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. Reiterate intention of Start--
ing Season May 22-430"
Egan Talks!" With Club
0wnere~thhing Definite
Appears Regarding Prov-
idence Circuit
SPRING-HELD. Mass. Feb. 23.-
'The club owners of the Eastern
league athered here yesterday aler-l
noon for a meetinglattbe Cooley Ho-
tel, but aside until discounts among
themselves the outlook for baseball
throughout the circuit for 1918. as
viewed by each individual since their
last meeting in this city January ll.‘
almost one and a half months ago, did
little to change the situation in til-r
minds of the baseball fans. They re-
iterated their intention of Operating
on eight-club league. and aside from
‘ the fact that a club will not again be
placed in Lawrence, gave no further
hint of a change in the present cir-
cuit for the 1915 campaign.
A” Of the clubs, WWI the "“9““ kept out of the select set of pennantQ “‘5 “Pawn without Second Baum;
of Hartford. were represented at the winners Hint-e 1909 because of weait‘GOOl'Se Cutshaw and Right Fielder
session. it was understood that Own-
er James H. Ciarkin of Hartford was
called to New l'Ork Thursday on bnsl‘ t9t8 training show that Jennings will. "I‘D” Uncle Robbie believes that his
to rebuildl
eat at the meeting. if he found it poa- his pitching staff. lie is going mi than last year
ness and that he intended to be pres.
cibie to return in time. but as he did
not appear it was thouaht that he in March and he hopes that he can: DOdgcrs changes his mind in tile my
failed to finish his New York affairs in develop enough new material to tide} near future after the s I
due season. Dan O'Neil presided at
the session. and the following were The delcnsive ability of the Tiserlmxhibition games with the
New has been good. And their ability to Red Sox. the re
T. Collins. New score runs has been better but no ball. will be lined in t
present : George ll. Prest,
London: James
“Haven ; C. P.
Worcester; John A. Fylnn, Laurence;
bl. J. Garrity. Portland. ' .
Owing to a delay in the arrival of
nuns, the meeting did not get under
way until almost 4 o'clock, as many
of the club owners were unable to ap-
pear at 2 o'clock. the hour set fat
I toe session. It was declared after the
meeting that Robert W. Emmons, 2d.
who backed the. Lawrence club in that
cityiast year, was willing to go ahead
and finance the club again the coming?
season in another city. the inference
being that in view .of this the circuit
was complete, unless something no-
expected developed with relation to
the Portland franchise. .5 .5 a. , 3.;
Jack Egan. who managed thigh-ovi-
dence club in the international League
‘ last year. was present at the session.‘
though he did not arrive until 5
o'clock in the afternoon. Asked if he
was on hand looking for a franchlsd
in the Eastern League to place in
Providence. he declared thut'he was
there looking the situation over, but
not he was in no way prepared to
take an Eastern league franchise and
place it in the Rhode island capital, :13
that city was in the international
League-and the international League
a: present was milking every effort to
continue its organization. He pointed
out that recent stories were to the ef-
fect that the international was taking
new to carry on baseball this summer
at a six-club league
Mr. Egon went into the Eastern
League meeting and inikcd with the
club owners. but nothing Wfl‘. said at
' file close of the session as to who: the.
nature of the talk was or whether it
rflght have any future bearing upon
- t‘le make-up of the Eastern League. .’ i
p it was also announced that the East-
cm league had filed territorial claim
to three ciiies, Waterbury. iloiyoke
and Pitthliield. the idea being gathered
tilat it was possible that the lmlvronce
fsanchise might be placed in the best
one of those three cities in order to
complete the eight clubs. The club
owners voted to adjourn until Mon-
day, March lS,‘when they will again
meet to further plans for the opening
or the season, which is so: for May 22.~
The presence of Jack Egan of Provi-
‘ deuce at the session to some conveyed
the idea that there is more than a rc—'
mote possibility of that city being ill-Ii
cluded in the Eastern League next-
soason. Despite the reports of- ai-'
_ tempts to reorganize the international“
upon a sixciub basis, the feeling willl
not down that the former Barrow ctr-i
cult will not get under way again ”1‘3
reason. in that case. as has bum
pointed out in this column tit-fore. the
l‘l'otidence people want and should
have baseball, and will naturally turn
to the Eastern league to give it to
form. it is felt that something more
crfinite may be cted at the meet
int. next month, th ugh no one of the
directors would say anything beyond
the report that was given 'ou: .nt the
close of the league meeting.
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VALOMI nears aura.
_ nos'rox. Feb. 21—May villas: of ,
*‘ . New York defeated Tummy also ofi
flew Haven in a that twalv
”at here yesterday. Vaim f
stating. ‘
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Jennings Mailing Desperate
EEorts to Dig Up Likely
Moundmen—Twelve Can-
didates to Go'to Texas-
Maybe a Phenom or Two
Will Be Uncovered
For several years the Detroit Ti.
gel-s have felt a crying need for pitch:
0TH
For some reason or other Hughie'
Jennings has been unable to dig up
pitching talent of major league calibre
and. although he has had a strong, ag-
gressive fielding and batting club in
the field for years. Detroit has been
pitching.
The plans of the Detroit club for
make a desperate effort
take twelve pitchers to Waxahachie
the team over,
Lane. Jr., Bridge-i club can be it consistent winner with-'
port;' William id. Carey. Springfield; out pitchers who can go in there and Cheney,
’Edward F. Smith and M. J. McMahon. win 10“"9‘001‘3 games. And this is what Coombs and Russell.
Detroit has lacked.
Covey About Throu‘gb
ihluss. Boland. Mitchell. Cunning-
ham and Coveleskie make up Jen-
nlngs' bill“ of regulars. The first
ibrccnamed stand a pretty fair
chance of doing most of the work for
the “go” this year unless ‘Hughit‘
Iincovors some new stars. for Cove)’
is said to be just about through.
Dauss is the best the Tigers have
now. Among the youngsters who will
go South are Erickson. Flnnrran. Hail,
Knilie. Poisen and Jonts, Finneran be
ing the only one known to big league
fins.
Out of this array of talent Jennings
ill let: a wiimrn‘g‘staff or pitchers,
lib succeeds,’ the Tigers" will prom--
lily be there fighting for n first-divi-
sion berth, for they are not in the ba-
blt of making discouraging starts. as
they did’in lill'l. Otherwise the Tig!
may have tough sledding.
Tile make-up of the. i’t‘st of the
team may be much the iill'lb‘ all last
year thotllb Jennings may make a
change at first base. Lew Blue and,
Bob, lressen will battle George Burns
for the; job. Young and Jones are the
lending second base candidates, while
Vilt seems assured of third and Bush
is nnchorc'd at short. . With Cobb.
Hellman and Vcach in the outfield the
Tim will be strong as usual. George:
Maisei. E. Miller and 'C. F. Walker|
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Bobbie Believes Brooklyn
Team Will improve a
Whole Lot
Although the Brooklyn National
league club will be a trifle up against
it this year owing to three first-class
pitchers going into the National
army, Uncle Robbie of the Brooklyn
team has high hopes that his team
will be in the running when the 1918
Idrive for honors in the National league
gets under way. This team has lost
Edward Pfeifer. Leon Collars and
‘Sherrod Smith though enliltmont
i and tile-Brooklyn will begin the corn-
.Casey Stengel. recently traded to the
Pittsburg Pirates. in face oi all these
team will play much better baseball
1 Unions the fleshy manager of tilt:
pring training
Ark. and the
Boston
gnlar Brooklyn team
his manner:
Marquard
Mitchell.
[stunts at Hot Springs.
Pitchers
. Mamallx,
Grimes Grimer.
l Catchers—Jimie Kruger, Otto Miller
Band Muck Wheat.
infielder-s — llaubcrt. Olson. ill
Myers. Ward, O'Marg and O'Rourke.
Outfleldcrs~Zacb Wheat Hickman
mm- “iii Willi: nil"
:at (‘am p shclby here late yesterday.
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RACING Ar MARYLAND
Persons who are in close touch
with the racing interests in Maryland
admit that the lower branch of tin:
legislature will defeat the bills legaiin
ing pariemutuels and the collection of
a daily tax. They say that the rertl
light for t“'.itencc will be made tr.
the senate. shore the vote is expected
to be very close. The track owners
are facing the bittcrest opposition in
in the history of racing in that state
The reformers have aroused much
feeling and are said to be spending
money freely to carry on their cruv
aadc. if racing in Maryland is saved
it will be a close at, according to lead
ing Baltimore politicians.
BOXlNG RESULTS AT
CAMP WADOWORTH
liATTl.ESBURG. Mass" Feb. 23,-
Sergeant Bob Month of West Virginia
a member of the ('amp Shelby mili-
tary police, knocked out T. -P. Mealti-
goli or New York, heavyweight cham-
pion of Camp Wadsworth, 8. C., in the
foutlil round of their tenrroond mt!)
liurney Williams of Camp Wads-
worth retained his litio of featlwr-
weight champion of the army and
M‘.)' when he was given the decision
over liud l‘rrrill of Camp: Shelby at
the t ml of a ten-round hour.
in the divisional finals three in-
diann soldiers, in training at Camp
and Johnston.
it is figured by Robbie that his!
strongest inneld combination is;
Daubert. Olson and Myers on the base:
and Ward at shortstop. Daubcrt nei-
tcd .261 last year which was his poor-'
est average since he became a -Nfl~‘
tlonnl leagucr. Olson‘s record was.
.269 and Myers finished with .269.
Ward. in i2!) games with the Pirates ‘
bolted .236.‘but last season was the.
first in fast‘compnnv. O'Mara played/y
till games with the Atlanta cllib nud‘
averaged .306 O‘Rourke, another first
year man, hit .237.
Despite frequent injuries. Zach
Wheat lcd the Robins at the bat with1
"‘2 nod should be extremely valuable
as Robbie's clean-up man. Johnson.I
who is slated to cover right field :
rolled up a percentage of .270 and
is expcced to go higher. Hickman. :1i
promising colt. batted .219, but doubt-l
less he can improve because of the ex-
perience be had in facing Sallonnl
league pitchers. Hickman and Ward.
therefore, are the only prospective
regulars whose silckwork is in doubt
The Dodges on papcr look mighlr'
good in fielding with a majority of
‘ing the club owners.
are recruit outfielders, and Jennings other National league teams. Daubon
has a recruit . catcher named 100inch in shape can play first base all
Cobb. Other members of the catChinl‘ W" as anybody, Olson was a birth:
staff m-p stnnage, Yelle, Spencer and, Hunt shortstop last year. and there:
Koehlcr. " fore. should give entire satisfaction .lt
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NEW ORLEANS. Fell. 2i.——Pctc.l
tilllottn. better known as Peter iier—
mnn. world‘s bnnlnmwelght pugilist‘
champion, yesterday passed the,pby-i
simll examination and was accepted:
ill the United States Naval Reserve
Several months ago he was granted
cxelllptlon from the draft on the!
ground of dependents, but recently!
was placed in Class 1. He Obtained!
his release from his local division;
board to join theNavai Reserves. 1
the middle bag. Ward is one of the
best young infielder: in the circuit,
while Myers has shown plenty of
class at the third corner.
No team can show t4?!) faster our
’fleiders than Wheat, Hickman, and
Johnston.
it all depends upon the pitchers and
.calchers. if Robbie's pitchers and
backstops come up to the standard the
iirooltiyns will come across with fly-
ing colors.
Shelby. were declared victors. ”Pith
icy in the 135~pound class, Boawcii,
123 and liiliick. 115.
The bouts were part of the Wash
ington's ilirihdny celebration at the
camp.
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WEEGHMAN WlLL NOT
STAND'FOR HOLDOUTB
Oubo' Players Must‘Join Before Start
.1 of Training Trimr
CHICAGO, son. 23i-1-(Wrnrles ll.
Weeghninn, presidcn’t‘of the Chicago
.‘iationals, last night served notice on
players regarded its holdouts that no-
hu they coma to terms before the de-
parture of the club for the spring
training camp at Pasadena. Cal. early
next month. they would be obliged to
seek other empio out
“i shall no bothered with hold-'
outs this seaoo Wecgbman sold.
"We did not make any big cats in sal-
aries despite the war. The majors
cannot afford to pay cnoroums sala-
ties and the. players should be made
to understand the situation confront-
n
O
RED 50% TH ROUGH
American
The man in the back oi the new
a trip over the German lines to photo
western“ from. Americans are regtil
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M'VEY ONE OF EiG FOUR
Ranked With the Topootcb colored
Fighters of tbo Presant
Sam McVey. whose ring carrier pfufi;
tlcally came to an end when he was
knocked out in five rounds by l‘iarrv
Willa at Panama last Saturday, was
the last of the "big four" which was
composed of Jack Johnson. 8am Long-
ford, Joe Jeannette and Mchy. .\lc-
Vey was the poorest of the four and
yet he lasted the longest, all the oth-
er! having received the K. 0. some
time ago.
McVey was second to Johnson in'
size, but, divpi'te his bulk. he mold
move around the ring with cntlllr‘
speed. ills style was the least into."-
csiing of the four. He depended n!-
most altogether on a left hook, which
he delivered with truiv remarkable
speed. But after every lead he clinch»
ed in order to avoid the counter, and
that made his bouts rather tiresome
for the spectators.
ANOTH ER WRE‘TLING FARCE
Hartford Fans the Victims oflthe Lat.
est Fiasco
in spite of frequent requests and
reminders from various patrons inst
evening at Foot Guard Hall. Hartford.
the famous and much photographed
gold belt. which is the outward and
visible sign of Wladek vaszko's
world chantpionshlp wrestling honors.
was not displayed. Had it been, there
is little question but that It would
have been by far the most brilliant
part of the evening's entertainment.
George Munich. the Serbian Giant, in-
troduced as the Detroit Gel-ll,
not the. man that advanced notices had
led the hopeful to expect.
That the first of the two fails that
Zbyilzko secured was not attained until
twenty-seven minutes had forever
WITH HEINIE WAGNER
Do Not Need Him Since Evert Hls'
signed Up. .
BOSTON, Feb. 22.—ilelnic \Vagncr,§
vrirran shortstop of the lioston Am-
erican League baseball team. will not
plny with the team this year. accord-I
ing to a statement last night by iinrry'
ii. Frazer. president of the club. A;
contract was sent recently to Wagner?
'st his home in New Rochelle. N. Y.,I
but that was before John Evers was;
signed up. President France believed;
that Evers will be available to play;
as well as coach, and that Wagner will
passed. was apparently due not so
much to the skill of the Serbian Giant
as to a willingness on the part of the
world's champion to lot the patrons
get their money's worth.
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FRATERNITY NOT DEAD
Gives Baseball Magnatn Occasion for
More Uneasincsn
NEW YORK. Feb. 22.-—-.‘lt~ws that
several Western major league club
owners have expressed alarm over the
unusual number of players holdlnn out
this year consul a renml of the dis-
cussion over the situation in local
gnot be needed. Wagner has played' mehall circles today.
with the Red Sox since the fall of 19m:
The situation is regarded by some
f‘lcvcland is to have a church exam-when he was bought from the Newark owners as more serious than the Gm“?
sivcly for the deaf.
club of the old Eastern league.
lsituation of last winter, when members
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Out to Photograph Em. l “Tina” 7 .-
pldhe oouy is an nuioucan iiuulcernpber with his camera aiming on
graph them for use of the American soldiers holding down it sector of the
arty flying Ol-T the enemy Lnes.
of the Players' Fraternity were pleds- Company A, sum, Infantry; Private
ed not to sign contracts until cer- Cohen. Headquarters Company. 30ml
taln concessions were made. by the infantry; Harold Tetra. Company B.
club owners 303d Machine Gun‘Battnlion:'Priiata
lv‘rancobanduo, (‘oln van ’ F: "Ollih ln~
Th“ “’9 Piayers' Fraternity is “m fantry: Corporal ii.‘ B.) h‘anirllli (hm-
dad was III-do plain when l’midem puny A, 303d Machine finnA-Ilattnliun, '
l-‘razee of the Red Sox was listed into Private Becker. Company D, 3031 in-
court at the instance of David 1.. (HWY; “133 digging?“ “59"?" (i‘im‘
_. .. pany..3 -nc e 'an a alon.
Pultz in connettlon with a. judgmcmv The first twenty mm to finish in the
secured by l'itcller hurt iiagerman i5lst brigade were, in outer: John
against the Boston club. and the mill-3‘ J. Moore, " 3d Infantry; SENQIITWS
notes are wondering whether the in~iifockeig 302d infantry: Bernard
fiucnce oi the i-‘raiPl‘nitv in causing no lioughlon'. 302d infantry; Avtbnr' Mc-
lilough. 302d. infantry: Semen-VA; P.
Nve. 302d infantry: James- Corinth.
=3ii2tl infantry: Corporal William Dlr
gnu, 302d infantryhomtles Sprague,
.Solst infantry; Corporal Michael
'llarding. 302d infantry: C. J. Baker.
3013i infantry: William Kelley, 301st
Iinfantry: Sergeant w. Deane. 302d
infantry; Corportal A. Hansel. 301st
,infantry. Private Ferguson. 392d, in-
fantry; Private Gillespie. 301st in-
cd at 2 p. m- The News“ "in? ‘0' fantry: Private Gerrals. 3026 infarh
the runners of the 152d Brigade race "y: pflnw Barns-s, 30M infantry.
Will! 23 minutes. 69 seconds. While [he'and Sergeant A. MVIM, no“. “nan.
time for the 151st Brigade was 2! "y, W ~
minutes, 12 seconds. . Liquor Regulations. ‘
The start "a made from IhP par: An order was issued today stating
tide field of the 302d infantry. Lint-dim” my." “mules within a radius
up on an icecovercd stretch of ground-of five miles of the camp “(ire for.
”'9 men 50‘ away '5‘“ m“ “u" _'°§bidden to serve liquor in their Homes
a lighting scramblin: lead- Tn‘lto spy soldiers. PllVflle familirtbut-
course load from the 09"“ field to :‘lsidc'tilc five-nzilc radian nifty servo
many players to return their contracts
unsigned this year.
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DRAFTEES COMPETE
IN DEVENS RACES
(Continued from F‘irst Page).
was ,
narrow lane leading to the pulp
.ltrcet, Realizing the advantage at
getting to this opening [before lite
jam. the men attempted to start on at
a fast sprint pace. The ice, howl-rev.
caused considerable trouble and the
men slipped. slid, fell and fought. At
last the road was reached. The course
then load along the main road to the
base hospital and thence back through
the quarters of the Depot Brigade.
the. finish being at the Y. M. C. A.
auditorium. At the. finish the men
were handed raids numbered con-
secutively from one up. accordingly
as: they finished. The first twentv
i-nr-n to finish in each brigade Were
given prizes or solilcage books. The
winning company of each brigade
was determined by adding the num-
bers of the men of the company in—
roiher and dividing the total by the
number of men from the company
entered in the rare. Company I" n-'
the 303d infan‘ary was the winner in
tho 152d. Brigade and Company B of.
the 30“ infantry was the winner in
the 151st Brigade.
'llqnor‘ in their h‘omes' to personal
ll’VI‘flflu :‘mhng the soldiers. ..
A patriotic meeting was held’yeater-
day in the building of this K. of C.
Jeremiah Burke assistant superin-
tendendeni of schools of liosion was
the speaker. Louis Watson. master
of the assembly of the fourth degree
was the presidingofllcev. The meet-
ing was one of a series held jointly'
in every, moment in the. country
by the K. $0 The regilnen’falrband
of the‘ 3M
mmeg «mil Jo's, , _
it wanvloarnotlrat camp today that
an effort is being made to have Rev.
Howard Keyes Barsmw 0! Cabins".
former chaplain of the Eigii‘th Regl- "
meat reappointed as a chaplain 'of
the regiment. Uppite the‘faet that
'he is three years over age it ishpped
the plan to reestablish him as chap.
lain will be successful.
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infantry furnished the'
i iridividual Winners. . .
The individual winners in the 132:1:
brigade finished as follows:
Del'azio. Company C 303d infantry: ' & Co. 2835 Sb...“ arenua, Cllll| l
Private Wilson. Company A. 304ml ‘ . .
infantry: Louis F. Cody. Headtl'lur 1m" writing ”“7 name M m
tern Company, with ‘
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Snith infantry: Corporal J. D. Deck-ls, and In" Compound. for 006315--
cr. Company K. 303d [Margit-(y: ’l .90”. and ”mm: Foley Kidney Pills.
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