Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 116, 24 March 1919 — Page 13
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1919. PAGE THIETEEH
THREE-r CIRCUIT
RICHMOND'S HOPE FOR LEAGUE BALL Tearney Coming Soon to Look Over Situation and Consider Local Application. CHICAGO, March Albert R. Tearney -was elected president of the Tbree-I league yesterday at a spe- . rial meeting held at the Palmer house for the purpose of reorganizing and discussing the advisability of enlarging to an eight-club circuit. Richmond and Fort Wayne have made applications for franchises and President Tearney will visit these cities during the week to consider the applicants. Another meeting has been scheduled for April 6, when final action will be taken on either a six v or eight club circuit Agree on $2,000 Guarantees. At yesterday's meeting it was agreed that each club shall post J2.000 with President Tearney April 6 to- guarantee going ahead with Its schedule
A salary limit of $2,000, exclusive of the manager, was adopted. A 120-
game schedule was approved, and play will start late next month. The season will close Labor Day. No Monday games will be played, but ' it was decided to play double headers Saturdays. The price of admission to all parks will be 35 cents, including war tax. Mayor Benjamin Bosse, of Evansville, was elected vicepresident. The schedule committee will consist of Rufus Gilbert, Terre Haute: Frank Landers, Rockford, and C. C. Ryan, Peoria. List of Minor Magnates. Those who attended the meeting were Benjamin Boffe, Evansville; J. C. Ryan, Peoria; J. J. Cleary and Rufus Gilbert. Terre Haute; J. J. Hackett, Bloomington; Lee Blackman, Moline, and Thomas B. Reber and Frank Landers. Rockford. Owing to belated train service. El
mer Eggemeyer and Joe Hill of the Richmond club were unable to attend the meeting. The Richmond club owners sent a telegram to Ryan, saying' that Richmond would Join the league providing the eastern end of the loop would not consist of only two trams, which would throw a heavy burden of traveling expenses in thin direction. Ryan and Tearney probably will visit Richmond early this week. If Fort Wayne lines up with the new organization, prospects of league ball in Richmond are bright.
WASHINGTON GETS WESTERN LEAGUE AND NA'lT STAR
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Ike Davis, shortstop of Frank Isbell's Wichita Western league club, before the war will have a try in major league company with the Washington Senators after nearly two years of constant play with the Balboa Park naval trainins station championship team at
Ike Davis.
San Diego, Cal. Davis' home is in San Diego, and it was quite natural and convenient for him to join up with the navy station there. Tl.e Washington contract he had in his pocket when he entrained for the training camp at Augusta the
other day is attributed to his development in the navy's year around play. He is about as fast as they get in fielding and if he finds cause for worry it will more likely come from big league pitching than fielding competition.
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i-uvu uusver a inn Diiuic, one 01 mo most picturesque figures in baseball, is counted on by the Yankees to star
with the willow again this season.
Any thought about Ping always
brings to my mind the old joke base
ball men tell of the fence buster's
scribe, accompanied by a photograph-!
-r, blew out to the ball park where Ping was covorting one afternoon, and In their quest for features were
wished "on Ping.
The pair got Ping to show them how he Bet himself to drive the ball out
of the lot.
"How do you handle yourself for a sacrifice tap?" queried the scribe.
"I don t know, I never tried one,' replied Ping.
Ping was sent back to the minor leagues a few years back with the
tag "has been" hung on him. He went out to the Pacific Coast league and made business boom for the lumber merchants. The club owners appealed to the majors to look him over
and save their fences. Connie Mack heard the call and
signed Ping two years ago. Ping an
nounced he was ripe to come back and apparently had the right dopo on himself. He batted .291, slamming out 162 hits. And they were wallops, too. Twenty-eight of them were doubles, eleven triples and seven were circuit clouts. Connlo turned him over to the Yankees in 1918. Ping's hitting fell off somewhat, but he continued to make the pitchers breathe heavily. His batting average was .256. He 'pasted eighty-three hits in ninety one contests in some of which he entered 'simply as a pinch hitter. But those eighty-three smashes were good for 116 bases. He laced out twelve doubles, six triples and three homers. The story about Bodie's sacrificing must be somewhat exaggerated, as he is credited with seventeen for the season. Probably most of these were long flies originally planned for base hits. Another little interesting bit about Ping is that he led the league in 1917 in assists from the outfield. He was credited with thirty-two.
Bombardier Wells "off his feet" and hitting the floor after blow from . Beckett. The recent bout between Bombardier Wells and Beckett in Holborn Ftadium, London, was the first real battle of big men since the war. Wells, Ucause of his popularity before the war, was a favorite, but Beckett gave h:m an artistic lacing. He knocked Wells down five times before knocking turn out in the fifth round. The photo above, one of the most remarkable taken of a boxing contest, shows Wells dropping to the mat in the first round after a terrific right to the jaw by Beckett. The wallop had such a kick m it that it literally took Wells off his feet. The picture shows the powerful physique of Beckett
S RANDOM C PORT NOTES
Vernon Clemons, known to the fans around the American Association as "Tubby," and who was recently traded to the Cardinals by the Louisville club, tor Bruno Betzel and Dixie Davis, is making his second attempt to shine in fast company. Several years ago the Louisville club sold Clemons and Hank Severeid to the Browns. After a brief trial Clemons was returned to the minor league club. Clemons now returns to the same major league city, but in the rival organization and has improved
vastly since, the Browns tried him out.
His heavy hitting last season won
many games for the Louisville club and the backstop is confident that he will make good in the big show this time.
SCHEDULE FOR S. A. L. TO COME UP TONIGHT At the regular meeting of the Saturday afternoon baseball league managers Monday night at the Y. M. C. A., the question of a season's schedule will be settled. If the committee has the schedule ready for adoption, the different club
managers will draw for places on the
schedule. The matter of how the
teams will meet and in what order will be settled by lottery. The schedule probably will be made out as follows: Team one will meet team two and team three will meet team four, etc. The following Saturday, , team one will meet team three and team two will meet team five and so on. Each manager will draw a number from one to six and that team will be substituted for the number. The biggest question to come before the S. A. L. moguls is the matter of obtaining a place to play on Saturday afternoon. If the Central league does not start, the management has assured E. A. Clapp, chairman of the grounds committee, that the S. A. L. can play its games at the old Exhibition park.
Clapp will attempt to make a definite Leafs, hitting .305, with a fielding
report at Monday night's meeting.
Manager Miller Huggins of the
Yankees has not heard anything from
Armando Marsans since he sent a
contract to the player at Havana,
tion at "Tubby," and who was re-
more tnan nve weeks ago, ana he now is about convinced that the Cuban Is positively through as a major
leaguer, according to an eastern writer. Marsans left the Yankees last
July after getting word from Cuba
that his mother was seriously 111, but before leaving he intimated to some
friends that he was about ready to
quit the game. He was one of the fastest men In baseball during his
term with the Cincinnati Reds and later with the St. Louis Federals.
His speed began to wane while he
was a memoer or ine St. ixuis
Browns, and a serious injury shortly
after he Joined a New York club
further impaired his speed. He has done some playing during the winter
season In Cuba and probably will con
fine his future baseball activitiev to that country.
Leo Calahan, young outfielder with
the Newark club before the war, is to be given a tryout by Manager Jack Coombs of the Phillies.
Lary Sutton, Newark scout, tipped
off Coombs to the gardener and Jack gloomed onto him. Callahan had a chance to sign up with the Dodger in 1915, but he allowed someone to talk
him into sticking for a higher figure
and refused to sign.
Callahan is about twenty-six years old. He got his first league chance
with the Jersey City club, but did not
perform with the Skeeters, being
turned over to the Elmira club in the New York State league. With Elmira in 1912 Leo had a batting average of .304 and a fielding mark of .960. In June, 1913, Lary Sutton purchased Callahan (along with Gus Getz, now of the Pittsburgs) from Elmira for the Broklyn Nationals, and he was sent to Toronto. He was injured -and only played sixteen games with the
16 Races on Philadelphia Third Grand Circuit Meet
Kckomo and Hamilton M ay Send Bowlers Here With the state bowling tourney approaching, the managers of Twigg's bowling alleys will attempt to schedule bowling matches with several out-of-town teams in an effort to intensify the training. Negotiations are already being made with Kokomo for a geme either this week or next, and Hamilton is on the string for two games. Games nrob-
ably will be played both at Richmond
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place he strongest local semi-pro team
SEMI-PRO
SUNDAY LEAGUE WILL REFORMED
Miller-Kempers to Represent
Kichmond in Proposed Cir
cuitMeet Wednesday. Richmond will have a new semi-pro
fessional Sunday baseball league, ac
cording to announcement made Monday by Charles Feasel, manager of the Miller-Kemper baseball club. A meeting of the new league , will be held Wednesday night at the Y. M.
C. A.. The circuit will be known as the Richmond-Suburban league and will be composed principally of towns surrounding Richmond.- Lynn,- Fountain City, Whitewater, Eatonk New Paris, Richmond represented by the MillerKemper team, Centerville and pos
sibly Lewisburg and Eldorado will be included. Feasel announced that any other nearby towns that wished to
enter could do so. The "Wednesday night meeting of the new league will be the initial con
clave of its managers. At least eight of the managers of the prospective clubs will be on the grounds to formulate plans. First game, April 27. Managers expected to be riesent are: "Doc" Meredith, Lynn;' Robert Thomas and Forrest Lacey, Fountain
City; Jim Robinson, Whitewater; Charles Bennett, Eaton; William Wilcoxen, New Paris ; Ray Jones, Centerville, and Charles Feasel, Richmond. Eldorado and Lewisburg are expected to send representatives. The prospects for a good Suburban league were never brighter and it is likely that organization will elect its officers, plan a code of rules and get under way early this spring. Manager Feasel, who Is promoting "the Richmond Suburban league, has al
ready scheduled his opening game with Whitewater at Whitewater, on
With the Majors
PHILADELPHIA Members of the Athletics, who are going to do their
fpring training at Shibe park, are be
ginning to arrive. Among those o
put in their first appearance for light practice are Scott Perry, John Watsoa,
Jim McAvoy, George Burns, Socks
Seybold and several new players.
Sixteen games will be played with
other clubs before the championship season opens up. Five games will be
played with the Baltimore club;-one with Rochester; one with Swarthmore college nine; three with the University of Pennsylvania; one with the local semi-professionals and the usual series of five games with the Philadelphia Nationals. CINCINNATI Fifteen members of the Redlegs started their three weeks' training at Waxahachie, Texas, Monday.
CHICAGO All the regulars except
Dave Danrorth and Eddie Murphy, 24 in all, of the White Sox, will start the training Beason this week at Mineral Wells, Texas. INDIANAPOLIS Cram, Dawson, Schang, Krechting, Voyles. Henline, Simmons and. other Indians started
training at Indianapolis, Sunday. Manager Hendricks expects to have a strong club in the American association field this season.
NEW ORLEANS WINNER NEW ORLEANS, March 24. Massing twelve runs in the second Inning on the wild pitching of Engle, the New Orleans Southern association baseball
team defeated the Celveland Americans here Sunday in opening game of the exhibition seaf-on, 14 to 10. Engle was removed in the third inning and Uhle and Enzmann held the Orleans team scoreless the remainder of the game. Fielder, a Cleveland recruit, got four hits out of five times at bat. The Score R. H. E. Cleveland 10 17 4 New Orleans ,-14 13 3
uatterles Engle, Uhle, Enzmann and Thomas; Lankenau, Kitchens and Gooch.
High Thinly Clods Make First Appearance Today One of the best harbingers of spring the thinly clads of high school will be seen in action Monday, evening, marking the first real work Coach Eckel's track men will do in the way of training for the approaching atlff track card planned by Manager Vernon. Every possible man in the school Is expected to report for the work. Thus far students of the lower classes are more predominant among "those to sign for track, which has always been the case at the Richmond high school. The two lower classes always possess a certain amount of gcod mate
rial, but the two upper classes should possess a greater amount of material because of the size and age, say high
school officials. ; ' Since last week several other men
have reported for track, bringing the
total nearer the seventy-five mark. Special work in cross-country running will be started by Coach Eckel Mon
day and later after the men have become trained to take up the stiff er work, some tough track workouts will be given. Coach Eckel has only a few weeks in which to whip his material into shape and select a track team.' It is probable that no regular track team will be picked but that a team will be chosen Just before each meet by fair tests of all track participants. By this method every boy who makes the team and sticks will have to stay in training and work to hold his position on the team. Coach Eckel has not stated when he will make the final tryouts for the track team. ' By not choosing the team for the entire season, other track artists can
keep training and possibly develop in
to better men. .
GENERAL ROSSO ACQUITTED.
xiuuiiuuu uus. .ween to cuncn a game with that team if it was not settled the early part of this week. Several Richmond teams will be entered in the state handicap bowling tourney at Indianapolis, April 12. The remainder of this month and the first part of the next will be spent by the Richmond pin; knights in preparing to make a good showing at IndianaDolis.
All the teams planning to go to the
capital city are going strong and show prospects of taking some of the money offered. The army training has produced some good bowlers in the younger men now rolling at the Twigg alley, and the competition has been stronger this year than ever. The Coca Colas is probably the strongest team combi
nation on the alley and has -made its
in the field. The Miller-Kemper team includes in its lineup the strongest semi-professional players in this part of the state. The new league will be formed from the strongest local talent of nearby towns, and should aid materially in developing baseball talent.
High School Tennis Men Will Play Hamilton Here
Jimmy Hamilton to Pilot Peoria Club in Central
Richmond high school tennis players will play Hamilton here either on April 12 or 19, and will play Anderson at Anderson. - Other matches will be scheduled with SteelA nf Dnvtor
entrance in the state meen a certainty, j and Shortridge of Indianapolis.
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 24. There
will be sixteen races in the program j
for the Belmont Driving club's third Grand Circuit meeting, which will be held August 11 to 16. One half of them will be early closing events, the first one on the list being a $5,000 purse for 2:11 trotters. The trotters will also appear at Philadelphia in a $3,000 purse for the 2.06 class, $2,000 events for two and three year olds and the 2:16 class, as well as a $1,000 race for horses owned in Philadelphia county, while the pacers will start at the Philadelphia meeting in the 2:06 class worth $3,000 and 2.12 class worth $2,000.
DANIELS LANDS AT BREST.
(By Associated Press) BREST March 24 The American transport Levithian, with Secretary of the Navy Daniels on board, has arrived here.
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BRIEFS
PEORIA, 111., March 24. Jimmy Hamilton, leader of Muskegon team in 1917, will pilot the Peoria team of the Central this year. It was announced here today. Last year Hamilton managed a club in the Northwestern league. He has been spending the winter in Seattle. The Moline Fans' association has informed J. C. Ryan, president of the Peoria club, that it opposes the selection of A. R. Tearney as president of the new league.
ROME, March 24. General Rosso, who was in command of the Italian lines along . the Isonzo river In October, 1918, when the Great GermanAustrian attack was launched, has been acquitted by a court martial of a charge of having abandoned his position too soon before the enemy attack. This was the first trial arising from the Caporetto disaster.
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