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Show Klfil TORS IN FARCICAL GAIVIE (Continued From Preceding Page.) of "boosters' clubs" in each city in the league to "pro mo to I he general interest in baseball." l- C. Zt-hrung, president of the league, was inotrucled to visit Denver, Den-ver, Joplin, WlchiUi, Jjincoln, Sioux City, Of a Moines aJitl St. .Joseph and "proclaim at a public meet ing (ho purpose of tho boosters." In a r-solui ion panned, club owners were advised to employ "more aggressive and lYInmlly tactics in letting the public know their needs and wauls." W. A. Rourkc, owner of the Omaha club, will assist Preside nL Zc hrung and local committees of commercial and rotary ro-tary clubs In 1 he eight h-ague cities to orLjunlzo a permanent boosting committee commit-tee In each city. Guests at the meeting asHcr club owners own-ers to install bleachers for children and sell tickets to them at 10 cents. It was agreed this would be done. Club owners said It was expected the boosters' club would advertise tho league and arouse such an Interest that attendance attend-ance at sanies this season would be greatly great-ly increased. A majority of the clubs lost money last season. MOBlLK, Ala., March 12. Cy Pieh, formerly with the New York Americans, has signed a contract to pkAV this season sea-son with Mobile of the Southern association. CUBS Til TIGERS r IJ FARCICAL GAME Big Leaguers Batter Arel-lanes Arel-lanes and Quinn for Twenty Safe Hits. By CHARLES DRYDEN. By International News Service. PASADENA, Cal., March 12. A farewell fare-well farce'at Tournament park today entertained en-tertained a small multitude that hated to see the Cubs leave this happy spot. Even so. tiie bis leaguers (Hawed Stovali's Tigers Ti-gers 19 to 4. Bis Jim Yaughan opened and Al Demaree closed the show, while Arellanos and Jack CJnlnn stood for the bumps on the other side. The Cubs cleaned the two Tiger pitchers pitch-ers for twenty blows and sot a large ma-jority ma-jority of them off Quinn. In the opening spasm the. visitors reached Yaughan for a trio of hits and three ruirs. which were helped in bv one pass and an error. Yaughan allowed five hits in five innings and Demaree was nicked twice. Quinn busted a homer after two men were gone in the ninth. Manager Mitchell reported the signing of a loft -handed pitcher named James Lynch of Dean academy. Boston. i Trading standridge and Zabel to the Angels for Harry "Yolter a few days ago was an overt acf, and we don't know who the guilty party is. Not until last night did "vVeeghman and Wolter come to terms. There was no hitch at any time. Yolter will be signed as soon as some blank certificates arrive from the east. Since the trade that never took place has been declared off, the Cubs must frame up a fresh deal for the speedy outfielder. out-fielder. To that end. President Powers and Manager Chance of the Angels will visit the training camp at San Francisco next Sunday to pow-wow some more with President Weeghman and Manager Mitchell. Mitch-ell. The latter intendes to transfer a few plavers from the second team and look them over before completing tho Wolter trade. The Cub party broke camp early this evening. On the way to Oakland the team will stop off tomorrow for an exhibition in Modesto. VERNON. rt. It. PO. A. E. Doane. if 0 0 : 1 0 Callahan, ss 1 1 1 4 0 Md.arrv. 2b 0 0 8 3 4 Griggs, lb 1 1 H 0 0 Snvdr. If 1 - " ? J Coleman, cf 0 1 1 0 1 l amnrra. 3b 0 n 1 J Simon, c 0 2 3 0 Sullivan " " 1 0 0 Arellanos, p D 1 0 J J Quinn, p 1 1 11 - " Totals 4 ' --1 14 6 CHICAGO. R. H. PO. A. E. Flack, vf " - 5 Schick, cf 2 1 0 n Mann. If : 3 1 2 n Yerkes, 2b - - ' " Saier, lb 2 1" J 0 Deal. 3h 2 S 0 2 o Wolfe, ss 1 t - " Dillhoefer, c 2, J J Yanchnn. p J J J 9 Demaree, p 1 - D 9 'Reuther 1 1 0 Totals 1! 20 27 13 1 Batted for Yaughan in the fifth. Score bv innings: Vernon .:....?. 0 0 0. 0 0 n 0 1-4 Chicago 4 0 1 S 2 4 0 3 0-10 Summary: Two-base hits Callahan. Arellanos. Yaughan, Griggs. Yerkes 2. Mann. Demaree, Deal. Flack. Home run Quinn Bases cn balls Off Yaughan 1. off Demaree l, orf Arellanes 2. Struck Out By Yaughan 2, by Demaree 2. by A.rella.nos 1, by Quinn 1. Umpires Phyle and Held. s Good Year, Says Ban. By International News Service. W Y'CROSS, Ga.. March "12. Predicting Predict-ing a banner season for the Amerlcii.li league Ban Johnson, president, accompanied accom-panied bv Mis. Johnson, was here today on his way to Waverly hall. In Glinn county. "1 am going Cor a two weeks rest, he said. , . ?dr and Mrs. Johnson arrived tins morning from Chicago. While, anticipating anticipat-ing a hip vest for the American league. Mr Johnson said he was unable to foretell fore-tell what effect actual war between the I'nited Stales and Germany would have upon the season. George Cohan a Magnate. Fy Intcrnal'ional News Service. NEW YORK. March 12. George M. Cohan has decided to enter the. baseball world now. The aetor-playwrlgbt-pro-duccr. il became known today, pronahly will buy a. large chunk of stock -in the Providence club in the International league, which is lo be reorganized. Otto Knahe has been mentioned in connection Willi t ho managership. Wally Schmidt In. riTTSPrrtG. Pa.. March r Announcement An-nouncement was uirule today by Barney Dreyfus, president ot tiie Pillsb'irg National Na-tional league club, lhat Waller Schmidt, catcher, had leiegraniied from his home in Hudson, Cal., that he would accept the cluh's lerms and sign a eoiilrael. Throe Pittsburg players. Hans Wagner, iniiclder: Max Carey, outfielder, and William Wil-liam Fischer, catcher, have not signed contracts. To Boost Western. OMAHA. NVn... 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