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I I s f, FEDERALS SUCCEED IN 5 ; sfiotos by American rreea Associativa. SFalksnburfl of Indianapolis. 2.L Joo Tlnksr of Chicago. 3. Rabat Ookoa of Pittsburgh. 4. 8tava Evans of rooklyn. 6,Sugga of altimara. Hsl Chaaa of Buffalo. a y-Crtndall of t.1 touia. 8. Miner rawn of Brooklyn. a George Sto vail of Konaaa City. 10. "Whoa stilt" Phillies; of. Indianapolla. 1W Hondrl of Chicago. ,12 Howard Camnlti 'of Pittsburgh, v 13, Otto Knaba of Baltlmoro. 14Saaton of . Brooklyn. 1B Bannlo Kauff of In dianapolis. 16vRussoll Ford of Buf falo. (HE Federal Jeagua la complet ing iia : nrst year, and the porting fratwrnlty la lndulf log : ui intoreated mmmni ovr tho fact that a, nawcomar hua . mada tuoccaaful ontry into tho arena oi orgtuiLzea bambftll. - Tho so called "baaeball trust" formvd by tho National and American leagues . . naa ooen deemefl Impregnable to com petition, but tho money and brains be ' hind tho KedersJa roaultod la the tor (nation of rival, which It "hero to , stay.- ...... iim nm rnaenu league "naa ar . . rtvool" "is ?no longer to be denied by ma the warmest partisans of tho old- if organisations, ":VX ' I ,A Hw the federala "Arrived. II fas Interesting to study tho moans - - Of wnicb the Federala came Into ex ' uTUnc jtt tblo .fa,co o what was gen- erUy believed to be Insurmountable opposition; . Tho foundation for the birth of the league, of course, lay In the national popularity of tho game and '.the willingness with which people spent ' real money to patronise it - Th widespread opinion, that the National and American leagues were . .. Commercialising the gamp and over , , looking the 'real sporting side of it started the revolution, so far as the public was concerned, and tho strict : torma, imposed on tha.pUyers.by con ' tract kirve many of them tbs desire to . loin the, new organisation,, Tho immense sum of money sbent by , tho federals faVo 0.uick Impetus to the , movement to -break in", on the major j leaf ue r, trust, and Ita succors, was a -4 vwfovldoo of tho power of tho do)- j ' lor mark. ', I Veteran Fred Clarke to Leave Game YPHEN tho National league pennant race of 1916 rets under nv M , leader who haa seen more continuous service as a manager In Its ranks than any other leader now In the game will bo among the missing. From official Circles In Pittsburgh comes the news that Fred Clarke Is now serving his last campaign at tho head of the Bucch peers and another man will be In Charge before next seusnn mil nmunH His passing Will leave John .T. as ths only remaining member of the . noted pennant triumvirate Clarke, Chanoe and McOraw which haa ac counted for every National letigue pen nant since Ned Hanlon led his llrook lyn 8 ii per he s home In front In luoo. Clarke has accounted for f.mr Ti. llonal league pennants and two world's championships; Chance won four pen Hants and two world's championships, and MoGraw has gained five pennunta nd one world's title. Clarke went to Pittsburgh at the be ginning of the senson of 1900, so he has been in active charge of the rirates for . fifteen successive seasons. He whs In eluded In the fourteen players who wore transferred to the Smoky rity from Louisville when Barney Dreyfuss, who had been at the head of the Louls rlllo club, purchased an interest in the Tittsburgh club. Fourteen Colonels, hb tho Louisville players were known When that City was represented In (he . twelve club National league circuit. Were transferred to Pittsburgh for five Pirates and the sum of ;25.OO0. 1 Other notables bide Clarke In thlo transrer were H.ioa Wagner, Clamle Ritchie, Tommy Leach, Charts rhii , llppl and Iv j be WaJdull. Waddell re mained there only 'wo seasons Ritchie until 10, PM'ilppI until 191t, l:lch until im aud Wagner is still t!..re pith Clwke. Noteworthy Career s Manager. Clatke's iranngeriat career has been notewortnr oue. For fourtefn sue t csmlvs years his team was a pennant rontonder, never finishing outalde the iSrst division, In i$m ho was fourth, and I'O reached tho same position last .i-ooaon. In twelvo camprvtma he anlsh sd third or bttr. In tho canyJeiKns of OlvJi02 uul-lim ri.rL nf hj iam io tho Nation! h2uo champion ship, eaj In l08 he repeated. Ia lsoa and l0t ' tho Pirates wars world's champions, 'defeating Boston a.d De- I. at J J A Some of the Big League Stars Who Have The playing of the Kedural teams ha been of a high ordor of merit, Knowing that the choice of the mm to form the new clubs and drill them Into ilaylus form was of a wise order. Oeorge Stovall, manager of the Kan sas City team of the Federals, has made some spirited comments on the conditions In the league. Vlsws of Stovsll. He aays: "I have put a few hurdlea in the way of organised baseball, and I shall l. satisfied if I can put a few more In the same place before I die. 'I haven't a groat deal to gain per trolt respectively. In 1908 ho fell one game Short of the chamnlnnnhln tulnir the Giants for second place ufter the i.uds had won the memorable playoff game which Put the Giants nnn irnm out of first place. The Pirates finished secona m isoo, the first year Clarke V FRED CLARKE was In command, holding this same position in 1905. 1907, 1909 and 1912 They finiahed third in 190S, 1910 and 19U. The present season threatens to end tho long run of first divls n teams at Pittaburgh. though it la still possible I hut Ihl JUbLujitk.tiiiLm ma Into tho first four. Aa a player Clarl.'fV n.im. in down In hUtory aa one of th rv,. la tho game. In his prima h was a re 6 Nik. sonally from the war that the Fedoral league la making for existence. I am not rich. Many people would call- me poor, but I am Independent, and I can live without baseball. "1 am In this war first, because baseball Is my business and I liko it; second, because I like a good scrap, and third, for tho principle of the thing.' "My friends know that they can de pend upon me, and they know where to find me. My enemies know the same. "The Federal league la here to stay. We are doing as well now as the Na markable batsman, and he rlnnnri hl active career on the diamond with a mark of .824 for 101 games in 1911, his eighteenth, consecutive season In the major league. Getting away with a mark of .76 In 1894, when he Joined the louisvlllo team In mlitseason. he fol lowed with marks of .300 or better In ten of the twelve succeeding: missing the select circle by a point in 1905 and netting: .2X1 in 1'inn hi. n-.t season at Pittsburgh. Clarke' Is one of me piayers who can claim distinction as a .400 hataman, having reached the high mork of .408 In 1S97 In two mh. er campaigns he luttted above .3M. In Ms eighteen years of active nervim h. mushed in the charmed circle eleven times and never batted as low aa .260 Equally Strong In Field. Great as Clarke was with the wllln his halting never ontshnne his ahlllty in the nelit. I p to the time of his re tirement he was amnnir the lnr nut . fielders in the Koine, rated solely from the standpoint of fielding. In the All Star National league teams named in Spalding's Guide for the five v..r period between 1900-5 and 1S05-10 l- inrke got the call each time for left field. He was rated for his ahllitv i "play the halsmun." and ho could cover around and throw with the best of hem. The baseball career of the Plmto chieftain dates back to 1 SS2, when he Joined the Hastings (Neb.) team at the age of nineteen. He finished that sea son with the St. Joseph (Mo.) Inde pendents, and the follnwinu i,rin v, Joined tho St. Joseph team of the Kn sns State league. In mldseason of 1S9S he went to the Montgomery (Ala.) team of the Southern league. For the first two months of the season of 1S94 he was with the Savannah IOrI and then he was purchased by Louis ville, at that time Jn the National league. Since June. 1894. Clmk been a prominent figure in the National league. WHO ARE TENNIS CHAMPIONS? JJROOKES and Wilding defeated Mc Louxhlln and Hun.lv. hut i - practice match at the Allegheny club, Doust and Dunlop won from ItrnnkoJ and Wilding. Then, on the COIirtM at i'orcstUlll!, CJtmrlj. and Mathey beat, Dunlop and Doust- Now if any Tight' manager was handling the American pair would he or would ha tint Villi thoui o champions of tbt world y " FIRST YEAR OF THEIR EXISTENCE I I. (if o MtaW Been Doing Good Work tional league Is doing, and we can't ex pect to beat our rivals on the first trip out. "We are satisfied If organised base ball Is satisfied, and when another sea son rolls round I guess we will be bet ter satisflud thun they are. "They got a lot of fun out of calling us the lunch counter league. As a matter of fort, there Is more money back of the Federal league than there In behind the National league." Busy Signing Players. Fresldent Ollinore of the Federal league left New York for Chicago re cently, after telling the newspaper re- CHIEF FIGURES IH SHIFT DOOIN. T11, bhaU world is talking much 1 hilndelnhla National lemma ,-h.K . , . . " essor has been decided to he Msran. the ing looin. Xlnran ia ait fTilLrfl r.V. h..ij V . 2 . should succead tn ha Iniiuii4i Kk ,h .. . Z . 7 7T. - o the national ams today, will be of yast & . : ff 4lr J Wi'S.fS i w.'wrsespwWMSMw;;)v1 t-A 7 ft.- V tt k 5 For Federal Teams porters that as far as he was concern ed there was no desire for a compro mise with organized baseball. Uilmore declared that the club owners in his circuit were busy signing their players for next year and had no time to talk about peace. "We are going ahead with our plans for next season," said the Feds' leader, "and you can say that we are not a bit diecouraged by the results so far. Stories that we are pooling receipts and expenses are absolutely without foundation. It Is also untrue that the Wards are financing several clubs. W 'have plenty of money, and If necessary IN PHILLIES' MANAGERSHIP MORAN. about the managerial situation In tho chn.i.n r . ' nnmj, iiuuiager ana caicner. old ttao"cWonW wMTlad ooofTKItttRS tr- l -L . "" ne game rrom A to Z and . .... " "u "". "no one or me neat catchers wility to tho Boaton outfit. we can get more backers to help us. "Why, I could put a Federal league club into New York city proper Inside of ten days if I wanted to do so, but the time Is not ripe for auch a move. I know a man who is ready to furnish all the money necessary to establish a New York Federal league club, grounds and all. But there Is no hurry." International League dead. "Would half of your clubs enter the International league if the chance should be offered?" Gllmore was asked. 'The International league Is dead," was the reply. "It will not be In ex istence next year. I've seen this prop osition discussed in the newspapers. There's nothing In It." Do you know that the major leagues have decided to Ignore your circuit?" queried the reporter. I don't care anything about it," ex claimed Gllmore hotly. "I'm not look ing for a compromise. My colleagues are not In search of peace." First International Billiard Match Since 1 HE International billiard match be tween Willie Honpe. the American champion, and Mel Inman. the cele brated English expert. In New York city, haa attracted widespread atten tion. Both men are world's rhnmnlona nt billiards, hut at different kinds of bil liards. The English game differs vastly from the American. EnirllHh billiards may be best described aa a combination or pool nna ordinary billiards. The table Is two feet longer and one foot wider than the Amerlcnn tahle. helnir ten feet by six feet, and has six pock- els. The points are scored by pocket lng or "potting." Pnlnffl Ontlnsry billiard carom 2 rotting wnite nail 2 Polling re.l h;ill 1 Carodftng "In off" white ball 2 unromlng In off red ball 3 As can be Imagined. It Is falrlv ensv to run up a high score at this style of (Tame, which is a bit; advantage to the Englishman, as the match with Hoppe consists or both kinds of billiards. The men play ,000 points in a week, 1,000 each day BOO oolnts to a eame of, which 250 are played at the Amer ican style and 250 at the English gamt, with a 11,000 side bet on each game, the aggregate score to determine the winner. Hopne Is more adent at tha Rmrllah game than the Engllshmon is at tho American game, but Inman mora than offsets this advantage by his-ablllty as a faster point maker. Running up 150 at J. Bull's pastime la not a rare thing, while, on the other hand, it la a nntahla feat when playing our game, as has only been accomplished one In a championship match. Inman with a specialized shot of hla own haa fra. quently run 500. This shot may be ex plained to an American by stating that on a pool table a player would "scratch Inside." drlvinir tha nhao ball to the top rail and back. Inman might almost bo said to have been born with a billiard cue In his hand. He Is a bur man in a rah small compass, another glowing in stance or the genius and ability being so dispensed aa to countarhalanca mr pTiystcsf ttitn tusnlngw"" the i luwiph ef mind over matter again. He la one of tha world'a billiard wondera and a good conversationalist I: 7 7 "Isn't it true that the Federal leagus is losing 10,000 a day?" ; "Oh, shucks! How much Is Charley Somera of the Cleveland Naps losing t How much will the owners of tho Dodgers and the Phillies drop on tho season? If It hadn't been for this pen nant race between the Braves and tho Giants the National league would havo been wrecked in mldseason. As it 1 four of the clubs will have to make up heavy losses," Doss Not Nard Help. Gllmore emphatically denied te rt port that he had visited the east to ask the Wards to put up moneyxo help one of the western clubs through tho cam palgn. He said that the Chiteds had drawn 300,000 paid admissions at homo and that Weegbman would make about 160,000. BIO LEAGUE BRIEFS, ' , George Gibson, the Pirates' catchen recently was suspended for talking tc an umpire. Why do ball players, per sist tn Conversing with the -"umps't They aren't human, At .least that . is the average fan's view. The Pirates have a number of games to play at home yet, but as far as the Smoky City fans are concerned th season Is over. 1 Larry Schafly of tho Buffed. It la reported, hopes to wean over Sherwood Magee and Ben. Tlncup of tho Phillies In the near future. The nGardlnafcr hao a netW wrinkaj When It rains at Koblaon field. On showery days they use chalk on their gloves to offset the dampness. The Pirates have an outfielder whoso name Is the same as the Athletics' sec ond baseman, but he Is far from being the real and only Eddie Collins. It Is said that Ira Thomas and Harry Davis. Mack's advisory board, are pro paring statistics on the Cardinals, Braves and Cubs, which Indicates that they don't figure the Giants to win. "He simply couldn't win for us," says Barney Dreyfuss of the Pirates, dis cussing the O'Toole deal, "and that U the reason why we got rid of him." Jack Barry of the Athletics is playlnf a great game for Connie Mack. Only a short time ago It was said that Barry's star was beginning to wane. O'Toole has been witb four majol league clubs since he has been playing professional ball. Besides the Glantl and Pirates, he has been on the payroll of the Red Sox and the Reds. He holds his cue light at the end, and his "bridge" hand is the firmest possible. His pose la most practical with the cue working under both eyes, and as a demonstrator of the exacting forcing strokes and the long drop can nons he has no equal. For all around certainty, for steadiness, he stands out alone. For three years Inman haa won the English championship. He hat traveled through South Africa, Aus tralia, India and New Zealand and met and defeated the best that could bo brought against him. Hoppe is too well known for cora ment. There Is no one In America ca pable of giving him a game. "I" S3i i n! yJ Pi WILXIE HOPPE. tr
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