The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 15, 1909, Page 2

Written By Experts NATIONAL LEAGUE STILL AT OUTS OVER PRESIDENT ELECTION OF EITHER WARD OR HEYDLER MEANS TROUBLE FOR ORGANIZED BASE- BALL—STANLEY ROBINSON HOLDS THE DECIDING VOTE. (My United Press.) lyn clubs Stanley Robinson of St NEW YORK, Dec, 16.-—The dead-| Loula t ® the deciding vote, but Yook for the presidency of the Na-jup to date he has not tipped his tional leas bas ot yet been) hand. To put it mildly, the aitua broken, and it ts felt by everyone tion tx «trai and today’s devel CoRnected with organized baseball! opments may decide the fate of that @ crisis is at hand, The elec- | organtaed aseball thon of John M. Ward will surely The American league directors, antagonize the Amortoan league, who met yesterday, whitewashe even to the point of severing rela-|the New York club of the chars tions with the olfer organization, | of maintaining @ signal tipping bu according to President Johnson of! reau last » n, but passed @ law the American nm the other ha barring any manager who hi . Acting Presi: forth attempts to steal an « wed by the Chicago, | team’s signals from base lew York, Philadetphia and Brook- | ever. WAGNER AND COBB (hy United Pres) gia last Wednesday. Late Saturday | PITTSBURG, Deo, 15. Hans | he reached home again, full of dis- | Wagne: sd ’ ‘obb decided | sat ne re ere nee ,|. “Yes, I went to Macon, and wel Rot to be chums, at least not until] joked about some for game. I hunting season is over, Hans| could have had a crack at & ground Ty don't know what good hunt- | apuirrel or two and possibly a barn- fe, and that he can prove it | yard chicken, but as for hunting, '9 side of the case has not been | Georgia won't do Mr. Cobbis one| heard by the people of Pittsburg.| of the moat genial men I ever met, | ft is felt that the end Is not yet.| but there are two things we will tt appears that during the last/ never agree on—«ame and baseball. | world’s champion season Wagner! “Why, tarnation take it all,” thun- and Cobb got very chummy, Ty/ dered Wagner, “I have told Hans that down in Georgta| whole days of real huntin there was, much game, and he in-| trip south No more of it for Hans. ¥ited Hans to come to Georgia and| The south ts all right and Cobb's fetch bis dogs There was much / all right. only I wish he had not told | Gerrespondence. and finally Hans/| me about that swell hunting in Gee to have slipped off to Geor-| gia. I'm losing faith In everyone SNAPPY FIGHTS Looks like the members of the Ballard Athictic club ought to get out and give thanks to one Fite | werald for the fast card he haw ar ranged the smoker tonight Judging by the names on the fist and the past performances of the men named, the evening will fur | nish amusement from the time the | wong rings for the first bout to the moment when the last boxer gets his. for BY TIP WRIGHT. above suxpicion, the commi Why not reconstruct the national | should be more syenty ‘i Neendett | Herrmann, as chairman, Craws $5,000 capes? The the for the move is |2 Yeaf: which Just mbout pays the | Present. Opportunity is beating tn the door panel, and unless the base ball men are stone deaf they can hear the thump i vn | chairman, give the office to someone Jnot connected with efther league? ng. As now constitut ston is formed of the presidents of the National and American leagues ed, the commis- | Represent Minor Leagues. | The minor leaguos, which have be- | fcome of far more importance In the | baseball world than the maj the result of having joined bh | as the National association, have no mtation on the commisston. | we they should he represented, and suggest that when Herrmann retires, as he has announced he will, that his place be filled by a repre- sentative of the minors. end a third member. Garry Herr- mann, owner of the Cincinnati club, is the third member; he has been ever since the commission was founded T'm not finding fault with Herr- | mann, whose work has been ail that anyone, save an Amertcan league isan, could ask for. Still, the that Herrmann owns a club in the old league gives the balance of power to that organization. This has og counterbalanced in a meas- ure the aggressiveness of Presi-| broad enough to use the knowledge ent Ban B. Johnson of the Amer-|his legal training has given bine ican league, who is the strong man | for the best interest of the national | * an} nds | | capable lawyer, of the three. jeame But to be absolutely impartial and | “Many of the questions put tol SHORT SPORT ine Sane Pittsburg Pirates may train at A, cadets oe De tka ten Bronclace Sastend’ of Met this afternoon, it i# certain | Springs. the school five will put up a game than last Friday, when in took their measure to the tune of 76 to 16. Franklin has made some shifts and substitutions, with a view to strengthening the team. Deifel, the crack football player, will be put dn ome of the guard positions, while 5 Se ian, postions, 27 at | Bia & year older than Wiille center. The latter player has done some star work this year as a sub. READY the Franklin high basbet- Cobb made nine home runs and 33 doubles last season. Big Tim Sullivan io stakeholder | for the Jeffries-Johnson battie Calvin Demarest, billiard cham- praleds Mathewson was knocked out of Puen" ga box in indoor baseball game at Troy, | EAGLES ** | |. Phillies have their eyes on Tommy OWNED .-.-::: as manager if Kling deal | faite, Yale and University of Tilinois The Owls took two out of three the haughty Eagles at the S.| ze A, , drives jast night. Putnam's! New York sporting editors are i the last game was high mark, | cai ff-Johnaon fight “The while his average of 186 also topped |tle = oe }may have dual field meet. scores: | - len— “ "wi 8 . <7 |.. “Business Manager” Williams of Churehin . 141 149 167— 457\the Cubs talked of for National Conover . 189 144 173— 506 | jeague secretary. ihe tee! .. 150 168 176—~ 499 - alwell . 150 160 150— 460) Chica, 5 460) cago may play the Navy foot- Putnam .. 179 116 218 559 | ball team next fall ~~ ral 800 182 873—2,561 | Johnny Coulin and George Kitson will clash at New Orleans Decem A os 163 189. ber 20. : diner . 154 164 3 _ 4 sae Notre Dame has an aviation club. | Stephen 144 169 Harvard's University football | SBT lh am diag |P'8¥er® may Join soccer eleven 810 | Johnny Evers may be asked to MAKE SEATTLE INSURANCE |°@ch the Williams College nine CENTER. } Goes Tho Red Sox will STOP PAYING TRIBUTE To SAN | *PTINE# Only two wo FRANCISCO. Help make Seattle an insurance center by doing your business through Seattle general agents Telephone F. J. MARTIN, Main 1458; Ind. 827 208 Columbia St atay Oks. at Hot DANCE AT DREAMLAND. Dance tonight Admission free. Diamonds For this week only we are selling $60 diamond rings $5.00 DOWN AND $2.00 PER one Offic A dainty Xmas greeging WEEK Sterling Jewelry Co. ALBERT HANBEN, Jeweler. 706 First Av. First and Cherry. Room 119 Main 7294 Optical Department. OPEN EVENINGS Rayardo (Maher the ywner, Sportaman F mous sum of $120,633 t up); which durt rt FOOTBALL RULES — (Respectfully submitted to the committee of revision.) Footbalis must be resilient and collapelbi: pounds to the equare inch; this will br Ne gridiron shall be of metal, The college yell is hereby abolished ng part season cleaned up for his the enor. | This horse | $182.82 WEDNESDAY? DECEMBER 15, 1909 STAR ee eee ee a Se ee ee een tents ee eee cee memes oe EDITED By LAURENCE REDINGTON WASHINGTON WINS M°VE1GH-TAYLgi | BASKETBALL FIGHT LOOKS | if | | sii GAME GOOD : : a Takes Long End of 27 to Boys Are Evenly Mat: 48 | \ « Nelson 4 f Well, the | . . S° Freddie Welsh ha cornered. Battling . ise at lest. ell, the| 24 Score Fr Y.M.C. and Should Put uy little Hnglishman has been after the Dane for two ye und hie | . om : Ta perseverance certainly deserves a reward, The amount of ryt A. Five Last Night Whirlwind newspaper——that Freddie has wasted burling challenges at the Hterary : babe Mr Nelson entities him to consideration, and now Nelson has come | One Game Each. | in Tacoma New Yeu, through, according to his new manager, John Robinson, who took hold} a | Night. of the business end of Nelson's affairs soon after Willus Britt's death) ee a eton left the lightweight champion without a manager ie achetinieaiares . scala But don't waltz off with the idea that Mr. Nelson, out of pure | (ee Beene YOM Pete McVeinh and Rasogs philanthropy und the goodness of his heart, has decided to let the | guint by taking th md gn ‘tor Janeen Tare | English champion take a crack at his tit That's not Mr, Nelson's | the season tant night the ¢ « s to the f That ig style at all. Wedged into the announc of the probable meeting of | xcore of 27 to 21. ‘Phe opening game | ™ ‘ oe 208 Ath» the two Hightweights is a little proviso that Mr. Nelson is to get $20,000, | last woek wont to MS. A. | pape rate, looks ii ita win, lose or draw. There is no mention of the amount guaranteed | saere, nee sights | Fiat air have been ; Welsh, but it's dollars to dill pickles that {t's far, far from the eum that | * en thi fate by an Artillery Athtetie | the lordly Nelson will recetve for taking a jaunt acroas the pond next) (ender dog all the om} i whice | Februar Welsh wants a $5,000 side bet, but it is very doubtful | Brilliant basketba the order | can mmnke without troalen whether Nelson, with #0 much easy money in sight, will care to Lake) of the evening, both * playing |witt fgnt for 60 pam The: chances of decreasing hin winnings. at Lop speed most of tt ve, The | Pate ft = Canela | The Neison-Welsh fight, if it really materializes, will be sec ond | lineup and score Uatversity, |Past of 95 and 36 | in interest only to THE fight. The men are the undisputed champ ¥.4 niversity. | since MeVelgh , ‘ hi Hurkhetmer ¥ Mullen |, ont fad rok |their clans in America and England respectively, and the will | he Chenne ; hoy se it at week br This is a pleture of the great) made the biggest total winning for decide a real world’s title. Another thing that will lend Interest hog n° | Rigsby ri @L Jobr ~ his Peter. } 1908 of any bangtalls in Hurope. | meeting in the certainty that no matter which Is returned winner, On | sorgiar a Rab a2 Farie had five horses on the Eagtixh | Adolph Wolguat, of Milwaukee, will be waiting at the church with a) yy ) 3. (Chomentson (C) | yates, pico sa clreuit ing the your, and they wen | large challenge, and plenty of real coin to back it up with ais from the fi Mu 4.1 pr v lightwelghts 6 " a3 rac © him, worth @ total of oo 0 A »k 3, Rabel 1, Burkhetmer against each other i | " | De Chesne 2, Rigsby 1, Hoar ocVelgh, te ten ae Pon : | FIGHTERS ROASTED Clomentaon 1, Shp’ 2. Goals | as ye" had an aia | istent lot i” oy tol pug | trom foul lne~Clementson | few weeks ago, the mill ghouts Fight followers are an Inconsistent lot at bost. They roast a pug) fiom fou lines iementeen duress (2 tm we ks ~~ lfor blowing in the money he makes, and call him all kinds of an im ee Tire eet te earen'* | roa Lest between the-aemmemae! | provident fool, Then they turn round and roast the farsesing fighter | sity, one awarded to the Y. MC. A.| Lew Reddy, | who wants to make hay while the haymakers are 1 at bis command. | Reforce——Dr. D.C. {of the Uni- | weight, hax F at & pressure of 70 J Jobn L., 4, Young Corbett and the rest of the fighters | Umpire r om M Mahon, Dy fen hed | k many a fall who were we” while they had ft, and who went through A. fing partner, Pepe's ugar. : fortunes hitting the big slide, are written down as a lot of mental crip a relic of barbariem, | ples. Jeffries, Johnson, Nelson, Jimmie Britt, Tommy Burns, and th . Inciting to brutality Players must When ave their halr cut before each game; ficating hair ia inimicat to the tracheae of contestants, The high bail, or anything approximating to it, Is barred as tending to bad feeling; players may be cheered, but not inebrieted. ¥ cries “Down!” two players must be desig: mated by the referee to jump on him; this will give paying patrons a better view than heretofore. Neo player shall gouge out but one eye of an Opponents ight he should do so, he must put it back before. through ove: game Players may still continue to kick a employed. A broken back counts two points for the Opposing el broken ribs and noses do net count. Any player losing his head during a match game must qualified for carciesaness, if stil! ative. broken leg Impartial National Commission Needed for Baseball, Says Wright the commission a trained toeal mind. who offered the suggestion genial German's entertainment bilta | would be a wise move. | believe, ts | Why not reorganize the commission | pay such a man $10,000 a year to jand instead of making Herrmann | devote his time, or as much of hie said the mm and involve technicall balanced. | ties which should br passed upon by an tt time as ie necessary, to the demands of the offtee. For such a sum it would be pos sible to secure the corporation «! than th such @ man would be prejudice whether the He National league wanted a decision, but would | give it as the evidence showed ft) lam sure « commirsion of this kind would meet | approval of the unselfish magnates, | A suggestion was made to me that | and | know the public, which, after | Herrmann’s place should be filled by | all, is the bedy to be considered, tug enough and) would view such a cholce with satis- should go faction And hen you pender on think yo my friend has « good | a few minutes, 1 agree that huneh. would on of @ ney, w free of leag not © Amearte: ed | FIVES | ayy ‘BASEL’S j $8.50 Golden Oak Desk as $11.00 Biré’s-Rye Maple Desk ...... . . th b ” f} $12.50 White Maple 7 P See dba ot “HW 4 | 16.00 | Maple De . . * give W NNERS r Bird's Rye Maple styles are right. 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Therefore ie 16 be congratulated, rather than roasted, b secure the promise.of a smal! fortune for 1 lian’t our money, so those who feel economically | themeelves with the thought that the Battier ts tc jeterling, and not in good American greenbacks °° NOW’S THE TIME The little slugging session between MeV has started the fight goal, if undue force > onl } ‘coma the other night {fighters and near fighters, and If the lid wasn't sere ch a in this staid and respectable burg, there would certainiy be some! \doings, With a lightwelght discovery that belongs to Seattle, it's all | kinds of « pity that tthe has been orneed m the fight map, bul Tacoma is not too far away for the Beattle sports to travel for an even Atte e eee @ | ing’s entertal and it is probable that or Phillips, of that | i | burg, will make an effort to give the fans w y want in the near | 4 future _ OOTBALE CAPTAIN +} Pete McVeigh, Loule Long, Rostoe Taylor and Eddie Marino make « Coach Dr. & BL Newton’ of | good quartet to draw to, and you can shuffle the cards round anyway Wiillams college is opposed to | you please and get a good match out of (he combination. Here's hoping | & the election of fovtball cap/of }that somebody over in Tacoma gets buay while the game is good | # tains He suggests that iso #| eee efor the hace (ae line and one #| SOME PEOPLE—NO NEED TO MENTION THE EXACT NUM- | @ from the “W" men by the atk |ber—voted for Jeffries for mayor of Lox Angeles, Why not make | ® latic council and the conch to @| Bim chief of police instead? Then he could guarantee protection to handle Pe ee eee ee eee eee eee the spring practice @ | himeelf if he lets the dingo stow him away on the | ® work, ‘This would gtve a line ¢/————— —— 6 es ; om their fitnese for field cap- & tains. in the earty rat work # GREENWOOD CLUB ne of these of another man @ . might be tried For the tier # SMOKER TOMORROW [For game the conch could choose ®! ‘the Greenwood Athletic club witl * man in ie opin hewt @ o ove’ e fitted for the place. 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