 and la in the heart of the raisin country. . "Fresno waa in the State League last year and has a good ball park." said President McCredie. "When it was in the Coast League a few years ago I re member we drew $17 as our share of a -week's series, but Fresno is a livelier city now. 1 think we will do well there. . ... ., "Games will be arranged with the Fresno team, with the Chicago Colored Giants and with the Chicago White Sox and perhaps some others. "Tucson wants to entertain us next year, but we open in San Francisco, so I guess we will have to pass Tucson up. Had we gone there this Spring it would have made it nice for the newspaper boys, because they could nave suw over to Juarez for the Willard-John-son fight. I thought the matter was cinched until the prohibition bill was voted in. I guess that rather demoral ized business for a few days and put a crimp in the club s collections. In making his announcement of the reappointment of "Pop" Dillon to the Los Angeles manasenieoi, ivm nicniy said: -v ti-iii hard to iret a Maying man r. hut could not find a suitable man." "Pop" ought to feel complimented. ... When certain sent, one nwiln't name calr.d a toehold in the came. But lacked th fundi, who furnished samel Charles So mere. Ani now that this grand. ood old scout. Whose virtues we've all heard about. Is busied, who will help him out; ??????? By Kins Lardner. ... Venice is considering Riverside as a alte for the Vernon Spring training ,r..r. since last fnring. when the Angels and White Sox played on the IUverside "sunken garden." a new park with sod diamond has been built. Kiver. side is only 10 or 15 miles from San Bernardino, where the Angels trained In 1914. ... . t. E. Dugdale. or the Seattle club. Isn't having much difficulty getting rid of his hlsh-priced talent. He traded Charley Swain to Minneapolis for young Hunter; Gipa and Pell went up to the big league, and now Catcher Huhn has lumped to the Feds. . ... "Dark or not dark, we'll have Lang Akana report to us at Fresno." re marked W. W. McCredie yesterday, when a new photograph of his Hawaiian-Chinese outfielder was bailed to him. This photograph shows him to be extremely dark-skinned." added the Portland magnate, poring over the pic ture with the aid of a microscope. However. Jack McCarthy saw him at Honolulu this Winter and he says Lang is Just as white as most ballplayers after they have been out all Summer in the sunshine. "He doesn't look any blacker than Harney Joy. who used to pitch for San Francisco." I.KAGl K HASKETRALli OX TODAY Iranklin and Washington High Trams to Play Opcniiig Game. The opening basketball game of the Portland Interscholastlc League for tho 1913 season will bo played in the Washington High School gymnasium this afternoon. It will start at J o'clock. Franklin High School will send Its quintet against the Washing ton High squad. It will be the first time the two institutions have met In an athletic event. Franklin High is a newly-admitted member of the league, and all its stu dents are freshmen. Coach Hoskin hopes, however, to make a good show ing against the veterans of Washing ton. Coach Fenstermacher reports that Ms star center. Lapham. will be out of the game and that the place will be filled by Kincaid. Stanford Anderson, manager of the Washington High team, says that the advance sale of tickets presages a rec ord attendance. Coach Hoskin has been selected as referee. Tho prospective lineup follows: Wi,Mnci .. Totirtellotlo .. 1;Mh Ktnraid ;!. t;orman l'aron FranKim Brown. Pom ....P........ Barter . ...r 'lt. Pow.ll ; Collins. "Bnwhoil . ,..n Hetnhart WKSTKKX PI.AXS STAR ROCTS Tour Matches Mill to Be Arranged for Kriday Programme. According to "Tad" Derbyshire, who Is arranging the matches for the W est ern Club smoker Friday night, nothing but star bouts will make up the programme- L'ick II?witt. the ex-Beaver Club oxer. will make Ms first appearance this season when he meets Abe Gor don at 10S pounds. Ralph Underwood and Fillie Mascott again will hook up at 115 pounds. The only fight Mascott lost this season has been to Under wood. The latter has a clean slate of virtortes. Will Sommers. the Mohawk US pounder, will meet Julius Hyberg, who U back in his old-time form. Xate Cassier will scrap Sammy Gordon. Four bouts are yet to be matched. Peaee Conference t Home. Atchison Globe. A home that doesn't show the need of a peace conference from time to time Is the most unusual Institution. CHINESE-HAWAIIAN OUTFIELDER WHO WILL BE GIVEN CHANCE WITH PORTLAND COAST CHAMPIONS DESPITE PROTESTS OP TEAMMATES. A- iKIi i Ui - LAXG AKAS.t, LANG HEAVY HITTER Oahu Islander, Beaver-to-Be, Helps Beat Chinese Stars. BALL CLOSE IN FOOLS HIM White Man Xamed Markham, With Face Greased and Name Changed to '3Iock Uam," Plays on Traveling "Oriental Team." HONOLULU, Jan. 11. (Special) Honolulu baseball promoters have com menced manufacturing Chinese base ball players out ot native Hawaiians and visiting Americana. This scheme, while not altogether original, was put into active service a few weeks ago when Manager Sam Hop. of the travel ing Chinese ball club, noticed a scarcity of seasoned ballplayers on his all-Chi nese team. As the team visits the larger cities of the United States and the West Indies annually and represents Itself h n all-Oriental nine. Hon was sorely troubled because of the lack of Canton talent. It is not to be wondered at, tnere fYvre when one bright Sunday after noon Hop meditated in a Honolulu'ball mirk as he watched one Maranam, a white man. khuck home runs over the fence. ',os' Markham Becomes "Mock Ham." The following game saw Markham, his face greased with an evil-smelling Hongkong paste, batting in a Traveler uniform. On the scorecard was noticed the name "Mock Ham." In a similar manner several other whites have been added to the Chinese team. Only one team has defeated bam Hop's aggregation in Honolulu, how ever, although a team of all-stars from the Oahu Island League was tnrtce pitted against It. This team owes its vlctorv to one Lang Alcana, wno tnis Spring will be seen in a Portland uni form. The contest was played in Honolulu the latter part of December, and Akana appeared in a uniform of another local Chinese team. Akana's brother, Albert. played on the opposing Travelers. Lang started the batting bee which brought in the victory for his nine early in the contest by knocking the sphere over the fence. Lang Akana Is part Chinese and part Hawaiian. Ho is fast on his feet and makes a quick getaway. He is a heavy hitter and has only one serious fault, if such it might be termed. Akana Has One Fault. Akana often strikes out when the ball brushes up against his shoulder. Through some freak Akana cannot ex plain, the speedy Hawaiian can neither dodge nor refrain from attempting to connect with the ball. He Is a left- handed batter. If the statements of local ballplayers are to be taken seriously. Scout Kelly, of the Portland Beavers, who was in Honolulu recently, has promised to ship the entire Hawaiian baseball popula tion to Portland in 1916. and most of Honolulu's population, judging from the numerous ball clubs, is made up of players. All nattons play can in tne islands. There are the Portuguese, Filipino, Hawaiian. Chinese. American and Japa nese teams, all of which help to make Hawaii the boiling pot of ballplayers. Baseball Brevities. Judging from the way the Spokane Indians are getting shaped up. they are going to be a factor in the Northwest League race. The right kind of a man ager should turn the trick. ... Hans Lobert is 34 and Is still fast on his feet. Two years ago he beat Thorpe and Shafer, of the Giants, in a foot race, and In 1910 he set the world's record for circling the bases, in 13 4-5. Boston plans to have a Bill Donovan day when the Yankees play in Bean town next season. President Baker. of the Phillies, thinks New York has an unfair ad vantage over other cluba. "It's a bad thing for baseball." he says, "if Mc Graw, with his money-bags back of him. can make the players on rival teams dissatisfied by offering them THE MORyiXG ' OREGOXIAy, TUESDAY. JANUARY 12, 1915. T .... Photo by Harvey Fawcett. OF HONOLULU. more money." Baker thinks Muggsy tampered with Hans Lobert. ... Joe Berger, the infielder sent from the White Sox to the Yankees, says the Federals have made him a good offer and It is up to the New Yorkers to come through with the like amount. Bill Carrlgan is to the fore with the expected announcement that there will be a close race in the American League this season. The White Sox will be powerful, with Eddie Collins in the lineup, according to Carrlgan, and he has an idea that Bill Donovan' Yan kees will make it hard for the rest of the pennant contender?. . . Manager Harry Smith, of the New ark club,, is seeking an option on the club from Owner H. C. Ebbetts, the Brooklyn mogul. His plan is to form a stock company to buy the franchise. ... The latest reports in Eastern papers has it that the Kansas City Federal franchise may be switched to Newark. . Although Al Demaree pitched goal ball during the 1913 season and was popular in New York. Manager Mc Graw was not entirely satisfied with, him. Bits of Sport. HOLDOUTS among the minor leag uers this Winter will be about as scarce as alligators in the Arctic Ocean. With the all-around reduction in the number of players to be carried, the minor leaguer who succeeds in keeping his Job at any old price can consider that he has a fair amount of luck. ... Kojl Yamada, who is a member of the Champion Billiard Players' League, started out to be a surgeon, but the love ot the ivories made him forsake the profession. Yamada's father is classed among the more prosperous and progressive citizens of Japan, and he had selected that his son should go to school and become a surgeon. ... The Avonia Athletic Club of New York held its 22d annual reception the other evening, when many famous stars of the prize ring were introduced to the spectators. Following is a par tial list of those introduced by Joe Humphreys: Champion Freddie Welsh, Kid Williams. Al McCoy. Joe Shugruc,' Charley White. Gunboat Smith, Jim Coffey, the "Dublin Giant;" Battling Levinsky. Al Reich, Tom Mccarty, Jim Flvnn. Young Weinert, Young Ahearn, Leach Cross, Jack Britton, Knockout Brown. Johnny Dundee, Lddie tamp and probably Jess Willard. Now the diamond athlete who labors in some dusty office during the Winter time spends his Sundays taking long distance walks, and the Baseball Players' Walking Club of New York as serts that it is the best possible way to keep in good condition. The last hike taken by the club was from tne City Hall to Coney Island. Those who made the trip were: Jimmy Ring, of the Yanks: Eschen. of the Skeeters; Keisigle. of the Detroit Tigers: Clinch, a former Brave; Thompson and Jack Burke, of Wilkesbarre; Schneider, of Fort Wayne: Zimmerman, of savannah; Zapke, of Waycross; Warner, of Tren ton, and Joe Wall. Johnny O'Reilly, scout of the Chicago Nationals, was also a member of the party. . . William Billstein. of Superior, Wis, is the proud possessor of a bird' dog with a wooden leg. While out hunting last Winter the dog got caught in a trap and the leg was severed. Several attempts were made to provide arti ficial transportation for "Max." but there was nothing doing until a wooden leg was secured. Boxing In the State of New York bronght in more than $33,000 to the State Treasurer, according to a report made by that office. The total amount taken in by clubs was (850,000, and of this E per cent went to the state. 5IAGEK SEEKS EX-TEAMMATE 'Cozy" Dolan and Marty McIIale Get Orfers From Brooklyn Feds. CHICAGO. Jan. 11. Lee Magee, who recently left the St. Louis Club of the National League -to assume the man agement of the Brooklyn Federals, was in Chicago today, attempting to sign "Coy", Dolan. an outfielder with the St. Louis club, and Marty McHale, a pitcher with the New York Ameri cans. - Manager Miller Hoggins, of the St Louis Nationals, attempted to get Dolan's signature to a contract yes terday, but the player deferred until he could arrange another conference with Magee, his former teammate. ITTf POINTS OUT EVILS Ifl "KIDDING" Clubhouse Repartee Breaks Many Promising Players, Says Great Pitcher. ONE , INSTANCE IS CITED Young Man Who SHght Have Made It Possiblo for Giants to Win Pennant Quits Team to Escape Raillery, Is Assertion. BY CHRISTY MATHEWSON. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. (Special.) "Clubhouse" repartee has made a few and broken .many players and man agers, too, for that matter. But the wise manager keeps out of it and tries to prevent it all he can. If a player, and especially a youngster, lacks the art of "coming back," the rough-riding repartee of the clubhouse, which exists In every Cjne to some extent, may discourage him so that he fails to make good for this and no other reason. Some managers will tell you that such a player lacks the "heart" to deliver, anyway, and it is done to test him. but I don't agree with this opinion. There was one young fellow wno : v, - lagmiA with bright pros pects and who never lost his nerve in a pinch, but wno qun mo iws no other reason than that he was sensitive about being "kidded" and the players were "on mm au m time. I am well aware of the effects in this case because the youngster I i i waa a member of the Giants, but I do not care to give his name. Perhaps some of the fans can guess. No prize is offered for the cor rect answer. Nickname Huns on Victim. .Li. -.Ana- r-yan came from a good family with considerable money, and he determined to play big , -...... n hrA.ua.A he liked It. He made good from the start, but the . .i.V.n rv. a nn. him at players nuns --- v . - i.-.-i.tofiil although once which w vi.ov.-- . -z. y he pretended not to mind it. Nick- . , . t nllra besides names nave uun -- --- ball players, even though most big . eoneltiVH llbOUt them. jeasuers e ' . , . a3 the character of some of those given to stars will prove. Besides the nick . . - .. t tn- rinhhouse name, iuo iimjc,. t- were always "on" the young fellow. and he did not nave mo 'a .v. m,if in Vind. He tried return ... hard not to notice this rough raillery. but it was not long oeiuio get under his hide. This was very evident. Y "You'll spoil a good ball player, i told two or three of the men on the club who were inclined to 'kid him strongest. "He is sensitive about tnat stuff. Why don't you lay off hlro . "It will do him goon anu yui. ok-" Into him." answered these shellbacks. the old reply. Young Man ttnits. - iri.. o-rtt oftAr the "kid- ders" ana tried to stop them, but they would pass sometnmg to i "-,a a nnt in hearing, prob ably being shut up in his private room in tne tew mm Ciuuuuu. -the young fellow quit the club without - ti. Vtanlr asrnin. to be warning, no -" sure, but now he has quit for good. He never gave tne mu"'"s looirino- mt T know that reason ivi e..i. . .. he felt he did not need to stand for it. and he knew that ne was not rnme back strong. It is no secret that his loss was a serious blow to tne Giants. He had tne acuity w o-u." one of the big stars oi me , - ..ij nAt hava missed one. or we WWUlu " " ' even two. of tho "kidders" nearly so much. His staying wim mo might have won the pennant for us last year. . Now in some Instances, I think that clubhouse "kidding" is justified, mi , Ua na3A nf tL man on a cer- J. II Wi " V 0 WM-WW - - tain club who always was after every- i i rr mn'nlil rrr T ft thing- lor nimseu. "a -- rin wtaT-Hriilnr. until one any ninu " - day a water company sent up to the clubhouse a coupio n -- , a r water for the ball special oiiuu , - players' use, thinking to advertise It Man Fills Suitcases. t in mln,l filled two X li i a iiiuh dress suitcases with the bottles in tended to be used in the clubhouse by all and started a boy home with them. "Here you are. Doy. no o.,u. a mmrter. Take these two suit cases up to my house." - The house was several uiuva e grounds, and the loaded suitcases th were neavy. thought he would walk and save car fare out ot the two bits. He did not know what the suitcases contained. fter the game, tne piayer uamo uuj. . tho - oiiihhnusa and the boy stalled around him for a while. "Did you get those bags up to the house?" asked the player. "No I didn't." replied the "kid." "I had to bring them back because they were heavy, and 1 aroppea mom. -m-something in them broke., Here they are." Water-SoRKea ungs hom. Ho showed the ball 'player two ater-soaked suitcases, still dripping, i. - hn haH nnt been able to open them to relieve the pressure, as the big leaguer nao ,-w up the bags Derore ami uus make sure ho did not lose any bot- to ties. 3 Kvery player on tne emu wo.o isent and knew immediately what pre the xne Dags nan uviil"'"" -- - them roared as if he had lost a for bags had contained, xne owner ui tune. . I give you a quarter. no plained to the boy, "and all I get for It are two ruined dress suitcases and a lot of broken bottles. Give me back the twenty-five." "Keep it. cnorusea tne pwcib. They would not let the boy return the money, he showinsr no anxiety on this score, anyway. The memoers oi . .i i inh ,v the player so much that the manager had finally to mterrere. as hurting the players worn. . t.. t.A .awo tHon in errao tne team, cui " v . anything extra, for himself afterwards. There was an mswn wncu . kidding was reaiiy oenencia-i- Sidelights and Satire. CONNIE 5IACK is playing a wise game in bringing Napoleon Lajoie back to Philadelphia. He undoubtedly feels that Billy Kopf will not be ready to play second base for another year, and in Lajoie be not only has a man who can make good at the job for one season at least, but one who also is a great favorit-! with the Philadelphia fans Lajoie is slipping, but he is not gone yet and he showed it last season when he was about to be counted out Philadelphia fans lost several stars since the closing of the baseball season. Sherwood Magee. Chief Bender, Eddie Plank, Eddie Collins and Hans Lobert among them. The game In that eity. and Connie Mack as well, have been hurt by the going of these men. The return of Larruping Larry, how ever, will in a measure make up for the loss. At second base the oia iei low will not be a second Eddie Collins, neither will he be the Lajoie that he was in the past but he should prove mighty useful until another player is developed. A five-inning game of baseball on skates as the propelling force was per petrated on some hundreds of skating fans recently in an Eastern city. The game was called in tho fifth inning when the ball bounded into an air hole on the Ice and disappeared below the surface. The way the players circled the bases on skates would have made Hans Lobert blush in mortification when he thought of his world record. Gilmore. Ward and Weeghman prob ably have not received invitations to the 40th birthday party of the National League, which will be held in the Spring. A well-known professor recently said that everyone reaches his highest ef ficiency on June 15 and tho lowest on October 15. Connie Mack will admit this, especially the October 15. While passing through the turnstiles at Madison Square Garden in New York when White and Shugrue fought, a sporting writer noticed in the group that ' was trying to "beat" the gate a. man. who, a few years back, was the biggest drawing card in the pugilistic game. It was none other than Young Corbett. one of the greatest light weight champions the game ever knew, and who is now down and out The boxing game, like other sports, soon forgets. One cent will buy a large bowl of hot soup in Chicago. This may be of interest to baseball magnates. Why complain of Winter dullness? Walter Kinsella won the squash cham pionship and the American checker tournament is on in Chicago. Some folks won't stop at anything if they have a grudge. A Brooklyn scribe has exposed Bill Donovan as a former resident of that city. Bo you know that the Brookyln club has set a new record? It is the only major league club which has failed to finish in the first division In the last dozen years. The Braves and the Cardinals climbed out of their second division rut last season, the Braves emphatically. The Senators got out of theirs in 1912. while even the Browns had first division teams in 1902 and 1908. But the Superbas. like the old brook Mr. Tennyson once got en- i nhmit dam f ii run in that second division groove forever. How ever, next season mere may oo un- ferent story to ten. Boxing Briefs. Eddie Marino, manager of "Casey Jones," the Puget Sound light heavy weight, says he has matched his man with Bill Fagan, the Australian heavy. Battling Nelson is making the hit of his life in vaudeville, Bat is now ap pearing in New York City, and had his . . in - v.nr Vrtt-b nitnAr the other day "all dolled up" in a full dress suit. Freddie Bogan. Johnny O'Leary's new manager, says he is willing to back Johnny against any boxer in the North west that can make 133 pounds. "Victor Boss, the Winnipeg boxer, who defeated "Slick" Merrill at Great Falls, Mont, the other day, is said to be a very promising youngster. Merrill Is colored and is built something on the order of Joe Gans. He has had some good fights. x Frank Kendall, the Portland heavy weight is anxious to get a crack at Joe Bonds, the Tacoma boy. . -r 1 what Taonmn. spribes think of the Corbett-Cowler-Bonds deal now, seeing that Corbett signed a contract with Cowler and has taken him away with him. All he did alter giving Bonds the once-over was to tell him to develop that old left. Bay Campbell and Ed Pinkham, Seat tle boxers, are going East SAVED FROM SUFFOCATION Hero Drags Women to Fresh Air, Then Bushes to Phone for Aid. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Prompt work by Frank Daly in telephoning to po lice headquarters saved the lives of himself and 15 other persons overcome by gas, the result of a plug being blown out of a pipe connecting with the street main in the cellar of the four-story house at 154 Bedford avenuo, w uiiamsDui b, - X'Jli y , lll! wua n w n uttvf vi.n..- and a boarder n his home were also overcome. Daly awoKe witn a cnoKing sensation and smelled gas. He opened windows and dragged the members of his family to the fresh air. When they were revived he got on the telephone. Policemen had to break in tenement hA thtrH an1 mirth floors. 1 1 1 j u i o w.i ...... - - . - On the top floor they found Michael McGlynn, his wue ana mreo uuuuiou, tn a haur. In thn lfltrtlPn. A HUUUicu 1 1 1 a, uv.il ... ..... partly open window showed they had been trying to escape '"when overcome. On the third floor five members of the family of Michael Kolkow and a i i . nnn.1 nin,rpnmo II P u r a Druiiuci "did i11 window which they had attempted to open. The Kolkows ana Mciiiynns were 1 n at fathavlna'a TTnnnititl. Rev- cral of them are in a serious condition. but air are expecten to recover. ho gas had been escaping through the house for hours. SENTENCE HAS LESSON Boston Judge Doubles Term to Im press Idea of Law's Majesty. RrvSTOV. Jan. 4. "I was going to give you one month, hut I'll make it two now to give you a little better idea of the majesty of the law," said Judge Dowd in the Police Court when the case of Thomas Trearn. charged with the larceny of a pair of shoes, came up for disposition. Ahearn appeared before the court last week and was slightly befuddled by liquor at the time. He told a story oi purchasing the shoes which was pal nnblv false and Judge Dowd continued the case so Thomas might sober up and tell the truth if he desired. Thomas de cided to stick to the paipaoiy raise story, however, and drew the two months, accompanied by Judge Dowd's speech of explanation. NEBRASKA KEEPS HORSES Farmers Refuse High Prices Offered by War Purpose Buyers. waipbttbv. h. Jan S. "No horses for sale at any price fpr war purposes," is the declaration of Jefferson County farmers. , . . A buyer from Kansas, who said ne ..-i n h.ir t ii nnv tor, figures for ani mals suited for cavalry and artillery purposes, was here today. "Well," said the editor, "how about that high-life scandal story? Is it truer' "No, sir." said the reporter. "No facts at all?" "Not a chance." "Everything denied?" "Good heavens! Cut it down to half) a page then." I TRADES OF PLAYERS FOR DDGS, ALLEGED Feds File Affidavits in Suit Making Other Charges, Too, Against Their Rivals. ADVANCEMENT DENIED MEN "Farming Out" and "Covering Vp" Are Cited ns Stheines to Avoid Promotions Tinker, Brown and Others Give Evidence. CHICAGO, Jan. 11. A score of affi davits relating In great detail the al leged Indignities offered ballplayers by officials' of organized baseball, together with copies of the National agreement, stenographic reports of speeches by , i. ii .ri MniA nf con- UHttruoj, inoft in-1 " - i tracts and telegrams were tiled by the federal League toaay m n ni..-.-. suit against organized baseball. .... J ....!. 1 .... 1 a a Innff HnCU jne duiunviin .i . -w.. ment from Joseph Tinker, manager of the Chicago .reaerais, wno rrai -salary of J12.500 a year. Tinker be came a Federal, he said, when C. H. Ebbets. president of the tsrooaiyn na tional League club, offered him only J5000 a year, according to the affidavit. Tinker wanted $7500. t i. v. .. , ,A-- thia an in exorbitant liuuvia ici in vu j l . - Tl.ilrnr' "Whllft Wfi eXDCCt tO become a nrst-aivision team, a Fea sible championsnip conimua, i- i i-. ....t. it 1 4 nevertheless uur uri&iib niwotiiv.i, unreasonable for us to pay you more than you nave ever receiveu a for a championsnip ciud. Ten-Day Clause Opposed. Tinker made strong objection to the -1 ,Ka nlnvers' con- ten-nay waueo . " ' tracts. It allows tho Indiscriminate sale of all ballplayers, ne earn. Mordecai Brown's affidavit relates the cases of two ballplayers, whom, he says, were traded for dogs. "Joe Cantillon, manager of the Min- ii . . 1 . . 1. n th. A inui'irB 11 ASSOClS- nenyvua " " u. ........ - - tion. at one time traded a professional . . . . i j " h M Ballplayer lor a duiiuos, " "Your affiant also believes that Roger Bresnahan, while manager of the Bt. Louis club of the National League, traded a professional player, a pitcher named Hopper, to Dick Kinsella, then manager of the Springfield, 111., club in the Three I League, for a birddog. ' Opportunity for advancement is de nied the players, according to William Watkins, business manager of the Indianapolis Federals, by "farming out" players and by "covering up." The lat. ter method, it is said, is employed when a minor club owner has a promising player whom he wants to protect from the draft riayer Sold and Rernrned. The owner negotiates with .a friendly major league club owner, according to Watkins, and an ostensible purchase Is made and the player delivered at the end of the season. When the time comes for the major league club to re duce the number of players, the minor leaguer is returned to the club from which he came. -.,.- i,i Otto Knabe, manager of the Balti more Federals, affirmed that players were not allowed to make any sugges- ,r thn nrtntivl form Of uons.roiniiio m.v - their contracts. He also attacked the ten-day clause, wnicn, ne sam, iv," the Indiscriminate sale of players. ..Ill ,uara fllod bV KdWSTd uintr aiLiiio.iw ....... - Hanlon. director of the Baltimore club Ennis Oakes, Plttsourg manmsci. t . . , . r, f 1 h a Federal League: William Perritt Pittsburg pitcher; Edward js-onetcny, riuu.6. .-ii ...mtarv nf the Balti- narry wiuiuo.ii, t ... . j - -more-club, and Lee Magee. of Brook- lyA stenographic copy of a speech by August Herrmann, president of the . i , mmi..inn Iti which he rldl- laiiuai vuiuinio. culed the Federal League, also was filed. womenISisieri FAIR DETECTIVES FOIL SHOPLIFT- ERS IX NEW YORK. Gem-laden, Fur-wcarlng Expert Pick pockets are Forced Strategically from Waidorf-Astorla. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Aided by wo men detectives, Joseph Smith, head of the Waldorf-Astoria service, has been forced to let several well-gowned, be jewelled women know that the reason for their presence in Peacock Alley was known to him. Mr. Smith announced that he had caused halt a dozen women, two of whom where known shoplifters from Chicago, to leave the hotel. Mr. Smith said that the women had devious ways of working their profession, and that George C. Boldt proprietor of the hotel had instructed him to rid the Waldorf of these undesirables. Women are in the habit of going to hotels for luncheons after shopping, and of course they believe their neigh bors in other seats are as honest as themselves. But the well-gowned thieves are ever on the alert to get pocketbooks. muffs and costly neck pieces left on chairs. They are aware that to be able to pass unobserved they must be well dressed, and few persons except watchful detectives would ever pick these persons out for thieves. Saturday a week ago Mr. Smith ob served that the influx of women thieves to the Waldorf-Astoria had begun. He was suspicious of two women, and when he and one of his assistants passed the suspected ones .the latter separated, apparently aware of the keen glances of the detectives. One of the women remained in Peacock Alley while the other took a seat on the south side of the hotel near the news stand. Mr. Smith observed a woman from Poughkeepsie leave her seat, and she had been gone handly a minute be fore one of the suspected women picked up a muff from the seat Just vacated. "Is that your muff?" asked Mr. Smith. The woman dropped it without an answer and quickly left the hotel. Her friend was watched, and she, too, soon disappeared. Knowing there would be a great throng in the hotel last Satur day, Mr. Smith had a watch kept by jn,An,lA. n r, ri nn l.afl than half WUinCH uovcvii'w, " " " - ' - a dozen shoplifters were picked out in the palm room ana in recu. Two of them wore sealskin coats. They were quick to see that suspicion was directed against them and they sep arated. Both were followed, ana har. ni Smith nassed one of them alone he said to an assistant: "We'll arrest them wnen we i.,.ii,.r" That was'enough to send this pair in baste from the hotel, and Just what Mr. Smith wanted, for a mistake would be cosuy to im Two other women, one oi wnvm um -i v. i .. ,n.t wr seen watching a iino cauii , - the women's retiring room. Mr. bmltn u .I.- tuaa wrtman work in pairs. saia v because when their victim is washing her hands one or tne women her while the other picks up rings that . i niari nn the side of the nave uci.ii , , , .. washbowl. While the joetler is apolo gizing to the victim the other thief escapes. The third suspected pair were espied by two of the speclsl etsff of women detectives, and the strange psrt of this was that they had schrmed to rob the very women who were the eue of having them driven from the hotel. The women detectives poed as renldonts of a country town in Jersey as soon as they suspected tho newcomers. One of the latter Is said to be known as the "Diamond Queen," brsuse of the msnv gems she wears, "ltrown Kyrd l.va" Is another of the women who has pnU a call at the Waldorf and then 1. f t In a hurry. CHURCH CHARITY SCORED Priest Jnjs Noise of Money lrons Tinkle of Mass Boll. ST. LOUIS. Jatv S. A brodl.ln against too much "moncy-rhmiKing" In the churches appears from the prn of Rev. D. S. Phelsn. in the current tu of the Western Watchman. C'hsrltls, particularly, should not take up time given to devotions, arronlmg to Kthr I'helan, whose editorial, headed "Tak ing an Account of Our Chanties," la. In part, as follows: "We should not mnke our churches the clearing-house of our charities, snd the time of holy mix tho hour for casting up our charitable accounts. Wn are killing the people's devotion anl stifling their religion by giving over our Sunday mornings to trafdrktix and charitable Jobbery. It Is netting to be a scandul of the first maanltuilf. There Is nothing thought of or talked of in our churches but money and ac counts. "Why not have all those things done outside the divine service? Why not call meetings on week evenings for tho transaction of all parish business? Let every parish and diocesan charity have its day and its special committee to look after it. There could be an sven ing for strictly church business. An other evening could be devoted to school business. A third could be do voted to church charities. "The St Vincent do l'aul Society Is a model organization. In this respect. They never obtrude their affairs dur ing church services. Why not copy their methods in all church and chari table eustentation? We are driving our people away from the church by our buying and Belling in the church of God. "If our Lord were to come to St. Louis, or any other American city, he would do well to bring his scourge along, as he would need it. The poor are insulted and harried and driven out of the house of prayer. The ser vice begins with money at the very door and the noise of the money changers drowns the tinklo of the mass bell. It is an abomination and should be abollBhed s soon as possible. Our people are discouraged and call for relief from the -money-changers. "They are willing to give, but they beg the privilege of forgetting money and business, and worshiping Cod In peace an hdur on Sunday morning." PUBLIC HONORS BUNCHED Already Schoolteacher, ConMaWc. Chief of Police, 3Iun Is Justice. riTTSBtTRO, Jsn. 6- Professor Charles Wallace, during his residence In Wall Borough, has h'vd honors ga lore thrust upon him and now lie will tile his bond for Justice of the rcaee and hang out his shingle at once at his home on Valley avenue. His appointment by Governor John K. Tener to servo out the unexpired term of William Kane necessitated Professor Wallace's resignation from a number of other offices. He Is first and foremost educator, having been principal of the public schools of tnt UlUaboth for tho past two y has served for two years as chief of police and constable of Wall. N hen one of the School Directors realgned some time ago Professor allaee ac cepted the vacancy, resigning tho office o constable. About flvo years ago he was elei tei Borough Clerk. On Friday he resigned as Clerk and will leave Ills offleo upon the reorganization of the Borouuli Council. Friends of Professor Wallace) presented a petition to Governor Tener a short time ago asking that he be ap pointed Justice of the Peace. Tho petition drafted In Professor Wallaces behalf contained 14 names and hi! op ponent's petition contained 113. He was elected constable without turning a hand and the Borough Coun cil elected hlin chief of police without even considering anyone else. W hen ho as chosen us Clerk he decided to fore go any salary as police enlef. This man of many offices la also a Journeyman painter, a carpenter and paperhanger and has built and palmed as many as eight houses during a bum mer vacation. WIFEBEATER NOW APPEALS Illlnoisiin In Jail Huhca- Vr- pus Writ In I niisual Charge. BENTON, 111.. Jan. . A habeas cor pus proceeding pending before Judgo V,r i...r i-n lud.e of Marlon, la creating considerable interest in South ern Illinois. LI..HI. ui.a ..nnvicted under the Allan, B'",,u -." - - city ordinances of Kelgler on a charge of whipping Mis wue. J"" composed of six women. The defendant took an appeal to the Circuit Court of . Franklin County, where the appeal was dismissed by Judge W. H. Green wltn .. . I -r ha trial COlirt tO COl- a Writ Uiicviiiiii . . lect the Judgment or, In default of the payment, to commit tne grnim J"- . . . ... .... ... Smith was put in jnu .nu seeking to bo released by a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the Judg ment waa void, because the Jury that tried the case was composed of women. Mr. narber, How Almnt It? Atchison Globe. While this is the land of the free, there are many who roniena that a barber shouldn't eat onions. Long on good points. Class? Well rather.. The leading men's wear 6tore have Ide Silver Collars or can get i them for vou butif vou have the slightest bother, write us for a list of our dealers nearest you. GEO. P. ICE I C3., IMm, TROY, H. 1. ICE SKATING AT TUB HIPPODROME Twentieth Marshall. Dally. 10 A. M.. I P. 1 P. M. Free IricU. 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