Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 77, 8 February 1919 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 1919.

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Central League Will Gome Close to Having Class A Population in Pennant Race

CENTRAL HEADS WILL MEET AT G1II0AG0 SOON Proposed Loop Almost Equals Mark of Western League in Population. J. C. Ryan, president of the Peoria club, and Elmer Eggemeyer, acting chairman of the Central league, expect to call a meeting of the old and prospective franchise owners of the circuit within the next week, probably at Chicago, which is centrally located for the Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan club owners. Developments since the Indianapolis meeting indicate that a six or an eight club circuit will be former, .; either stretching east from the Illinois cities, through Indiana to Dayton and Springfield In Ohio; or taking the form of a triangle, with the Illinois cities the western point. Grand s" Rapids and Muskegon in Michigan the 1,. northern apex; and Richmond and the ' . tun fftil ilHoa n a Ik. .aatam nnlnt

If the Central league circuit as outlined at Indianapolis last Sunday is formed, the organization will come mighty close to landing Class A classification. Figure Prove It. These facts may be discovered by any fan if he will take the time to figure population of the eight cities making up the Central circuit, then do likewise with the Western, a Class A league. He will discover there is less than 56,000 difference In the two , loops a small item when some - of the western league cities are compared to the ones In the Central circuit. The total population of the eight cities originally proposed for membership in the Central is 581,220. In the Western league where there is a similar eight club circuit, the population is 636,856. Yet the Western league has Clans A rating with the , National Association, while the Central will likely start as a Class B loop. The owners will probably favor the Class 15 rating. It will mean a lower salary and player limit, but at the same time the draft price is lower in Class B thanvClass A and the whole proposition Is just about as broad as it is long. Only Class B League If the Central league gets going as a Class B organization, it may be the only circuit of the rating in operation in the United States this season. Two loops formerly holding the classification have been advanced to Class A standing. They aro the Texas and Eastern leagues. It Is possible the National associatlon may want to make Class A territory out of the Cential. but a majority of the club owners will vote to remain in Class B, it is believed. The Central league situation looks better every day, according to a statement made by President Ryan yesterday. "I received an application for franchise from two cities today," said the club president. "Both have been gcod baseball cities in the past and they would lit In with our circuit and neither have been mentioned as possible members in our organization plans. "We want to go through with our original work, and start with the circuit proposed at Indianapolis, but the Dayton and Springfield people will have to act within the next week or we will start plans in another direction." Here Are The Figures. The figures on population in . the Central and Western leagues from latest census reports are as follows: Central League. City Population Kvansville 81,190 Dayton 140,280 Fort Wayne 76,950 Richmond 25,000 Springfield . 60,500 Terre Haute 79,300 Bloomington 35,200 Peoria 82,800 Total 581,220 Western League. City Population Des Moines 101,598 Sioux City 57,078 Omaha 165,470 Tulsa 30,575 Oklahoma City 92,943 Wichita 70,720 NJoplln 33,216 St. Joseph 85,236 Total 636,856. Fred Hunter, veteran major league first baseman, who made application at the Indianapolis meeting last Sunday for a franchise in the proposed new Central league, to be placed In any city the moguls may name, has taken his first step to investigate the condltlons'in Springfield. Hunter Is Pleased. Hunter was pleased over the announcement by Will Mahoney, secretary of the board of directors of the former Springfield Central league club, that he favored giving him the free rental of Washington park for two years. Hunter said that he would not do anything to prevent Springfield people from accepting the franchise. He added that those at the meeting wanted Springfield people behind the club in this city, if such a thing was possible. The directors of the former local club will not accept a franchise In the proposed league from expressions heard. They have gone on record against joining any league, which includes Indiana and Illinois towns and it is stated that they have experienced no change of heart. Mahoney's proposal to grant Hunter the free use of the park as an inducement to professional ball for Springfield is meeting with much favor and it Is believed that the directors will join with him. Rockford, (111.) is anxious to get a franchise In the Central. It would be represented by the same team that it supported In the Three-Eye league.

DePauw Team Lays Claim . . to College Championship Well, look who's here! The DePauw basketball team now claims the championship of Indiana colleges after winning from all the teams in the state but Purdue and losing to them by only one point, "early in the season and on the Purdue floor", as the DePauw men describe the Purdue victory. Purdue has openly refused to play against DePauw again and so the Methodists claim the state title. Of course nobody cares how much DePauw blows off about championships but the statement that they have defeated "every team in the state except Purdue" is a poor one to make. There are other schools in the state besides the ones that DePauw has defeated this season and even other schools than those on the DePauw schedule. For instance, Earlham. ' Earlham has been defeated by the Wabash basketball team and has won from all the other colleges that they have played. It would be wise for DePauw to schedule a game with the Quakers before claiming state championship.

CINCINNATI BALL CLUB ORGANIZES

CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 8 The Cincinnati Ball Club, the new company which has taken over the assets and also the liabilities of the Cincinnati Exhibition company, was organized yesterday. August Herrmann was elected president, Charles J. Christie vice president, C. J. McDiarmid, secretary and Lou C. Widrig, treasurer. These four, with Walter J. Friedlander. constitute the board of directors. Christie, McDiarmid and Frledlander, the new members of the board, are experienced business men. Mc Diarmid for several years was part owner of the St. Louis Browns, at the time Robert L. Hedges controlled the club, and knows baseball. Christie and Friedlander have enough business experience to be available to the new organization. John B. Orr came 4,000 miles to purchase some stock in the new company. Orr is a resident of Newfoundland and amassed a fortune as a hunter and trapper. He has been the guest of President Herrmann, Louis C. Widrig and Kauffman Kopple for three days and refused to leave the city until he had been enrolled as a stockholder. He was enroute to Hot Springs to take in the race meeting. John J. McGraw dropped in on schedule time yesterday and departed in the evening for Washington. He had a long talk with President Herrmann regarding Daubert and Chase, but made no definite offer for either of them. McGraw said that lie would like to consult with his partners before making a trade and President Herrmann would make no trade without consulting Manager Moran. Just a general talk was the outcome of the conference.

CITY PLAYGROUND FUTURE UNDECIDED

There jvill be no east end play ground on South Twenty-second street next summer unless council appropriates money for the purpose. If the playground is left one summer without a caretaker, and if the tennis courts and the baseball diamonds are not used, the grounds will be ruined, according to Lyman H. Lybout, director of athletics at Garfield school, who for five years has been director at the east end play ground. "The tennis courts and the baseball

diamonds must have constant care," said he. "After one year of idleness tha tennis courts and the baseball diamonds will be luxuriant with weeds and they will not be fit to play on. It would cost more to repair the play ground after a year of idleness than it would to open it this spring. "There is a great deal of tennis material that may be ruined after a year of cold storage and if these are mined it would be a loss of a great deal of money for the city that It could have saved." Lyboult should know what he Is talking about, for he has worked at the playground for many years. - He seldom took a vacation to play tennis or baseball during hours.

IVE STOCK MEN PLAN RALLY

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 8. Plans for a national rally of live stock men to be held in Indianapolis March 20, was announced last night.

Purdue Schedules for 1919 Are Approved LAFAYETE, Ind., Feb. 8. Baseball and football schedules for 1919, as approved by the Purdue faculty committee, were announced yesterday, as follows: Baseball April 19, Franklin at Purdue; April 23, Rose Poly at Purdue; April 25, Iowa at Purdue; April 26, Wabash at Purdue; May 2, Wisconsin at Purdue; May 3, Purdue at Ohio State; May 6, Notre Dame at Purdue; May 9, Michigan at Purdue; May 10, Purdue at Chicago; May 13, Purdue at Illinois; May 16, Ohio-State at Purdue; May 20, DePauw at Purdue; May 24, Purdue at Notre Dame; May 26, Purdue at Michigan; May 29, Chicago at Purdue, and June 5, Illinois at Purdue. Football Schedule Oct. 4, Franklin at Purdue: October 11, Illinois at Purdue; October 18, Purdue at Chicago; November 1, Michigan Aggies at Purdue; November 8, Purdue at Ohio State; November 15. DePauw at Purdue, and November 22, Notre Dame at Purdue.

Yankee Flinging Force Cut Down as Training Season Approaches

By JACK KEENE. The dismantling of Miller Huggin's congress of wild and tame pitcher's is now under way. With the release of Roy Sanders and Paul Carpenter to the Toledo club of the American Association the Yankee flinging force is cut down to two dozen hurlers and a few more releases may be expected. Hugglns has decided to take no more than twelve or thlrten pitchers to the training camp at Jacksonville, so he must use the axe quite extensively before setting out for the south.. Sanders joined the Yankees last July after the breaking . up of the American Association, in which he was. a member of the Toledo club. He remained with the New York club to the end of the season, but did little work. Carpenter was never with the New York club. He was with Toledo last season and the Yankees purchased him In July, thereby exercising an option which was given for the use of several young players who had been released to Bresnahan's team. Carpenter apparently is in 'need of more seasoning. Of the twenty-four pitchers who remain on the Now York roster that are overseas Bob McGraw and Walter Smallwood. All the others will re-

EARLHAM PLAYS FRANKLIN TONIGHT

Earlham basketballers go to Franklin college tonight instead of last night as was announced before. Meeks is still in the hospital and will not be able to go. Larsh probably will take his place or the team will be shifted and Larsh will play some position. Lawler, Hall, Johnson, Pitts, Carey, Titsworth and Larsh will probably make the trip.

LIBERTY PLAYERS DEFEAT CAMBRIDGE IN A FAST GAME

Liberty high school basketballers defeated the Cambridge City team, 3017 in a fast rough game at Liberty. Long shots by Liberty were the feature of the game and Daniels of Cambridge City put many goals in from under the basket, Stonebraker style, but the Liberty men had a good lead and these goals were all in vain. The Cambridge City team fought hard all the way through the game and deserved all the points made. Liberty was very fortunate on long ehots. Snyder the Liberty forward was out of the game last night. These two teams playing on the Coliseum floor here would make a faster game than was played last night. The Boy Scouts Troop 3, of Richmond went down to defeat at the hands of the Liberty Midgets to the tune of 22-21. The Boy Scouts played hard and should have won. The score follows: Cambridge City ' Liberty Forward. Ferguson Huntington Forward. Frohnapfel Fouts Center. Daniels Samuels Guard. Ellesbury Martin Guard. Dolan Mitchell Fouls Committed: Ferguson, . 2p; Frohnapfel, lp, 2t; Daniels, 2p, 2t; Fouts, lp; Martin, 2p; Mitchell, 2p; Samuels, lp. Referee Parker of Richmond. v. Thirty-Five Boys Sign for New "Y" Basketball League Thirty-five boys have signed up out of the Intermediate Y. M. C. A. class to play basketball in the new league that is to be formed this afternoon. Probably six tfcams will be formed and if the boys show good form a team from the entire class will be picked and outside teams will be scheduled.

LOCALS LOSE TO CONNERSVILLE

Doan's Volley Ball Team Defeats Lemon Players

Walter Doan's volley ball team of :

the business mens' class at the Y. M. C. A. won two straight games from Fred Lemon's team yesterday afternoon, oan's team has now won four straight games. The scores of the two games were:. 15-14 and 15-10.

Eaton Basketball Team Defeats Oxford 18-9

Eaton High School basketballers defeated McGuffy High players last niht at Oxford, O., in a fast game, 18-9.

ceive contracts shortly, but about ten will be turned back to the ininor leagues, the New York club simply signing them to protect title and to use them in deals. Several of the pitchers whose services are controlled by the Yankees have been the club's property for some time, but were not with the team last season. In this list are Markle, Vance, Tipple, Brady and Piercy. It is extremely doubtful that any of these boxmen will be taken on tho training trip. Monroe, Bernhardt and Nelson, the latter from the Memphis club, may also be listed as doubtful, though Huggins has not made knowa the pitchers whom be will take south. Hank Robinson, who quit the club last August, will not be retained, it is understood. As to the twelve who are likely to go south it is possible to do some predicting. The list of positive certainties includes Shawkey, Shore, Leonard, Thormahlen, Mogridge, Schneider, Fisher and Quinn, all of them veterans whose capabilities are well known. It is possible that Allen Russell, the side arm spitballer, may be used in a trade, but if the deal does not materialize, he wll be among the southern tourists. Lefty O'Doul, of the San Francisco club is due for a tryout this spring, and Huggins may desire to look over Alex Ferguson, who was the star of the Eastern league last season. Ray Keating and Joe Finneran may also be in the training party at Jacksonville. Roller Basketball Game Won by All-Star Team Simmons's and - Bradfield's all-star roller skating basketball stars skated into the high school team last night and defeated them, 20-2. . The game was so easy for the Allstars that it wasn't even fast and ex

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Bradfield and Simmons of the winners had little trouble in hitting the basket, and Brehm was the only man on the high school team to score a goal. Another attempt to play basketball on roller skates will be made next week and a curtain raiser will probably be played to the high school game. Line-up follows: All-Stars, Bradfield, Lee, E. Simmons, O. Fye and R. Fye. High school, Thomas, Burr Simmons, Calvelage, Brehm and Keys. ESSEX CAR ATTRACTS ATTENTION AT SHOWS "The Essex, although It Is the only car to be displayed at the Automobile shows for the first time this year, is new only in name as it has been undergoing the most rigid tests In the hands of its builders for the past two years," said Clem McConaha, Friday. When the Essex first appeared like a gray ghost on the roads around Detroit, it earned for itself the title of the "mystery car" because of its seemingly miraculous power and endurance and the fact that even in that motor-wise city no one could recognize its make. Clad in a mud-stained coat of fac

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Richmond High school basketballers outplayed on the small "boxcar" floor at Connersville, went ' down" to defeat at the hands of the Connersville High school team last night, 16-15. After the flrat half was over Richmond held the lead, 10-7. The game was more like football than basketball and Eversman was put out of the game in the last few minute for having four personal fouls called on him. . " ' The Richmond aggregation was bewildered on such a small floor and the low celling handicapped the locals. No scientific floor work could be executed and no long shots could be made. No referee had been secured and Coach Eckel of Richmond and Moore of Connersville took turns In officiating. The Quakers put up a harder fight than in any previous game and on a larger floor they would have come out on top. The two coaches had an argument as to whether the game -was not ended two minutes sooner than it should have been. The game ended when Connersville was in the lead.

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