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GRIFFITH'S YANIGANS TACKLE VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY TODAY Walter Johnson Slated to Pitch Part of the Game, and Williams Will Catch Him. BY J. ED GRILLO. Special to Hie Star. CHARIXXTTESVILLE, March Walter Johnson Is slated to make his first appearance of the season on the rubber today, when he will pitch part of the game for the Yanigans against the Virginia team.

Though Johnson has had but little work this spring, he appears to be In splendid condition and it is not likely that he will have any trouble upholding his reputation against the collegians, even though he does not curve ft ball or otherwise exert himself. The announcement that Johnson will pitch is a matter of much interest, not among the town folks, but also among the players, especially the newcomers who have never seen him in action. Whenever Johnson warms up the young pitchers stop work to watch ltlm. They look upon him as the man they would like to copy, and as they have never seen him in a game they will be all attention this afternoon. One thing that the game this afternoon will show will be whether Alva Williams will have any trouble in handling his delivery.

Williams iB down to catch Walter and his movements will be closely watched. Only the youngsters will take part in the game today, barring the pitchers. Spencer will be on first, Sheer at second, Gagner at short and Morgan at third. Will Long will play right, Bhank center and Clarence Walker left. Besides Johnson, Cashion will also pitch.

Though Milan, Johnson and McBride are still numbered among the young men of the game, they are now the veterans. Johnson has been with the team longer than any of the others. He joined It in the summer of 1907, just about a month before Milan was dragged in from Wichita. McBride came in the spring of r.H>8 and not another player on the present team was with it at that time. They have served under three different managers and have from the time they became memtars of the team been its best players.

Milan, by the way, has not yet had that promised conference with Manager Griffith anent his signing a contract. For some reason or other neither seems in a hurry to have the matter settled and both are going along just as if the documen were signed and stored away in the club safe. Griffith says that he will take it up when he gets time, and Milan says that he is ready any time he is called upon, and there the matter stands. There is not another player in the American League who can boast of a record such as George McBride claims. McBride has played with Washington for VIRGINIA LEAGUERS "Dutch" Revelle's Future Work Will Be Closely Watched.

HAS BEEN DRAFTED THRICE Interesting Notes of Flayers and Teams in the Old Dominion. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, March random of the Virginia League will watch with peculiar Interest th? career of Revelle, the ex-Richmond pitcher. who has joined the Atlanta (Southern Association) sqoad for spring training and try out. Revelle's departure from the Virginia League by the drafting process and the release of George Cowan, who caught htm for several years with the Richmond Colts, takes from the Virginia League the only players who started with the organization of the circuit in 1900 and continued with it until the close of the past season.

Revelle, It will be recalled, suffered a very severe attack of typhoid fever toward the close of the season last year. For weeks his life was despaired of, but be recovered, and the last report was to the effect that he had fully regained his former health and expected to report for training in good condition. Revelle's record in the Virginia League has always been a good one, despite the fact that in his first two seasons his pitching record was below .600, but he always pitched with a higher average than the team finished with which he was working. In 1906. for instance, when with Portsmouth his record was fifteen games won and twenty lost, an average of .429, while his team finished with a standing of .411.

During season in forty games he struck out 207 batters, an average of more than five to the game. It was in this season that he lost the longest game of the season, 1 to 0, with Walter Moser of the St. Louis Americans pitching against him. Revelle was with Portsmouth until late In 1907, when he was sold to Richmond, where he finished the season. In 190H Perry now of Savannah, managed the Richmond team, which won the pennant with the highest record ever made In the league.

This year Revelle wss pitching mate with Jack Qulnn. now of the New York Americans; "HootMon" McKenzie, well known in the southern circuit, and Sparks, who came to Richmond from the Augusta (South Atlantic) team. That year Revelle's record was 26 games won and 12 average of .684. In 1906 Revelie's record was the best of his career, for he won 29 and lost 11 games, having a splendid average of .729. as compared with .506, the final standing of his team.

Revelle was drafted three or four times by the New York Americans, to be turned hack In the following spring, and there are seven teams in the circuit which are now hoping that he will make the Cracker team, so they will not have to look his benders over through another season Revelle is one of the most willing workers the Virginia League has ever seen. He is in action always and ready to go on the knoll at any time. His control has always been good, and under fire he is as cool as a cucumber. And if he doesn't make the Cracker pitching staff It can be laid to that attack of typhoid fever last fall. Ira Hogue.

the Carthage (Ohio) lad, is another Atlanta recruit who is looked upon hero as a sure comer. Hogue is a great big youth, for that is all he is, with a wonderful amount of smoke on his delivery. If ho lacks anything It is experience, and Manager Hemphill would do well to go slow about losing his hold upon him. Hogue joined the local team last spring, but developed a streak of wildness and was turned loose by Manager Stockdale. Failing to get on with another team, he went to Norfolk, where he played in the Tidewater outlaw It four consecutive seasons and in that entire time has missed but three ball games, this being in the spring of 1910.

when he was ill. Considering that he plays a position where he is always In danger of beinsr spiked, this is a most remarkable record and one which has perhaps never been equaled by an infielder. Ray Morgan's injured knee has mended enough, he believes, to allow him to play third for the Yanigans today. Morgan worries much because of his enforced idleness, as he is anxious to make a position on the team, and he fears that the fact that he has not been in uniform for a couple of days will prove a handicap. Manager Griffith left here last night for Washington, where he is to make some final arrangements for the erection of the scoreboard at the ball park today.

It seems that according to original plans this board was to have taken but eight feet off the right playing field, but revised plans give it fourteen, and' Griffith realizes that he cannot afford that much space nthat particular side of the grounds. He hopes to be able to place the board in extreme left or oenter and will come to a decision this morning. Secretary Ben Minor and Business Manager Fowler visited the camp yesterday and had a conference with Manager Griffith regarding business matters which have come up during the manager absence. Indications are for ideal weather for the next few days, which has brought joy to the players, for it means a couple of workouts a day on the ball field, which does more to get them into playing condition than anything else. Griffith la confident that if the weather continues he will have his team nearly ready to start the season a week from now- The players have gotten ino condition remarkably fast, considering the fact that they have had no warm weather to work in.

It is expected that within the next few days the pitchers will be in shape good enough to warrant their using everything they have in the way of curves and other deliveries which have been forbidden while their arms were still weak. That Clyde Milan should desire an increase of salary is not to be wondered at when his record last season is taken into consideration. There were only four players in the league who made more base hits than he, and they were Cobb, Jackson, Baker and Crawford, four of the great stars of the league. But what is most remarkable about Milan's record is that he scored 109 runs a team which finished seventh. Barring Cobb, there is no better or more valuable outfielder In either major league than Milan, and.

if ever he gets on a team that will win a majority of Its games, be will have no trouble proving this. well under the tutorship of Fred Lucia, who caught him here, before he, too. was released. Hogue has a bright future and many Lynchburg and Richmond fans will be surprised if he does not develop Inter a great pitcher with the necessary experience. President Boatwright has signed six umpires and will probably start the season with that number, though it is probable that It will be cut later to five, giving only one extra man in case of sickness or accident in the staff.

The men are: Donohue, who was in the Appalachian last year; A1 Orth of this city, McTague. a Newark (N. newspaper man; McBryde, who handled the indicator last season in an independent league In northern Pennsylvania: Bob Black, who worked In this circuit several years ago, and Henderson, held over from last season. It la believed a good staff can be gotten from this list. King Brady, a "Washington amateur, is expected to get a trial with the Petersburg club this spring.

Claude Brady, the big pitcher who was given a trial in Danville last season after a fight over title to him with the Richmond club, has been signed again by Richmond for a trip in the box. Brady was badly lacking in experience last season. Ed Cefalu, last season short fielder in Roanoke, is to manage the Bluefleld semi-professional team this year. seems to have been let out in Roanoke, although he was regarded as a good man over the circuit last year. In 1909 he played in the O.

P. League and went to New Orleans by draft. In 1910 he was farmed to Roanoke and later sold to that team as a pitcher. He found his way to shortfield, where he developed into a clever fielder, though not a consistent sticker. A stock company is being formed in Petersburg to take over the new franchise there.

The company is to be a popular one and is being formed to stimulate local Interest in the game. Newport News has secured a fine site for a park, well located with respect to the business center, but a street will have to be closed in order to make it available. The city council is expected to agree to this without trouble, an indication that Newport News is ready for the organized game. Jack Grim, the old Lynchburg magnate, who is to manage the Newport News Shipbuilders, has been 'n Cincinnati for a week, but he will be hack on the job again shortly in the tidewater town. Grim had a late start, but he is promising his fans that he will get a good team for them.

Third Baseman McAuly will not be with Roanoke this spring. He is a good man, and it is not known why he is not desired in the Magic city again. WILL PROBABLY PITCH HIS FIRST GAME TODAY WALTER JOHNSON. WAY TO JUDGE A PITCHER IS TO SEE HIM PITCH, SAYS McGUIRE A Fellow May Have Everything in Practice Only to "Blow" When the Real Test Comes. March only way to tell anything about a pitcher Is to see him pitch," said Jim McGuire today in response to a question as to what he thought of some of the youngsters of the Tiger squad.

"These boys have all the actions of pitchers so far as aqy one can see from the practice' stunts, but until they have been under fire I decline to pass final judgment on them. "To my mind the ideal athlete is the one who is best when the necessity for being strong is greatest. It's that old fighting spirit that counts. There are lots of fellows who are wonders in practice, no matter what line of sport they may be engaged in. But parlor boxers seldom are fighters, and many fine warmup pitchers fall down terribly when they come to face the music in a regular game.

"Many a time I have warmed up men who had everything that I ever have seen a pitcher display. Speed, curves, control and everything else would be theirs and I would feel confident that they would be able to win that day if we got them a couple of runs. Then these fellows would go out to the center of the diamond and TWO WORLD'S RECORDS. Arthur Postle Hakes New Figures for 150 and 200 Yards. I AUCKLAND, Zealand, March Postle yesterday defeated Jack Donnldson of Snath Africa, the rhampioa professional sprinter, la the ISO-yard dash la 14 1-5 seconds, aad the 300-yard dash la 18 seconds.

Bath are new world's records. show me about half of what they had displayed in warming up practice. "It Isn't always a lack of gamenees that accounts for a pitcher's failure to do as well In a game as In practice. Some of the men are so anxious to win that they work themselves into a stew. There are plenty of fellows who are game yet can't do their best when they want to.

It seems to be a sort of a base ball instinct that enables the great pitcher to rise to the has that fighting spirit, but at the same time keeps his head cool. "The youngsters of the Detroit squad might pitch great ball when handing them up to the batters in practice with nothing depending on the outcome of the sluggers' efforts and yet fall down against even a mediocre club in a regular game. I seen it repeatedly happen that a twirler would make the batsmen of a strong American League club look badly when he was pitching to them in practtice and then let some class or college nine hammer him all over the place. PROFESSIONAL COACHES. Will Probably Become Feature of Foreign Athletic Development.

NEW YORK, March near approach of the Olympic games, which will be held at Stockholm, Sweden, next summer, i9 stirring athletic circles in all countries to a high pitch, and discussions concerning the best methods to regain the laurels carried off by the American team in the 1908 Olympiad are rife anions all athletes. England in particular is keen to reestablish the supremacy of its athletes on track and field, but the best method for accomplishing this has given rise to numerous controversies. The problem of coaching and training is causing the most discussion, but the advocates of the American system of preparing athletes is growing, and in spite of the prejudice against him, the paid coach will protK ably become a feature in the amateur sporting world of Europe. CHAMPION BOXERS MUST HAVE SEVERE PRELIMINARY TRAINING All the Noted Fighters Who Climbed to the Top Had Very Tough Experience. BY T.

S. ANDREWS. Special DUpatch to The 8tar. MILWAUKEE, March past experiences of champion boxers It Is evident that each one of them must go through a sever? course of training and also preliminary bouts before they begin to reach the goal for which they aim. Jim Jeffries before he became champion was knocked about at the training camps as a trial horse for Jim Corbett; Ad Wolgast, lightweight champion, was glad to get a preliminary bout around Milwaukee for anything from a ham sandwich up; Billy Papke was knocking about through Illinois in preliminary bouts on any kind of matches that came along before he got to the top; the same with the late Stanley Ketchel, who often boasted that he fought out in Montana for the fun of the thing and, again, Johnny Kilbane, the new featherweight champion, who had the hardest kind of a time getting to the front In Cleveland, finally reaching the goal of his ambition.

That has been the experience of every champion we ever had, and now comes Frank Mantell, the latest claimant to the middleweight championship. A year ago any boxing critic would have laughted at his claims, for he had been beaten in most of his contests. Frank Klaus knocked him out in nine rounds, Leo Houck beat him in fifteen. Jack Dillon defeated him in twelve, Billy McKlnnon defeated him in fifteen and he also lost to Jack (Twin) Sullivan, Joe Thomas and others. but he kept plugging right along and now seems to be In a position to demand recognition from the best of them.

His defeat of Billy Papke out on the Pacific coast has given him quite a standing and now he Is being classed along with Eddie McGoorty. Jack Dillon, Frank Klaus, Hugo Kelly and other topnotchers. Mantell may yet prove a surprise Who can tell? The Britishers are all worked up over the latest sensation In the boxing line in fact. It Is quite a bugaboo now with the British boxing fans. They have been teaching the Frenchmen the art of boxing for the past few years, and now the athletes from across the channel are beginning to press them for their championship titles.

One of the best posted critics in England writes me an interesting letter regarding this condition of affairs, and says: "You will remember that all along I anticipated that Gorges Carpentier, the French middleweight, would defeat Jim Sullivan, the English champion. I expected that the Londoner would go at least-six rounds with the Frenchman, but It seems that Sullivan's great fault is his extreme nervousness, and this Is what beat him at Monte Carlo. It was the same case when Sullivan was beaten by Billy Papke, your American middleweight, last spring, though In that battle Sullivan began get over his nervousness after the fifth round, Papke getting him in the ninth. Sullivan Jias not got a hard punch and Papke found this out and took liberties that he would not with a hard hitter. Carpentier, in my opinion.

Is the greatest boxer at any weight In the world today and I fancy the only man likely to defeat him would be Jimmy Clabby. This refers to middlewelghts. It was unfortunate for Clabby that his bad hand prevented him from showing his best in England. If they should meet at any time I would put my money on the Frenchman. It is rumored here that Carpentier contemplates an American trip, but I doubt whether he will go very soon, and I also understand that he may be called upon for his military stunt, which will put the lid on any transatlantic proposition for a time.

"Adrian Hogan, the French welterweight, will finish his term in the army shortly, and will soon be after the French middlewelghts, as he has taken on some weight. The best of the French boxers are really great, but, of course, they are not all Carpentiers. This little fellow Poesy, the featherweight who beat Digger Stanley, is hot stuff, though too much is being made of his defeat of the English champion; he weighed fully ten pounds heavier than Stanley, which is a pretty big handicap for a little fellow who can make 114 pounds. However, If Poesy meets Jimmy Drlscoll, we shall see better, but he Is like a great boxer in a class of his own poundage. The long rest which Driscoll has had from the ring may have taken the edge from him.

but I do not expect to see him beat Poesy without exerting himself, that is. if Driscoll still retains any of his old form. "The British people are certainly over boxing, and the way they are going at It now looks as If they are liable to capture several titles within the next few years." Tommy Walsh, the former referee for the boxing clubs at New Orleans, has given up aviation for the time being, also refereelng, and is now a full-fledged manager. Tommy has taken In hand Frankie Burns, the New Jersey bantamweight who gave Johnny Coulon such a hard battle recently at New Orleans. Walsh thinks he has a champion in Burns, and.

writing from New Orleans, says: "In all my experience I never saw a boy with a cleverer left hand than this fellow, and I am convinced that he can beat Coulon if they ever meet over the marathon route. I have nothing to say now about any decisions of the past. All I ask Is that Burns be given another chance with Coulon. If he don't beat him I never want to manage another boxer. "I was sorry that Sid Smith, the English champion, returned home, for I feel sure that Burns would have beaten him, and this would have forced Coulon Into another match, and we would then have I held the British title.

Burns is to meet a young fellow named Sanders at Memphis In the near future, and then I am planning a trip to the coast. I am also negotiating for a match with Digger Stanley over in and with the French boy. Poesy, who beat him for a contest in Paris. If we can get the matches will go over there the coming summer or possibly In the falL. I would like to get a match with this Chick Hayes, at Indianapolis, who seems to be one of the best boys around there, and if Abe Attell is looking for a match at 116 pounds or even 118 pounds he can get one with Burns and not bother about Coulon.

However, our aim now is to get a match with the Chicago boy, as we want the bantamweight title, and the only Way to get it is to beat Coulon." Owen Moran, the English 138-pounder, who has fought all the -best lightweights, has demonstrated that he can "comeback." In his fight with Pal Moore at New York the other night Moran showed all his former cleverness and also some hitting. Moran weighed 127 and Moore 133, so that the little Briton was giving away considerable weight. From the press reports Moran had the shade the better of the bout and it is almost certain that in a long fight he would win out. Now. get Moran and Joe Mandot, the southern bearcat, together and you will have some hot mixing and bring forth a lightweight who will be entitled to a match with Champion Ad Wolgast, no matter whether Moran should be the winner over Mandot or not.

Then, too, with a husky youth like Joe Rivers, the California Mexican, coming to the front there appears considerable hard work ahead for the former Milwaukee boy. Rivers and the winner of a Mandot-Moran bout would be some match, and now that Tommy Murphy has broken into the select circle again he might be counted ih, too. As a rule one great fighter in a family is the limit, but Philadelphia Jack O'Brien says his brother, known as Jack Hagen, is going to be a greater fighter than he was. Jack must be modest. Indeed to make such a statement, but then it is his brother and he will go the limit for him.

At that the Philedelphia papers have had many nice things to say about Hagen and from all accounts he is rapidly making a name for himself the same as big brother Jack did In the middleweight and light heavyweight ranks. Had O'Brien been about twenty-five pounds heavier he would no doubt have been world's champion, for he had all that goes to make a champion, speed, science, hitting ability and stamina, but lacked the weight to go against men like Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Corbett, Jack Johnson and Sam Abe Attell has been having a hard time trying to follow in the real rosy path of late and he thinks that there is a hoodoo lurking about some place. Following his trouble in New York with the state boxing commission.when he was barred for six months for alleged "stalling" and then bumping into his match with Johnny Kilbane, whereby he lost his championship title, came the last hard knock when they set up a claim out in San Francisco that he had tried to get Tommy Murphy to "lay down" to him. Attell has always been known as one of the foxiest men In the ring, but I doubt whether he would attempt such barefaced work in view of all the trouble he has had within the past three months. He may be the victim of circumstances, for very often wrong impressions are gained by a lot of bunk talk handed out by fighters and managers.

That may be Attell's case and it is best to give the boy the benefit of the doubt for the time being. Hugh D. Mcintosh, the Australian promoter, writes me that Sam McVey, the colored who fought Sam a draw, has been going at a lively pace, and is not anxious for the tar baby's game. The information also comes to hand from Sydney that Mr. McVey thought he was a young lord over there and began running things with a high hand until he was jerked up quickly by the courts.

McVey tried to work the same gag that others have of ignoring contracts, but he found that he could not worfc the bunk over there so well, and after being "given a hearing" he came off his tall tree and got down to earth, promising to be very good. McVey has earned over $12,000 while in Australia a couple of months, and from all reports it has been "blowed" plenty. These colored gentlemen sure like to live high when the wind blows their way. Funny how some people become horrified when a boxer is hurt, but how indifferent they are when men are killed on the foot ball, base ball or cycle fields, or when they are killed by dozens on the automobile race tracks and In airships, etc. In France it has been recorded the past year or two that the deaths from auto accidents and flights in the air have been enormous, running up onto the hundreds, but the moment the first accident happened in a boxing match, which is one death in the sport since introduced lntb that country, there is at once a howl about the roughness of it.

However, the jury that investigated the affair found that the man died, not from the effects of a boxing match, but from heart trouble, brought on by overexertion. It is hard sometimes to guard against men in that condition, even though they are examined by doctors. Compared to other sports boxing is mild and not half as dangerous, as records will prove. GOOD FRENCH BOXES. Carpentier May Prove Able Antagonist for Lightweights, NEW YORK, March Klaus, Dillon and the rest of them in their struggle to seize the middleweight crown, may have a new competitor to contcnd with.

Georges Carpentier. the French middleweight, who defeated Jim Sullivan, the English champion, recently, has stated that he intends to make a trip to this country for the purpose of disputing the honors with our leading middleweights. Just now Carpentier is in such great demand In Europe that he has not been able to fix a definite date for his contemplated trip to America. Is it? Or isn't it? 5 matter of any conccrn with you the convenience of ready-for-wear4? Of course we're talking of the Calvert kind of 1 ready-for-wear. Not ready made READY-FOR-WEAR.

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I IWR BY JACK ECS AX, Umpire AaeHeaa Lmcor. It Is tough to be blamed for losing a game by a close decision, but it Is a lot worse when they shift the loss of the pennant on your shoulders. That is what happened to me in Cleveland was a contender for the pennant honors that year, and was finally nosed out by only a half game. A few days before the close of the season I had a decision come up in a game between Cleveland and St. Louis that I gave against the Naps.

It kept them from winning the game, and since the pennant was lost by a mere half game I was made the fall guy. Let me say right here, however, that I believe I was absolutely right in my ruling, and if it came up again I would render exactly the same decision. When Cleveland invaded St. Louis for the final series of the season it was up to the Naps to take the entire series if they were to win the rag. A Iosb of a single game would practically kill their chances.

In the game in question St. Louis got away with a three-run lead in the first four innings. The made atrun in the fifth, sixth and seventh, making the score 3 to 3. Neitner club scored in the eighth. It was in the ninth inning that the ropes were cut.

With one out, Addie Joss, who had come to the rescue of one of the twlrlers, was given a pass. Josh Clarke filed ont to Danny Hoffman. Bill Bradley revived hope by doubling to left. Joss going to third. A hit practically meant the game for the Naps.

Bill Hinchman, always a good man in a pinch, responded with a drive through the box that had all the earmarks of going safe and breaking up the game. Bobby Wallace, who was playing short for the Browns, was after it like a flash. He timed the ball perfectly, and succeeded in making a phenomenal stop back of second. Hinchman. never a fast man.

was digging for first at full speed. Without hesitating a moment Wallace, while on the run. threw the ball to first base. The throw was as sensational as the stop, and it beat Hinchman to first by a narrow margin. The game meant nothing to St.

Louis and everything to Cleveland, but I had to give the play as I saw it, and I declared Hinchman out. In the meantime Joss and Bradley had scampered over the plate with the two runs that would have cinched the game for Cleveland. Naturally a big kick was made. The game was finally stopped in the eleventh inning on account of darkness, the score still a tie at 3 to 3. The following day Bill Dlneen ended the agony by beating the Naps.

Instead of crediting 9iaeen with putting Cleveland out of the race, that honor was always bestowed upon me. By THOMAS B. KELLY, Umpire laterMtloaal During my long career as an umpire I have had any number of hard and unusual decisions. My toughest ruling dates back to 1895. The fact that I can go back seventeen years and recall vividly everything that happened on that memorable day is conclusive proof that the events of that afternoon were out of the ordinary.

The game was played at Wheeling, W. the Warren (Pa.) club being the opposing team. It was the last half of the ninth inning, the score was 3 to 2 in faror of Warren, two men were out and Jack Glasscock on first. Olasscock attempted fa. steal of second.

The throw from the catcher was perfect and it was evident to Jack that he would be an easy out. As he neared the base he grabbed up a handful of loose dirt and burled it at the second baseman. This act blinded that, player, caused him to duck and allow the ball to roll out into center field. Glasscock went to third on the play. When Glasscock threw the dirt I yelled at the top of my voice, "You're out!" and the words "What for?" came from every player on the home team.

"For interference," I answered, in my loudest tones. That decision ended the game. It stopped a near rally on the part of the home team and practically gave the pennant to Warren, which club was only a game ahead of Wheeling at the time. When the decision was rendered, on came the rushing mob. like the cattle from a bull pen.

It was evident I must put up a strong front, so I remained as cool as an Indian sign in front of a cigar store. As the mob was about to seize me my sight left me, my hearing disappeared and what feelings I had or migiu have had were as benumbed as were Jeffries' when the bacon punch was given him by Johnson. Just as "mob rule" was about to recall me from the grand old game Jack Glasscock, who had been the cause of all the trouble, stepped out before that mighty crowd, raised his colossal right arm high in the air and stayed the onrushing trend of temporary cases of Insanity long enough to majestically speak these words: "Gentlemen, the umpire, for once, was right. No chance for an was out." It is needlees to add that short speech saved the day, and that I am still alive and exercising daily. It might be of Interest to the readers of this little happening to know that such great players as the Wagner brothers, A1 and Hans; Harry Smith, with Pittsburgh and Boston; Bill Carrick, the clever pitcher; Tom O'Brien, the star fielder, now deceased, and Claude Ritchie were members of the Warren team.

Jack Glasscock, formerly a major league favorite, was manager and captain of the Wheeling club. Oopyrigfct, W. G. Evans, .1912. When the Philadelphia American League team gives up its training quarters at San Antonio March 20 the Chicago Americans probably will move to San Antonio from Waco, where they began their spring practice.

President Comiskey of the Chicago club, who was in San Antonio 5'esterday, made this announcement. Adverse weather conditions at Waco have Interfered with practice. Chattanooga has given the veteran George Nill his unconditional release. JEFF HAS A PECULIAR SENSE OF HUMOR IT ToOAV 5UNDNV. Now W6 HT Tfc acovple OF GitfeN Gimme ooNe one ORANse ONE CPoK in Twe rijt.

IT FoR. VQO. mi WfcRJfc COMCS a WITH Tntit fcR.eC*TtCS By "Bud" Fisher.