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TM COUNT I TO Btt HERft TONIGHTRICHMOND HIGH OPTIMISTIC ON HUNTINGTON GO Upstate Team is Strong Rival, However Simmons Going Good." . Richmond high basket shooters clash with the strong Huntington basketball five at the Coliseum Friday night. With Stegman on the sick list and L&hrman a second string man Ineligible the prospects are somewhat dampened (or the Richmond basketball aggregation carrying away the bunting. Rolands and Graffis are the two men who Coach Wullins will probably play in the place of Stegman. Simmons, the pivot man and mainstay of the Richmond five, is still showing his usual ability to cage the ball. Coach Mulltns charges have showed a decided Increased ability in passing the ball but have fallen far short of making the necessary goals. Players Optimistic. The members of the team are optl raistic and believe they can defeat Huntington. Friday night. It has been the endeavor of Mullins all this week to get his men in shape so that they can locate the basket. The personnel for the game probably will be: Simmons, center; Rob inson and Van Allen, forwards, and Harding and either Hollands or Graffis. guards.

Very litDe Is known of the Huntingy ton quintet with the exception that It f has a reputation of being one of .the ' , strongest teams in the state, having

defeated Rochester, the team that eliminated Richmond at the state

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that the sectional basketball meet would be held at Richmond in the early part of March. FIRST DIVISION TEAMS TO SHARE CINCINNATI. Jan. 4. Garry Herrmann today announced he and Ban Johnson have agreed to divide the players' end of the next world's series receipts as follows: Have the pool consist of 60 per cent, of the receipts of the first four games after the national clmmission's 10 per cent, has been deducted. This Is no change from past regulations. Limit the award of the winning players to $2,000 each, and the losing players to $1,400 each. Award the balance of the pot to the second, third and fourth place teams of the two big leagues on this basis. To the second-place club3, 25 per cent, each: to the third-place teams, 15 per cent, each; to the fourth-place teams; 10 per cent. each. Herrmann and Johnson probably will take some action looking to a division of the receipts of other post-season series to prevent other teams from grabbing off more fall money than the men who play for the world's cham pjonsbip. Willard Refuses to Fight For $100,000 CHICAGO, Jan. 4 Jeas Willard Indicated here today he would not accept the offer of $100,000 to fight at Demlng, N. M., which was telegraphed him by P. W. Turner, a wealthy sportsman of that place. Willard said the gate receipts In so small a town would not be enough to warrant signing for a match there. The Demlng sportsman's Idea In staging such a bout Is to boost the Red Cross. Hie telegram sent here read that the $100,000 given for the fight should be turned over to the Red Cross. Otherwise the offer ia made absolutely unconditional, permitting Willard to specify any conditions regarding his opponent, the length of the bout and the question of risking his title. COMPENSATION Continued From Page One.) safety, but we are also regardful of the interests of those by whom these great properties are owned and glad to avail ourselves of the experience and trained ability of thosa who have been managing them. "It Is necessary that the transport atlon of troops and of war materials of food and of fuel, and of every thing that is necessary for the full mobiliiatlon of the ensfglss of the resources of the country shall be first consider 4 put ft Is clearly in the pub Ua in.

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ONNtVhowrnToo import It is curious to note that while Sam Langford cared not at all to tackle Jim Jeffries some years ago at the time Jack Johnson was preparing to meet him he Is more than willing to take a chance today with Jess Willard. And this in spite of the fact that Langford today is not at all the Langford of several years ago which he well knows. But at the time that Johnson, then Tham's bitter rival, was matched with Jeff, Sam said he didn't want "none of Mr.' Jeffries' tricks. That man ain't human." All of which may go to show, since Langford may be regarded as a fair Judge of fighting talent, there is some difference between the once champion Jeffries and the heavyweight champion we have today. One more twenty-round strong-hold has adopted the ten-round system of boxing bouts. Owing to the smaller attendance at the bouts, due to the war and the consequent smaller purees, the Australian promoters have cut down the bouts from twenty to ten rounds. According to Promoter Snowy Baker, the innovation has proved to be a success and will be continued even after the war. Baker says the spectators are much better pleased with the shorter bouts, as they make for more action and less stalling. Regardless of the measure of sue cess attained by the Cincinnati club In 1918, the Tied s will be sure of one large attendance at their home grounds, for already more than 4,000 seats have been sold for the opening game of the season at Redland field. The opening game of the year is a big day in all major league cities, but in Cincinnati it is more than just a big day. The Reds and their., opponents, together with prominent citizens and various brass bands, parade through the city in automobiles, an impressive ceremony is held "at the ball park and the largest crowd of the year always turns out. The advance sale of seats for every year's opener begins in the preceding fall, and as a rule at least 5,000 are sold before Christmas. Hank O'Day, the veteran umpire, is spending the winter at New 'Orleans watching the ponies run. Rehg, the outfielder secured by the Braves from Providence, hit .304 durCarpentier Too Busy Rapping Kaiser to Take Up Jess' Defi PARIS, Jan. 4. Georges Carpentier. French heavyweight champion, la too busy at his job of fighting the kaiser to heed any challenges by Jess Willard, world's heavyweight champion, for as small a thing as a mere fight in be squared circle. "Just as soon as the kaiser is knocked .out," the famous French fighter said today, "I'll be willing to take up Willard's challenge. Until that time, I'm going to be too busy fighting him to entertain any other ideas about fighting." Carpentier is a pilot aviator in the French flying corps. He was in Paris today on a frief period of leave from the front. terest also that the ordinary activities and the normal industrial and commercial life of the country should be interfered with and dislocated so little as possible and the public may rest assured that the interest and convenience of the private shipper will be as carefully served and safeguarded as it is possible to erve and safeguard it in the present extraordinary circumstances. "While the present authority of the executive offices for all purposes of administration and while, of course, all private Interests must for the present give way to the public necessity, it Is, I am sure you will agree with me, right and necessary that the owners and creditors of the railways, the holders of their stock and bond a, should receive from the government an unqualifld guarantee that their properties win be maintained throughout the period of federal control in bb good repair and as complete equipment as at present, and that the several roada will reeeve under federal management sneh compensation as is equitable and Just, alike to ther owners and to the general pub Ho, I would suggest the average net railway operating Income of the three years ending June SO, 1917, 1 earnestly recommend that these guarantees be given by appropriate legislation and given as promptly as oireumstanoes permit. Says Must Be Just, "I need not point out the essential justice of such guarantees and their great influence and significance as elements in the present financial and industrial situations of the country, Indeed, one of the strong arguments tor assuming control of the raflreads a; (his time is tee financial argument I Is necessary that the value of railway securities should be justly and fairly

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AND TURN ON ishoteirin lng his stay In the International league last season. President Weeghman of the Cubs was host at a dinner in honor of Grover Cleveland Alexander in Chicago the other night. While making big deals the Chicago Cubs are not overlooking lesser additions. Recently they claimed Outfielder Frank Walker from the Detroit Tigers and now It is announced they have claimed Pitcher Joe Boehllng from the Cleveland Indians. Nig Clarke, who Is now In the marines, was in Detroit recently on a furlough. He declared It Is the only life and said he Is sorry that he didn't enlist years ago and never played ball. Clarke Is stationed at Paris Island, N. C. One of the minor controversies in the recent Western league meeting was over the contract for the balls to be used next year. The Wilson ball won and will be used next year. As the Detrolts need pitchers why didn't President Navln buy Joe Bush from the Athletics? protected and that the large financial operations every year necessary in connection with the maintenance, operation and development of the roads should, during the period of the war, be wisely related to the financial operations of the government. Our first duty is of course to conserve the common interest and the common safety, and to make certain that nothing stands in the way of the successful prosecution for liberty and justice, but it is an obligation of public conscience and public honor that the private interests we disturb should be keput sale from unjust injury and' it is of the Utmost consequence , tl the government itself that all great financ ial operations should be stabilized and! co-ordinated with the financial opera tions of the government. "No borrowing should run athwart the borrowings of the federal treasury and no fundamental industrial values should anywhere be unnecessarily impaired. In the hands of many thousand of small investors in the country as well as in national banks in insurance companies, in savings banks, in trust companies, in financial agencies of every kind, railway securities, the 6um total of which runs up to some $10,000,000,000 or $11,000,000,000 constitute a vital part of the structure of credit and the unquestioned solidity of that structure must be maintained. Agreed on McAdoo. "The secretary of war and I easily agreed that, in view of the many complex interests which must be safeguarded and harmonized as well as because of his exceptional experience and ability in this new field of government action, the Honorable Willlam G. McAdoo was the right man to assume direct administrative control of this new executive task. At our request he consented to assume the authority and duty of organizer and director general of the new railway administration. He has assumed those duties and his work ia n active progress. "It is probably too much to expect that even under the unlfed railway administrations which will now be possible, sufficient economies can be effected in the operation of the railways to make it possible to add to their equipment and extend ther operative facilities as much as the present extraordinary demands upon ther use will render desirable, without resorting to the national tresury for the funds. If it is not possible it will, of course, be necessary to resort to congress for grants of money for that purpose. "The secretary of the treasury will advise with your committees with regard to this very practical aspect of the manner. For the present I suggest only the guarantees I have indicated and such appropriations as are necessary at the outset of this task. 1 take the liberty of expressing the hope that the congress may grant these promptly and ungrudgingly. We are dealing with great matters and will, I am sure, deal with them greatly." To Pay Net Income, The administra bill for government operation of railroads proposes that the government shall pay compensation at an annual rata as near as possible to the net operating Income for tiie three years ending June 80, 191T. The bill also would appropriate $500,000,000 to be used as a "revolving fund" with the excess earnings of the roads for the operation of the law. The bin is entitled, "A bill to proVide for operation of transportation systems while under federal control, for just compensation of their owners and for other purposes," Section 1 gives Che President anthority to agree with the roads the compensation they shall receive, fixing the amount as nearly equal to road's average net railway operating income for three years ending June 30, 1917, It provides how the net income shall be computed, and also for depreciation and maintenance. Section 2 gives the President power

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THE i - to fix the compensation to the roads where no agreement can be reached, prescribing the basis for the amount to be thus paid. Section 3 provides for a board of three auditors to adjust compensation in certain cases of disagreement An appeal may be taken from the auditors to the courts. ' Section 4 provides for increases of compensation while the roads are under federal control, based upon cost of improvements made during that time. Section 5 prohibits the carrier while under federal control from, without the President's approval, declaring or paving any dividends In excess of its regular rates during three years ended June 30, 1917. In cases where no dividends have been paid, the President may approve a rate if the earnings justify one. Section 6 appropriates $500,000,000, which, with funds available from excess earnings of the roads, may be used by the' President as a "revolving fund" to pay expenses federal control or deficit of any railroad below standard returns, and to provide improvements, equipment and euch. WIN OR LOSE Continued From Page One. ing to have 1,000,000 fighting men In France by next summer, but grave doubts are expressed by many officials

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DO YOU TURH ON TH3 that this aim will be achieved at the present rate of progress. How many men England can or will send to the front between now and spring is a question upon which there is considerable speculation. It is estimated that Germany win be able to send 1,000,000 additional men to the western front, thereby obtaining a numerical superiority of 500,000 men over the allies' present forces. It has been reported that England is holding 2,000,000 men at home in fear of a German invasion. Doubt German Offensive. Keen interest was manifested in the statement of MaJ. Gen. F. B. Maurice, chief director of military operations for Great Britain, that a big German offensive on the western front is certain, and that the allied armies may lose both men and territory as a result of the strengthening of the Teutonlo lines with troops released from the Russian front Military experts here continued to express confidence that no offensive the Germans can launch in the west will begin to pay its cost to them in men and supplies. The British army, it was learned today on unimpeachable authority, has a dangerously short food supply, and the French and Italian armies, while not quite so reduced in regard to foodstuffs, also possess reserves so limited as to cause anxiety. Deficient In Artillery. The situation of the allies is etartlingly serious," an authority today declared, "The amount of artillery possessed by the allies is now so deficient that it will be Impossible for them to conduct an offensive for a considerable time, and they will be compelled

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