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WW BAUER
Grovet Cleveland Alexander, as per
- prediction «and as per expectation.
came through with his one thousandth
.eiifilieout last year. which Was his
\ fifth in fast company. The Nebraskan
then fanned more men than ever be
fore—Ellwood boosted his total 'of
whiff victims up to 1.036 according to
meat J Lanigan. baseball statistic
lWallet Peri"; Johnson, strike-out
ionmcli of the American League.
ceded, like Alexandei, five full cum-
amigos I11 uhith to get into’ the four-
Binnie (lacs in whiffs. and retired 103
1:1qu men on strikes in eleven less
panics than did the master mechanic
‘ of the Phllliesh Johnson. from 1908 to
1912. inclusive. also issued ninety
1' three fewer free tickets to first than
"id the illustrious Nebrasknn. but he
lz‘lttwenty-flve more men. Some of
~17 the athletes Johnson “heaped" had to
be. taken to hospitals. Alec-Ii never
f tins sétiously wounded any one Here
nié‘ the iecotdii of Johnson. from 1908
‘In 1912 Inclusive and Alexander, from
"11911 in 1915. Inclusive. In amount of
‘vt'orli done, number of men» franked
; and number of men fanned: _ 1
" Innings pitched-Alcxanden 1.714;
Johnson. 1.619 ,1—3.
“Strikeouts-Johnson. 1.119; Alexan
'. 1.036.
Buses on ballet—Johnson. 358 Alex
. louder. 451. '
Hit bntnmen~Klexnuder, 38: John
man. 6
Nineteen hundred and fifteen .vwll”
he third campaign in which Alexgnd
r tfie Great figured as the National
ugue’s strike out king. He was in
rant, indflllwlth 195 victims, nndled
gain in 1914 with 214. In 1911 how“
cond with 227, and in 1913 fourth
inn 150. This past season the Cube
'nud._Braves furnished most of Alex
noder’s‘btrlke-outs. He‘whitfed the"
"fincterners and Westerners flirty-
‘ the! times’. The Pirates were retir-
‘cd (in strikes on tlilrty-nevou ocean
ions, the Cardinals on thirty-six. the
Janis. 011. thirty-six. the Reds on thir-
1 three innd the superbns on thirteen.
he Superhus trailed the list in work-
in him for posses, getting a paltry
re. 6 '
(Alexander's largest afternoons in
he whitfiog line in 1915 were on May~
at home. and on June 1'4 at Pitté: 'I
burgh. On the first date he. made a
dozen of the Cardinals pound the at
sphere in a game of regulation
ength. and on the lust mentioned date
in compelled the same number of Pi.
ties to miss the third One. or hove'kit
filled on them. The combat in Pitts-
«ugh lasted eleven lounds. In Mich
113 Alexander fanned till three men
he "faced him in one inning. the Sec
nd being his particularly "efiective
ound against, the St. Louisiana. rand
he Bourtli thé‘spusm wherein he ab-
ntely battled the Pittsburghers. Al-
xander also fanned three of the
Braves in the fourth inning. at Phila
telplfia. on April 26, and three of
he Cubs in the fifth inning. in Phila-
idrlphla on July 21.-
w .q...
you “ inflammation
my to “fight ‘iiiswiiy‘
Dion illicit
its Illll tint
Alfred de Oro will again have to do
tend‘ his title as threecuohion carom
champion around February 20. His
opponent will he Charles Ellis.
EBBIBBI Allll
BIBBBIIB IIEXI
“e might just as ”well hoit Mike
Gibbons middlewelgbts champion says}
, iwon the Inter-State
“alter St Denis in the ‘New York I .
Globe. 01' course he hann’t a clean League. piooohip a year ”0'
who :
Thi‘eeIJuahion I
h repwoe (‘lev 1 d 1111
title to that high honor, but it is w e“ h“ “I“ ”n 3
nonunion
on w it BISSIIIIIII
Following the repeated reports that
the National .Baseboli commission
was to be. dissolved. President Ban
Johnson. of the American league. has
,miuounced that he “In strongly in
favor of a change in the methods of
conducting baseball business." He
That the players who steal the most
bases are those who start 05 on the
most thieving expeditions is proved by
the American [league’s records for
1915 that show the number of time
each athlete. speedy and slow, was
caught when on larceny boot The
ions commit
NEW YORK. Jan. 24.~—The forces.
in favor of the merger baseballioogue
for New England were the first on
the scene here last night to prepare.
for today's content before (he inventi—i
gallon committee of the Naiional.
Board. Hugh Duffy of Portland was
the first to arrive. and he was follow-
~v ‘1 tho-3)"
doc-ovaruvrutn’v at.
. Iiinter Ellie is representing Pittsburz.
now quite evident that the time is not. He is backed bl John love of Indian-
apolis, who hopes to induce De on to
«play In thltt city.
Although mils was born in Penn.
uylvtain Be: nus Indianapolis his
home. If the pending match between
him and Do 0m can be brought 0'
of the Hoosier": capitol it will probably»
prove a great attraction. August
ingcbuoferbs Wthoitn-
ner. The next challenger will pro-
bnbly be Pierre IMaupone, the Max-
for distant when. he will be acclaimed
champion. Why not now?
His defeat of Young Ahearn in St
Paul the other night did much to
clarify the situation in this division.
By removing the Englishman from
the list of contenders for the title
Gibbons got past one of the most
formidable. obstacles in his path
There are but few remaining nothtb
contest hlsclaims. Les Darcy, . the
sensational Australlan. is justified 11':
3player flagged oftenest by the mask
Imen was Tyros Raymond Cobb. and
Ibo. as is well known. not during the
Ilut campaign a new record for the
Jobnsou organization In burglaries.
Eddie Collins led the White Box In
thefts and he ohm led them in being
turned back trying to steal. Clyde Mi-a
Inn ranked first shown the Nationalii’
in pflferlng sacks and he also ranked
first among them in being caught. The
same condition of affair-.1! found in.
ed by William E. Carey of Springfield
and James H”. (‘larkin of Hartford.
Louis Peiper and Eugene Frau-r of
Lynn. together with Timothy E. Mur-
would not. however, deny or confirm
the rumors that thoNntional commis-
SiOu will be reorganized. From other
sources it It! reported that the high
court of basebtfll will be reformedlnnnc a member of the Investigating’i
with a five member committee or it committee, united late last night, and
the three men commission temflnfl John O‘Donnell is here to represent
it will consist of the presidents of Worcester and the interests of Paul
the two major leagues and one lnde Meliale. All of these are registeredI
pendent member. well versed in all at the Hotel McAIDln-
the angles of baseball without being} The merger forces held a meetinx
Iamlinted with any at the present day: to so over the points of their case
. ‘PAGE NINE .
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EBB BEBEII‘ WI
unucnmus'mn Jan aha-r911 fans
in Manchester have confidence that
the hill to be staged at the Armory.
Thursday night. by the Ortord A. 0..
will not be a fizzle, but will bring out; ’
some real fighting.‘ Barking this opin-
ion ia the fact that the match makers
re local men and Manager LMoynihuu .
is not depending upon tiny booking 4 ,
housé‘in New York ‘ to send along a. , .
couple of teams to put on tho exhibi- ‘
t.lon * . _
The maii go is to be between Bot-p
fling habit of New York the boy that
put over the sleep punch to Sammy
Wait: a few weeks ago. and Kid De~ »
vine. De vine is a 129 pound man and
Leo ‘l'i‘lynn, manager for Lahn. is very
anxious about the weight limit and
has demanded a forfeit as to weight, ~
5 .
Icon, whp to moremtlu! St. bonny in
th tutu-41min maids anti Soon he
does not- with-Ito pity for the world’sq
.chmnplom'hip until after the" league
games tire ended” lithe m the tea
complain»; to "will challenge
the world's titlo M if he wins that.
he win mu the mum to Mexico
and make 63.110839“ allow.
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yelling loudest A bmtt between lho'
two would come pretty close to (Ice,
lei-mining the worthy successor to
Stanley Ketch’el.
The match to likely to take place
ere long. At the present time hull-5“
cations are that it will: be staged iii
Australia. If recent reports be true
Dorcy’ i: contemplated trip to the. court.i
try is all off. Became of the war it;
is said, he will not be permitted
leave the English colony. dubbed”i
howeier. is understood to be 1113in I;
plans for; an initiation" of the Anflpodeul
Gibbons! victory over About: wan;i B mm W
a masterly triumph. Despite the ‘ \EW YORK. Jan. Sir—Tho twemtli
that the bout lasted only a minor; and “null 11101011150“ about will open in
a half, Mike. lodging from telagralmr the Grand comm Pinhead 2 detail:
to description; be it. dnarly demon Saturday allotment Jim?! 29 It will
titrated ills nupfiorlty. One who be an Attraction fiery; day form m-
familiar with his utyle can costly 1111‘ Willis PINK aid will be open to the
nglho him fainting Aheuu into an op- DUNE M '10 b’cloclt Eu? mm
eniug rubbing his noco and than slam- until 10' 30 o'clock at night and will
the once of leaders Shanon of tim’E‘E‘we‘“a
Browns. Chapman of 15. Indiana and If such reormluntlon takes place
iflud prepare their gmtament W be which has been posted. “ES Kid i130' “
ipluced before the committee at. “a vine is being kept where he cannot bu
meeting this afternoon at 3 o'clock at reached I” my contaminating influ-
Speokor of the Red 303. it isn't lo-
it. will be the first time since the for-l
outed. homer in the can of hoe-innit“! 0‘ the body in 1903 that the.
setters Mom] of the Yuk: and stbt “Home! Of the Wanton hon been
of the White momma. for Old “WW “all”! mm of Min-mun.
Hartwell was the quIh-mt freq EN!“ banbfll All told. five men
quently nailed trylng to soul by the h“! ”"00 upon the National corn-
windpoddlsto' ”a You: Mun Mnkimium. We! the» two of the orig-
bore this distinction ”In” tMIuk‘I‘MI trio In still holding tholr posh.
men. Malibu certainly tar much Mtorlm': WM the Peace pact between
than Hortnll and Strunll problblyl’n" “"10““ 811d American leagues
can travel 11 bit quicker thin Whirl: I'm“ “In“! In 1903 the Notion!) com
ilowevor. the dope work. our in nix WNW elm! Into exléknce.
out of elxht cases. i: Nttlonfl Tensile represented by Pmi
Cob wu'ui‘xht tryhif‘to‘nieai ‘tltlr.;"""'t “my Pullout; 1"” America
r‘yéigin times; 'ShSit‘en tim- 11mm. “‘3“ 5” BMW" 1 9 Johnna
thirty two would» «‘11:. wiiipj'h‘“ “‘9 “ham "3 My Hero
Sox. thirty; Bub at the 11m. tmwmn 0’ a" 9mm." Nation-3
ileoguo club. Jolinnon and Herr-
I« . lit at tho Red floa.‘
1:23:33...”th of the Brown: mun hove sewed over “a“ 5‘“ “I“
withlhe'
Iibe Waldorf Astoria Some doubt is
exprenoei‘t an to whether the business
will be disposed of tomorrow.
much 115.”:in E G. Barrow of:
the international League. a member of"3
tho inundation commune, but a
meeting of hill league tojuttcnd at 2
o’clock: and) may be preventedfrom
taking up his duties with the inventi-
aotlou committee until the nvnuinu.~
The merger ndvocates are confident
that they will be Kurd by this cold.
mince In some Bonn or biker pod be
love ‘lhnt th‘dy will then Niobla' to.
how that the best interests of New
Imxland baseball lie in mountains
their proposed ten club league. and not
the Eastern Mandamyith ltn pie
per amortization-
I
I
in» I
- m of "cult" Ely,
" film We tht'ollsli with a
min: the old wallop over [close Saturday night, February 5th
i'l‘hhuhow from anal! beginnings lion.
ixrown to be the most popular of the
lenter exhibitions nil it In mm
11 expected that all M11. “lunar
beamed thin: mud
tilbt'soboiderdbly 1am 4b,: moo.
widths: will attend the thaw.
Tum: are many thousandu In this
I viiinky‘ who m 1.111th in a. me-
tlopl my iii ybchttng 1nd motor boat.»
int Mints wnudl exhibition gives
,tth' it hate of the atmosphere tint
ititey‘ enjoy out! while It may be cobi
‘ outside the Palace, Inside there will be
a combined! of the deep sea or the
winding maroon yachtsmen will con-
negate and talk over past experiences
luau pin; for the future.
The Grand Central Palace does not
require n5. decorating to make it nt-
thva but it 'wtll be transformed in
a slight dear emkeao to
a slight dome to make the setting
tin keeping with thé exhibition. At
the main entrance corlntbion columns
are in be erected which will beat the
shield of the association the United
States has. the aura and wipes, tbé
yacht ensign and some flags of the
United .Stuteu Navy such so the ad-
“mimic. viceadmimls. etc. inside. the
.bulldin‘g tings and non l emblems
are to be used again'nn around: the
side "walla will be crossedoarh'boat
, hooks, masts, ring buoysmnchnrdjmh
WESIBBIIB Blllll
" u mist
In one of the «fastest games ever
played at the Berkeley Street Hall. the
St. Paul's A A. went down to defeat
Saturday evening before the West-
ports. by the score of 24 to 22 The
game wan font and clean from the!
start. and the final result was in
doubt up to the last second of play.
WWE. 3 man who has played with
Reustiélaer. performed in line stylefor
Weatport and Geichell played a good
dome for St Paul’s. Woodruff led the‘;
field with a total of slit baskets. and
"Bill" Jones took second hundru with
live.
The teams raced neck and neck for
the first twenty minutes. and when
the bell runs the count was at twelve
and BWelve. with both sides going" at. a
fast clip. .
At the beginning of the second half
it looked as if the Ioébl youngsters
would get away with the visitors; One
basket after another dropped in until
It~lookod no If the sine was all over
con. but they had reckoned without
the embdiiy "uni
" if during this half drew bursts or 1131
Mouse from the mutation.
flailineup and score;
and Norwnlk would bring home theba .‘varlouu other? ”We!“ paw“! use ,
on mmotor boomer yacht; The whole
elect will be most attractive. it in
Chicago. .806; Oscar. Vin. :of Detroit,
5911; Dart!!! Fruit of St; “$13,582:.
planned to have days not wort for
alumni: fictions fine day: w'lfl belatmis agémgdmd 360:
Long inland 99md iDuy “not ‘1“th
Emu-vs. another for the 3an W’
coast and midware
twenty~thrée: Hooper of tinted Sax.
twenty: Weaver}! the White Box,
iwenmndnmonor bulimia in.
dine and White Box. twenty2 Clydei
1111.11. landing the waningim. In be-
In; frustrated. who turned inch .on
nineteen 00688108! and so were Amos?
Shrunk of Phllod‘elplilu and Home“ oft
New York. respective leidérs on;
their town in falling to make them
goals. 0! the Indians Chop’uiui and,
Orkney each were thwarted by thei
cotchera fifteen "times. ‘
Every Johnaonltc who last mason
matched twenty-fire or more bucks.—
and there werenixteen of them—won
thrown out" ten or more times. Fm:
Maisel caught on twélve occasions.
had a buo- running oveBagc of .809.
other men will: mm about of Ty
rus Cobb on I percentage Ennis. being
Mueller of Washington. .762. and Roth
of Chicago and Cleveland.» .722."I‘he
Peacli’s figures w -e .716. no... How-
ard of St. Louis d .707; Roy Chap-
man of Cleveland :06; Eddie" Murphy
1
Minimum. . 1 0111mm”
Clyde Milan oleB Illusion, .678; John
Coffins of Chintz 687: “Doo’i’ (look1
or New York. .517: Eddie Collins of:
Bert Shottén of St. Louis. 573;. Owen
Bush of Detroit. .584. and Trio Speak
er of Bunion; .537
The White/Sax were halted only
frequently when attempting iii nich‘
Manchu. :88 of their essays being "5
futile. The Brownti' ubmmful
the Tigers.
its; the. minim 1311:“
Sooka’. 12}: the 1113111119, 117: Elohim
timnin’. 106;
end the White .Ele-
Pulilnmu death the new president. of'ipe
the Notional locumfliboma J..Lynoh.
.M_
’ubtoe He Middu his addreés at the have to draw tram is considered. ex,
Mme automatically 3 member 0: WIDE POWER FOR LAUDEH.
sh minim. The latter was one
needed by John K. Mr; when Lynch
lulled of reelection. and Toner was
made patient a like senior league In
1913
NEWIHAV‘EN. Conn. Jun. 30.— Billy
Louder will hove wide power In devel
oping a MINI tour at Yale this
spring, and. with the influence of. the
cannula curtailed. there to every pros
pool of the Blue hgviux a. Inconsbful
season louder Iii to Mambo Incl
word in every particular and the man-
nor In which he handled the fall prac-
tice has given a favorable imposition
Ems m of his ability to cope with the slime
lion.
NEW HAVEN, Jan 24. —Pmsldontt In spite of the fact that five players
Arthur T Hadley at Yale Univmlty 1have come under the box”: of the facul-
to quoted in the" “Alumni Weeur'a ally and that as yet there Is no captain
speaking of "mum-any athletics 531mm “VIM ”33‘8“"! When he be
having gone into pie hands of ”(ignition-e. Rhett. Spencer. Pompeii? and
on. figuratively speaking, becauée or Wanton were declared jneligible- Inn:
menbd‘lsasmmenta among the grad- IL!“ the material Which Louder will
dinner of the Cleveland alumni: — cellont There is 11190 a pendulum
“The details» of the athletic mun. that notion of the men barred by facu-l
tlo‘ni are complex, but the underlying ty deuce mist be reinstated.
condition and the things which on Pia Way, the be“ pitcher Yale has
are 15137138 to 319 can be stated in a had in years; nod Bel Vaughn. right
few words I“ the old ““103 YNQ’S" fielder. are left from the véierana at
system “:9 one of “all“!!! m-anaxe' last swoon, and the former may be
moot This m the W ”mm when lichoiwm captain, if Mllbnrn “is not rein-
it was practicable; but It was prom mutated
icobla only when students would mile
advice of Mates with regard to
problems afoot-manor: policy. a 11in
particularly those problems which an:
footed 911‘ denim wit
muons" ts James A. Garfield
“As loan an our soothing admin-s . Charley Ta“! “’3'“ 913"“ ‘W‘
were hmoidnus. and no long as we last 13311 “3 “,9" “PW“ 0‘ “19 "I“?
had 11‘ large shore of athletic and. “Skim“ “Bills “9 Will 3180 repair
nests. this sysiem worked well. The for huge“.
mutant; not what: was good advice; Monaco.
and would follow it as a matter of would have
of The freehmbn eleven of last spring
was the beat Yale; has had in years
and will give Yale a. remarkable pitch-
:er in. Nowell Garfield. grandson. of
1
char for the fmohmeo
‘
one tiny 'vmity but»;
ences and when it is considered flint ‘
be. living seen Sammy Waltz In no. ..
lion, has so much confidence in him".
self that be is willing to meet ani‘ig
and flu med Hunger Hoynibanf;
of the ward A. c. um mlm‘bio
could stop the floated boy in.“ ,
rounds he would not want any (any. :
fight but: can be M ofa roll no.“
The dictum is twelve roundo. ,
IWhen Leo Flynn brought John ”flair"
of {New York to Manchester to apply 1 ‘
the finishing W to Bob W
of this place homo Mugabe” “in!“
did not w Bob‘s ability and hi:
mmmmfl ondoftboflxht.
which no. however. a. carbon. Thin .
time be in out for incimcn's scalp and ‘
Johnnrinoou is the man tbpbwill ha. .2
seat minus helper RM nudity 3
notwi- obey that is WW_ tum
dltion and can be depended upon to 1’
work right at all times. tile boo booth ,
meeting good men and Whom; wink
each consonant out in m of
his ability to Mt. Thorn” m
Il-fowmer things look like 11 w alt-
gngement. They no to box '
rounds.
The curtain raiser will bring in?
(mi: Jimmy Flrr of nockvlllo dud
Young O’Neil of Hartford. Ilium
m: won a warm place in the boom
of local flight fans a year ago when he"
appeared in several 0pm and al-
ways gave audits”. new
short work of most of mm on!!!“
he met (it-Nail. At tho: tin-.119 bulb
lust recovered from o Blckm
was not in‘proper slaps. an m
to sleep. it was a bummer fluid
lasted and Fan has «moo been .
m to not an opportunity .111» '
book. This he will get Th
night in six rounds. "' ~
MBIIIIEI SIBIIB’IIEB
' mch. N. 11.." Jim. 2cé—eome
veteran trainer, Jack Mo'aiiley. hail
fined 11 new contract to clinch 8
incl: and cross country team; in
loan) dnlmlty for a period 0 El:
ms. Moaliloy‘s present contract.
with Cornell will expire at the con
clutch of the intercollegiate chain «1
pionoflp meet which wll' late place
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