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this All
WAS UNIQUE.
Old Pamphlet Just Found
Forerunner of Present
Day Baseball Guide
Si, STU. 7U SPENT
FUN AUTTWTISINU
Salary Roll of Boston Na-
tional Association Club
For Year Was $17,900
NEW YORK. an. 10.~A. glimpse of
"if ba‘whaii of the early seventies lit”
gin-n in a pomphlu on the son's pu
lib-ltd in ‘375 which was Acct-ntly uAtv
earth” by a modern devotee of the
Iii-)l'. The booklet, which it equiva-
lent to the present day baneball guide.
consists of abo t thirty pages instead
of! he several undred now in treasury
to rhroniclo the rtcords of the many
lu’ajor and minor league teams.
Much of the space is devoted to the
doings of the lie Aton National Associa-
tion clan. winner of the championship
of the previous year. The- combina-
tion includes several players the
ltrlllws of who.n are Attill familiar to
th- :zer' or this tlty’. That ticy were
high class player». according to the
mandarin of those times [zoos~ without.
laying yet there is nothing to indicate
that thev were supermezt eith-a' on tho
tiim.:onti or off the field of [Thy
’i‘hc peronne' of the Boston club of
turn your shows that of the twelve
players whom physical dimensions are
given, A. G. Bpaldinlr. pitcher and cen-
ter holder. was the only one who or-
ceeded the six foot mark. The ma
jorily of the players ranged front '
ll fl,
it in.. to 5 ft. 9 in. and the average
weight was not more than 160 rounds. ,.
'i'ht-
McVey. who tipped the scales at 190
pounds.
The batting averages of tiles-e days
were computed to aha-w the aunt "er of
base hit'. per game anl M \lullcn of
thy‘ Athletics led the lengtt‘ with 1.90.
. “Pop" Anson was eighth with l 78 and
Spalding eleventh with L70. in club
batting the Boston team led with an
average of 17.11 hits per "Ammo and
to. Athletics were second with 1506.
The total receipts of the Boston club
for of 1874 amounts to $30,931.17. and
the expenses 830.8%.97 A portion of
these expenses. which were exception-
ally large for that period of baseball
development. inclutted the trip to Eu.
rope, the first of the-overs! invasions
of England and the cuntlnmt by Ant-
erican baseball combinations. The
salary roll for the entire year then
would now barely pay for one star
player. as the accounts :«how that SAT.-
ftoo covered the entire cost for tho
aeolian in this direction. Ground rent
amounted to 8517.50 and uniforms,
hats, halls. etc. cost 9397.89. Even in
the early days of the game. advertisv
ing was not overlooked ”as the ac-
counts show that 81619.70 was spent
for advertising and printing. which
was more than the combined rental of
the grounds and the team eouipment
( spouses. . ""t A-
Milli Alilllls
AAA hill NATE
bout with Frank Moran at New 0r-
tcanr. The tail ea-plastorer wired
.mttdc by the New York club.
llem‘ll‘sl man on the team was”
éUNETTUSS TNAUES
NAMAUN TU NUUINS
Brooklyn Club Also Gets
; Grimes and Ward For
i Stengel and Cutshaw
The trading‘feverfstill is at a red
heat in the National League. Yester-
day Charley Ehbets of Brooklyn and
Il-rney Dreyfut-s of the Pirates did a
bit of swapping, with the result that
(asey Stengel. erstwhilc effervescent
Dodger tiy chaser. and George ('ut-
show. the glass armed rooklyn second
baseman, are now Pirates, whitc i’it-
:1-eA-.~: Al Alamux and Burlelgh (Air.
and infielder (‘huck Ward are enrolled
on the rooklyn rower.
Judging the deal from a midunter
aspect it looks Very much as though
i m le Zhatlr-y of i‘latbu‘ah put some
thing 0' ct on the Anagnate from l’llh
burz- A year ago Pittsburg turned
down a $20,000 offer" for Mamaux.
lh‘fllil‘t'
the {all that this pitcher had 2:
wrrtclwd season last year he still is
only it liltl and his two good seasons‘
with l’lttsburg stumped hint an om- of
the pitching fiendi.‘ of the decade. In
ABM. with a fifth place club. he won
at club which finished a poor sixth. it
Won 5] games and lost 15.‘
Lost H‘flFUll .liztmuux was under so.»
pension during the greater part of the
campaign. anti at one time, lll-cylutst‘.
2. A‘t‘iiii‘lit‘tl to keep him out of organ»
ized baucball becrluse‘ho played senil-
prufecflonal ball during the palm] or
hls'aypA-nsion. liowcvor. his record
was wry poor before lm-yfuss placed
hint under suspension. He won only
2! game» and lost ii. and was last in
the A-econd ribs: in the matter of Hit”!!-
rd runs, permitting 5.23 a game. Ma-
laux. however, i. not yet twenty-four
years 0! title. and should butt-ins real
career in front of hint.
Anxious to 89 Traded.
At repeatedly was clmrged'last sea-
son that Momattx train not particular
to show his best. as], he was very ana-
ious to be traded. lie always cast
ionizing eyes on the Giants. The New
York club made several efform to buy
the pitcher. but lm-nyss (repeatedly
dct’iared that if Siztnutzx thought he
would be rehal'tleti tor lll/rv [lutll’ M l'.
by being traded to :t cltuztxpionshiu
club he wbuld be srioviously ntlmo
Mamaux now landslin New ”York. but
not exactly in'the borough for which
be manifested e. etrong preference.
ilurleigh Grimes. thc other pitcher
who comes to Brooklyn. also had it
wry poor record last season. lie won
three games and lost sixteen. How-
(ver the Pittsburtz club was such
wrett ‘ted aggregation last season that
it made the work of any pitcher look '
bad. Grimes was one of the leading
pitchers in the Southern Manuela
19m. lie dirp‘laycd considerable
promise when he came up with the
Pirates in the fall of'that year.
Crimes in 24 years old.
"Chuck" Ward played , shortstop
with Pittsburg last season. but is a
tunable second baseman and will be
used by Manager Robinson in filling
the gap at second bone. Ward prayed
set'Cnd base for Portland in the Pacific‘
N‘Oli‘il ‘lJ'ilEue and was a fair hitttr
lust lit-anus. lie batted 236. it was
announced at one time that ho had
lzwrt d4... ed for tltc'Natlonal Army,
but he later obtained exemption.
‘ Eblvettzt consequently made the dual,
to strengthen his tottering pitching
.utff. as he already has four of his?
A
against right and loft handt'rs alike}
N ’i‘ltnc days lutt- r Connie Mark of the
" (Acting. Catcher (‘th Thomas and Out-
\
IUE TAUNTS UULUN
pitchtls—Pieifer. Smith. Cadore and
'Miljus—in lllc Notional Army of the
navy.
Brooklyn will be sorry to part with?
(‘hallt3 Stengel, as he was the most'
picturesque player on the club and’
was a hard, consistent w.orker Sten-
gci hit only .257 last year. consider Ingenue “w Say— When, Jet.
ably below his average of for mt.- rycarlt
due largely to ‘the fact that Robby:
was forced Vt play him may day,
ers. in Mixup
RED BANK. N. 1.. Jan. 10,
seconds after three ice yachts had
started in a. ten mile race for the
00111me . cup. John Batea's inge-
nue and T. lrvintr Brown's Bay When,
which meet the Princeton and Silver
Heels in the Statechampionshtp rec
es this afternoon. bumped into each
other and the three skippers in each
bo'it narrowly escaped injury.
Mart Haviland. captain of the Bay
When. lost control of the boat when
a puff struck her and raised the rear
runner. The craft which was sailing
down the river to tr e Windward of the
Htcngel has little. success against
sou. hpaws
.Culshaw. who accompanies Stcngcl
to' Muslims. is a poor player for a
club which is building up from the bot-
tom. (‘utshaw's throwing at the end
of last season was pltiabie. He made
the unique record last season of lead-
ing all National Magoo second base-A
men at bat with a slim average at .238.
(‘utshaw is 30 years old.
Seventh Ag Deal.
This All the seventh big deal made in
the major leagues within a month. The
i’hillles started the ball rolling on De-
cember ii, when the club rold Pitcher
Grover Cleveland and Catcher 'Bill Kll.
lcder to Chicago for $30,000 and M'-
chcr Prendorgtlst and Catcher Dillloe-
let
the bowsprit striking the inxcntte in
the keel near the. mast. The runnot
plank split a shot has used as ballast.
Had it not been for the clever hand-
ling of the insane bv Reuben White,
who turned his craft about quickly
and sailed in the opposite direction up
the tivcr. .A serious accident would
have resulted. Neither boat was bad-
ly dumand. Both will start in todav’s
race.
W bite the PM when withdrtw from
the race the ingenuc continued and
soon caught and passed the Gull. The
Philadelphia Athletics disposed of
(‘atchvr Wally Schang. Pitcher .lt."
flush and ('Autiiolder Alum Strunk to
llmton for 860.0%], Pitcher Your:
fielder Billy Kupp. On the some day
lllt‘ St. Louis lirowns sent'i‘lmrtstt‘zp
lawn and (’lutllt-lder Bcrt Shottnn to
Washington for Pitcher llm illillu Hay when won the ten mile race NS-
and 817mm". ily, covering the course in 22 minutes.
”n lict-t-ulbt-l' 20 the Phillips ll'Ll'lt'tl " '
(llllflt'ltlt‘l‘ [lode i’uskcrt to (‘ltlcagu Ac: 300" ATHLETTCS ‘7 NAVX
()utlloldo-A' Fred Williams. On January
4 ”to ”cram: deal was started, when
lionmn tradmi Pitchcr Georlze Tyler 'u)
the (film for Srcond ila‘tttmttn Larry
Doyle and Catcher Art “'iimn. (All
January it the Giants trztdvd Charley
Alerzog to Aloston for Pitcher Alarms
and Doyle. The Brooklynl’ittshurg
Alcal,conlplcted this week ends the
procession up to date, but still more
trades arc in the. air.
Fro-d Anderson and Sterling Stryk-
or. pitchers, yesterday signed their
contracts with the Galnts' for l9l8.
Stryker is a youngster from Atlanta
Highlands. N. .A.. who was taken south
by the- New York club last season and
lutrr farmbd to Rochester. He has
written to the club that he expects to
lti' aken lno he Naionnl Army in the
next draft."
Annapolis Students to Continue Work
in All Branches
A‘NNAPOiJé. Md. Jan. ill—Athlet-
ics are to boom at the Naval [tradeL
my this year as far as war conditions
will permit. Lieutenant-Commander
Charles ti. .\chhortsr. L”. S. 5 new
secretary of the NaVy Athletic Asst)
elation. state.» that every” effort will
be made to carry on the athletic work
of the Naval [Academy to the full ex-
tent of its former schedules. The
midshipmcnt are. however, hampered
by the hallo of their hunted prepara-
tions for acltt's 'aerivcc
The Navy will have full schedules
in baseball and arrangements are be
ing made for three track meets. The
Navy has under consideration races
with its crew; in May or April, but
Anotbint: definite has deuelopcd. Train-
inc. will proceed as usual. and there
will be, in any event, contests among
the sc‘v't-rul crews at the academy.
PRIZE FIGHTERS NEEDED. 1’00.
'1 suppose you're/ very anxious to
becomv a soldier and light for your
country?" said a physician to a robust
young man who came before hlm for
examination. "You look good and l'li
pass you. Do you claim exemption?"
"Well. i should say i do." replied
the robust young man. in an injured
tone. "A wouldn't make a good firht-
it: I'm sick. i am."
"You‘re sick?" inquired the physi-
HOPPE MAY TEACH
Champion Rudy to Give instruction
. to Ionics Mon
sax rtt's. “disco. Jan. Ill—Willie
iioppe. worlds champion billiardist.
may become a billiard instructor in
the army.
"The government is installing bil
("hm-v ”"0“ "1'9"“ “1*” mm” ”W hard and pool tables at all of the ar-
il‘bubll‘?" my amps not only to amuse but lli’
"l'm nervous. doctor." replied the atruct the Samntlcs." gay, Willie.
young malt.
'i on 're nervous?
pat inn?"
"Im a prizellghter."
"Well. In over and win a few prizes
knocking out the enemy and I think
. “The ordinary layman would not be
lieve that billiards could be used as A.
means of developing the precision and
accuraty of tho Sammles‘ eyesight.
but such lathe case. i recently mada
an interesting experiment when ltrled
What's your occu-
your nervousness will wear off. m", shootin.’ and found that my abil-
l’fl-“eEd.” ‘itv to shoot A-‘tralzllt waq over 50 per
. — Event. hotter than that of the ordinary
709 "NE A , Anovicc at he name.“
"Where's 'hat perch that used to "'
lontlnol Want All". keep you in
much with nod. Ilvo. thinking people.
Lana around here?" ‘ ‘.
"0h? he's just tone down the pike '.:o
.. '—.»J- .. .. _ _.._. .
Dominick Tortorich Tuesday that he‘
was perfectly willing to wait until
Washington's Birthday to have his big‘
Francis Charles
fistcuffs at
left hand fling at
“man. now a tutor of
t'aer \\ adsworth
T. e date of the‘ meeting was orig-
toad, m for Jan 2.
'woaid n the able to quit the task of
teaching punch and parry long enough
to prep “’7' for such an able citizen at
' i" t rot soul. Prod. "
'lorto: lch sent a message to Dorlan
' Tuesday telling him that the switch!
to February 2: will not hurt the re-
ceipts. in fut Tortortch added that
th: brut will now fall on the night he
in t.c quaint old city.
Tortorlch estimatelt that there will
flow Oriana from Feb. I! in 2. and
. Wu in M'VMM¢ and
M when they try to Mt.
but Moran all-A
halt: Uld Sobcrsiucs lmrun that llsl
lotto flarJl om hock officially orttls1
be $0.900 "out of town" mono in,
my of'thell are going to be mam
mmmmm-n'am'
Elf‘ANk AND PETE
lN IU NINE UUNTESTE”
fley State Pennant Defend. .
—~A few .
into-hue. slatted into the latter boat.‘
OOLDIEB BILLIARDS .
Billiard Champion Will
Risk Title in Havana
AAAASA lulu
Alli l-‘lllllAl EVE
Changed —From Saturday
3 Nights at Request of For
Who Have to Work Tho
Nights
A
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_..v--— v‘ -
The fli‘rl game here of the NA .'
lmague consisting of Ansonla. Dau-
, bury. Bridgeport and Norwalk, and
which postubly might include Stum-
ford and some. New York state team!
't‘llll be held in the loud armory lv‘A-i»
day night of this Week. when 1’!
Bridgeport team will come to Not-walk
to stack up against the Inca! ligizl‘t‘Kll
tion.
The night of these games hereto-
" fore has been t-‘uturday night l‘llt .._..
hmfl'fi‘lah. I AMP: ing to the fact that many of the fans
“UM-“”4"; °"“ have to work to stores on Saturday
Alfred De Oro. lhc mm "ltihion bil nights and so consequently have to
liard champion w ii l in ( hdllt’a S tell the bout that they have beentakr -n
fills in iiavnm it championship nlili(‘ll hi'fk H Um); Wilmi'il Y0 A?" 09' '0 "‘H
during the midrib. of January. the game. The local companies decided
WEEEAAAAAAA At {.1133 3:13.12mini::2:.:‘::.i.':.‘::.';
till Allis ll
Alli ll AlilNfi Hill
on tnlty to see All' panic..-
A good brisk game i« expected l‘ri-
day night and the fans here will hate
opportunity to ace wllat
:tuff the team in the new In”
made of
[lectures lie V: as Not (liven
a Chance to Bid For (‘ut-
she w and Stengel—Na-
iional Commission Winds
U p Business
so” of
We are
SUNUAT UASEUNTL
UNA ANTNUUUUEN
Assemblyman Kiernatt Br:-
gins Big Drive For Next
Law at Albany
ALBANY, Jan. l0."'-‘B8Hfhflll enthu»
siastsjtgatn are urging the. lmgislature
to enact a law to permit 'Sumlav l‘nmm
both professional and ,A’amateur. after
2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Assem-
blyman Owen hi. Kternan of New
York introduced such a bill and says
that it has a strong backing.
"i don't think a rfln who goes to a
baseball game after 2:30 o'clock on a
Sunday afternoon is any less of a
Christian," tit-clarcd the fntrodurcr.
"Our soldiers in France are the best
bomb llll‘OWt‘l'S amour: the Allin.
(‘l.~(' iNNATl. .lzm. lti,-~t‘h'n'ics
Weetlhlnan, owner of the Chicago Na-
tional League i‘luh who .Attendc}! the"
meeting of the National Commission
which wound up its work here today.
made a bold attack on the National
League macnates when he accused
themlof boycotting him. In a state-
ment made after learning that Chariot
Ebb'c-ts of the Brooklyn club had trad-
edeCutshaw and Stengel to toe Pirates
for ”amour. Grimes and Ward Wrestl-
man said that he would have made a
good offer for the Dodttcr player, but
Ebbets refused to give him a chance
to bid for tht‘m. .
'rué National Baseball Commission
completed its annual nteNing by fin
ishlnu up minor matters which it 'was
unable to dispose of yeltcrduv. Noth.
in: further was announced on the pica
of the National Association for more
cooperation between the major and
minor leagues.
Following the adjournment of thc
Ana. l think we should do everything
to encounter a name. which makes
A'ood soldiers of our youna men."
it is understood that John J. Mo
Grow of the. Giants” and other promi
nent- baseball men will appear before
commission meeting. a short meeting the leArlIlatlve committees here to
was held of the. schedule committees plead for flu Kicman ...-.
of the National and. American frames. A
It was announced that owina to tht
failure of William ital-ridge. secretarv
to President Johnson of the. American
mm, to get herc, nothing was done
on the schedule at this time. It also
was announced that the two commit-
tees would meet in joint session at Do-
ver Hall. Ga . in the near future to
complete th . schedule. A
A few of the baseball men remain-
ed in town utter commission meeting
—BABKETBALC
Armorv. Friday night. Norwalk Vs.
Bridgeport. Reserved seats at Donet-
lv's and Dagon'a.
HAD THE GRIP THREE WEEKS
. With .lanttarv conics la= grlppc. Ln
gorinz colds seems to settle in flat
system, causing one to ache all o'rcr
feel feverish and chilly. tired. llE'iV)
adjourned. There still is considerable and dropping, 5m, Lizzie Tyteg,
ltadc talk in the air. Weenbman of Henderson. Ky. writes: “My dough.
i‘hicaan expressed disallwlntmrm tcr had is grippe for three weeks. i
had the doctor and bought medicine
and none of it did any good. i gave
her Foley's Honey and Tar and now
she is all right. i have told all my
friends about it." lnslnt on the gene
nine Foley's Honey and Tan—Still
.sott'l’oweil Corporation.
that he. was forrrd to return to Chica-
ao without our acod‘news for the
Windv'City tans.
President Tcnor of the’Natib‘nsl
league left for New York as soon as
the meeting of the National Commis-
sion adjourned.
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Why? Become of their baseball train-f
um
UNCLE SAN’S TENNIS
STANS TU UUMPETT
W_|TN UANAUIANS
T‘tt lnitu um _wlll send a rep-
re ' w l i trnnis player-1 to
C(A...px‘itv in an lllletnallollal match at
Montreal on Saturday. for the bent!-
fit of the British lied (‘Aws Julian B.
Sixth-k. Act‘nx l’rm-A'dent of the Unit-
ed Slates l.it‘-\ll Tennis ASSOPAAALLTOB.
announced All" [At-l :21 one] of the Amor-
ir.AAA team yeltcrduy. rm '9 who will
competv aalllltrt ll.» Dominion rac-
ontt uioldt: s o rt “r l‘ti WT... RPM?)-
dt-r , tho lnlf‘lnzt'lilnilllld. and Walter
Sir-trill Hull 01' New York. llliI'fAitl At
Throt-kmortcn of Elizabeth. it'll! NI'
titaniel W. Nilcz-A to ithon. it is 906'
slide that several other names till,
he added to the list before the team
starts for Canada.
The Limit betwtrn the» twirl.- WlJi
arrzmcml at the sandwich t .\. H.
(Arm-r. lit-(Ni!!! nt of All' Mormon! l‘
dr‘or Tennis Club. where the A :n‘esls
\Ai‘l lm held. and is Aite it: 't it‘ll-nu.
ticnttl match that hm been pl't'-'»‘d by
:A-team from thin: country since the
outbreak of the European \i't'3‘. So
E‘. 11th littor- t \'.':l.i il'f)‘l""«’l ‘ey’tha fill
bulanco fund malt-Alta in the United
States that it was timer-ht 'l match be
t'x'ccn (“timid and thin cmm't'v would
old in obtaining fund» for tho Bxltlsb
Red Cross.
The melt selected to co ftom here
are of the. from tank in tennit. lt‘rod-
tick lt. Alexander is one of ill-‘ moat
l-rtfivient rar-mwt wloldors in the
country. While it; has new—r ‘nr‘d the
national slnalca cltamplnna.‘.ip, he has
horn one of the doubles "liturgical
on several Occasions. and is will
known to followers of tennis the coun~
try over. He has played on Autom-
tinnnl lt‘amm and last summt-r direct-
ed the Word of the Ambulance lt‘tlntl
players. as well as pinyin}: In mIIIV
tttchcs himself. V
Harold Throckmorton is one of the
younger school of pla'vér'r.":t dashing
brilliant. rn’cquct wielder.' who. while
an Luster-her. has developed a style
of game that closely resembles the
tau-called Californian tennis. \i'. Mer-
rill Hall woe. tenth ranking player of
the country several reasons illicit. and
Nathaniel \V. Niles. the "lglllll me].-
her of 'thc American team. an.‘ run-
net up to Robert lJndlcv Murray in . .
the National singles tournament of
last summer. it is barelvlposslblo that
Moi-ray. who is living noiv at Niagara
Falls. may on to Montreal on another
member of the ‘iYAlltcrl Stale-t team.
There - is no nnnounccmen' forth.
coming a.0 ret concerttlnc the Can‘
adlan team.
Canadian players have been lost to
the game through the war. and, tho
Dominion is hardlv expec‘td to have
a learn equal to that of thc ll aders.
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MORE GAMES FOR YANKEES
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Will Flay Stoves in Vicinity of South
crn Cantonmenta M.
Hnrrv Sparrow. business manager of
the Yankees. announced
that Business Manhaer llaprood of the
Bot-ton Nationals had booked three
morc games for tho Bravos-Yankee
tralntna Aauntfnoxt spring: April 4 at,
(Amoco-burg, S. 0.. April 5 at Colum-
bia. s. (3.. and April ,
S. C. . .
Camp Jackson, a ‘\'flll0.\'ll Army or
campmcnt, is located outside of Co-
lumbia. rind Camp Sevler. who l Tenn-
essee and Carolina guardsmcn arc in ‘
training. is located all (lrct'tnville.
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