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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 12

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12 MINOR CLUBS WILL INSERT WARCLAUSE AH 1918 Contract to Contain Proviso to Protect' Owner Should War Hit Hard' Louisville Ky Nov Con tracts ot minor league chibs with baseball players for (he season of 1918 will contain a special clause protecting the reserve rights of those clubs or leagues which are forced to suspend by reason of war conditions 'Announcement TTTat a pperial clause to accomplish this had been inserted in the standard minor league form at a meeting here today uas made tonight by arrell chairman of the arbitra lion board of the National Associ ation of Prufeaalonal Baseball Leagues 1 This clause will bind tho player to abide by the reserve clause in his contract in the event the club to which he belongs or the league of which the club 1h a part Is forced to suspend because of war conditions It is provided how ever that this special clause shall be void if the club or league In volved does not complete at Joint half its scheduled season WlH' Protect Lcnauew Tho purpose of the clause it is' sain In to protect minor leagues against los such ns wore incur red when i several circuits were forced to suspend during 1 the last season Clubs belonging to these leagues wore forced to sit by and 80S their players taken by clubs in other leagues without re ceiving even tho waiver price for their services Mr arrell also announced to night decisions of the arbitration board in connection with more than 100 cases the majority of them be ing of minor importance Among the cases which decisions were announced were the following: bonhn against the Mem phis club for $3 0U0 laid over for further evidence Robert Coleman salary claim against Columbus disallowed John Dowell against Portland Ale allowed Birmingham claim against New Orleans for services Player Rob ertson allowed Charles against Se attle disallowed Providence against New London claim for services of Player Leo bawd disallowed player declared free agent Claims of players aggregating $150 against (he Raleigh territory allowed Services of toy alk claimed by Moline Ill awarded to Jo seph Mo 7 nnadit Club Lom Claims of players aggregating $500 against Winnipeg Canaria territory allowed Claims of players aggregating $606 against Ruck Island IB ter litnry allowed Jfc Claim of Northwestern ftgainst Columbus for services of Player Kelly disallowed Claim of Tacojiia against Colum bus for services Player Harper al lowed Claim of Wllkesbarre against Little Hock for 500 for Wal ker allowed Claim of Toledo againdt Bridge port for servicCH layer Donnelly allowed A from the Southern asso cThffbn involving Norman Elber feld last season nmnsger of the Chattanooga club and layera Hy att and Graff was wlthdrnwn a settlement having been arrived in between the interested parties Sad ate for Suits O'coats 70 Washing ton Blvd Palmer Bldg Second loor SALE! Thai is news good enough to make menisjt right up on the edge of their seat and read every word Tor was there ever such sale as this Jo seph Walker's And where is there any clothing as fine as thisf This is an exclusive shop No clothing but the very best can get into it And yet right now at re duced prices you can buy clothing here for as little as have to pay for the most ordinary stuff tyat other stores are selling $45 Value $3250 $40 Value $2650 $35 Value $2350 $2750 and $30 Value $2100 $25 Value $1875 And all ur Overcoat Reduced rar THE DETROIT REE PRESS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1 7 1917 BE WE EVER SO BUSY By A Williams BUILDING HEXT TO US BURNING I YOU BOTHER ME AGAIN ILL BREAK EVEBY 1IIN YOUR HE JHARRY LAUDER AND SOUSA'S BAND OUT SIN RONT! DID YOU SAX I DONT WANTTO BE BOTHERED TO DAY I DONT CARE WHO WANTS TO SEE ME Of? what HAPPENS! NOT IN TH' OOTBALL SQUAD IS GOING PAST mu i i ll nn i OYOUS riM nirr i i i iircr ri iBEir WHAT TOLD 1 i i i i i ii 1 1 Mn iUK (CHE5L JW EASTERN ELEVEN TRIES NORTHERN TEAM SATURDAY 5 Goldberg ield Will Be Scene of Morning Game in Which Indians Ought to Be the Victor EnHtern high will tackle Northern at Goldberg field at 10:30 Saturday in a game which while no doubt resulting In a victory for the Indians will be a good enappy bat tle Northern has been coming strong of late and should put up a good fight against the heavier East ern aggregation and may cause tho Boulevarders more trouble than they anticipate Coaches Drew and Stocking are not underestimating tho ability of the Northerners and expect Coach Emmons's lads to make their charges hustle to win by fairly good margin Tho Indian mentors have spent the past week in trying to perfect a defense for the forward pass and hope tn break the aerial attack that Northern is expected to launch In this game Cap tains ilettlt and isch who were out of last battle with Ypsi lanti owing to injuries ara again ready to resutno their old positions and will allow tho Indians to puttheir strongest line up in the fray Northern has also been working overtime in preparing for the con test and Emmons expects tn spring a few surprises on the Orange and Diack outfit Outside of Eastern Northern Is the only eleven which has thus far succeeded In crossing goal line and it would not be surprising to see Em mons's lads score on the Indians ollowing is the way the two teams will start the game 1 lOXbllRN NORTHERN lach Hiltori Turnbull 1 'J Ebel leishman MeKrchnle HHdt ierce Ku now Doughs 11 Roule Smith Eidiarils It block Ilhimu A Monahan 'fanner Monahan JrivlH IL Hlltv Rrcmdau iL b''B Walker GLOCKSON WILL BE WITH RACINE PROESSIONALS ormer Herald Lineman in Wisconsin ront Is Punter Now Glockson who until bis departure from these shores to dear Old Wisconsin was Stew greatest rival for terpsichorean honors "of the Jieralds will bo grouped in the Kacine front which collides with the Red and White on Navin field Sunday iit'ternoon Of course with out of tbs running Captain Stewart stepped light out and speared himself sev eral knlcknncks indicative of su periority in artistic gliding to the entrancing strains of a jazz band It seems though 'from what the Wisconsin papers say that has reformed ami is now a great lineman and in addition is doing the kicking for the Racine eleven Of course you hold that against Glocksun his becoming a punter and everything if he really has seen the error of his ways In regard to Indiscriminate skipping and that swagger stick he used tn affect writes hl? Detroit friends not to bet the family plate or any thing like that on the ehanccH of trimming Rapl no as th') Wisconsin team 18 a much better aggregation than the Heralds were last season If this is so there will be a regular football game out on rank grove Sunday after noon I OOTBALL I'GAMES fj 7 LOCAL Utdvcridly of Detroit vr Kalamazoo NorruuU at Navin Arid 2:30 Centrad high Grund Rapids Centrid at Goldberg Held 2:30 Eiutorn high vs Northern at Goldberg field JO STATE Ahna college vs Kalamazoo at Kala nuixon Olivet college vn Albion at Albion Kiihunaxoo Central high vs Battle Creek at Kalamazoo I nnslng Central vs Jackson high at Jackson Michigan Yesh va Notre Dame resh at Ann Arbor Grand Haven liith vm Grand Rapids Ciilhohc high at Grund Rapid remont high vs Grund Rapldn South at ('rand Rapid Grand Rapids Union vh Holland high al Holland Bay t'Hy Eastern vs Saginaw Eastern at Saginaw Bay Western vs Saginaw Arthur Hill al Saginaw Menominee vs Marinette at Marinette EST Illinois Ohio Mate at Columbue hieagu va Minnesota at Mlnneapolh Iowa vm Northwestern at EvnnMon iMlcblgan Aggies vs Notre Dame at Notre Uwnie Ncbnuku vh Kansas at Lawrence Depauw th Indians nt Bloomington Vfthnh vh al Lafayette AliHoiiri vm Washington Inivervity at St Louis North Dakota vr Marquette at Mil waukee vt Creighton at Omaha 'Oklahoma va ArksiBMUK at ort hndtli llentclberg vn Western Reserve at Cleveland Illinois Wesleynn James Milliken at llei'iitnr hm vh AH I mon at Alliance hma Teachers vs Ames al Aines Simpson vm Drake at Dew Moines Illinnta State Normal vs Eastern Illi nois Normal at Charlestown Cornell rollego vs Cor nt edar Raplda Vnox vh Northwestern college at Napiervlllr St fxnilt I Diversity tvs Rose PoH nt Terre Haute Missouri behool of Mlncs vs Drury at Springfield Otterhlen TstOhlo Wesleyan nt Dela ware Bahlwln Walincs Kenyon at Xhiin Booster vh Miami at Oxford Hirnm vs Akron I nlyersity at Akron i Marshall vh iMuskingnm ut New Con cord McM Virginia Wedcyan vs Marietta versify at Marietta Hillsdale College vs Assumption at Sandwich 4 ET Michigan vs I Diversity of vania at Philadelphia No'y vs Villcimva at Annapolh Army vs Lebanon A alley nt AAest Point Pittsburgh vs Carnegie Tech nt Til ts burgb hvraciiae vb Colgate at Syracuse Dartmouth vs Tufts nt Manchester Penn Mate vs Maryland Mate nt state allege Broun vh Colby nt Providence Cornel! vs lordham at Ithaca Lafayette vs Albright nt Easton Pa Holy rosM vs Rensselaer nt Worcester AHHuims vs Amherst at Williamstown Vale 1 resli Harvard resh at uni bridge Lehigh va Penn Military Institute at booth Bethlehem ohimldu vs Wehleyitn nt New York City Exeter vs Andover nt Exeter Allegheny Westminster nt Sharon Holton College vn Aliddlehiiry nt Bos ton minecticnt Aggies vs Rhode Island Mate at Ntorrs Ct Delaware vs Nwartmore nt Newark ranklin mid Marshall vs rslnns at Liuictut er Gettysburg vs Biicknell nt Harrisburg llaverford vs Johns Hopkins at Haver ford Hobart University of Rochester at Geneva St Johns vs Aft St Marys at Ann apolis Springfield vs Massachusetts Aggies atSpringfield Stevens New York University nt Hoboken I nherdfv of Vermont vs Norwich at Burlington Western Man land vs George Wash ington Vnheibity at Westminster Aid KOI TIL Alabama vs Kentucky nt Lexington Ixmisville vs Gcorgretown at George town A Indoor Swimming Season to Open With Meet Saturday Nov 24 i 4 City Championships for Men Women and Children Will Be Decided Special Program of Unusual Slants Will Be Added eature Detroit Athletic club'e Indoor ewtnimlnK season will ohen with a bang Saturday evening Novem ber 2 1 at S3l ni when the city championships for men women boys and girls are decided An interesting program ot spe cial and unusual stunts will be staged too A special high diving platform reaching nearly to' 'ho high celling in the nntatorluni 1s being erected for acrobatic diving work to be put on by Briggs ot University ot Michigan and I) Holder ot the I os Angelos Ath letlo club These men' have' developed won derful 'Hllty (in double diving numbers unlike anything seen cith er in amateur or professional events This will be their first ap rIenrance on such a high board in doors Several youthful phenomonoris aro promised Miss Marlon Bland who surprised the tans with licr wonderful Work at Belie Isle in the outdoor meet of lust summer will take part The perfection of her stroke and stylo in tho water is re markable A little 7 yoar oli girl will rep resent tlie I A In some diving and swimming events Mrs Corwin Huston will give an exhibition of novelties on behalf of the women's swimming class of the 1) A Several young women have been practising in order to represent the Women's Aquatic the Parkview ath letto and the Dorman's school teams in the women's events that will de cide the' local honors for women Invitations li ivo gone out to the A' I' A tho high school tanks and others to send In their best contestants tn go after the meddls that are offers to first and second In each class Any swimmer from the city or suburbs that Is com petent to try for the honors is be ing urged to cothpoto i Tickets for the entertainment are on sale at the DA for mem bers and friends of contestants All events are under A A sanction and rules ollowing are the championships to be decided: or men 220 yards 100 yards 50 yards free stylo 100 yards back stroke 200 yards breast and fancy diving IO foot board Bor women t0 yards 100 yards 50 yards buck stroke 220 yards free style 100 yards breast stroke fancy diving or boys under to years 50 yards back stroke fancy diving or girls under jo years 25 yards back stroke 25 yards free style Jockby Hume Is a Suicide New Orletin Nov Hume a jorkuv well known on American rate Iruckn i dead hurv today a Kuiekle lh ended lil by tiwillowiiia acid ill health la aligned as the caue Huinu was on hln war to Havana at the limo of his death HU Durcnls llve at Paris Texan CORNELL HAKES CHANGE AT END Coaches to Use Spiegelberg in Place of Harris for Game With ordham at Ithaca Sat urday Special to The ree I reo Ithaca Nov Jt looks as though a new end would be in the Cornell lineup Saturday when ord ham comes from New York city to oppose Sharpe's eleven on hchooll kopf field Couch Van Orman who has been taking full charge of the wing posit tn addition to aiding Sharpe oh tho line problems hu placed Splcgel herg at right end in place of Harris who has Deen sent to the second team Spiegelberg ir a former lacrosse and hockey player He has speed and has slowly been working his way from tho third team to the iront jn the last few weeks of prac tice He has substituted at that place for several games Harris was at first ah end then a guard and uuw his playing having fallen off he is on the scrub team Sharp's men will get into the last scrimmage before the ordham game yesterday afternoon Despite Injuries no changes were made In the lineup of the 'varsity outside of that end posh ton Strauss and bwanson at guards showed up well and Pendle ton despite a bad leg is doing well In fullback Ackerknecht out most of this week with log hurts was back and will play gaurday Trow bridge Is still playing center In Ben Reuther's place Sharpe experts his team to do the come back stunt against ordham even though injuries may handicap many of his best men PATSYCLINE TO BOX BENNY Irish ighter and Lightweight Champion Signed for Six round Bout Philadelphia Novzr ic Benny Leonard the lightweight champion of the world antf Patiy Cline of Now York will box six rounds at the Olympia A A on Wed nesday December 13 This information Ava gltfen out by Harry Edwards president of the Olympia club Pennsylvania in Eleven Contests With of Under Yost Wins ive olverine Cridders Have Taken But our Games Staged With Quakers Since 1906 and Two Battles Ended in Scoreless Tics When the Maise and Blue of Mich lean clashes with the Red and Blue of Pennsylvania on runklln field Saturday afternoon it will be tho twelfth meeting between the two ancient rlvale since Yost took charge of football affairs at the Ann Arbor Institution In the eleven games played four have resulted in victories for the Wolverines five in defeats and two ended in scoreless ties In ISOS the easterners with such star In their lineup as Hollenback Keinath Scar lett and Levine sent the Michigan ders down to the worst defeat ever suffered by a Yost coached Ann Ar bor eleven the final score being 29 to 0 The sting of this wallop ing still rankles In the hearts of the old Michigan rooters and noth ing is more cherished than a victory over the Pennsylvanians It was in that game also that Schulz the Wolverine leader bruised and battered from the terrific mauling received at the hande of the Quakers was drag ged off the field weeping like a child as he saw his mates going down to humiliating defeat During 52 minutes of the battle "Pig" Al lordlee Yost'a right half stuck in the slaughter with one arm hang ing limp at his side tie having sus tained a broken collarbone in the nrst eight minutes of play In 1912 Michigan had the game 21 to 20 when with but 30 seconds left to be ticked off the watch Dick Marshall the Red and Blue quarter snatched a Wolverine punt on his own 45 yard line and dashed 55 yards through the entire Michi gan eleven giving Penn a victory by a 27 to 21 score Last fall the easterners won at Ann Arbor 10 to 7 in a game In which Howard Berry the Pennsy fullback set the Yostmen down almost singlehanded ollowing are the scores of pre vious Mlchigan Pennsy conflicts 19M 17 1907 1008 0 29 1909 I 12 0 1911 7 0 0 1911 11 9 1912 21 27 IMS 0 19U :91 2 1915 0 0 19W 7 JO Totals 107 GRID INJURIES ATAL TO BOY Grand Haven Lad Die While Grandfather Awaits Trial a Wife Slayer Grant! Haven Mich Nov Henry Kohlbei 12 died today from concussion of the brain as a re sult of injuries he sustained In foot ball practice at the high school grounds Tuesday while playing with a scrub team Hie grandfather la In Jail here awaiting trial Monday charged with wlfe Blaying Vl Cochran Winn Billiard Match New York Nov Welkor Coclu'an ut Manson la defeated Leonard Howtson of Brookville Ont by a acore of 2000 to 1628 in an 13 2 balk line billiard match which wat finished here tonight Howlsun made the best high run of the match 10S in the aucond play TRAVERSE CITY WINS ANOTHER High School Win Over Grand Rapid High by 39 0 Score Special to Tho ree Preds Traverse City Mich Nov Traverse City maintained her cham pionship class this afternoon the high school team walloped Grand Rapids high 3 3 to 0 I It made the sixth victory for the locale They have not lost this sea son Captain Chervenka was the individual hero of the gam making two long runs one for 03 the other for 46 yards for touchdowns But one football aggregation is contending with Traverse City for the championship of northern Mich igan that being Boyne City Tra verse City meets Boyne City next riday GHOST BALL WILL GET THE CREDIT Celery City Boy Hope to Trim Alma for Title With Play Practiced by Electric Light SpMtd to The ree Press Kalamazoo Mich Nov If Kalamazoo beats Alma Saturday in 4he a A championship bat tle It w'lll be due largely to a ghost ball which has been used this week long after the electric lights began to flicker The new plays handed out the first of the week have been master ed and Kalamazoo is prepared to smaah any weak spot that might appear in the Alma defense The burden of the offense has been shifted from the shoulders of St pome ail A A fullback and the entire backfield will present a well balanced and diversified attack With the band from Camp Cus ter coming to the game tomorrow Kalamazoo college students will en tertain the musicians Bowen hall after the fray A banquet will also be served ields of the Grand Rapids will referee Hall of Olivet will be the umpire and Mackey of Michi gan will act as headvllnesman as suring competent officials for tho game The following Is the lineup fof the game KALAMAZOO ALMA Tapley iAo Mills MirhUa Spooner Walker Miller Read Bitrich Woodward fft Harabesu auwii ix)tt Wattles Rlchaida erguson Hebert Pierce I H' Smith Maake Narrance gtrotno oote Mt Pleasant High Cleans I Mt Pleasant Mich Nov Central titate Normal football team fell before Mt Pleasant high this afternoon 8 to 0 Roth local teams played hard until the final whistle but the forward passes could not offset the line plunging of the high school Sage scored the lone touchdown In the second quarter after A series of line plunges and end runs AGGIES EEL LOST BEORE NOTRB DAME A With Crippled Team Ha but Little Hope of Hold ing Opponent Down Special to The ree Eaet anting Midi Nov 15 Three regulars were left In the hospital and a pair ot recruits drafted from the scrubs were fa ken In their places to fill out the Squad to fighting strength this if let noon when Cdach Brewer pack ed the Aggies aboard a train for Notre Dame The men left behind were Oas and Turner halfbacks and ran Hen right tackle Hnider and Mc Cool will take the' places ot Oas and Turner In die backfield Loef Her will go to right tackle and Miller to left guard Mussed up as they are the Aggies on their de parture were hardly able to hope tor a low score for the team ia easily 59 per cent weaker than it has been at any previous period this fall Thia fact coupled' with Notre Dame exceptional etrength has reduced the Aggies' chances of making a showing to almost nil It Is generally conceded In all Coach Brower took 19 men with him These were Ram nay who will start at left end Captain Coryell left tackle Mil ler left guard Archer center Bai ler right guard txieffler right tackle Bassett right end Kellogg quarter buck McColl left half fullback and Snider right half Lord Kelly Anderson and Chapel Uno reserves and Major Borgman and Mackenzie backfield extras Mackenzie and Chapel are twu men who in going with the today did their first trav 1 eUng with the regular squad up i to this time their only experience J) having been as scriitm a 1 OOTBALL RESULTS 1 Nurtliwwtern High OSi'qsm Twh 0 Iluyal Uak High 26 Hudaun High 1 OwoMUU High S2 Ixiwftll High 0 roldwator High 46 Quincy High 0 7 Mt Pleasant High 8 central Hl Nor 0 One Thing Sticks Out Strong In This Sale of s20 and s25 Suits and Overcoats at s1485 Wait till you yourself get your hands on feel the smoothness of the worsteds and feel them spring under your grasp the Wonderful Quality of the abrics Used in Making Them It take a salesman to make you want the Suit or the Overcoat! My what a contrast there is between these Suits for which the fab rics were bought a few months ago 1 And the samples that are coming around now for next wear Crowley Milner Co OJtATIOT TARMEB AND XIBRARY AVBMUES Store Closes Saturday at 6 Except the Men Departments They Remain Open Until Nine It wm only lt Monday that we made this find They were on the racks in thetockroom of a Rochester manufacturer his surplus They were just wait ing for some merchant to come along who could use them all and pay spot cash This is our long suit And why you get your winter Suit or Overcoat for $1485 instead of half more! COME is our warning It take this parade long to not at $1485! Crowley Second loor Open till 9 o'clock Satur day Nights The Overcoats Show a Great Variety of Live Patterns as Well as Conservative Conservative box or form ulsters ulsterettes Chesterfields and raj Ians Single and double breasted long short and medium full" or partly lined velvet or self collar plain or convertible A trulv remarkable showing of rich looking woolen niggerheads kerseys cheviots vicunas Scotch weaves and fancy overcoating All medium and heavy all sizes Just one $1485 In the Suits Dark Grays and Other Conservative Patterns Predominate Right up to the minute 1917 1918 styles all wool worsteds casslmeres or unfinished materials Single or double breasted coats Conservative English and semi English models Silk stripes hairlines large plaids neat chocks Plains galore lecked goods Invisible stripes Neat blue and white and black and white effects Ideal for business and professional men Suita for stouts slims and regulars All sizes all all patterns One price $1485.

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