Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 75, 6 February 1919 — Page 12
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FOUR TEAMS JOIN S. A. L. AT FIRST LEAGUE MEETING More Expected to Enter Next Week Vigran is Again Chosen President. Sam Vigran, for three years president of the Saturday Afternoon League was re-Alerted last nlzht bv a unani mous vote of the managers and representatives of the factories. Ray Sturns of the Reliance Foundry was elected secretary, and the president will act as treasurer. These elections were held at the organization meeting of the league last night at the Y. M. C. A. Four factories were depresented at the meeting and all were eager to continue the league this year. Easthaven could not be represented but the officials at that institution said a team would be entered if possible. At present the Swayne-Robinson factory, American Seeding Machine company. Malleable and Starr factories will probably enter teams, according to sentiment expressed last night by their representatives. Before the meeting next Monday night at the Y. M. C. A. It Is expected that the Easthaven team will be entered and also the Johnson Sheet Metal Workers team. The appointment of committees to take care of the finances, to draw up the constitution and to attend to the grounds was put off, until the next meeting, as it Is thought that all the teams will be represented then. May Play Curtain Raisers. If the six team league is formed, a choice of five diamonds will be offered the Athletic, Exhibition, Playground, Earlham and Easthaven. The Athletic park will probably not be used as the diamond there is In poor condition as it was not used at all last year. The three best diamonds are probably the Playground, Easthaven and Exhibition. It Is very probable that the season tickets will be sold as last year and a percent of the proceeds will be given to a war fund or to a deserving charity. : - A game will probably be played each Saturday as a curtain raiser to the Central league game, if the consent of the management can be secured. If this can not be done the games will be played at the other parks instead. The Natco. Simplex and JenkinsVulcan teams were not represented at the meeting last night and it is not expected that these factories will have teams in the 1919 circuit. The Mailables, although cellar champs last year, have not been discouraged and are out for the title this season. Those present at the meting last night were: George Fine, of the Mailables; Al Meyer, Wilbur Sturm and Paul Wittle from Starr; Emmett Haas and Clark Rlef, Swayne-Robinson, and Cy Fitzgibbons from the American Seeding Machine company. Garfield Sports Garfield basketball men making up the first team proved their worth last night by winning the Richmond High school freshman first team to the tune of 21-11 in an easy game. Walls, Wynne and Eikenberry played circles around the Freshies, and Bescher was the only high school player that scored any field goals. He scored nine points, one foul goal and four fields. Walls made six foul shots and four field goals for Garfield. Tho Garfield second team also won from the High school seconds in a close game, 12-10. Sauter made four field goals for Garfield while Martin made three fields and two fouls for High school. Lineup and summary: FRESHMEN FIRSTS Gls. Fl.Gls. Pts. Bescher, f. 4 1 9 Greene, f 0 0 0 Way, c 0 0 0 Druly, g o o o Johnson, g 0 2 2 Total 4 3 11 GARFIELD FIRST TEAM Gls. Fl.Gls. Pts. Eikenberry, f 1 0 2 Fitzpatrick, f 0 0 0 Philips, f 0 0 0 Walls, c 4 6 14 Wynne, g 1 1 3 Good, e 0 0 0 Weidner, g 1 0 2 Totals 7 7 21 Fouls Committed R. H. S.: Bescner, 3p, 4t; Way, 3p; Druly, lp; Johnson, 3p; Garfield: Eikenberry, 4p; Fitzpatrick, lp, It; Walls, 2p; Wynne, 3p. 2t; Good, 2p. Referee, Walker; Scorer, Phillips. SMALL BOYS' LEAGUE Won. Lost. Pet. Stutz . 15 5 .750 Tommies 15 5 .750 Sammies 14 6 .700 Tanks 10 10 .500 ' Starrs 5 15 .250 Foch's 2 18 .100 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS The championship of the Small Boys' league is now tied with the Stutz and Tommies in the lead. Both of these teams are "Whites," and so the tie will not be played off. Tanks, 6; Stutz, 0. Foch's, 1; Tommies, 3. Starrs, 2; Sammies, C. Cambridge City Meets Liberty High Friday The Cambridge City basket-ball toam will play Liberty High School at Liberty tomorrow night. The Liberty team should have no trouble In getting away with the long end of the score. Pigeons Are Tamed by Traffic Cop Pigeons flying about Main street have found true friends In the traffic "cops" who are stationed at Eighth and Main streets. Every morning the policemen bring handfuls of grain for the birds, and tho pigeons are becoming tamed by their kindly treatment. -
Will Question of Matty's Ability as Major Pilot
Managers of Reds since 1900. Above, John Ganzel. Below, BY JACK KEENE. Will Christy Mathewson leave baseball with the question of his ability as a manager unsettled? Did the war prevent Mathewson from overcoming the Jinx that follows the manager of the Cincinnati Reds? Or did the world conflict prevent Matty from lingering in baseball long enough to write "failure" after his name as manager? These are interesting topics for discussion. Matty is out as manager of the Reds. Pat Moran has been named manager. Matty, still overseas as an officer in the chemical warfare division, has not given out his plans for the future. Dame rumor hath said that Christy may be signed by the Giants as coach of the pitchers. Big Six cannot be classed as a managerial failure because he failed to produce a bell-ringing club for Garry Herrmann. He needs no alibi for his showing there. Mathewson, with mighty arm and mightier brain, thundered down through the National league, leaving a world-beating string of victories and a book full of thrilling battles won. Fans, all hero worshipers, saw him in their mind's eye, taking the managerial trench by storm in the same fashion. They did not stop to think that Matty would have to slow down his brain, switch it to another track and then gather steam again, mentally. Kicked Out Discord. His first full year with the Reds he had real success. He kicked out the discord on the club and obtained harmony. To do that on the Cinci club is a man's job alone. In 1918 the Reds of course, passed through the same war changes as the other clubs, of course. The Red fans saw that Matty wasn't going to win a pennant. They did not weigh the situation fairly. They jumped at the easiest conclusion Matty hadn't made good. Piffle! Matty had not set the league or baseball world aflame. But he had failed. Would he have made good eventually? Indications are that he would. The chief indication is in the fact that he had courage enough in his convictions to face the baseball world with the announcement that in his opinion one of the stars of his team was not working for the best interests of his team or baseball in general. Second. He had weathered two seasons in the toughest managerial berth in the game. Third. The team was climbing. It finished fourth in 1917 and third in 1918. Fourth. Matty knew In his own mind that he was setting himself for success in his work else he would have stepped out at the beginning of last season. He is that type. Matty was the tenth man to tackle the job or Red pilot since 1900. when the team began its habitual losing. Here are the names of the men who tried, before Matty came, to pull the team out of the rut, the years they tried and where the club landed: Year. Name Position. 1900 Bob Allen 7 1901 Bid McPhee 8 1902 Bid McPhee 4 1903 Joe Kelley 4 1904 Joe Kelley 3 1905 Joe Kelley 5 1906 Ned Nanlon 6 1907 Ned Hanlon 6 1908 John Ganzel 5 1909 Clark Griffith 4 1910 Clark Griffith 5 1911 Clark Griffith 6 1912 Hank O'Day .4 1913 Joe Tinker 7 1914 Buck Herzog 8 1915 Buck Herzog ...7 1916 Herzog-Matty 8 1917 Matty .'. 4 1918 Matty 3 WILL BAR FULTON MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 6 The Minneapolis boxing commission, meeting here late yesterday, voted to bar indefinitely Fred Fulton, Rochester (Minn.) heavyweight fighter, from boxing or sparring in Minnesota rings. No reason was given, but it is understood the commissioners took the action after discussion of Fulton's statement made recently in San Francisco that Jack Dempsey had "double crossed" him In their fight on July 27 last ' ;
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left to right: Joe Tinker, Joe Kelly, Clark Griffith and Ned Hanlon. Center: left to right: Christy Mathewson, Charlie Herzog and Hank O'Day.
Central League Moguls to Meet in Chicago Within Next Ten Days; Hauser Asks Club For His Old Job
The next meeting of the Central league moguls probably will be held within 10 days at Chicago, which is more centrally located for the franchise owners than Is Indianapolis. It is unlikely that the meeting will be called for next Sunday. While the club owners are busily working on the makeup of the circuit, former Central players are letting no grass' grow under their feet. Mike Hauser, catcher for Richmond in 1917, has already asked to have his old job back. Hauser was with Memphis last year and is a free agent. He is living in New Orleans. President Ryan of the Peoria club has announced that he will be glad to have Grand Rapids and Muskegon back in the fold, which substantiates the assertion of Acting Chairman Eggemeyer,' who has wired his willingness to see Bert Noblett put a team in the Furniture City. "The circuit is not complete," said Ryan, "and will not be complete until we have investigated the entire middle west situation. It will be our aim to form a compact circuit, but we will not let the mileage question keep any good city out of the league." This statement is in accord with the opinion of the magnates who attended the Indianapolis meeting, where it was asserted that the policy underlying the formation of the Central would be "good baseball cities," irrespective of mileage. Evansville, Terre Haute and Bloomington, it was learned today, have already arranged club organizations. Each club must assure the league of real financial backing or its application for a franchise will not be considered. This was one of the policies adopted at the Indianapolis meeting. Fred Hunter, who attended the In"Can't Cut Off My Leg," Says Railroad Engineer "I am a railroad engineer; about 20 years ago my leg was seriously injured in an accident out West. Upon my refusing to allow the doctor to amputate it I was told it would be impossible to heal the wound. I have j tried all kinds of salves and had many doctors in the past 20 years, but to; no avail. Finally I resolved to use PETERSON'S OINTMENT on my leg. You cannot imagine my astonishment when I found it was doing what over 100 things had failed to do. My leg . is now completely cured." Gus Hauft, 799 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. "It makes me feel proud to be able to produce an ointment like that," says Peterson of Buffalo. "Not only do I guarantee Peterson's ointment for old sores and wounds, but for eczema, salt rheum, ulcers, itching skin j J IT- J VI J! i . 1 I , 1 ! auu uimu, uieeumg, or ncmng piles, and I put up a big box for 35 cents, a price all can afford to pay and money back if not satisfied." Adv. Weh of ave a car POCAHONTAS COAL on track J. H. HE 162-164 Ft Wayne Ave. Phone 2662
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dianapolis meeting, formerly was first sacker for the Muskegon team. Hunter indirectly represented Springfield's interests In the reorganization plans. He was also delegated to speak for Dayton, where Joe Tinker is reported willing to place a club to serve as a farm for his Columbus American association team. Hunter is said to have obtained, from Tinker, the information that there is a second "angel" ready to place a club at Springfield. Tinker is also said to have tired of paying railroad fares for his young prospects to Peoria and is ready to dispose of his interests there. At the same time Joe doesn't want Peoria dropped from the Central, because he is convinced that it is one of the best minor ball towns in the country. Appearance of backing at Springfield and Dayton should simplify the task of reorganizing. Springfield writers predict that there will be no obstacles placed in the way of anyone who is game to back baseball In their city. A fine park is available and stockholders of the old club are reported willing to turn over the control of affairs to new hands. Tinker has let it be known that he will supply all necessary finances at Dayton. Reports that Muskegon is coming to life and is jciovr ready to give free park rental to anyone who will back a club and guarantee the sale of 1,000 season tickets at $15 a throw should add to Grand Rapids' chances of placing in the Central. Nothing new has come out of Peoria this week, except that a circuit is being formed which will not overlook the highly important items of mileage, sleeper jumps and other little incidentals which have wrecked many a league when they have been overlooked.
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"Demon 2 Baseman" Braffett Reviews Elks-South Side Game; Wants Bossolini Back on Team
RANK BRAFFETT, of De troit, essaying the roie 01 Ring Lardner, In a letter to a friend" here, recalls the famous Elks-South Side Improvement association game, in which the casualties on hnth niden were heavy and the fun in direct ratio to the hospital list. It follows: Mr. Elmer E. Eggemeyer, Prest. Central Baseball eague, Richmond, Indiana. Dear Sir: I seen in the Detroit Free Pnoa h)a a m whprft vou had been elected pres. of the Central league, and a guy told me tnat you were biui pres. of the Richmond Exhibition co. So, as I seen a robin the other day, and heard a guy say that the wild ducks are flying over Grand Rapids hApriprf north, it looks like the good old summer time is pretty hear here, and I thought 1 wouia taKe my pen iu hand and hit you for a job, as the feller said. I don't suppose you remember me, but I used to play with a team called the Elks. There was only one other team in the league. It was called the South Side Improvement association, or some such name. I was playing 2nd base for the Elks, but three stiffs named Joe Hill, Shorty Jessup, and Windy Meredith got sore at the way I was lacing them out, and froze me out. So I didn't get to play in the regular game, but the South Side Improvement society beat tho TCIks. and it served them right for the rotten deal they gave me. Well, my motto is, it you can t doosi rJnn't lrnnrlr. and T am onlv telling VOU this, so you can see for yourself why you can t una any or my averages for that league. I been playing up VILLARD CONFIDENT OF OWN ABILITY NEW YORK, Feb. 6 Jess Willard, heavy-weight champion of the world is now making statements as to his ability in boxing. He said last night that he was sure he could defeat any boxer in the world, in a bout of any length, under any conditions. That is the word brought back here by Tex Rickard, the promoter, who has eclipsed his own records in signing Dempsey and Willard to battle for the championship. He made the statement as he sat waiting for Jack Kearn to fill an engagement that resulted in Kearns agreeing to sign for Dempsey when guaranteed $27,000 and a third of the motion picture privileges. Rickard, however, added that Willard is quite aware that he is not going to box Moran, and has started the most serious training since he met and defeated Jack Johnson, in Havana. According to the promoter, Willard began looking for a couple of big huskies to take back to Kansas to help him get into condition. A few weeks or gymnasium work, Rickard said, will be followed by two weeks at Hot Springs and a trip to the mountains. Then the more serious work of conditioning will begin. FEEL IT IN THEIR BONES Rheumatic sufferers are highly sensitive and easily affected by any change in the weather, "they feel it in their bones." Rheumatism is the foe which steals away the joy of life. "Neutrone Prescription 99," the different remedy, has banished winter terrors for all. Each week more and more sufferers in all walks of life take "Neutrone Prescription 99" and every week adds more names to the long list of permanent cures. Go to your druggist today and get a 50c or $1.00 bottle. It will repay you many times in health. Mail orders filled on $1.00 size. Conkey Drug company and leading druggists everywhere. Adv. A BELL
here with the shipyard league, and when I tell you that I hit that old apple for an average of 499 stole 41 bases In 13 games, and only made 1 error, you can see that I burnt this league up. I wouldn't have made that error only I spiked myself coming in on a bunt. While I led the league playing 2". I can play all the other bags better than most of the stiffs playing 'em, besides being one of the best outfielders around these parts. I don't like to talk about myself, but I am also a good pitcher, with speed like Johnson, who pitches for the District of Columbia. Behind the bat I haven't had a passed ball in 3 years. Now, Mr. Eggemeyer, if you want your team to win the pennant my advice is to hire me, and build your team around men, the same as the big league managers do. I will also act as captain of the team, as I have probably forgotten more baseball than a lot of stiffs down there will ever know. I am not much of a fellow to blow my own horn, as the fellows Bay, but if you get me on your team, I will show that league some of the inside stuff they never heard of. Hoping to hear from you by return mail. Yours Respect. F. Israel Braffett Demon 2" Baseman. P. S. There is another guy up here who would make you a swell hitting right fielder. His name Is Bossolini. F. I. B.
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Whitewater Calls Off f Cambridge City Game Whitewater high school failed to send a basketball team to Cambridge City last night and so there was no game played there between the first teams of the two high schools. About seven o'clock last night the Whitewater management called up Cambridge City and 6tated that several of the men were sick and that the second team had gone to Fountain City so that no players could come to Cambridge City. A $2,000,000 Victory monument on the Parkway is planned as a tribute by the women of Philadelphia to the memory of the men and women who served in the war for democracy.
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