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a a EIGHT SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI REPUBLICAN. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1724. Outlook "Rosy" for St. Louis Ball Teams; Managers of Browns and Cards Getting Teams Ready for Pennant Season By K. M.

ELISH, International News Service Staff Correspondent. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 18-Unquenchable optimist' is the spirit that animates the managers of the two St. Louis major league teams as spring.

training time draws near. With the commencement of active work scheduled for the end of the month, everything, according to the presiding geniuses of the two cubs, is "rosy." About the biggest job ahead of Branch Rickey, manager of the Cardinals, is cutting down his team to the legal limit of 25 players from the wealth of promising material on his reserve roster year. According to present indications, it looks as if Rickey might have to drop two or three veteran "fixtures" in order to make room for such men as "Del" Gainer, utility man purchased Milwaukee, and Vick, the star University of Michigan catcher. If Rickey sticks to his announced determination to keep seven three catchers and six infielders throughout the season he will have to be content with only eight or nine hurlers. Doak, Pertica, Haines, Sherdel, Walker, Bailey and North seem certain of retention.

That means that the rest of the pitching squad will have to battle for the remaining one or two openings. Start for Utality Jobs. Another keen fight will be the one between Gainer and Schultz for one of the utility jobs with the team. Irwin Weimer, farmed to the Lansing club, and H. Toporcer, who covered himself with glory playing with Syracuse, will have to fight for other berth.

The catching staff will start off with the same trio who finished last season--Clemons, Ainsmith and Dilhofer. After June 1 Ainsmith or Dilhofer will have to make way for Vick, if the newcomer makes good. The outfield combination for the Cards this year looks as if it would shape up as Smith, Mueller and Heathcote, left-handers; Mann, McHenry and Gainer or Schultz as righthanders, with Shotten, a left-hander, in reserve. The Cardinals will train again at Orange, where, it is hoped, they will do as well as last year, the recent oil boom notwithstanding. Over at the office of local American league protagonists, sits Bob Quinn, vice president and business manager, watching the mail for signed contracts.

So far the signatures have been arriving in style, and Quinn is confident that there will no holdouts when the team starts for Mobile, Browns Seek Pennant. Quinn is confident that the Browns are going to be a pennant contender trip. Having studied the dope sheets, analyzed the batting and fieldaverages and consulted the crystal ball, he has made up his mind that with only a fair proportion of the breaks, Manager Lee Fohl's team is bound to come out on top. With Dave Danforth, formerly of Columbus; Wayne Wright of Louisville; Jim Ellitt and "Dutch" Henry, from Orlando, added to the ptching-staff, Quinn figures he has a set of hurlers second to none. He doesn't figure that the Yanks or Indians will be able to outclass the new Brown pitching aggregation, and consequently he can't see anything but Brown.

Last year, despite all sorts 'of hard luck--injuries to Sisler, Gerber, Shocker and Severeid- the Fohlites finished third in their race. Given any kind of luck this season, Quinn cannot "envisage" anything short of a pennant for the Browns. Fohl will have considerably more reserve margin this year than last. There will be Bayne and Vangilder. whom pitchers Fohl last deveioped season, into while high Chick Shorten and Cedric Duerst, from Houston, look good on paper.

Many Horses Will Be Trained on Local Track This Spring George Griffin of Cassville, Has Leased Track and Will Establish Training Stables for Trotters and Pacers to Compete in Nearby Meets. Training stables with high class pacers and trotters are to be established at the race track and stables of the Springfield Driving Park club, by George Griffin of Cassville, March 1, according to announcement made yesterday. Details were completed yesterday, whereby Mr. Griffin leased the north stables at the club grounds, where he will keep the animals under his care, and secured privileges of training the horses on the track. Six excellent pacers and trotters will arrive here March 1, and Mr.

Griffin will start training them. The animals to be at the stables March 1 are: Walnut Spier, green trotter, owned by Ed Tucker of Springfield; Louis W. and a half due west of Hollister. This is the most logical location, and here Ozary Power and Water company purchased a site nearly 10 years ago. This site has the advantage of being accessible to railway switch, which has already been surveyed and stakedextension to the Bagnell spur which originates in Hollister the and south will bank be ex- of along Lake Taneycomo to a point above the proposed dam site, SO that heavy freights may be handled by gravity.

Recently engineers have been examIning a location: at Table Rock, about three miles further upstream, a wonderful natural site for dam construction, the only objection to which would be the matter of transportation, since all freights would necessarily be handied by boat or truck. The difference in cost of construction and quantities of material saved at Table Rock might more than equalize the greater costs in freights. Overlooks Scenic Spot. Table Rock is probably the most scenic spot in Taney county. A bluff on the south side 400 feet high above the river overlooks the "Shepherd of the Hills" country and White river valley for many miles.

Just opposite is another bluff 200 feet above the water. At this point a dam could be erected 200 feet high and not exceding 1,500 feet long which would create a lake 100 miles in length and extending up the James to Galena and up White river to the crossing of the M. and N. A. railway.

It is not likely, however, that a dam so large will be built, even is this site is used. The Doherty circular points out that there are available to the Ozark Water and Power company four more dam sites. Of course, it only speculation as to where these are, for every mile of White river presents a more or less possible site for dam and hydro-electrie power plant. A safe guess, however, would be that with the building of the second dam, which location is already fixed at one of two sites above mentioned a short distance west of Hollister, two more will be erected upstream, one on the James where the Ozark Power and Water company purchased a site did some work in the 35-mile bend in Stone county and the other up White river in Stone or Barry counties. Then there is the Moore's ferry site, about 25 miles by water below Powersite, the location of dam No.

1. Here is an excellent site that, in addition to the flow of White river, will impound the waters of Swan and Beaver creeks The Moore's ferry location is seven southeast of Hollister. About 25 miles further down the river is yet an-other excellent site in the horseshoe bend of White river, Taney county: Many Arkansas Sites. Below this there are innumerable sites down to the location filed on by the Dixie Power company near Cotter. If the latter is built according to plans will back up White river to the Moore's ferry site and submerge all possible locations between.

Ultimate completion of the four dams contemplated, together with the present site at Powersite, will make a chain of five inland lakes varying from 25 to 50 miles long at the head of the Dixie Dam lake, which, as proposed, will be 125 miles in length, thus creating an inland waterway from one lake to the other by means of lock systems almiles -alin- 1,000 I TEAMS ENTER IN ANNUAL BOWLING TOURNEY AT TOLEDO Preparations Are Being Completed for Huge National Bowlers to Compete. TOLEDO, Feb. The biggest bowling tournament the world has ever known will staged in Toledo this year, starting February 28, if predictions of A. L. Langtry, secretary of the A.

B. come true. Langtry, now in Toledo, has been a hustling person since his arrival. At least 1,000 five-men teams will enter the tournament, he predicts. The tournament, as in other years, will be held in Terminal building, which affords the largest available space.

Preparations are already being made there to take care of the crowds and bowlers. Mazes of telegraph wires are being unrolled to provide wire facilities sporting writers, who will come here from all parts of the country to cover the "derby" of the bowling sport, Langtry and his staff are housed in the Waldorf hotel, surrounded by a flock of messenger boys. Inquiries from bowling teams east, west, north and south are flooding him hourly. "I confidently expect tournament this year to be the biggest thing the A. B.

C. has ever staged- -and that's going some," Langtry said. "All records will be beaten, that's sufeledoans expect to have at least 300 teams entered. THE WEATHER Weather data for Springfield: Highest temperature yesterday, 63: lowest, 41; highest this date in 35 years, 70 in 1897; lowest this date in 35 years, 7 in 1918. Precipitation from 7 p.

m. Friday to 7 p. m. yesterday, none; heaviest rain this date in 35 years, 1.95 inches in 1912. Relative humidity (per cent of moisture in the air) at 7 a.

m. yesterday 75; at noon ye sterday 68; at 7 p. m. yesterday, 78. At 7 a.

m. yesterday the weather was cloudy; 7 p. m. yesterday, clear. The sun rose this morning at 6:56, sets tonight at length of daylight, 11 hours.

Moon last quarter the 18th. Time of moonrise today, 2:32 a. time of moonset today, 12:54 p. m. Hourly temperature readings yesterday: 1 a.

43 .57 2 a. 42 p. .58 3 42 2 p. .60 4 a. 41 3 p.

63 5 a. 41 p. .62 6 a. ...41 5 p. .60 7 a.

41 6 p. .58 8 a. 42 7 p. .56 9 a. .44 8 p.

m. .54 10 a. 45 9 p. .53 11 a. 49 STATION.

High. Low Prec. Abilene 76 50 Boise 42 36 Charleston 58 36 Chicago 42 36 .06 Cincinnati 42 32 Denver 56 30 Des Moines 48 34 Duluth 12 El Paso 74 48 Fort Smith 74 48 Galveston 70 60 Helena 36 24 Jacksonville 66 44 City 64 40 Kansas Little Rock 68 48 Los Angeles 62 52 Louisville 44 38 .38 62 34 Memphis New Orleans 72 50 New York 36 10 Oklahoma 68 46 Omaha 54 32 Pittsburgh 46 20 9t. Joseph 60 38 St. Louis 48 38 .04 San Francisco 60 52 Springfield, Mo.

64 40 Washington, D. 34 18 Wichita 66 38 Employes Also Plan to Force Demand for Six-Hour Work Day Continued from Page One. somewhat when Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois miners, and the anti-administration leader, announced -that Illinois de egates would hold a separate meeting here tomorrow afternoon, Mr. Farrington did not announce the purpose of the meeting, but delegates who had supported Howat talked of a Rump movement within the union. Later Mr.

Farrington said the meeting was for the purpose of electing the Illinois members of the wage scale committee and he refused to deny or confirm that the meeting was called in the interests of Howat. Close followers of Farrington dented that any Rump movement wag contemplated, "Mother Jones Talks The roll call ending cons de ation of the Kansas case was marked by an outbreak of disorder during the morning that blocked all action for a. time. but quiet wag restored by a speech by "Mother" Jones, 92, years old, who beseeched the delegates to give respectful consideration to their officials, who had expelled Howat, and the convention settle down to its main work--the adoption of its wage policy. President Lewis in a formal statement after adjournment said extensive efforts had been made to pack the convention so that it would overthrow the expulsion of Howat.

"The attempt to terrorize and stampede the convention failed he added. "The organization will now be able to go forward with its wage policies and apply itse'f to its proper affairs. In conformity with the pollcy laid down by the convention I shall in a few days, issue Another call to the operators of the central field for a meeting at an early date to work out a wage agreement If possible." FIRE CALLS 7:45 p. 745 Eist Madison; restdence destroyed; damage estimated at $1,300. 7:55 p.m., George avenue and Prospect street; roof fire: small 9:25 p.

745 East Dale rage and automobile: damage estimat ed at SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL DEFEATS JOPLIN 26 TO 22. Jasper County Team Suffers Second Defeat of SeasonGuthrie Leads in Scoring. Special to the Republican. JOPLIN, Feb. Joplin High school Miners suffered their secInd defeat of the season at the hands if the Springfield High school Bull here tonight by the score of 26 22.

defeated earlier in logs Joplin was the season by the Bulldogs on Springfeld's court. The game tonight real batafter the end of the first half. The tle first period closed with the visitors but leading by score of 14 to 11, soon after the second period opened the Miners staged a rally and were they also rallied. to increase their pressing the Bulldogs closely, when lead. Near the end of the game, however, the Miners were only two points behind the Bulldogs.

A sensational field goal by Guthrie. Springfield forward, was the visitors' final score and gave them the -point lead that won the The game was close and interesting game for them. throughout, with both teams playing clean basketball. Freeman played well for the Bulldogs until he was taken out in the first half on personal fouls. Guthrie and 1 Captain Galloway also played well for Springfield.

Windle was the outstanding star of the Miners and was high-point man of the game. Blunt also played well after going in at forward. The lineups follow: Springfield. Pos. oplin.

(6) Windle (18) Freeman Guthrie (11) Gish (2) (4) Potts (2) 'Galloway Beadles Blosser Dewar Patrick Substitutions: Springfield Farrington (2) for Freeman; Tuck (1) for Farrington; Ward (2) for Beadles. Joplin--Fletcher for Gish; Blunt for Fletcher. Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad to Resume Operations; Reduction in Wages is Granted Continued from Page One. returns until the employes were paid standard rates. It was estimated that this would not take place for 10 years.

Representatives of the unions at the hearing contended that since the road was not operation the dispute was not without the board's jurisdiction. The employes struck following a former decision of board, and there was violence on the line, including Today's the decision burning of orders several acceptance bridges. see the proposal by the employes. but specifies that working conditions fixed by the board must be adhered to by the carrier, and recommended that former employes be reinstated with their seniority rights sustained. orders a conference between carriers and employes not later than March 1 to out the decision, The road's payroll in 1920, the last full year of operation, was $1,410.000.

It the reduction will still be was estimated, that the payroll with 133 per 1920 cent the over road's the gross payroll revenue of 1917. was $2,136,362.45 and its scoperating expenses was $2,307,603.86. Ozark Power Water Company Announce Tentative Plans for Developing Additional Continued from Page One. authorized nine years before, until now, when it is offering an initial block of $2,000,000 at 73. As these are 40-year bonds, maturing in 1952 and bear 5 percent, they will net, at the price of71-5 per cent, an attractive return.

their circular offering their bonds for sale, Henry L. Dougherty Co. says: "The Ozark Power and Water company wag organized in 1912 for the purpose of developing power sites previously acquired on the White river in the state of Missouri by the Dougherty organization. "This company operate a hypro-electric plant at Branson, and supplies electric energy to the Springfield Gas and Electric company and 661 other customers. It has a very valuable reciprocal contract with the Empire District Electric company, Joplin, Mo.

The company showed $187,634.33 net from operation in 1921-nearly double the interest charge on outstanding bonds. "For many years it has been recognized that a properly conceived and well -constructed hydro-electric develde opment, within feasible transmission distance of ready market for its out put. offers sound and most attractive basis for investment. Investment banking houses, public utility operators, economists and business men have devoted a great amount of thought to the benefits obtained through so nessing then wasting wealth of the streams country and the transmission of the electric energy derived therefrom to the industries, lighting systems, factories, mines, railways and innumerable other uses to which this comparatively low -priced energy may be put. "Several questions have arisen as to future developments of the Ozark er and Water company in connection with which it is interesting to note there are available to the Ozark ower and Water company for furaer construction when necessary four additional power sites on the White river.

The ultimate program of the Ozark Power and Water company contemplates the utilizing of these additional power siteg as the demands of the district increase and the entire program when completed will result in a water power development equal to any similar project within the United States, according to a statement made by M. R. Bump, chief, engineer of the Doherty organization." Plans Not Announced. Just when active construction on the next dam will begin and just where it will be located has not been announced. Many local straws are, however, indieating the way the wind is blowing.

Not later than June is set for active work on preliminaries, such as drilling, cofferdam construction, etc. As to location, two sites are under consideration and one or the other is certain to be selected. The first 1o- cation is at the head of the lake, just below the School of Who Said Hard Times Karl Davis, graduate manager of athletics at University of Pittsburgh, announces that 1921 has established a new attendance record for games participated in by the Pitt team with a total attendance of approximately 200,000 for nine games played. At home, in the six games Pitt played at Forbes the average attendance per game was 26,000. The three games abroad drew 50,000.

The games with Penn State and Washington and Jefferson drew 32,000 each in the rain. Then came the announcement from University of Pennsylvania that in spite of a losing season in point of playing ability the attendance records at Franklin Field had been smashed to smithereens, with a total attendance of 191,000. The largest crowd appeared on Thanksgiving Day, when 31,000 came out and sat in a driving rain storm all afternoon to see Penn smeared around through the mud and water by Cornell. Followed the announcement from Pennsylvania State college that a new record had been established by Penn State with a season attendance of 200,000, POWER PROMISED BY ALABAMA POWER CO. Increased Demand for Electricity Prompts Offer if Bid for Muscle Shoals is Accepted.

By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. of hydro-electric power for municipal and industrial purposes throughout the region within transmission distance of Muscle Shoals, estimated by engineer experts at 400 miles, was promised tonight by Thomas W. Martin, president of the Alabama Power company, in the event congress accepts the offer of that company for purchase and lease of the shoals projects. Mr.

Martin issued a formal statement, in which he pointed out that the offer operate Muscle Shoals under the federal water- -power act obligates the to function publicity "bound to serve everyone without discrimination, either in rates or in service." The statement further said that a wide demand existed in the south for increased power facilities and that this consideration had prompted the Alabama company to make the offer. Mr. Martin said assurances had been received from a "number of important industrial enterprises that if the power from this development becomes available to the public, important industrial enterprises will establish new plants and factories. TWO MEN MENTIONED AS SUCCESSOR TO LANDIS CHICAGO, Feb. those mentioned tonight as possible successors to Federal Judge K.

M. Landis, who resigned today, effective March 1, were Elmer Schlesinger and James H. Wilkerson, former district attorney. Mr. Schlesinger is connected with the law firm of Mayer, Meyer, Aus- HIGHWAY OFFICIALS WILL COVENE HERE Recently Elected Officers of In-ternational Peace Highway to Adopt By-laws.

Officials of the Missouri division of the new International Peace Highway association, elected at the meeting of good-roads boosters at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon when the division was formed, will meet here on or about March 1 to frame the bylaws, rules and regulations of the division, it was announced yesterday. The officials elected are: J. D. Gerlach of Doniphan, president: Vance C. Criss, secretary of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, secretary; J.

A. Chase of. Mountain Prove, vice president, and Hale Boggess of Carthage, treasurer. A. E.

Nissen, official organizer of the association, is to attend the meeting when the rules and regulations are adopted. He is now in Oklahoma and will be in Texas all this week, organizing the state divisions there. TAILOR SHOP AT BRANSON W. A. Ziska, local tailor, will establish a merchant tailoring department at Branson in the new building now under construction there, it was announced yesterday.

The building probably will be ready for occupancy March 15. Opening of Hotel Sansone Table D' Hote Service dunday, February the Nineteenth MUSIC From 6 to 8 o'clock. Bud Aurand Orchestra Featuring Roland Elkins. Main Dining Room. Table D' Hote Dinner MENU Grape Fruit Cocktail Olives Stuffed Sweet Peppers Stuffed Celery Baked Mountain Trout Potatoes O'Brien, Au Gratin Choice of Roast Young Turkey Celery Dressing and Spiced Apple Stuffed Ozark Capon Oyster Dressing and French Prunes Baked Young Goose Sage Dressing and Preserved Figs New Brussels Sprouts Early June Peas Snow Flake Potatoes Head Lettuce, 1000 Island Dressing Ice Cream with Crushed Maroons Sanse: aver Cake 1.00.

Special Luncheon Will be served in our main dining room MENU Cream of Chicken Olives Stuffed Sweet Peppers Choice of Baked Young Goose Oyster Dressing and Spiced Apple Baked Virginia Ham Champagne Sauce and Pineapple Fritters Mashed Creamed Potatoes New Beets in Butter Cauliflower au Gratin Celery and Apple Salad Ice Cream with Crushed Maroons Sansone's Layer Cake Coffee Price, 75c Sunday, February the Nineteenth 8-year-old trotter, with a mark of 2:11 3-4, owned by George Griffin; Motor Cop, pacer, with a trial mark of 2:12, and Raymond green pacers, owned by R. Gorg of Cassville; Oakwood Daredevil, owned by R. W. Fugitt of Springfield, and a sensa-1 tional 2-year-old trotter, owned by Carl Mitchell of Cassville. More trotters and pacers will be brought to the stables during the spring months, to be trained by Griffin, Mr.

Griffin is an experienced horseman, having trained horses and driven in races for the last 15 years. He has driven in rases at practically every fair or other racing event with a radius of 300 miles, and for two years he drove on the Grand Circuit. in beauty any waterway in America. For many years Henry L. Doherty (said to be the greatest promoter in America, head of the Cities Service company, a $200,000,000 corporation), has had dreams of a wonderful hydroelectric and navigation development in the Ozarks.

For more than 10 years, it is said, he has had a map, showing a of power plants and connecting lakes, hanging on the wall of his private office, which will be, when completed, as he says in his letter of February 15, quoted above, "equal to any similar project within the United States." Means Much to Ozarks. What this means to the Ozarks and especially to the towns of Branson and Hollister, about which this wonderful chain of lakes will center, can scarcely be estimated. The present authorized bond issue is $6,000,000, but this will not begin to complete the contemplated project in its entirety. An engineer in high authority said that Doherty's ultimate plans would require the expenditure of 000,000 and result in making White river navigable from Branson and Hollister to the sea, at the same time developing over 300,000 primary E. H.

P. and twice as much secondard power. It is probable that the company's office and commissary headquarters will be at Branson: Albert Parnell is rushing to completion a large store building for commissary purposes, it is said. Freight and labor camps be on the Hollister side as this town will be closest to the dam site, whichever one is eventually chosen. Both Branson and Hollister are preparing for a real boom when construetion actually begins.

Store buildings, garages and camps are in construction or contemplation on each side of the river. Excitement is smoldering because of an element of uncertainty 0C- casioned by previous false alarms in regard to the project. Whenever actual construction starts or a definite date is given, the Taneycomo region will experience a rush of laborers, speculators and investors that will rival an oil boom. RUSSIA RECOGNIZED BY INVITATION TO GEONA By Associated Press. BERLIN, Feb.

invitation to Soviet Russia to send representatives to the Genoa conference is equivalent to recognition of Russia and an indication that the entente will- refrain from intervention in Boishevis affairs, in the opinion of Carl Radek. Soviety representative in Berlin, as expressed in an article published by the Rote M. Radek says the no longer Fahne (Red Flag) codatente speaks of stipulations hitherto proposed, and he interprets this as proving that the entente powers are willing to. recognize that 150,000,000 Russians "are not Congo Negroes or protected Chinese." MRS. NANCY JACK Mrs.

Nancy Jack, 70 years old, died at the home of her son, J. P. Jack, 1012 East Locust street. at 11 o'clock last night. She is survived by four chitdren.

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