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R FOREIGN icTED. will have to be| becat such @ success of the clay court title series for the past three years. FIVE CITIES WILL WANT THE DAVIS CUP SERIES. ‘Thus there se five’cities in the i event, local tennis folk believe New York will get the prise. The new i i i if ff i t i B i [ i Z ig Hs i i f i i ez < lity of the bout. was a knockout by Burke in os PB spate SENAN, Hotel St. Den! You right. The bout wee fi joSherry or nd round, te if | | the fret arth street, and M. knocked out in jig time, unds, boasting of thirty grass and thirty clay courts, will oe Bey. as the sod trans! from the fine the old grounds and is now id shape. Furthermore, it New Yorkers only twenty to reach the grounds by way the ivania, 5 inal’ decision on the place of play with the Davie Cup Commit- ‘To the Batter: (1): Ethelbert ever win the Lawrence Realisation? (3) Also, did ea aeergeatee ataet OP wis . ea aoe r owner of at SMODEL, (1) Yeo. (2) Veo. (8) Ne. ‘To the Siperting Editor: M bets that Porky Flynn and Rat- ting Levinsky fought before their last bout. F claims they never met before this fight. Who is corregs? M le right. ‘Their last bout was their second meeting. ‘To the Sporting i: Ip there o club which has a track for weaning? t live in Ninth street, between and Sixth Are the dues weekly or monthly? A. M'DONALD, she new Weet Side A. Fifty. fourti reeks ‘hetwreen sien and Ninth avenues, hee @ ¢ Apply te the secretary. ‘To the Oporting Bititor: of any ers fo: he drew salary regularly. Now, this is ono case in which the/right into the Indian’ has got the worst of it from| Larry was also given really! Wilson on accoun’ of his hitting, No Good Players Have Signed ' With Fe magnat every angle, if Zeider BASEBALL RUMORS Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). Copyright, 114, by Federals, as unt of that jebrated bun- Bozeman Bulger. Zeider has signed with the ie reported from the office of President Gilmore in Chicago, he hasn’t done exactly the ware thing by Frank Farrell. Arthur Irwin went out there a week ago and offered Zeider a contract which called @ three-year contract with Joe Tinker for a little more money. Ordinarily, we (raed the ball- SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK Will Zeider Repay Act Of Kindness by Jumping |, To the Federal League? Frank Farrell Kept Him on Pay- roll Last Summer During Eight Weeks’ Iliness and Also Paid Doctor and Hospital Bills. signed a contract with the Feds. A sense of gratitude or fair D ind should have turned him i ff Farrell, even at a slightly smaller salary. t | TINKER’S VARIED FORTUNES } || Joe Tinker, who is to receive and a bonus for jumping to the Federal League, was earn- $35 a month and board in He was then a member of the Coffeyville, Kan. Club, In 1900 he was sold Falls, Mont., club fo , the ib taking him at that then went to Port- id later was secured lee to play in Chi- inker will be thirty-four years || old next July. It just seven- teen years ago t Tinker first | at was when John team in Kansas City, sold Tinker for $1.60, | | rection of | 'F Lon Angeles reports can be cred- ited—in most cases they can’'t— Mey say, has up with the Feds at a This leaves McGraw without a third unable to| catcher, as” Ha: it weeks i-4 Cincinnati with Merzog. York team will not be seriously crip- Chance was left In fact, Frank in @ hole and didn't know. whether|8nd Chief Meyers are both under Yaider would be of any value to him | contract, or not. rell pat time Knabe and Tinker Will Be Only Men Missed by Majors, Says National President. PHILADELPHIA, ‘Tener, pi have been obti has Jan. Just the same, Frank Far- id Zeider full salary during this and settled all his doctor and hospital bills, When Zeider did finally | had report it was too late for him to he! Meyer: 1 service to the Highland- ‘the reat of the season. But)# real chance did come McLeai 26.—Gov. it of the National League who declared last night that he welcomed a test case to prove that William Killifer, the catcher, is the property of the Philadelphia club and that whatever agreement the player made with the Chicago Federal League club was not bind- ing, later commented at length upon the Fedorals and the players said to od by that league, ith the exception of Tinker and Knabe,” he said,” the players ob- tained by the opposition have been either, discards or players of such mediocre attainments that their ab- gence won’ werted. Induced to jump. nificant in this fact. the players with isn't in baseball couldn’ he ied himaeift wi avenues, | Barbo Has Gunboat Smith fought Rodel twice? If go, did bout go tho Umit and the yers would Joe Tinker’ of Cc hurt the club they de- 1 am happy to say that no good player in his senith has been “There is something deeply sig- It shows that uture or players in tl prime have too much fore- sight to jeopardizing their carcers by being moved by the visionary achemes of the outlaw promoters, “The mainstay of the Federals is ween eopular, they tell me, and menael pular, the} Y ves for the money, He is simply @ real fan, and when he get a major league franchise ith outiaws. Weeghman is the live wire of the league, but he dan't assume all the | burdens of the enterprise himecif. all surprised when I read that John Barbour was going to retire as President of the Pittsburgh Federal League club. I never thought he could devote his time to putting an outlaw league on its feet. He has be here "@ activity, Federal the Chi laa, rea eteaeat” wise im- of th derals, Says Tener rtley was traded to The New led, however, as Big Larry McLean Larry signed the first one new contracts ingut nis one of the best catchers league, though he has never val chance on account of Chivt being such a hitter, ‘When Moyers was hurt lust fall and was in tee bought from St. Louis dl Btepy hoes. Big place over at Jacksonville, will come here for three games and the Cubs will go to Jackson- ville for a similar engagement. The St. Louis Browns, training at St. Peters- burg, across the bay from here, will also play @ short series with the Cubs. CHICAGO, Jan. |.—Presidont Murphy of the Chicago Nationals, joined in the baseball fray with ¢! announcement that Ward Miller, t 16 outfielder, who jumped from tie Cubs to the St. Louis Federais, would be enjoined from pla; the latter ‘t least in Illinois, cou! favorably on a suit the Wedt Side club plane to brin Murphy said his lawyers had assured him such a it would be well grounded. He satd the@ a damage sult also might be brought. ‘Tee signing of Irwin Lang, a Chicago “semi-pro.” weit » who declined to join the ite Sox last year, was announced by Manager ena of the Chicago Federals to- jay. ghey had not seen Blanding, Falken- rg and Kahler of the Clevelan: itching staff, reported to have come fere to conaider offers. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan, 26.— Work on the construction of the grand stands at the Federal League Baseball Park was started here to- day, the firat spadeful of dirt. According to J. Edward Krause, President of thé local club, the work on the field and stands will be pushed and every- thing will be ready by the time the neason opens. CLEVELAND, Jan. 26.—Cleveland | { American League club officers re- ceived. word ‘to-day that “Little Nemo” Leibold, centrefielder for the Naps, has_ signed his 1914 contract It has been reported that the Fed- cral League Was angling for Leibold. Scotty Johnny Dundee, Mayor Joseph E. Bell turned | i EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN ot Purse | This Is Amount Demanded by Buckley to Take His Heavyweight to Paris, and He Are Ready to Accept. By John Pollock. dleweight, will engage in two fights A TTER veitie “tipped” by @ friend | Seore who is in Paris to that the boxing promoters of France will give Gunboat Smith a bis guarantee to meet Georges Carpentier in a twenty-round contest in Paris, : Jim Buckley, manager of Smith, ca- ae bled to Vienne, the premier fight pro- that he will bring tho “Gunner” over there and have him meet Carpentier it he is guarantesd $15,000 for Smith's end. ing an answer pectl feels certain that the him the price he wants. Billy Gibson to-day denied the story sent here from Chicago that Packe’ McFarland yeteed not fight Mike Gib- A.C, i CHARLESTON ENTRIES. ‘The entries for to-morrow’s races at Charleston are as Federal League officials sald | May re, 98; Irishtown, ‘Jennie’ Wells, 11 |; *eylveatrie, 107 bgriae Ae of leclared to-day that ‘ unless Dick Burge, the English fight promoter, gave him four transporta- tickets besides the guargpice of it Ki he English foatherwelat not make the trip. Mrs, Montieth and Mrs, Dundee want to go abroad. follows: KOLEHMAINEN ANO KWVIAT ACCUSED OF RUNNING FAKE RAGE 2, Sullivan Demands Inquity Into “Dead Heat” in’ Twos Mile Event Saturday. J. (ivan announced Inet hight that he will at once inquire into an alleged fake race indulged in last ~ jSaturday by Hannes Kolehmathen and Abel Kiviat. ‘These athletes ran a dead heat in a two-mile race at the: ‘Thirteenth Regiment, ‘The crowd that was in attondance was dissatisfied with the race, and when a dead heat was announce? thero were cries of “fake” and “framo-up.”” 5 Mr. Sullivan, learning the facts, declares the travesty: on amateur sports. Tho referee, says Mr, Sullivan, should have declared jthe affair “no gave,” disqualified the Forse and reported the matter to the A. A. U. “It is now up to the registration committee,” said Mr. Sullivan, “I ain jeure they will act. If the athletes ‘faked’ and are not punished it will {mean a hard blow to athletics.” pe bolic Sitch CHARLESTON RESULTS. FIRST RACE for three-ye: Selling: purse $300; hi ix furlongs.—Old J (MeTag- Rart), & to 1, 3 to 1 and 7 to 5, first; Dr. Dougherty, 108 (Murphy), 6 to 1, 5 to 2 id 6 to 6, second; Flask, 88 (Smyth), 12 to 1, land 5 to 2 - third, Time, iis Silas Grump, Martin Lou, Ihferno, oa) Queen, Ben k, Totson! * mi pects DOr, “Berke fall also 9 ai BECOND purae to Box Carpentier’: Has Been “Tipped” That Promoters | Mama Jonni jum, Dr. Wi tourno also ra: THIRD RACE for three-year-olds longs.—Toddling, 107 7 to 0 and I to a, (Buxton), 3 to 2 York La waije for England on Feb. he will clash with George Pittsburgh in « six-round bout A. of Philadelphia, | ond: York bad: onparell” A. cin a” Pepsoed the same city. Borrell's first fight on| Ki a the other side will be at Liverpool, - | Hearthstone alse To-nij 0 rt the effect 110 (Sumter), 18 to 4, hird, ime, 1.17 8. Freddie Welsh, the English light- weight champion, will fight again to- night. This time his opponent will be Earl Fisher, the crack lightweight pf Cincinnati, who defeated Joa Mandot in a ten-round go in Cincinnati sev- eral weeks ago. Welsh and Fisher will battle in C.ncinnati, and many of the Western critica are of the opinion that Fisher bas a good chance of winning. A Snappy Seasoning It is necessary to the full enjoyment of a dinner, LEAsPERRINS' AUCE THE OfIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRG Auperlor rellth for Sompey Wists Ah Appetizer Sold by Grocers Everywhere Johnny Howard of Bayonne, N. J., who hag been fighting well since Danny Morgan took hold of him, will take on Billy Grupp of St. Louis in the main go at the Olympic A. C. of Harlem to-night. In the other ten- raund go, Otto Kohler of Cleveland will swap punches with Bert Keyes. on Feb, 12 t, he would NOT a care in the world—that's the ‘beauty of motor boating, wonder- ful sport and recreation. 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