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BASEBALL HEADS TO MEET LANDIS It Is Believed That Baseball Commissioner Will Recom mend Draft to International Heads Todav. (New York, May 31.?Members of the International League will gather around the conference table with Commissioner Landls ut Buffalo to day after the baseball boss has as sisted In the dedication of Buffalo's new* stadium. The last tlm?? Commissioner Lan dis met the International magnates he tried to talk them into participa ting in the modified draft arrange ment. At that lime, he told them that if they didn't come on the draft, as likely as not they were headed tor a bust and a baseball gehenna. They have been guiug on since without Ctrtier, hapiwnHfic. but in the mean time, some of the other minors have taken up the draft because they wanted a lazy way to recruit their clubs. Most of the clubs which were strongest lor the draft are low in the race now, which is another way of showing that the draft cannot sup ply lack .of ambition and baseball sense. It is a fairly safe guess however, that Commissioner Landis will talk draft to the International League to day aiid it is intimated that there will be more than one among his hearers who will listen favorably. Among those most favorably in clined are said to be the owners of the Syracuse club, which is aliied very closely to the St. Louis National Club und Toronto, which hus a friendly leaning toward Detroit and would get a lot of Detroit players if they were permitted to do so. Another subject likely to be dis cussed at the liuffulo meeting is the situation at (Newark. The Newark Club almost did not start this year, and probably would not have been launched if Jack Dunn of Baltimore had not launched his moral support. Dunn has done a lot for baseball in Newark. Everybody knows that, but some of the International folks think he pulls a double car iu the league and they are not huppy about It. StlU another matter is bothering the International. It is the manner In which the organization operates. The International is the only base ball circuit of consequence that plays under what Is known as the guarantee plan. The visiting club receives a guarantee in each city in which it playa away from home, ir respective of what the receipts may be. Other big leagues have a flfty fifty division, which places the smal ler cities on a better financial basis. It was the 50-50 plan which made baseball a success in the majors. The International Clubs that are anxious to remodel their circuit and adopt the 50-50 plan have called the at i^BtTort to the success of the plan ?*ln the majors, but Dunn has fought the change whenever It has been sug gested. Baseball men say he would make as much under the plan at pre sent, despite the fact that his club is In the biggest city of the circuit. Generally speaking, the Internat ional has done as well us could be expected with the worst month of May that baseball has seen in many years. The club owners are curious to know what the commissioner has to say, but he hasn't given them much of a clue as to what Is on his mind. Apparently it will not take him long to say it, as the meeting Is scheduled to last only a half hour. 8tlll, a lot can be said In a half hour If a inun has It on the tip of his tongue. JOB BOY Kit IH WIXXKIt IN JVOO Mllii: ALTO RACE Indianapolis. May 21.?Joe BoVerJ piloting L. L. Corum's machine, fin ished first in the twelth annual 500 mile automobile race held here Fri day. He broke all previous records, averaging 98.24 miles per hour. KIUiKI) IN At'TO HACK Norfolk. May 31.?Paul T. Marsh was fatally Injured In the automo bile race held here Friday on the Dlile highway. iQk FLEER <5^ OOkCHECKERBERRY JBFT^cmcwino oum JUST RECEIVED A C, AIU,OA I) OF Ford Trucks All other model* in slock AUTO & GAS ENGINE WORKS, INC. Reliable Service and Be$t Term? |F LET FRICK BE YOUR T A HO Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday** SfoH*. Chicago 2-2?Cincinnati 9-4 Pittsburgh 4-3?St. Louis 0-2 Phlladelphl&_5-5?New York 11-6 Brooklyn 6-5?Boston 6-1 Standing of Team*. W. L. Pet. I New York 24 14 .632 Chicago 23 1# ? .561] Cincinnati 21 18 .638 I Brooklyn 18 17 .514 Pittsburgh 18 20 .473 Boston 16 21 .432 jSt. Louis 17 21 .447 j Philadelphia 12 22 .353 AMEIIICAN LKACJL'K Friday'* Scores. Cleveland 7-0?Detroit 11-2 Boston 9-5?Washington 4-10 St. Louis 5-4?Chicago 2-0 New York 6-4?Philadelphia ~0-5 Standing of Teams. W. L. Pet. New York 22 12 .647 Boston ? 21 13 .612 ? St. Louis 20 16 .556 Detroit 21 18 .538 Chicago 15 19 .441 'Washington ???16 19 .457 Cleveland 14 20 .412 Philadelphia 13 20 .393 Carp-Gibbons Fight Will Pay Promoters ? It Mutt Be Remembered That Frenchman's Right Once Dis turbed Dempeey Family. New York. May 31.?Not very ma-t ny New York sporting men migrated i to Michigan City to witness the Car pentler-Gibbons battle. Somehow they don't see It. It may turn out to be a real battle such as will shock the governor of Indiana, but It Is believed here that the chances are nothing will occur to offend the most sensitive. At any rate, other sections of the1 country will supply enough custo ilie promoters, even granting, as ac tually seems to have been the case.1 that Carpentler has been guaranteed $75,000 for his appearance. One thing should be token Into consideration. No matter what un-j demanding may or may not have been reached between the fighters? the writer, mind you. Is not saying that any such thing has happened? Gibbons will have to watch out for the Frenchman's right. Carpentler Is temperamental and If he could slip over that fatal wallop of his, his fu ture would he golden beyond the dreams of avarice. Say what one pleases about Car pentler, the fact remains that if he has'nt slipped back too far there is only one right in the world better i than his. And that right belongs to Dempsey. When he socked Jack with it that Juno afternoon In the ring at the Boyle's Thirty Acres It' jarred the whole Dempsey family. ; As for the champion he was clearly fluttering. ills eyes rolled, his guard dropped, his knees wobbled.; There Isn't any doubt about this.( The writer sat right under him and. saw It all. Another measured sock and Dempsey would have been on the ( canvas.?for how long deponent aay eth not. Anyway, unless that right Is a mere ghost of Itself. Gibbons would j do well to watch out for It. Any-, thing the Frenchman does will havej to be done quickly. He is not as j young as he once was and he never , could stand a great deal of punish-': ment. Body blows, when delivered by n hitter as strong as Gibbons,1; weaken him pretty quickly. On the J other hand Gibbons, who has never been knocked down, much less, knocked out, can take a whole lot, of hammering without showing any: evil effects. Tommy Is a quiet, gentlemanly,1 plodding type of man, who takes the ; ring game very much as another | man takes his business occupation. Sometimes It has appeared that his fighting instinct Is subject to depres sion. Against Greb, a brilliant mid dleweight, Gibbons made a very poor showing, whereas he should have knocked Harry out of the ring. And In a fight with Bartley Madden his exhibition was absolutely unworthy of a man of hli reputation aod hit ability. Yet he stuck 15 rounds against Jack Dempsey, putting up a defens ive battle that was as clever and sclentiAc as any one ever saw. He bicycled, blocked, held and in gener al had Dempsey swinging his arms off as he tried vainly to land upon a vital spot. Tommy, as a matter of fact, has always been better against bigger men than those who were smaller than he. In this respect he will have three pounds on Carpen tier, weighing 178 to the French man's 175, while he is a bit more than an inch taller, with an inch 'longer reach. The fight has a curious angle in asmuch ns Gibbons stands to gain nothing in reputation, even should he knock Carpentier out. while the Frenchman, as said, has much -to gain. Financially, Gibbons will have no kick. His share is 40 per cent of the receipts, which will be large. The show will start at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, four preliminary bouts and a ten round attraction be tween Paul Fritch and Sammy Man dell, which will follow the main bout. In event of tnreatemng weather Gibbons and Carpentier may be shot on any time after 2 o'clock. IF SHE'S WORTH WHILE, SHE'S WORTH WHITMAN'S The Good Candy at THE APOTHECARY SHOP EAT CrfeatWistfs PURE LOLLYPOPS Spencer - Walker Co. Where Every Man Find* What He Likes To Wear a ,gs " %A If you are looking for Rugs Come to Quinn's?You will find the largest and most varied assortment of Axminster Woven Velvet Colonial Rugs in this section?Matched patterns and the PRICES ARE. 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