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Show 7 l 7 - - , t, - iv Baseball War Jo Ended. j iF Pcaco lias been established between lw' tho National and American Baseball I!K , leagues. After n session at Clncln- F'fiL lla" w,llcl1 lasted hnrdly mora than lIKjl eight hourH tho committees represent- em!1' 1llK lfl tw0 'cnB,ICH Knvo ou' n typo- k written statement which thews on aW what basis penco was secured. A E,', moro rcmnrkahlo meeting than that IIfe which brought pcaco between tho two RwP leagues Is not recorded In tho history jjBt ot baseball. Tho fairness with which liiW both sides nctcd and tho consldcratloi jsjli-, that both sides showed wns most un- i Sir'' usual and unoxpectcd. BB& Even the members of tho confer- sW ence are astounded nt tho rapidity p, with which they took action. Credit MM for this Is given to President August W& Jlcrinnnn or the Cincinnati club. Moil- life, ost to an oxtremo, Hermann camo out ISE-" of the conference a great man In baso- IsR ball. All othor leaders of tho Nation- iic nl lenguo were overshadowed by him. U- Ills manner of doing business was n MIL rovolatlon to tho baseball world and it . K is nil tho moro rcmarknblo when the III: fact Is taken Into consideration that JMr. Hermann has only been Identified J with the gamo a fow months. He The nction which was taken by the Ej, ' committees, whllo It virtually settles Hip tho baseball war. Is not absolutely fin- lefe nl. Tho conference agreed with Pros- II r ldcnt Hermann and voted to havo the If f nction of the cotnmlttooB ratified by II P' ' tho two leagues. This will bo done II . within tho next fow weeks. Is l' Hut there, Is no doubt of a ratified- (IS? n tlon. Tho National leaguo conferees ill r lld not sign until nftor they were ijjp ;r Riven such powers by wire from tholr S .; rcsprctlvo clubs. lit 'f( Tho salient points of tho pcaco pact illj - nro as follows: IB - Mutual respecting of contracts and , reserve elauscs. Hj Circuits to rcmnln as nnnounccd E P. American in Now York but not in W Pittsburg with majority consent of J R both leagues necessary to a change. V Noii conflicting schedules whero pos- H E"v slblo and interleaguo championship V' games it desired. m ;S- ' Uniform playing rulos and now na- JB ' tional agrcoment JB Jr- Formal division of players Davis to j V Chicago, Dclohanty to Washington, mef Lajole. Kllck and Bcrnhnrd to Clovo- , Bit' land and Leach to Pittsburg. ' The Umpire Problem. mM Tho umpire problem 1b receiving Hpi more attention than was accorded to jmsr lit in former years. Tho magnates Bjjik realize that they must meet tho do- Ef f mnnd of patrons for clean hall, and in Hl'll many of the minor leagues tho salaries H wL , of tho officials in chargo ot games W W' will be advanced. This Is a stop in jfi tho right direction, but better support K, from tho club owners will accomplish HL, moro thnn Increaso In tho salaries of I Wi: umpires. President Johnson's policy BY 1" the best. Tho American leaguo Wj executive stands by his umpires if against club owners and' punishes R players who defy their authority. Tho E' National League, through its exocu- K tivo committee, followed along Uicso m Hues last season, and subdued the m spirit of rowdyism In its teams to a jfi, marked degree. Tho minor leagues DBj must adopt n llko courso to bring HUHJ& nbout reforms. The club-owner must BBp' fiubmlt to tho defeat of his team with- BgR out charging the umpire with "rob- HHk ting" it, and ho must seo that his HjKa ' manager and players accopt decisions HUE; In a sportsmanlike spirit. Sporting Hip' News. Ilflt, Insures Lives of Players. HJP Itobcrt I.. Hedges, secretary of tho HK St. Ixnils American leaguo bnsoball MS club, has Introduced a now wrlnklo Mr Into baseball management by taking BHK out Insuranco on thu lives of tho star luK playors to whom ho gavo liberal ad- Wjjf. muico money last fall and with whom HOC bo mado contracts binding hlmsolf to BHk. pay tho full amount ot the stipulated taw salary of each man for tho full period lint of contract In caso of tho death of tho Bjp player beforo tho fulfillment ot tho BBJ; contract. Hjj Guards St. Louis' First Da j, ISi John Anderson, first baseman ot tho BhE St Louis Prawns, was born Dec. 14, W JOrtY J. ANOEMOH J 187S, at Worcester, Mass, His debut T?, as a professional was mado with tho 1 F Now Englond leaguo team, of his na- vv, tlve city, In 1803. Ho was rosorved jjjf for tho- succeeding seanon, but was ro- , leased to the Haverhill club, from VVVak 'Which ho gifCuated into tbo Brooklyn PBVVk Mlub ot thu National league, for which HB' 97 ' m I !z Mfp1!1 ' 1,1 -f'-'--'" (-ii-i ,f ho played an outfield position until tho latter part of the 189G race, when ho was stationed at first base. Aftor leaving leav-ing Brooklyn ho becamo a member of tho Washington team, and after rejoining rejoin-ing Brooklyn was assigned to tho Mil-wuukco Mil-wuukco club of tho Western leaguo, with which ho remained until this season, sea-son, when he wob transferred to BL Ixul8. Chicago National League Star. Frank La Chanco, one of tho catchers catch-ers of tho Chlcngo National league toam, Is a collego graduato, and, It Is said, Is well supplied with this world's goods. Ho was born Sept. 9, 1877, In Fresno county, Cal., and learned to piny ball whllo attending school. From 1892 to 189G bo attended Washington rollego, California, and tho Dontnl col- FMNKLCHANCe lego at San Francisco. Ho obtained tho degree of doctur of dental science and qualified to practlco as such. Not caring particularly for tho sedontary llfo of his profession ho took to baao-ball baao-ball simply becauso ho enjoys tho exhilaration ex-hilaration of nctlvo participation in a game. Ho wns playing with a local team at Fresno, Cal., whero ho was seen by tho veteran Cal McVoy, of tho famous Cincinnati Ited Stockings of I860, and on his recommendation tho Chlcngo club mado Chanco a liberal offer to Join Its team In 1898. When ho camo East to Join tho Chlcagos ho was given an opportunity during tho preliminary practlco of whipping tho ball around the bases and it was soon seen that ho had great Bpecd and accuracy. ac-curacy. Ho has been tho Chicago's mainstay behind tho bat over since ho Jolucd tho club. Good Men for Washington. Tho Washington club will havo a strong local contingent In Its ranks next season. Four of its players, already signed, claim Washington as their home, whllo at least threo moro livo so closo to tho Capital City that thoy may ho called nolghbors. Gene Do Montrcvlllo gained his baseball knowlcdgo and training on tho lots In northeast Washington and has resided re-sided hero most of the twenty-three years of his llfo. In 1899 he was so-cured so-cured by tho powerful Georgetown university team, where his work at' tho short field has attracted the oyes of tho managers ot many major leaguo clubs. Although Pitcher Wyatt Leo camo to Washington from Kansas City with tho Manning contingent, yot ho now claims Washington as his futuro home. Lew Drill Is the fourth player ot tho senators who claims this city as his abode, nnd be has so many good friends In and out of tho Georgetown George-town university Uiat he will feel that ho Is among frlonds who will give him plenty of encouragement when ho dons tho wind pad and the mitt Pitchers Al Orth and Townsend and Catcher Clarke llvo so near Washington Washing-ton that they found an unusual Interest In-terest In being attached to tho local team. Orth Is a resident of Lynchburg, Lynch-burg, Va.; Townsend spends his winters win-ters at Townsond, Dol., and Clark is nn Oriole. A fow hours' rldo would bring all ot them to tho capital, and Dill Coughlln docs not live a great dlstanco away, his homo being at Scranton, Pa. Washington Post, Pickings of the Diamond. Kansas City haB slgnod Pitcher "Horkey Jorkey" Horton. Ho was a Senator once. Wnlter Wllmot will take his Minneapolis Minne-apolis millers to Leavenworth, Kan., to practice. Charley Carr, tho lino first basoman of Jersey City, is wanted to manago tho Montreal club. Tho Boston American league club will piny In Loulsvtllo Saturday, Sunday Sun-day and Monday, April 4, B and 0. Klmor Flick and Tom IIoss of tho Clevolands havo gono to Hot Springs to begin their training for tho next baseball campaign. Tho veteran playor, Donny Lyons, has been asked to tako tho management manage-ment of tho Doaumont team of the South Texas league. Leltnor, the deaf muto pitcher, who was on tho slab in ono gamo for tho Clnvolnnds last year, has signed with tho Dos Moines team. Pltrher Wiley Piatt, tho now left-baudoi left-baudoi ot tho Boston Nationals, la reported re-ported nn dangerously 111 with pneumonia pneu-monia at his homo in Ohio. John Montgomoiy Ward, tho former great shortstop nnd Now York mana-gor, mana-gor, Is sold to havo an lucomo ot $10,. 000 ti year from his law practlco, "I havo taken advanco mono from Ned Hanlon," says Virgil Garvin, "nnd It's a. vl est that I will vear a Brooklyn uniform li. tfie baseball time." |