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Show SPORT GOSSJPffIi5gi? the American league and start a third major league. Two American league officials, President Presi-dent Ban Johnson and Charles A. Comis-key, Comis-key, professed utter ignorance of the scheme. "I have heard nothing of such a report except what I have seen in the newspapers," newspa-pers," said Johnson. "Our New York club does not even own a ball park in which to play American league baseball, let alone a park in which to conduct games of a third league." Comiskey said: "The directors of the American league advised the national commission to pay the New York players third place money from the world's aeries receipts. We are going ahead with the White Sox, making plans to lake another American league pennant. I know of no other matters of any importance in baseball." base-ball." Comiskey, however, will support the Yankee owners, it is said. Charley Murphy has disposed of the West Side park in Chicago, the home of the Chicago Cubs in the days of Chance, Evers, Tinker and other celebrities. The state of Illinois purchased the property, and the price is said to have been $400,000. Lee Fohl Is being mentioned aa the probable manager of the Columbus club of the American association next season. Fohl was catcher for the Columbus club several years ago, and is a big favorite In that city. Reports from Washington are that Sam Rice will be the regular center fielder of the Senators next season, and that Clyde Milan, who has played the position for the last few years, will go to right field. Rice is as fast as Milan, and has it on the veteran in throwing, though Mike still has a fine arm. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12. Babe Ruth, premie: slugger in the baseball world, has replied to Ty Cobb, who recently recent-ly criticised Ruth because Ruth demands a contract calling for $20,000 for the 1919 season. Ruth intimated he would hold Cobb personally per-sonally responsible, and that fists might be substituted for words when they meet next spring. "I'll settle the question when I meet Cobb," Ruth said. "Cobb must be jealous of me because the newspapers have played me up this year as the biggest attraction attrac-tion in baseball." Cobb recently spoke of Ruth aa a "contract "con-tract violator." Ruth's contract, he said, had two more years to run. i Further evidence that National league -I pitchers excelled those of the American t league In effectiveness this year is found Lin the record of shutout games for the Reason, which closed In a blaze of Red. W Slabmon in the veteran circuit white-wa3hed white-wa3hed their opponents in the 100 games ithis year, while those of the junior organisation organ-isation pitched only eighty-seven shutouts. This is a total of 187 .for the two leagues, -which is considerably below the records of (previous years. In 1918, in spite of the ,! (act that the schedule was curtailed by a month, there were 202 whitewashes in the two circuits, and In 1917, with a ; schedule of 154 games for each team, (there were 251 blanks pitched in both cir-CUltS. cir-CUltS. ' John Ganzel Is out with a denial of the statement that he intends to become In- terested in the Toledo club next year. (Ganzfl says that he intends to remain in A Kansas City. ' Akron. Ohio, has been admitted to the International league circuit, roplacin!? Blnghamton. The report of the deal adds ; that Hans Wagner, former veteran short- Btop of the Pittsburg Pirates, will manage man-age the Akron club. A syndicate of i Akron business men is said to have paid i $30,000 to the International league for the Blnghamton franchise, which recently was forfeited by George F. Johnson. A ball player wtoo Is not a regular on a championship team, but who draws a - share of a world's series purse, is natu-' natu-' rally counted very fortunate. Jimmy Smith, utility Inflelder of the Reds, has '"eat out" his second world's series, and for the second time received a neat sum rrtof money without having to work for it. :JBmlth received $5207.01 as his share of '"the scries money between the Reds and White Sox. All he had to do for this gob" of cash was to run for Sherwood " Magee, pinch hitter, and to get into an 'argument with Eddie Collins. In 1917 (Jimmy was with the Giants and drew . down a bundle of coin In the fall, though he did not take part in thp series with 'the White Sox. "He alpo Forves who only islands and waits," and none will begrudge the little fellow his good fortune. ' t'Hot stove stuff" was the verdict of thk'HKO baseball fans on the Rtorv eraa-nRtlnc; eraa-nRtlnc; from New York that Charles A. wmiskcy, Jacob Kunpert and Harry nazce, backed by Etfsel Ford, Harrv Sinclair Sin-clair the Duponts and other men of vast wealth, were planning to withdraw from A piayer is wortn just as much, as he can get," said Ruth. "And Cobb has been paid all he is worth, believe me, for quite a few years. I wouldn't say anything against Cobb if he held out for $100,000." Edwin Franklin Gcers, known wherever trotting and pacing races are held as "Pop," has just completed another season sea-son on the harness track. Last season was the sixty-eighth year of "Pop's" life. To show that age has not robbed him of his uncanny ability to handle harness horses, the veteran landed four winners in a single day at one of the late Grand Circuit meetings. Geers began driving at Mobile when 24 years old and has been active at the game ever since, a matter of forty-four i years. During his career, Goers figures he has competed in more than 3500 races and has won about $1,250,000 for his employers and himself. In 1S77 Geers made his debut "up nawth," driving Alice West at Charter Oak park, Hartford, Conn. LOS ANGELES. Nov. 12. Plans have been given a start to have a team formed of former Harvard college football stars plav a series of games on the Pacific coast. Major Paul Withington is behind the move, and, while no definite action has I been taken, other than to correspond with authorities In Pasadena, It is expected that the TTarvardites will begin playing I out toward the coast at the close of the present season. Bernard H. Damon, acting manager of the Harvard team, has already sanctioned the plan and has promised to give his support toward arranging games. Practically Prac-tically all the players who will be brought out here aro former Ail-American plavers, and a team of this caliber will undoubtedly undoubt-edly be a great drawing card on the coast. |