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Show IKING GEORGE SEES HIS FIRST BIG BALL GAME Giants and White Sox Put Up Real Battle for British Spectators Daly Breaks Tie in Eleventh With Homer. By DAMON RTJNYON. Special Cable to Tlie Tribune. LONDON", "Feb. 2fi. Across ail ICnglish football field in the la-art of historic old Hj Chelsea boomed thc weird war chant of tlic Americans while his majesty Kins George of England and 20,000 of his sub-jeets sub-jeets sat listening. What had been going along as a surely H perfunctory exhibition of America s na-tlnnal na-tlnnal pastime, to be politely explained to curious Britons nt one 8 elbow, sud- H ricnly took on an aspect of n real base 1 ball battle and several thousand tcmpo-rarily tcmpo-rarily expatriated Americans wedged in among bewildered rcnglMnncn :iud let their voices drift out into the haze. They momentarily forgot tlicir ncigh-born ncigh-born and the courtesies of the occasion; the skyline of London seemed to fade ln- H to dingy smokestacks of upper Harlem. for it bad comu to sundown and the last liBlf of the clevi'iilh limine: with the H fcorc tied between baseball clubs benr- H iuc the names of the New York Giants j and thcNChlcav-o White Son. Americans on Job. Hj Out of the packed stands rose voices j that, unmistakably twanged of JsVw Eug-land Eug-land and rasped of Chicago as the own-era own-era raised the old familiar cries of the B American bleacher cods while the Brlt- H Is'i looked on and marveled. 1 Leaning-over (he railing-of tho royal box 1 and nenously tiplnp at Ills short brown beard the ruler of Great Britain smiling-ly smiling-ly heard the hurried explanation of the 1 situation by v-ajtCr IT. Page, the Amcri- 1 can cnihassador. Up to the last of the ninth it had been just a rather snappy exhibition of base- J ball, especially in the fielding, but with few elements of real excitement. 1 Tlio majority of the spectators, espc- 1'ially tiie Americans, were more inter-ested inter-ested in the king than in the game, but 1 Tth th(; Giants two inns ahead and two out in the lust of the ninth Sam Craw-ford, Craw-ford, the preat slugger of the Detroit Tlgcrf. flammed out a homo run Into the conterflcld bleachers, driving home "Ruck" "Weaver Trom second tliat was when those Americans realN- began to 1 yut loose with some homelike enthusiasm. ,l-"ven the British seemed to sense the tense excitement of the situation. One could close his eyes and casllv Imagine j himself in any stand in America at the critical moment of the game in the last of the ninth with none out. Daly Wins With Homer. Tom Daly, the "Wliitft Sox youngster, who '.las been playing first base on the trip, .smashed another homer Into the bleachers In the eleventh inning, 'giving the Wlnle Sox a 3 to 4 victorv. ending not onlv the game, hut also the world's tour. It was a fitting finale. Tt has been decided not to plav am-more am-more aawes and the partv will sail for America on the Lusitania from Liverpool gamrday afternoon. Chelsea field is a great oval inciosuru Jhat,' supposed to seat 00.000 persons, but the British have (jtieer Ideas of fig-ires. fig-ires. for after 'J0.000 got Inio t'.ie stands this afternoon it would have been Impos--Tble to get iO.ono more In with Die aid of shoehorn?. Yet one of the neus-r?npcl"s neus-r?npcl"s 1,c,"e Iced the attendance at 8',.-uou. 8',.-uou. Americans ctin now understand about t lose crowds of hundreds of thousands they have been reading about ail their lives as attending football matches here. King George There. The royal box was an inclosure in the center or the grandstand just be'.iind tlie rvUeXs Position. it was fenced off X?,1? .V10 re3t of the sl'ad decorated rill! l,e.r,Jya I colore. A screen had been nluced along the front of the grandstand to protect the spectators, hi lk,?B 'os 11 trln ,ate I" arriving, thc ?u?d u'as p"clced when he finally nJrtir bout.S o ct.cl- Ho camo In an 1! ii 1 I Imiouslue with Embassador Page v.lth only a couple of etmerrles. i,.'L p,aco of a ,-yal crown the royal liat J''25 ,l0I?petl bi' 51 nl!1l" derby hat vrawa FlCS? cnIle1rc!1 mclosure tile M.iiuiing until the icing was seated. ,nKu-fl! "7 J' MGraw. Charley Co-WnLVH1 Co-WnLVH1 J,mn4' Callahan appeared in u I2yal hox' cortcd by If. c. J3unne , icwa?Ma,,iCC as?nt of 1,10 t0l,r- They were td,uc,!l0"t; b' one 10 king bv ISm-uiff,3'!1 ISm-uiff,3'!1 usu' KUlr CeorRC l'ook hands "Hit eacli man, said he was glad thev were here with the ball clubs an hoped they were enjoying the visit. King "Pitches" Fiist Ball, i,nUnirT,.n lhe!1 handed the king a base-i base-i -Ils iTiajosty lianded it to Callahan i i ,2-hOTil,,l,l!?l thc ceremony of fhc A S n1 iCl UK ,l?c ,,rst ba"- '''"at- ball puv "Uo plai' at thu start of thc sT'koSvcV;" lhcn slven 10 consk' .McGraw and Callahan wrc both dressed i cltlzcnf clothes and did not ,.pcai',on tne ncltJ throughout the gamo; .1 'n--T-0''erscd steadily with Em- nofnt orT;l.f;' exn'ned a" the line points of tilts game. Thc roval visitor lhenport VCPy decpl" "tcrestcd in J?nLK,en, wi10 was the umpire, did not announce the batteries and did not nnouiicc each new player, aa has been liio custom every place else. This was art,t,lc K9llcst r Uc American cmbas. r-fwhniJ h? vpMBWa and umpire wore cjirefully coached as to the necessary 4ViUctlc. ,n "ic conduct of the game, as ncli hp in. meeting tho king. ,Mmto,?Vd.or.t.,ie,e,R.nth innws. which f.ltH.ah0Ut 4,cIoc,f; "undredE of epcc-nm epcc-nm aroB.e- ',eft ,thcIr se:,ts and went out to an Institution knotvn as a tea bar to get tlrclr lea. By the time llicy had their lea and returned thc gama was over. Tlie crowd seemed to gather In tho points of the game very quickly and were all struck by the rapidity of the iHays. Mike Donlln had the spectators in. the center Held bleachers acting for all tJio world like Yankee bleanherltea befotrt? Ihreo innings were over. They applauded every move .Mike made. Botwecn. in-ningB in-ningB Sir Miriuc smoked cigaretics. Red Fabev. a youngster belonging to tlie White, Sox. but who has done about tlie only effective pitching McGraw lias had on the trip, worked for the Giants and was opposed by Jim Scott. loiter "Death Valley" James was succeeded by : Joe Bcnz. with Andy Slight, who belongs to Des Moines of tlie Western league, back of the bat. Otherwise thc lineup for botli sides was I lie same as other games on the trip. Damper on Comedians. "Germany" Ecbaefer was singularly silent si-lent and composed throughout tlie game, all comedy Jiavlng been barred for fear of being offensive to tho king. I Tans Lobcrt drove In two Giant, runs with a homer in tho fourth. Buck Weaver Weav-er chased in two fov thc White Sox In the second by singling with the liases full. The English were duly impressed bv thc exhibition. The Dally Mirror tomorrow Is saying that Londoners succumbed to the magnetism mag-netism of the game and all thc papers are enthusiastic in their praises of the spectacle. Bill Klom. standing back of tlie bat undismayed un-dismayed by whizzliur balls, attracted special note. .'ow and then during the game some American would forget himself him-self far enough to suggest killing Bill In true Polo ground's style, while other comment!? com-ment!? that he was '"rotten" seemed to give our cousins quite a laugh. The tickling stunts were tho biggest hit of thc whole game, two double plays by .the Giants getting a big hand. This was the first game of professional hascball England 'has witnessed in twenty-five years, ever since thc visit of Spalding and his players. MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEMANDS OF BEHAN CHICAGO. Fb. C$. Tlic Rclisn oj-ndlcite. whoso offer for the conirolllw; stock in thc CMciro National v. as rcfimcd ly Chavlcs T. Taft of OlncloDfltl ji'stcritay. 1ms irlthilnwn from tlio flolfj. This ivas Ktinouar.pd by Loulfc J. Bclian today after lie liad met lilt clients and" dlscuf tcl with them llic cvot3 of his vlr.lt to Mr Taft. The syndicate, ho yald. did not conoldcr tin? sloe; control and franchise north moro than half a million dollars under tho present coudltloos in haBCbiill nnd believed Its offrsr of JT50.000 for u majority share of ltn slock much moro than it would -want to pay dot.'. Tlio questionable legality of Uirt reserve rule and thc existence of the Federal leigue vero main rra&onn for the abandonment of the Behan effort to get tlio otoclt. Bclmn lilnuelf said bo hardly believed thc rcs.orvo rulo would bold In court and sa!d ll might even Invalidate the whole contract mj thr.t a playnr could "Jump" tp anothor team vl-rii in the middle of n rctson, thoucli bo had r.kntd to play that tcaron, White Sox Begin Work. TASO ROBI.IiS. C.M., Teb. 25. The Chicago White Sox. who arrived bore travel-worn and dust-ludcn dust-ludcn last night, ufter one of tho most tiresome and adrcnturnu trlpn ever undoclalten by a major 1c4kuc bafball team on a spring tralnlni; Jaunt, began their "workout" today under "Kid" Glea-r.on. Glea-r.on. nctlnc msDascr to the abience of Jimmy Callahan, Tho training quad was Joined bo.ro by Kd Walsh. "Fled" Kuhh. "Pine" Bodlo. "Jack" Fournicr and "Reb" Russell, who Incre&fcd the number cf players to thirty-one, vhile wltli of-flclalb-. Iralnora and sporting writers, the party numbered more than forty. Billy Sullivan, Hal Chase and als players ou thc world tour of thc -"cw York Giants and the While Sos alll Join the club here later. Tho ro-port ro-port that Cliaao was a "holdout" was denied today. to-day. The ffox wero on the road six days and nights and bad many traveling dangers thrust upon them because of the recent floods In Fouthcrn California. Cali-fornia. "We ran the gauntlet of floods, wiuhouts and. alon the border, of Mexican bullcti." raid Gloa-eon Gloa-eon today, "and had enough cxperlencon to' laat us a lifetime. Believe me, wc -ncro happy to roach our camp hero jn tafelr. And we ore r.lad to have fine weather .-iRaln. We'll set doim to bard work to make up for the tlmo we- hava loal." Federals Big Factor. To offset this throat of a loss of property, tho syndlcato -wanted thc Federal league either- bought out or taken Into organized baseball, thus removing remov-ing a couituut competitor for thc sorvlcos of ball players. "The Federal league will be a great auccetE or a. complete failure this year," arguod Mr, Be-lian. Be-lian. "If it It the former, it muat be taken into a.11lanr:o wltb organized baseball or must bo fought at a great cxpenae. for an indefinite tlmo, with Indefinite results; if It Is tho latter, of course thero would be no need to worry unless anothor outlaw circuit r.Urted," Followers of baseball hero werf Inclined to scout tho tory that a New York hat manufacturer lind purchased the Taft stock Terms Mysterious. CINCINNATI. Feb. 25. Xocal boesball nieu wrc wondering today over the offer yesterday of Louis J. Dehan, on altomoy roproaentln? a syndicate of Chicago, to purchase tbo stock of tho Chicago National lftaguc club owned by Charles P. Taft-It Taft-It was learned today that Bcban mado two de-maoda de-maoda in his offer to buy. both of which were refuted by Mr Taft Tho demands wore: Either the decision of a court cf last -nors on thn validity of the so-called reeorvo elauso or tho admission of thn Federal Ineguo of baseball clubs Inlo mcmborshlp of tho Nations 1 commission. Just why Mr. TJehan mado the laot demaad is not clear la Mr. Taft nor lo any of tho baseball base-ball rapti In IhU city. Mr, Taft would mak no etatomnnt tedy other than to siy that negotiations belweso Mr. Bclian aod himself bad boon closed. Here to Stay, Says Gilmorc. BUFFALO, N. Y.. Fob. 2?. President Jaracs A. Ullmore of the FederaJ hisehi.ll league ron-frrd ron-frrd linr today with Tresldent Mullen nnd Man-sgor Man-sgor Schlaffly of thi! Buffalo Federal leiBiic club President fillmore admitted he had wired an offer to Christy Maihewton and that ho had dono it In good faith. '"By making offers," bo said "Is Ibp way wo hvr Kot our player. Th Federal league 1ns come- to r.tay. Wc arc going to play major league ball." Cardinal Magnate Dead. ST. LOUIS. Feb. G. L-tey Crawford, - put owner of tho St. Louis National leagu club, died at bin lioms bero today from a ibroat affliction. af-fliction. Ho was 43 years old. Chance Has High Hopes. LOS ANGELES. Cil.. Feb. 26. Frank Chance will Jeavo tomorrow for Houston, Texan, to Join Iho squad of Now York Americana and began the (Continued on rollowlng Pago.) KK GEORGE SEES JMMIffi GAME (Contlnuod from Precodinp; Page.) rha'ncSrnTrfcV-rir,?1, ?Jol?.J?-" Feds Want Crawford. COLUMBIA. K. c.. Fb M !, m , S" ''n , monger lot Iho "k nQ'l make a ri;0"?fMn.IM,!lncr" Ul"1 h,s fort Li In Kngland r.Hh iho touil.tt pn.M,r Yankees Go lo Houston. Y.:,LYI?RK'-, K"b- 2l? - Member of the Nw JUUrt h0 Tr,nOP"er.,:,T',e"' n.mlTr "nd Ma ,:.ecr Ar"hnr i,Ilin " "nrrfttl, aml CuMn ion from l.l homo In G I n i d o r , Ca J to Ho'la- Feds Get Earl Moore. Cubs Beat Browns. nS tlio flmt BAmo of a mtIcb of alx, Iho Kccond to bo playcl lomorroh- In St. Pctcnsburs. ?cor" ' Chlcaso "7- K; at. Louis ;; j I j BntterlOT-Zabel, ICoc..ticr "ftnd"'ifarsrnvo; P; Mitchell, Stotona am Knienroth, Agnew. |