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President Tom Hickey of the Amer
loan Aesofialion announces that be-
fore the season opens he will call his
managers and umpires together and
school them in observance of the new"
‘rule against trick pitching, and he
thinks he can so hammer the lesson
into their head that there will be no
trouble in enforcing the rule and no
efforts at violation of it. Says Mr.
liickey:
"i am going to tell the managers to.
start in with the training season and mu Wm New St W
tell the pitchers that the spiiballl
movement simply will not do. it's!
simply up to the hut-lets to break.
themselves of the habit or quit the‘
league. ldon't think that the latter?
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Hill lllllSEl ill
Pill Tlllllll's
Player, But Waiver Rulel
Is Sure to Keep Him in}
the American League i
alternative will be necessary, with" NEW YORK. FBI ’l.—-Wilbert 30'
his bread and butter depending on binson, manager 0' 1h? 3’00“?“ “0‘
breaking the habit."
slr‘. Hickey predicts that the spitball
will be legislated out of existence in
the next few years. He has received
a number of letters from baseball
men throughout the country praising
the A. A. for its move against the
damp delivery.
Predictions that the rule will be
hard to enfmte are scoffed at by Mr.
lilckey, who says that his umpires
will be on the job to detect any in.
fringement. The first offense. will cost
the pitcher 32:“. and the second viola-
tion will start the unfortunate to the
bench. Those prophets who say the
“winged" balls and those damaged
from contact with the stands or other
objects will serve the purpose of cm-
f‘i‘y balls and file balls, are answered
‘ hi Hickey in this wise:
“All umpire looks at each ball that
has been fouled against a stand or
other object and examines it for
film a. lie thunk-an prevent the re-
turn of a ball to the game. An um-
pire also can judge by the course of
a ball whether or not it has been
tampered with. Emery and spitballs
take. pcrccptible jumps, and if such
n ball is observed by the umpire he
will examine it and throw it out it
damaged.
"There's no getting around this
fact," concluded the A. A. chief.
"When an Association pitcher makes
a good show-ins next season he will
be much sought after by the big
league owners. who will l:now that
them an really possesses native abil-
- fly and is not getting by on trickery
and deception. Consequently A. A.
, club owners should realize good sums
from the sale of such genuine pitching
stars." “v" ‘
' will land him.
' " " is“ amend unseen ‘rmumemttna
,unllutched poultry.
AUTO SHOW POSTPONED ,’
in order to save light and coal dur-
ing the ftelless weeks Manager B. B. m His New Play, "The Man
Steihcr has postponed the sixth annual ‘
automobile and trltck show from l-‘cb-i
mar" 25th to "are“ 211d. to March: Onc announcement
In compliance welcomed by the theatre-goers 0
25th to March 30th.
with the local fucl committee thus giv-
ing the dealers more time to arrangc‘the lrlsh actor-sing". Who ‘9 9°
their display and which will do lug-gap . .-
tlce to the general public. As the cii- edit. "The Man From Wieklow.
route will be more pleasant. also giv-
ing the dealers more. chance to bring "3 309095 "9 laid i
bins, is quoted in a lespatch from‘
Baltimore as declaring that he is try-f
ing to land Fritz Maisel, erstwhile
Yankee, from the Browns to play third
base for his team. _ g
“l have been trying for some time,
to get Maiael," Robinson is quoted as}
saying. "i am very sweet‘ on him:
He was of no use to the Yankees aft!
ter Baker came to the club and his!
being used in the outfield did him noE
good. But' he is one of the cleverest
third suckers in the business, and}
above all he is a run getter. lie cani
get on base nearly as many times as
Ty Cobb can and is only second to;
Cobb in beating out infield hits, as lei
record withthe Yankees, when he:
was at third base. will prove.
"i am not saying for certain that 1?
Third baselncn arc:
scarce and the Browns may not cure‘
to give him up. But i am‘ making
every effort to get him. and President 1
Ebbets of the. Brooklyn club is ready
to make a K001] bid for the player."
Then Robbie goes on to say that if,
he gets hintssl his infield will be lhlu-i
beri, Olson and Maiscl on the bags
and Ward at shortstop.
“Even if the Browns were willing to}
give up Fritz, which they probably
Mlliscl being waiaed out of the Amer-q
lr'm ll’flflll“? None. The White. 80):
would want hlm~—tllt'\' tried to gci him
last year—and the ('lcveinnds. shot to
pieces by the draft. with only the vet: _
ernn Terry Turner on the hot corner,
would never pass him up. Neither.
would Clark Gridlth. and even Connie
Mack would not be averse to getting
a real ball player.
it looks as though Robinson.
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FtSKE O'HARA COMWG
"‘"" i
From!
Wicklow," at Regent Theatre _
Feb. 14‘
that in nlwuys;
f this.
city is the coming of Fisk:- O'llara,_
on to
com-
The
play was written by Anna Nichols and
4 n Wicklow, Ire-
penrhere in his new threeact
their show cars over the road which land. during the early part of the last
will add to make the 1918 auto and 09“““7- 'Mr. 0'
truck show greater, larger and better bit
than any show in New England. Spe-l OHNClflu" writen for the play.
cial prozram of entertainment for each ( “l“ “0 l"
evening during the week. most elab-f
crate decorations and electrical dis-I
plays ever shown in Bridgeport. All
the new type pleasure cars, motor Dt‘lflflled-" M9” in
trucks, trailers, motor cycles, auto cantonments,' in the army “‘1 “
accessories will be on display both at suffer "0
the Casino. ”W"
the sine armory and
stilt-re one price of admission will be 9'10
charged for botllyshows. An interest-
ing feature of the 1913 show will be der to shake into the shoes-
the world talked of trailers and trac- ens the .
tors which Mr. stelber has gone- to and heals blisters and sore spots
quite an expense in order to secure Plattsburg Camp Manual advises meal
this wonderful leythibitlou. Again to. l“ "'ng ‘0 make daily _
automobile Foot-Ease. Sold everywhere, Zoo—l
remind you Bridgeport
and truck show will be held week of Mt?-
ftlarch 25th.
LAWN TENNIS STAR
now BANK TELLER?
SANTA :lONiCA. Cal, Feb. 7.—
lifiss Mary E. Brown. the woman na-
tional lawn tt nnls champion in 1912.
1913 and 1914. has accepted a, position
as teller in a bank here and announced
yesterday that she would not again
compete in championship lawn ten-
nis“, ,. '
(Miss Brown returned to the courts
last year and more than held her own
with Miss Molla Biuratedt in a num‘
ber of matches for the benefit of the.
Red Cross.
in fact, she was generally counted
the best woman mayor in the country.
fimmmmunm
it
Hare will of course.
heardln a number of new songs
Seats
aced on sale Monday.
NAPOLEON'QNCE SAID . .
"A Footsorc Army is An Army Half
training camps, in
mi!
m blisters and sore spots on
feet. Evc'rv "Comfort' Kit"
uld contain one or more
Allen‘s Foot-Ease, the antise
tired, aching, smartlll,
t 4
use of .
Sullivan as He Looked Before His Death;
. H.051! LAME.
The photograph in costume shows him flabby and fat as he was when he entered the ring with James- J.
Corbett in New Orleans in 1892 to lusc- the championship. All a matter of fact Sullivanl’w‘as really at his best
are not. what are the chances "l, only for three or four years, and when he met t‘ortlctt he had long passed him prime. Dissipation had beaten
him.
that
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and His Fat Condition Before Corbett Beat Him
40115.5 Bil.
.-_ . ._.4
John L. Sulivan was a rather im-
posing looking than just
death from heart disease at his home
in West Abtngton. Mass.
of him with gray hair and mustache
proves as much.
heat mind of any pugiiist of recent
years, at least he had developed lu-
tellcclual powers in hi-t later
hetero his
The picture
He had perhtllls the
yeah-
Would have done credit to men
With greater opportunities.
But later. in fact for the. past few years, he had not drunk a drop. its bad wholly reformed.
munch lll
multimillion
Huggins Finds Few of Begin.
' lars Have Returned Docu-
ments to Club—Sent Out a
Few Reminders
NEW YORK, 7.- Secretary
Sparrow oi“ the Yankees
llii ‘l'i'
startcd for
train the health which he lost durina’
,the latr‘l few weeks of New York's frlj
rid “’“llllli'h”. With Sparrow gone. .‘lan ,
tiger .\illlcr Huggins took up the reins:
of LOVHDIflf‘nl and tiiscchred thnt‘hc,
was without a bull club. Tile Yankee,
players have been more backward thunl
cvnr belorr about rcttlrnlng their cull-
tract-l, wit-(h were sent out several;
weeks ago, so the new Yankee lender,
spent the day sending nllt letters rel
minding his elllmberlng talent. to get
busy and invest a little in pen and iukl
and postage stamps. !
Only :1 few of the players on "tel
N. Y. club have holdovcr contracts.
and, while there have been no definit"'
tunes of l‘oldouts. no contracts how!
come in from the regular players and,
”mum?“ is getting along close to the time,
ptio‘W-Jghm
1t"n'éifh- «0201119an
teet—mi's-
Tuck-W 5° ‘
i'ls difficult to understand. it is be-
llllgzins must Complete his M“,
for the «spring training,
Just why the Yankee players]
at dy about signing this season'
lie d that some of them are waiting
NJ
l
tio Ant: ifvtlley .will be taken in “mm of trouble for the rest," continued
tracts which luvstbrel rctume-l acre
from n it-w’ct‘therccruit [flaw in" but
co :ullun-ntto'n has come from .\.-w
le‘k ilearnusrtmlnbout the thI'll
merits which were sent to the rr-t.l.i.lt
It'd/I'M Manager Huggins stated 1".11
he was glrd to get mounts-ca 'of ‘ll’ud-
dy O'Connor. to act it'll coach for the
young pitchers. O'Connor take-l :110
place which was held under the Porn-
Van regime by Duke Farrell. O't‘urr
nor was coach for Hucatnn's playtrs
in St. Louis in l8“ and before that he
did similar duty with the Pittsburgh
lFlorlJn yel‘lPl‘dm’ whert» he will try to club.
Sentiment among the other man-
agers in the American Home shown
that they regard the Yankees a far
more formidable club than last sea-
son. The acquisition of Huggins as
manager and of Dorrill Pratt at. sec-
ond base will work a great change it.
the club. Managrr Claryuce Rowland
of the champion White Box is of the
opinion that the Yankees will be an
important factor in the race this sea-
son. ,
“As far as the Yankees and the
Browns are concerned." says Row-
land, "both teams benefited in their
recent trade. It Pratt considers the
surroundings congenial at New York,
as he says he will. the Yankees will
be greatly strengthened. He was dis-
satisfied with the. Browns. but should
be useful to Huggins. 1 consider that
both clubs were helped by that trade.
It would not surprise me to see both
Maisel and Cullop come back and do
good work in St. Innis;
“The Yankees are likely to make a
. ‘ new.” .. . ., ._
lhllotns eluted that,.i.lw ("Ila ll'n- infield with Pratt at second. Thcir
‘outfield might be better, and undoubt-
gdlv will be before Huggins starts
the season. Huggins is already Very
strong in pitchers and the Yanks will
be a buncll to look out for."
RAILROAD 311.1.
GIVES ram RETURN
'(Continucd from First Page.)
emergency legislation and not the
time ‘to settle: the many contliovcr-
alonal nnd‘vcxcd questlom cont-mum;
our future transportation pol'cl."
Chairman Smith says in prefacim:
this report. He then takcs up the
compensation section and adds:
"About 75 great operating railroads
do over ninety percent. of the rail-
rosd business. The committe be
limos meat of these great railroad
carriers will accept these terms as
just and fair measure 'of their consti-
tutional rights.
“There. has. of course. been much
discussion as to the fullness and
justice of the proposed amount of the
standard return. It is plainly in the
public litters-stand indeed a war need“ thing to Ansonia the other “gm They?
The rights of owners must be tested
by present conditions-not by some
theory of capitalization never made
operative under federal or state law
generally followed by the courts."
Chairmnn' Smith explained that in
case 0‘ controversy 0'" compensauof Jersey City, there was no mentioni
tlou the bill permits an appeal to the
court of claims.
provelnent made. by the Government
while the carriers are under govern-2
ment control should go to the rail-
troads when they are returned to the
,security holders. This should be ar-
ranged through an agreement be-
"ll'cen the carriers and the preSident.
- ”A
Rowland. "They now have a finished m.
The committee rec-
commends the report says. that im-
k
lulllltt. llllllllis
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Alexander Also Wants $12,-
, MW and May BeEx-
5 erupted , For Having Fla
l Feet and Weak Knee
. CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 7.—-Grovr'
iCieveland Alexander. who. with his
ibattery mate, Bill Knitter, cost the
! Chicago h'ationai League baseball
:cluh $50,000, yesterday, declared that
i it he plays with the Chicago team next‘
.seasou he must be paid a salary of
:812,000 a year and a bonus of 310.000
, for signing Alexander, who some time
, ago became a holdout, stopped off here
:on his way fromvxobraska to Phila-
idelpbls He denied that be and Ir.
i Weeghman had ever reached an agree-
imt-nt concerning a bonus of terms for
1 next season.
. Alexander said he had hea'rd sout-
tog of his claim for exemption from
the draft. and said he would not press
his claim. He said that when he was
examined a notation was made of the
fact that he had flat feet and a weak
knee, but did not know whether these
.delects would bar him from army duty.
“SCREEN SHORE”
There will be no game this week in
:thc Armory because of the Eagles‘
bail on Friday night. The manage-
ment did not wish to play on any oth-
‘er night. as it would not be satisfac-
tory to a large number of fans. The
withdrawal of
cued out for a week or moréi‘T"
part of the weekdtut may
ed later." u iteyovnoa saw biir
Ansonla seems to lack the punch
that is such a ueces tf-a winning
team. They 1111);. Y . hell of stars
performing for t , but, while they
all work brilliantly ,as indiVlduals. the
team-work and pen, that is so notice-
able in other teams. is altogether miss-
vlull. Until they conquer their desires
to show up as stars, they cannot hope
«to be a winning aggregation, They
lcould all aflord to follow the example
’of Captain Murray, of Norwalk, who
itirelessly works for the team and not
lfor individual honors.
in talking over the basketball sit-
lu’atlon the other day. and casting
about for a suitable situation to place
fine Danbury franchise. a fan was
illeard to remark that Middletown Wu":
lalways “crazy" about the game. Nat-
'urally.
; Norman and Beckman didn't do n
lonly scored about 35 points against
‘them. practically in the second half.
{and beat them, 40 to 23'.
l in looking over the possible lineup
iof Dehnert. This is a 300d chance for
Norwalk to secure a man who would
fill the vacancy to perfection.
The new team will also be without
.tbe services of Hahn, when they open
Vin Jersey City. He was the only local
man in the league.
There is every chance for Ackcr to
the teams. ~
Danbury from ‘Qkanqfiujflmtor the purpose, the uni: ,
league naturally caused quite .laswfflMiM-‘MPB and all \zcessories for.
of confusion that will not befitfflk'm‘flu “5""; new can be carried in"
' 1 :‘Diavfhcontenience to the players.
game will probably MWW‘W
l
- . Ishoulderlng all the work behind the
A good 36'. web“! in the but secure a regular berth with om.- ot hat. The substitute catcher tonne
:GARRY HERMA’NN
OPTIMISTIC _
Baseball is in for a big year. thinks
August Hermann. if conditions in
Cincinnati are any criterion. “An tlv
‘ustratlon of what may be expected in
taseball this coming season is afford. ’
d in Cincinnati" Hcrrman said in div. I
suing the subject.
‘ ‘ Yea" it ha.- been a custom in
Cintinnall lui' people to give their -
friends as Christmas presents seat!
for the opening game of the ileum.
The sale this winter has exceeded that
:of any for a number of years. lines
1912, in fact, and may be regarded a.
'signillcant, considering that these etc
war times. Interest in major league
’baseball generally was well unintuiti-
;ed last season, in view of the M
tied condition due to the entrance 3! .
this country into hostilities. and by.
spring I look to see the country ado '
just itself to a more nearly normal
basis ’ l
i “1 do not anticipate that the govern.
lien: control of railroads will operate
to interfere with the conduct of the
pastime I am confident the author!-
ties will adopt a reasonable attitude in l
regard to baseball, and/ft is new .
that those running the germ will a
everything in their power to lighten
the burdens of the transportation
lines. The abolition of things nun- ”A
btr of trunks usually carried by every
club will be one way of doing this.
All or the National League clubs and
there or the American L'ttgue. too, I
understand, will require their player!
to carry their own uniforms. They,
will practically be obliged to, for no
team could ah'ord to run, the risk at
being without uniforms owing to the
failure of the baggage cars to arr-tr.
on time. in the likhl.‘l-:tcel cam
nl"‘Anotller saving that will be efieetv
Veil by the clubs this year is 1n the mat.
ter of players'carrying from 22 to 25
men around the circuit all season he
can limit his squad'to only the 15 or
16 actually needed and leave the nth--
ers at home subject to call at any time,
should soul-’cthing develop to nab
their services required." ‘ ‘
PRATT RETURNS HI8
CONTRACT UNSOGNII
ST. LOUl'S. Feb. 7.-Del Pratt. the
big second baseman. who recently we:
traded by the Browns to the Tallinn.
has returned his unsigned ooutroct to
the New York club. With the our’
tract be enclosed a letter em
his disappointment at the offer anal.
him. While Pratt refused to mm.
the salary offered by the New York
club. it is underatod that his contract
called fertile same salary he drew! ~
from the Browns during the last three " '
.years, under a war time WM“. ' .
.The contract is the second received by"
Pratt this winter. . . ,
in returning the contract Pratt told
Colonel Ruppert that he preferred not;
to sign, even if his salary was W ,
fed. until after the action for 5}“th -
'against Phil Ball, president of the:
Browns. had been settled.
l ousLow stone controller ,
l Jack Onslowusigned his season's conga
tract with the Giants yesterday. Our.
slow is the veteran catcher obtaluodf
iby the New York club from Bum
late last season, at a time. when It ,
’ McCarty was out of the game with "
injury and when Bill Rariden was
played with the Detroit Tigers.
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