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France Has More Than Made,
Up Ills Losses by Enlist-i
mental—Should Make Pale
Hose Lads Hustle—47ml
donl Confident Team Will}
Finish' ' One-Tito " '
The Red Sox‘ore going to come back.|
t :‘hfiznissho 8:11:23: orgasm hue .At Least Not When It Comes i“
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wail: of lb; City of Culture. m yl :3 WH$N913
l‘lll rlxtlfte’thgi: 31:32: odlflmnf Sure About lt—Hard For :
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lion of prominence, they held so re-z m t0 Understand
cently remains to be seen. but it is 3' Failure to Meet Hi8 De-
fact that they have a bright chance. l mand
Following the close of the 1911 sell-1
a.
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major league club owners were betel
last week they put thetr‘aoads logetll-T
er and compared notes on the holdoutsi
among their players. They were so
surprised at the stubborn attitude off
the players over the general cuts’
; which were made in all-salaries thatf
‘ 'ono club owner believes that there is'
son the Red Box were greatly wPakeli- No one blamed Branch Rickey for 9°” understanding “1°33 the P‘W'l
ed through the loss of playing talent. the unheard of demands ho'made of "5 to refrain from “8"” “’1‘“ they i
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New Manager of lloston White Sex. i
.GLENBBOO_ ”K tumors
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+4. B‘iflow’ 'former president of the i Q '
”md’ifi‘ofiifib? ' ‘°°°""““"’"“"°"‘""“ 7' Pm if
c. tissue band of motors, the First Cont-4 That there w be an orwabu’all.‘
m sutcfflxl incl: Barry. who has gon
'intu Iii» navy. He has a wile exper
err» in baseball as managt‘r of team
5 r . mm; leagues oi the lust
\‘i’lv- i the international League whic’
to (ad kept logistic-r 31hroug‘h the
Fidel-ill League fight, reduced his sal
ary from {7.000 a year to 82.50) be: .
b-i skis.
pssyvbasketball 'team traVelled to
,Gle'nbrook, last night, and took the
éworst trimming of its career at the
{hands of the Glenbrook Junior League
team oi that place. The score wa'
fonlv 54 to 8. The Norwillk lads la
the cause of their defeat to the fat
ltllhl they bavsrhsd but little practic:
: in the past few weeks. but this hardli
‘ excuses the large score that was hung
up‘sgafnst them. Biackman, Church.
. Stirling, Meeker and Mason composed
, i the Norwalll lineup, and these are as
once of ball pl (on the market
before the East ’ prion on
the 1918 season, iadicatu by n-
”ilt communion: received by m
‘eut James '1‘. 's. of the New .
':lven clubfiPratQXy every mall '- .7
' at of letters “3"
rail ‘l'
:he genial Jim from various mil-DI“
league club owner; throughout tho
country who are eager to unload some
of their best talent upon the lantern
champions. This state of slain is.
f:
'l‘wolve members of the team entered I
sonic branch of liucle Sam's service
and President Harry Franc saw his
erstwhile great machine on the verli‘
of collapse. it was up to Frozen to
plug up the gripping holes in his player
' roster or face the alternative of put-
1
ting a slip-shod club info the 1918
race.
He Has Succeeded. 1
So Pram got bully, like Charley
\Veeghnlan. he hopped into the plaver
mart with n fistlul of greenbacks and
determination to rehabilitate his club
at any cost. And he has succeeded.
In one .big swap Frau-e parted with
three mediocre players and $60,000 for
which he got Schultz, Strunh and
Bush from Connie Mack. Later he grab
liPd Stufly hiclnnis as a wind-up to the
the Giants and Cuba some time ago in ”'0 Pl“ ill? 5.11“" "WY 1’90?le
discussing the possibilities of a deal last mm.
which would take Roger liornsby Last year the slaver- luld an asrw
away from the Cardinal. THEM not to sign because of the in
When Rielley demanded Fletcher.
the Giants or Alexander. vwgnan and owners resulted in greater demand for;
slooooo from the Cubs for the servic- their service- than usual. At the
es of Hornsby. he was simply kidding close of last season when it was in l
the Giants and Cubs. He never pet» evitable that war conditions wouidf
milled himself to dream of such we force the club owners to reduce sal'i
sided trades, but he was tired of see ‘ dries, it is stated that the players 0'
int: printed reports of monstrous of. more than one club banded together,
fers for his star shortstopper, and he and decided to fight the reduction bv
simply exploded. flaking their own street time uboul'
The life of the club owner is not so signing this spring.
easy as some folks believe and when a That is why there are so many uni
club has n player of Horisby'll ability “de my"! in the “1130? leagues.
who is making demands in the way of Usually at this stage of the season
salary it is pretty tough to have some most of the veteran players are in
“We'd?“ "W33 "95““ that “‘5 b‘lll'rriVul club owner come along with bids line. but it is signifiCant that the only:
club is as strong today as it was at the
start of the in)? season.
'With Joe Busll added to the pitch-
ing staff Boston has it formidable ar-
l'iiV of hurlers. Mays, Foster. Jones.
ltuth, leopard and Bush represent a
norm of" pitching strength. Wallle
Schang, on» 01 the best catchers in
the game. will be first backstop, with
Cody, Agnewnnevinc and Manor .in,
line for the, secoud'string job.
The Box infield will miss Jack nar-
ry but with-Mclnnls. lloblitzel. Scull.
Wagner, Thomasu Gill and Gardner on
hand, a fast infield combination can
be built up. And who could ask for a
more consistent looking trio of out-
iieiders than ‘liooper, Strunll." and
Walker? ,j,
Yea, b0! Q'how Red Sox certainly
look niiglllluigpod now, and tlley'llba.
very mucll': ‘ the wav if comiskey’s
world's . pious right from the
start. if they should come back. it will
occasion nosufprise. :1
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Order For Contgtrlpt of Court Adludg—
'_ mitt Dismissed
NEW YORK. Feb. 20.—'l'lle ordcr.
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under whichfl. 1!. H8299. pr'dhfdefll: -
ol‘ the Boston American lien ' ‘
was directed to show cause why he
should not be adjudged in contempt of
court, was dismissed yesterday, when
it was announced that he had paid”,-
400 to the Baseball Players’ Frater-
nity. '
This slim covered the judgement ob»
tallied by the fraternity against .thc
Boston club, after the players' organi-
zation had taken over the claim made
by Burt liaglrrman, a pitcher, fol-salt
ary he asserted was due hint because
he had been let out in violation of his
contract. Lawyers for both sides to.
day agreed ’0 the dismissal of the con-
~tcmpt order,
Cooolws BLUFF» ,
FAN PASSES ON
New York baseball fans, at the op-
ening of the championship seasonfi
will miss one dearly beloved and pic-
turesque old figure. George West-
brook was buried in Calvary Cemetery;
from his late home at 136 West 109ml
street. He had died two days prevl-Z
only at St. Lawrence . Hospital, of;
blood poisoning.
George Westbrook was
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one of the l
‘ most popular lieutenants of Harry M.
Stevens. Indeed, he was the first hendf
waltcr'the millionaire caterer engaged,
when he first entered business 'twen-,
ty years ago. and never left Mr. Stev-'
ens” employ. His courtesy and alfabll-
by son won him a host of friends
among baseball followers. For more
than a decade George Westbrook has
been all much a part of the Polo
Grounds atmosphere as Coogan’s
’Blulls, , f g
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POTATO“ 6081' MORE Hint.
BOM‘ON, Feb; 20,—!" England
cities'are paying from omnarter‘to
one~half cents a pound more for potlv
tom than other large cities east of
Chicago. reports of the United States
Bureau of Markets lme showed .todoy
Grocers and provision dealers wet“.
selling potstoel oil a small Isl-ail at
allocation apoudnbohtmssropsmd
.but small supflios coming in“) tho '1' ,
it .
ml market Muted
any reduction
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'come ont'wltil a flat demand for a $10.- paihy which is llsuallv with them will
or reported bids. that are calculated players signed in the two major.
to make the player swell up like awar leagues now are those on a few clubs
balloon with importance. Such tactics whose. unusually good work last year
simply malls trouble for the club own- protected them from the general cut
er who happens to be the goat, and, in‘ in pay. . ‘
tho long run, they do the flavor more, The club owners at their meetinlzs
harm than good. here discussed the salary I-‘qllefillofl at
Won Deserved Praise Esome length. and thevlpolnted out
Take Homby's case. Young Roger that the hall players do not seem to
well rdeIIérved praise throughout the realize that this country. is at war
country for his great work as a shon- and that conditions are not what they“
stop and be naturally felt pretty good would be in normal times. The pub,
about it. He was entitled to more He uttitudc toward baseball players
money as a member of the Cards, and who are holding out for more money.
tilt-re is no doubt that the 8f. bouts will be much the some. n prominent
club intended and espe'ctedto give him baseball man pointed out yesterday.
9 ,lmndsome increasv in 9-an this 'ns their attitude toward llrtilling em-
WM'. Bill» WM (1093 Roger do but ploves in other occupations. The gym-
000 salary. ' ,be missing this year. . 1-; ,
The St. Louis club bulked. it did nr-t There is on unders'; I S Brim“
wont t5 be but ill' the light lit being th'é‘clttb owners that no on will be.
dictated to by an erosion». and Horns— made to compromise will? ~ lie players;
by was notified that his demands who are holding out by prearranged
were out of reason. Then Hornsby ment. The salary reduction decided
slated to the world at large that if he upon by the various . clubs was not;
didn't get $10,000 for wearing a Strcafl‘lad out until after due delibcrzl'_
Louis uniform he would not play ball. lion, and it was one of the most 1111-,
Alt soon as some of the other National pot-lam of arterial features. :
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Lennie club owners got wind of the
trouble they commenced making bids CUBS NEED'HIM
iorHomsby. and they could not be _
wnilvnlt’s CLAIM :
‘TO DRAFT BOARD.
memoir wanting him. But liming
notes would mahe tbeirbids on the Q.
T. they'd save a world of trouble and
would get‘better results. - Whors a club
1‘ cc" advertises his bids for players
and then falls to land them he'stirs up
unfavorable impressions among the
fans in his own town and helps moire
trouble all around.
"The average ball player is entitled
to all that be can get, and the aver-
age player generally gets all that he is
worth to a ball club.
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CANADiAN FREIGHT couossrlou.
Harry Weaver, the recruit pitcher:
of the “5050" rule.nccordingto an an,
important part in New Haven's win-
ning of the Eastern League pennant
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last year. feels that he is needed to_
pitch the Cuba to it National League.
pennant and therefore he should not
he asked to go to war.
A few days ago, so the story goes,
Weaver was baled before the draft'
board in his home town, Warrean, Pa.‘
He immediately asked to be exezn ted3
MONTREAL» 0112.. Feb. 20,—Cana- became the Cubs had a splefldid
dinn railway officials today “I“ to chance to win the pennant and need”
Washington a warning that an in- ed every man available. Weaver’si
crease of freight “New“ “" the 1‘” plea fell on deafening ears, however,’
ternational 1’0“!“ i“ resulting "a" and the former Beau Brummel of Saw.
President WNW!“ proclamation ’9 in Rock submitted to a physical exam-7
(with! EXPO" “‘1 131W" ““3”“ on motion and passed. He is now nerv-
shipments valued “' "1°" than ”00' oualy awaiting the call to nciive
They asked whether some srrangr- service. .
ment could not be worked out where-
by the ears already cnroute might not i!
be accepted by American railroads. _: ‘ adv. W! be“ in the ”“
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House .' rue mu m
NU“ ucmv—
'pesdlnx baacball‘ strike. and they‘d. _
Burns, ’Kaull, Scbupp grid cash from found that this gtbreat to the rlubfr
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HILLS
IDE LOSES
T0 WYKEHAM ltlsn
A vcrvv interesting game of basket-
ball we plaved'ai 1hr Hillside School
on Saturday between the teams of the
flunitio Seltooitld Lu'ylgellam lilac.
C l1 ectieut. The teams
Wu ‘lllii, lots,
of the two schools" were very wcll
matched all :0 almond experience and
played a game which was unusually
exciting because of the closeness of
the score.
The visiting loam arrived at the
school it llll'o lit-fore twelve o'clock
and [impaired immediately for the
garlic which was . played scon nitcr
twelve. The large gymnasium of the
Hillside School nffords splendid opporv
«unity for such names and during tho
winter hail hi on the or one of most of
. the :irls‘pumewpinved in the town. ‘
Tile'opposingltesmsi Wt'FEJIIMP up
ah‘Tollowsi" - "l“ . '.
For \ereilitmmiee,
Forwards: L. Russell. A. Howell.
Centers: K. Stiles, l-Z. llero.
Guards: M. Taylor. A. Clark.
For Hillside: '
l-‘l'rvl'ardn: ll. Taylor. " "inittner-
Centers: i‘. Lot-kill, G. Taylor.
Guards: M. Prowitl. J. Alexander.
The game was charcteri'sed by some
,cxceptionally good playing and' basketf
throwing and by the unusual quickness
and accuracy of both teams. The lllil-
,slde girls had the advantage in the
basket throws. especially through the
agility and accuracy of Helen Taylor.
of Westportn- ”A” splendid play was
made also by Frances Lockitt, of Baby-
lon, Long Island. who was very not-
’ sible for the trouble. ;
school songs were sung and plans made ties, will be able to hold their own with
for later basketball games and for
, the song contest between the school:-
in the spring.
ARE PLAYERB’ON STRIKE?
Small Number of signed Contracts
olm also to til. Belief
NEW YORK. Feb. 20.~.\laior league
club owners who compared notes here
during the schedule meetings last
week l't'L'ai'illnit holdollls among their
little“. or: incllnctl to believe there
is an organized llolriout lilovclzlcnt
among some of the players, according
to reports in baseball circles.
The manazemcnl of lllc Ncw York
Yunkcm has so for failed to announce
the signing of ii single plth’l‘. and It
in bciicl’cd no more than live or six
members of the team have signed.
The moves, Dodgers and Phillies are
said to bare less than ten .playero
apiece signed for 1915 and it! is re-
portctl that “'ealel'n't‘lubn are also
having trouble lining up _ their men.
Tile general reduction of salaries
'azrecd-on bv the club owners as a
war time measure, is said to be respon-I
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accuses suoxsa or sauces .}
GAME. l
NEW YORK. Fab. 20.——-Philip l-‘.‘
Kaatel. a curb broker. and his wife:
Maude Edna Kastel. are held here on
a charge of attempting to extort
money from Paul 2. Heller, a million.
nire steel manufacturer of Newark. S.
H. According to Heller's allegation,
. :(asiel :tht a trap for him.
which in-,
1:92: 21:13; qu:$:::fi3: mic??? eluded finding ,Helier in Kastelu apart-
p ' ' 6 meat with Mrs. Kastel at Midnight.
the fly. The Hillside girls. however,
did not equal their opponents in
in the second half, although they held
the aeranlaszv during Awe-thirds M
lhe‘game. The final score was ell-:3
in favor of vaeham,‘ ,, Needless to
say the liillsidc team has gone into
thorough training so that bv the next
game they hope to add endurance and
wind to their good throwing.
The players of both schools enjoyed
the garlic heartily as did the specta-
tors also. After the game luncheon
was served in the dining room of 'the
Homestead and a social hour was ‘9“!
land ltntil time Jor the departure of
the ii'vkchilm girls at four o'clock.
t-n-‘
rdnrzlnce and were tllererorc defeated
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When the plan went through. Heller;
alleges. Kaitft‘l filed suit for divorce;
from bits. Kastel. naming him as co;
respondent, and then offered to drop?
the matter upon payment of $20,000. '1
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want costs u. a. sass a sacoslo.’
Every clock tlch costs us over $532!
in our first year's conduct of the war.‘
This equals $33,333 $4 is minute.‘
$2,000,000 an hour, and about one bil'.
ion and a half a month just for the
United States alone. But we shall get:
some 'of it back. for we have been;
sending our Allies at the rate cl about;
l'lilltt"t"l million and a half dollars a?
day.
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, good players as could be picked in the
. city.
; iltghsehool girls did much better than
the boys. but they, too. were compelled
to taste the bitter dregs of defeat.
.T’be soon,
geloscsess ot the game. and close it
'certainiy was. Their opponents, the
i Glenhrosk 6W Club. knew that the!
had been in a battle. for the local girls
forced the play all the way.
game was not over until the last while
ed some excellent teamwork, and with
l —Sentlne1 Want Ads Sure to Pay.
due. in part, to the utter collapse of
some of the most prominent leagues..-
'in the country, '
the NONI“, Harry W. Stahlbefer, vice-pres”
of the Evansville club of the Cantu I
league, is the latest mogul to ' '
business with the New Haven malt
moment. Stahlhef'r writes that ho
has fillie- players to dispose of an! 1
that he will auction them olr to the
highest bidder. included in . the M ‘
are some of the best known who! V
league stars in tho country. Tbeso
piayers,,uccordiag to Stalker-arm!
being disposed of because there is lib
tie prospect of the Calm! Loam ol-
cning its gates during the coming no.
son. He stipulates that any plant .7
disposed of will he sold under e“,
tions that he is not called in, the mt ?
army draft. . . ‘i
la the preliminary.
21 to 19, indicates the
and the
tie blew. The Norwidit girls display,
a little more practice, which is now
greatly hampered by a lack of facili-
any girls' team in the state. The Nor-
walk team consisted of the Misses lia-
ger. Ferris, McClane, Bodwell, Mcv
Million and Coley. It. would, indeed.
be didicuit, to specify an individual,
star of the game for. while one might
show to better advantage than the
other in the scoring columns, never-
theless. all played with equal ability
and contributed greatly to the general
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PAT 0N “lNFORH‘AL”
NEWV HAVEN, Conn. Feb. ”an-ll
explanation of the now stand on“
taken by Harvard. Yale and m
as the result at tbe‘eonderancs among
team-work. “—- 1; Dean Le Baron Briggs, m. m,
COLUMBIA CREW Emu am???“ a... m
MAY MEET YALE . “3;", ,2?“ glen-:11? I“; .
clares that sport at the three oolloiha
will be continued on an informal hug. *'
with the exception of schedules. 8. '
in the race for the Childs Cup, which. adds that the term informal" has M
will probably be held on Carnegie misinterpreted.
Lake, Princeton, early in May, the (“’15-
lulnbia varsity crew flyi'ldeet"1‘alrl
ind Harvard in dual minimal
iii-31o reports at malignant-ind
NEW YORK. Feb. 20.‘-—ln addition
to rowing Princeton and Pennsylvania
'iTlllll ls llllllll
”my. ; . _
The race for the Childs Cup Ll rirtn- ', "St W m
ally ""3““ and ' it “ understood Here's Grandmother's Recipe to Mike '
that if the poo like is and new Lon.
don regattas 8:8 nofioatlnued which; an ”6 Notify Faded ya" x
. ' I That beautiful, even shade of doth, ’
seems probable, arrangements will be glossy hair can only be had by brew» . .,
made for rates between Columbia and ing a mixture of Sage Ten and" luf- .
both “‘1‘ “d H“"'"“' phur. Your hair is your ' charm. it
"" makes or mars the face. When it
SOME sCARClTY OF LABOR. ‘ f M'lwl'nfl’gny or streaked; M a
wasnmo'rox. l-‘eb. 20.—0f twelve ”it Mascot two-of'Snge and Int;
agencies reporting today to the #350931. upeiflm its appearance a ban-j
of Labor Statistics. only two. Bridge 'MMI"’ ""’" ' . . ' "d V:
port and .‘s'ew Haven.conn.. said there Don't bother to prepare new.
was any shortage of labor. Boston. ture; you can get this famous omit“!
Providence, Sew York. Philadelphia foe improved by the'sdditlon of othp'
Cincinnati, Cleveland Milwaukee, Clll- mnedients for 30cm" a large bulls.
eagoupetroit and St. Louis, reported "1 "My '0' “'9- 1! ‘3 called W
sulcicnt labor for all present our: Sage and 301W (7va - 7*
poses. John B. Densmore, director of can “'3" be 6'99““ uponto m
the United States ,Womem Servr back the natural color and lustre *
ice. said most calls for labor were (-1-. your hair. . .
sggmled and frequently asked for» Everybody uses, "wyetll's moons.
several times the number of men so Sulphur Compound 3" Maw,“
ma", needed. ‘. darkens so naturally and evenly in“:
nobody can tell it has been a _
You simply-dampen a spoon or
brush with it and draw this tbr ‘
the hair. taking one small strand
a lime; by morning the gray burg
disappeared, and after another a
ction it becomes beautifully dark ‘
appears glossy and lustrous. _
ready-touse preparation is adellgll
'tollct, requisite for those who - ~
dark hair and a youthful appears“
it is not intended for the core, M
tion or prevention at disease.—
CORPORATlON BLANKS PRINTED.
WASHINGTONJ Feb. 20.-—Corpora-
tion excess profits tax return blanks
were reecived today at the Treasury
from the Public Printer and distribu-
tion to revenue collectors was begun.
Blanks for individual and corporation
excess profits reports probably will be.
reeuiy for distribution tomorrow. '
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