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Show JF UA VJVyOOIl OF INTEREST. I'nless the Chicago American league team settles with the players for their .work in the world series, eult may be brought airainst the club. latly the men have been expecting to CoofttS thflr, bonuses, but more than a montA has passed without the money being be-ing received or the probable payment of it ovci mentioned. T.:e sunw due the players aggregates approximately JSO.OOO. Sforoe . of the players wintering on the coast. t was learned last nlht. faver ln-stjtvthg ln-stjtvthg a suit for the collection of this money. They want the club as a whole to join in this suit. However, some of tl:e pktyers wi!l refuse to become parties to any court action contemplated One stated that he would rather loae the mocey than go to the trouble of litigation. litiga-tion. Los Angelee Times. . OAKLAND, Cal, Nov. 19. "New pastures pas-tures make 'em fat cows." opines Rod Alirrphy, third baseman of the Oakland club last season, and today he is on record rec-ord as being certain he won't play with Oakland next year. While Murphy says he has no grudge whatever against Oakland, and thinks its management a real outfit, he feels the necessity of a change and desires a different dif-ferent berth elsewhere. Murphy indicated he did not care if the new berth was midst the pine slopes of the north or the geranium hedges of the southland just so It was dltferent. Chick Oandil of the Chicago White Sox, whoso name has been linked with the management of ihe Seattle club, is now an avowed candidate for the place. The receipt of his application was acknowledged ac-knowledged by the president of the Seattle Seat-tle club, who states that it will be given consideration. In this letter it also stated that Comiskey had been asked to name the terms under which Chicago will release re-lease Oandil to Seattle. Ciandil has purchased a home in Los Angela and would like to remain on the coast. j - ' NT.W YORK. Nov. 19. The come-back or. Princeton at football Is one of the : brightest spots -of a season that has been daxrling with high-lights. Earlier in the fall the experts were extremely Ijgubrl-Oua Ijgubrl-Oua as to the chances of the Princeton eleven aga'.nst the traditional rivals. Harvard Har-vard and Yale, but along came Princeton, outweighed and staggering under enough adverse dope to discourage any football organization, fighting Harvard to a tiu an i defeating- Yale. Whatever may happen next Saturday when Yale and Harvard meet, the fact will remain that Princeton has played hotter football than either Harvard or Yale. Princettm p'ayed modern and brainy football against both Harvard and Yale, whjle the Crimson and the Blue elevens seemed to revert to the old-fashioned battering-ram tactics. The young men. of tho Orange and Plack seem to have established pretty clearly that a light team that has the courage and the drill to play the modern game, making foil of the open play, always can offset the advantage of bulk and ahoec drive. Princeton took a chance with the passes: and the pass formation, and the Steven was so well drilled that the passes seemed to work with unerring precision, while the constant threat of the pass formations bewildered the bulkier opponents. The playing of Princeton was of the now football over the old. The Iat two . performances of Princeton Prince-ton certainly vindicate Lieutenant Bill Roper, the soldier-coach of the Orange and Black. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 19. Wires from Charley flraham, president of the San Francisco Seals, who is now In the east, where he attended the national convention of minor leagues, are eagerly looked for. announcing, new players signed by him for next year. He has already al-ready wired that Fob Steele, south hook of Indianapolis, will Join tiie Seals next season, and has said he Is dickering with others. Just as everybody had finished hanging hang-ing the crape on Del Howard, and the scribes were busy naming his successor, Del Is heard crying aloud In tho wilder-nets wilder-nets that he has decided to manage the Oaks again. Howard and J. Cal Ewlng both seem to have experience! a change of heart. At the close of tho season Howard announced hla retirement. J. Cal about the same time said he had enough of the game, fend expected to sell his club. Now Howard Iras renounced his retirement, and Cal Is showing a new outburst of baseball activity. Thov should arise and explain what they had on their minds for a time, and how they got it off. Loa Angeles Times. EUGENE. Ore., Nov, 19. When It comes to a question of holding court or attending a big football game, the football foot-ball wins. Saturday afternoon's circuit court was adjourned by Judge George O. Bingham so attorneys might attend the game. LORAIN. Ohio. Nov, 19. Alvie Miller Mil-ler of Lorain outpointed Joev Fox, "the English featherweight. In ten roupds last night, according to newspaper crttlcs. |
