Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 251, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1917 Page: 11 of 14
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Tenets World
Series Scheme
Seems Winner
Wider Distribution of Spoils
Would Bo More Nearly Fair
Than Present Plan of Di-
vision. By Frank Q. Mtnkl.
NEW YORK. Jan. 13 "Very fond.
Johnny" I the general sentiment con-
cerning John K Tener' a new plan for
putting Ihe world aerba melon
. The National league piety's suggestion
permits everv rlnti owner In the inalnra
. lo share In 111 ii Hindu and allnla N small
Hit lo Hi iIh rii mi every club but
the lu tallcntlrrs.
"Mv plan would rcwaid players who
fou hi hard In win a pennant tint
failed." said Tenai. "II never has
ae.med rpilie fair In in" lhil the world
eerie. iilHyrm should gel ill the nmtii'y
Nor dn t feel Him It waa iillc Just for
tha unsuccessful club owners In he ll)Ul
nut entirely (nun l leaat a email HTiTirv
0( Ihn reveiinn."
Ten.r'. tchem.
The Tener arheme would give the Na-
tiiuiH I commission III percent of the gross
Intake and Ihen would epllt tit" net re-
celpta of Ihs (lrt four ganiea Hit fol-
low: forty ("rent to the world eerlee play-
rf of whirl) fl percent would go lo tlie
liintri and 41) to the losers.
Twenty-five percent to b d"1ded
among nil non-partlclpatltiK Players r-
cept the "cellar tceina which would not
iharn In any way.
Seventeen and one-half percent to be
divided among- all National league iluh
bw tiers
Seventeen and one-half percent to -dlvldi-d
among all American l-eague iluh
owner.
In iwse five or mora game era nri-a-aarv
the Natlnnal commission would w-t
lft percent of thn totnl each competing
oliiti HIV percent and the other !i pr-
oerit would ha divided among Iho other
fourteen iluh owner.
The cluh ownart ahare from the first
four gainea would be pro rata among the
.lxter rjuha. meahltnc Ihnt tbe compel-
trig club owncra would not get a kfaler
eWe thalth non-but tiers
Tha : nennt iflvvy ifhe flrat four
games for the non-competing warriora
would he aa follow
Thirty percent to second place players:
14 percent to third placa player.; in per-
cent to fourth place playera: 13 percent
to fifth placa playera: 9 percent to ststh
place player.; ( percent to aeventh place
playera.
How It Would Work.
The recelpta of the flint four guinea of
the I ft t ft I'l'ir ritihon aerlea were I I'M. 7) i
Thl" la how the ninncy lor iIiohi haltlea
Waa epllt:
National rommlnalon J"1
J'ach cluh f. 30'.t
Kjich lloeion plnier .ICS
1-Aih llrMikln plauycr ;.7Ki
Now If the Tener program had heen
in force thla la how the money for thine
four kumna would have gone ualng
liUJ.CnQ aa the liiloma figure:
National conimUaloii
tliwlnn club
Irooklyn club
Other cluba teach)
I.aili llitnii pleveiwM.
!arh Hlooklvn plnSW
mli eecnnd place player...
ach third plat player...
Ai h fourth place player
jrh fifth place player
ach alath place player
jiih geventh place pleyer..
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The plan probably will he adopted. It
waa aubmllted aecretly to the National
leexue offlilala and aim laid before the
Nallonal rnininlaalon. Hnlh bodlee were
fatorably dloard toward It. Uut def-
inite m-tlnn waa deferred.
"None of the cluh ownera really ran
make a logical objection to eoch n plan"
aaeertcd liovernor Tener. "And I am
quite aura the plavera won't."
Itennle Owen tnay uaa mil J (linen nd
Ponder In the Hooner lineup ngalnat
Kemlall tonight at Nhrman
Tha Engineer by defeating the l'her.
Vno-Medlca 27 In t eliminated the med
oni-. orini it in f iMiiinaieu me men-1
Iclne men from tha 1'nlveralty of tk!a- !
boma inter-rlaai race.
Have you done anything about it?
We Refer to Our Semi-
Annual Clearance of Fine
Suits and Overcoats.
IF you haven't been in to see what a saving
we offer in these good clothes you've
missed something:. Here are clothes any
well dressed man will appreciate-there's
$2.50 $5 or $10 in it for you.
DETAILS:
$15.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS HM 1 OC
NOW $11. aO
$18.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS flO CA
now Mj.jU
$20.00 suits and overcoats 011 ac
NOW $14.95
$25.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS 010 7C
NOW MO. ID
$30.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS 000 CA
NOW $6.)U
$35.00 suits and overcoats 0oc oc
now lO.Zj
$40.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS JJQ qq.
MnKtn Shirt
Sal New Going
on.
ET
It Costs Too Much
Pvty;"t "Titr
' ' I " v 1 ' -w . 1 I '
M ISm JUJLV91 J
GranttandTiico
It b hrconifl tha pt habit nr the pit
hobhylncj'la of nmrrclal v'T"7Il fJJ'l."?-r " 110 liuu'J "yM'iIf"-
io diacuaa the Induatrlal or financial!
atatua of thlnga "after the war"
"After tha war" mav mean June HIT.
or July 1 'Mint part of It la another
aff.ilr. In Ihia aame byway there la an-
other dlni'imaum worth while. Thla la
the eiMirllng "after the war" atutua of
thlnga In genem!
It haa lieen fairly well forgotten of
lata that the nrnln polo irophy aMIl re-
maliia under llrlimh iniilrol.
That the lilg International tennla
trophy tha Ihivia cup la alao under Uni-
lah control
That for tha Uat thirteen veara Oreal
llrluiln hue am i efull defeiuled hi r
amateur gulf ehiimplnnihlp agaluat all
forma of American Invanlon.
It haa been auageated that Juat aa anon
aa the war la over there win he a ru-h
bv I'nlted Hlatea forcea to recover aoinc
of thla loal ground. Tbal ruah ehould
not be ton haatlly made. And for at
leaat unu rraaon.
Chance to Recover.
That reaaon la plain enough (ireat
Krllaln If ahe crea for It ehould it
Ireat lie given time lo get alerted ggiiln
and to feniganlae her plating form.
Moet of Iter leading golfrre Irnnla
plavwrlrcnd hiIo plaer huve been aerv-
Ing unil?r the tnlon Jack. Mirny of
theae. Including auch itnra aa Anthony
Wilding Norman Hunler and ai-ure of
nthera have been killed. The other
undoubtedly have gone badly off their
game.
All thla while American entrlea have
been engaged In tht bualeat eportlva com-
petition tha game haa ever known be-
neath the HI a re and Ktrliea Our leiidlng
entrlea In golf and tennla. eapeclMlly. have
bad the chance for great development Die
opportunltlea to come forward at top
apeed. Obvloiialy there could be no great
glory to be obtained In ruahlng theee
trained forcea at once Into International
competitive action before our leading ri-
val bad a limine to adjuat heraelf and
gel planted for the ahock.
Thle would take no great while but
at leaat a fair chance ahould be given. It
the war ahould end In the winter nr
poring no iniernattonai arrangemenie
ehouhl be planned and carried through be-
ring no International arrangemenla
fore neat year. Kor there would be very
THE STORE ATOAET
mom
Tks Sftags Has Djscidlid
Btte Off lit WiH Ed .
to Live and You Can't Afford to Die
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'little credit In recovering IropliyL. fripint
flut even wllh !rel itrltaln re-eatah-llNhed
II In hnrilly poealhlc that ahe cim
iiihiiiIjIm her I'lM-won trnphlea very long
with I he Incrcined efflclnneev developed
upun thia able of the Atlantic
The Entry Who Workg lor a Living.
The fear haa been cjpreaed. In regard
lo thn recent golf ruling that the gnnc
would be turned over to the Pile ttl.'h
Alhlellc naaoclullon. 1 lila theory doesn't
aeem to carry through.
Practically every golf victor for the
bat ten .yeara In Hie ehiunplnnahlp fo-
um haa had to work fur lila livlnic. Hub
'yinlner only gete a chance to play golf
in naiurnay aiiernooua anil rllindnya I i r
rarely enieia a tournHment. Jerry Trav-
era. it five-lime champion. plna no gieat
amount of golf through the lime he glvm
to work. Oawald Klrkby Metropolitan
and Jeraey hnmplon plave In few tour-
iiamruta mid randy nfiener than once i
week through the Bummer on account
of l he pleasure of hiiairiraa.
tin tha big average the entry who hai
to woilyj-for a living ilevelnpa n fll-r
that ta'tfrequently V.""""' In the inn
w ho Iwu'l culled upm to get out gi d
liua(le for enough lo live on.
One.
Sir: if the hallplavera atrlke
ler. how many alrlkea la
Jumbo
In w I n -
"out?"
How About the UmplreaT
Another member of (he Kan t'nlmn
rt'-slrea lo know what the umplrea will ilo
If a playera' strike la called.
What would be n eiiltahln mvupatln'i
rnr an umpire anxway One that would
make him feel at home
lie might get a job appllng the match
to gun cotton In amniunlllnn fnctorlei nt
belter (at ill. leave for Kurope and lake 1111
Ihe occupation of pruning aw.y barbed
wire eiilaimlameiita (rolll f trenches
manned by machine guna (
' Caae of SirlVj
"' nraiu no wunout ilrlnkli
e run m no wunout hiyvipg
i. 7""' w" Uo ynbout Hpeaker
wr aipx or jonrmon o
a'i a .
muni no without oMhta Uirouirh
. 1
"M"u wunout h i cream or nle
kauf"" "hout follma or
Oh. How could we do without TV?
..I!?''V V." .h "Plavera going to
atrlke forT- aaka Woof. Woof: " one-
hour da v aa agalnal om--hour.fort -
le forty minutes n't It?
Jimmy Wilde. n weight champion of
the world. Is a graduate iff the Knglls
boothg While meeting all corner. In a
booth be often anm-ed aa manv aa a
half iloren knocknuln In a single night
No record waa kept of hla achieve-
menta while traveling with the booth
which he lefi In 9 but elite ihat time
be haa a.ored (por. than liin knockouts
a record that far lurpaaaiia even the won-
iiertut worn nr the Australian ml.l.iu.
weight I linrty.
Jimmy la a freak boxer long and akin-
ny wiii a wonderful reach. He appears
i.i liny no nnns ei an in lacr. rnev are
deacrlbed aa reseintillng gaa pipes. Ami
nia npponenia aav that when they are hll
by Jimmy It feele ae If they have been
atrucg n y an Iron har.
lleil.aA Ut.tllh .. .r .1.. A.....
.... . .... .no .. i.i iii ninri-
lean flyweight Young Zulu Kid who was
put to aleep by Wilde In the eleventn
round easerta there la no bantam
weight alive who can aluy twenty roundi
with the K.ngllah marvel. Alan aaaer'a
Hnilth there la no featherweight bar
ring Mlliiine who ran rtefeal Wilde In
twenty rouiula. Hmllh believes Kllliana
migni nn ania to nutnoi ami to wear
down the f.ngllelmiati nv body blows hut
lie at) a una wouui on no certainty.
Wherea ia I'arcyT Hlnce tha Won
ha AVn
der bov of Malt land became an actor
hla name haa dropped nut nf the pub
llo prlnla When lea return he will be
a alrauger all over again The Auatrn
llan may lira nf the footlights however
and If he does It means a huav Km. for
Al McCoy. Itarcjr concedes him the cham-
pionship hist now but hoiM. lo flatten
out Albert ui that be may sign himself
I. larcy.
middleweight rhamplnn of
the world.
Jack ftulger. lb. man who dl.cnvered
Charley Welnert hsa returned In New
York- with a middleweight called Ibid
Clancy. Ha ball from HI. I anils und hie
eatieclal dealre la In (see lister Jamea
I'aicy
for
Jac
Ihe middleweight I tie nf the
world.
Jack aavs. and Jack knows re
a tula that Clancy ta a crack -a-lack
That A2 Lcs Dnircy lit Has Ab
PuK Pxnei'lntif
V
JW13 X ICOIUCUL
Again Reduces
Archer's Pay
vx .
III((AC. Jnn. IP. Chnrlcs Weigh
man preahb nt of the ChlcHgo Nalliinala
today announced his policy In dealing
with recalcitrant ball pla)era and f-
fere.1 Ihe caae of Jamea Archer catcher
ns an object lea.ion. The veteran catcher
recently lefuaed a contract calling fur
$1' ii claim ns that tne cut from IT.:-"'!
waa too great. Vr. Weeghman aald to
day Ihat he had sent Archer a eecnnd
conlniil. "culling for cnnelderiibly baa
than M.00U" . s
Second Cut Made.
"1 first sent Archer j contrail which
called for M '"'. not Wtcaiiae of his abil-
ity an n bull I'll ! t ut lor aentlmental
n l e a ild "Thla might he con
sidered full when It H reixlhiiberrd tluit
he hutted al a 1".M i lip and dued In
Slt-lllie g-lliies l It season I've sent
bliu a aernnd innlinet calling lor cmi-
sldernble less money than the first and
ha can take it nr leave It as he sees (II
or find employment elsewhere I'm
readc to take the same action aa I did
lujhls case with any player who wlnhra
Mr Weeghman iolnted out that the
I'hlcngo. chili's salary list last reason
waa $H:.H'n Md asserted that about
l.o is'ii or js'i cm is nil Hint n lug le-igue
club can afford ll" reiterated former
statemcnta replying i threats bv lald
I'Vllx. piealrirnt o( the llasrhall I'lavera'
i . V. r. V " 1 "'"" ;
p ajer on l-rhrusry ;n that Ihe . lull's
i ''mil ..".mi v inr I nr irwin
log camp at rartadena. Cat on that
date "if time is not h single player on
bund."
Statement of Johnion.
Ifcin Johnson president of the Ameri-
can league in Chinigo described the
strike move nf the ItaHohal! Havre' fra-
ternity ns In nig an attempt of a fen
Playera and President Kultr. of the frn-
ternlty n ncilntalri high B'llartea such as
were paid In 'the Federal league Oahl.
Mr Fulls after a meitlnr of t ent v. four
members of Ihe fraleimty In toon Inst
night snld they had decided to "slant!
their guns."
isigea thai certain einleni..nia nr il..
fratXrriiry heads concernlna actlooa nf
the iilrM.HaA baaehaJJ ivihmIh' nn w ere
false were mHf August Herrmann
chairman of the rnmmlssion In n alnte-
ment Issued In (Inclnnall. " ;
Hay Schalk. catcher of Ihe Chicago
Americana and a member of Hie ttm....
nlty signed a .I7 cOnliact li.l night
"alter Mitranvlllc Ikiston Nallonal
abort atop wee refused an Increase In
salary by president Houghton nf the
chin .Maranvllln had returned hla con-
tract requeatlng an Increase i.i ....
aerllng that the playera' frilernltv had
nothing to do with bin allliud.
Tincup Traded
to Little Rock
I.1TTI.K nOTK. Ark
Jan ll - Hubert
Ihe l.lttle Kim K
1. Allen iirriident or
finin nern .ssim- atlon. tnnislii .. ...I
that he traded Outfielder Tiniest Walkir
to I lie I'h ladelnhla Nationals for I'll.
Tincup and Outfielder Welser. Walker
led Ihe Mull hern nasoclfillon In batting
until thn wna forced nut or the game b
an Injured knee In the middle of laal
aeaaon. He foimerlv waa with the Ht.
Ixiula Itrowni Tincup la an tiklanom
Indian and waa foimerlv with Ihe Xloa.
kogen team.
Its TURKISH blend -delicately
balanced-
comfortable
Nl
w
k'i C J
Standing of the Teami.
Won. l.iwt I'd
t arna.i t 29 1 . "t
h!iu 2H - ? .;.
rtap!el.m ; J a ?0 .f.1
hT'icbl-Heck 23 "i-t
I'ellee ill 2'' V.'f
Wilson It 30
Howling like champions. Ihe Kntghl-
Itei k term started out aa If It ":
drag rtott n t'e r'hurt '""m from first
I lore last nlt;ht. lait after aeon
in the lliat a a me. it i . u d in."" I
while the conaistrnt niiilorlsla lisik the
seeiuid mid third and Increased their ad-
V" 11 lllftge
T he h' Oies-
1st. Ind. 3rd. Ttl
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:i 8t3 km :i.i;
Walker
Nelson
MrknsKv ...
f 1 1 it tin )i ll . . .
Adsrna
Totals .. .
t'AKIIAKT -
ID ton
Mc;pltie . ...
Itobbei aim . . .
Kendrlck .
Holland . . . .
TotaU
Ciauhnmiga of the Southern ai.eo.la-
(m. nmv ur.hllM r.t. her bob Howie
Uh Ukl iboma City
The Interesting alluatloii of two boys
from the same "home town" lielng rlvole
lor a Jon may lie pre'nted on the II rook.
Ivn lualuer In Ihe aprmg Tha dope
baa It tnaf Ollle O'.Marg will be tried
nut for sen. mil. use Hla chief rival will
be James tltedi Hinvlh Iloth hall from
Ml Louis. They ere about the mini"
slie both Incline lt wirrel tvpa lhc
weie rival players on the lota and nou
tbev clash again In Hie tug show v el
the two are great frleiuM and the strug-
gle will leaull In no hard eeling.i.
Ilarvev if peck I Harkneag will attempt
a pitching ciiiiieliiick with the Portland
Coaatera tint season. He will not aign (
a contract but will make the training i
trip and If hla arm Ii right will become'
a regular member of the Heaver.' atalf
The Portland cluh eipecls to I'Bde M"h
Kelly Ihe Notre laime aouthpaw who.
. .... he iIih'mi. w ant to play on Hie im I
licit aeaaon and that he cant retain
snvwav uniil after the cloee uf the col-
lege enr In June
Thirteen Teams For
Chicago Bike Race
CHtCAHO. Jan. 1 Thirteen leama.
Including tha pick of the present day
atara will compel. In Chicago' third ma
nual eli-day blccle race which la im
la decided Kebruarv II to IT. The event
will be held either In the Coliseum or the
la tter paik pavilion.
leading the names of tbe enlrlea t
Ihat nf rraneleoo Verrt the Italian who
wllh Oscar l.gg. the Hwlas. won the final
slj-day rvent since Ihe revival of Ihe
sHtrt here. Itrggle. McNamara. the Aus-
tralian who waa aecoml wllh "Plggv"
Mnran In the race; Kddle Root and r.d-
die .Madden a New York learn: Corry.
Thnmaa Ijiwrence luipuy. Kglsey and
l.lnart. a llrlglaii rider are among the
prol. able elartera
A ten-lap track will be constructed fur
I ha race.
f
SPORTS
tht
Moran May Be
Able to Retard
Fulton's Climb
One hlg obMacle ataiuli m ! red Kul-
tou'a w.iy Jual now. He Is eupiioseil to
fight Frank Mnran fort rnumls In Ha
vana rVent aiii'ili Ui If Mnran can be pre-
vailed uMin lo get down lo aerlous ti'm-
H K. Kullim will have Ins haul full fur
M ura n a Juatlv celehrnled "Marv Ann."
thn same ln-mg his rliiht blind punch.
Is a thing not to be tnfevlih. aa ii..r
Jim Coffey can testtfy Ttrlran la game
mid can take a beating whin II rotors
hla way Hilling htm l Ihn easiest
thing In the world but putting hlin on
the floor la another.
On the i.i her hand. Kulton haa nut
shown that he can take putilahment and
be elmng I'.eli h had hlni In a bad wav
several times and but fur hi uneiperted
failure to follow up-hls advantages. Kul-
iiii would have taken the rount at least
blow aa he In In all arming ring work
Mnran will be a hard nut for Kulton to
crack should they meet In a bmg fight In
Havana. In ten rounds It rmplit be dif-
ferent. Kulton haa spied enough. id"d
by hla long left to keep nwav from Mu-
ran'a bald swings though "Marv Ann"
la alwaii a source of grent danger.
Football Coaching
System Attacked
: CHH'Ai.O. Jan. 1 --Collegiate athletic
commit tecs were urged to consider a
I part of Ihe Yale university reisxt devot
ed to athletic rxpenillt urea lo Ihe an-
nual report of Iiean He ll'tron II ItiKi -.
chnliman of the commlitee on regulation
of athletic stxirte of Harvard iinherslly
iniule public lust night Tho ale re-
pnrl. II asferted discussed the possibility
of doing nway with the piesunt coa'btng
pysleni and also some of the Income by
throwing tome flirauclal burden on Hi.
instltutliiual treasuries.
KNOWN AS THE BEST
SEMI-ANNUAL SALE
STARTS TODAY!
At Special Prices
Regular
$1.75 Grade Shirts
$2.25 Grade Shirts
$2.50
$2.75 Grade Shirts
$3.00
$3.50
$4.00
$4.50
$5.00
$6.00
Grade Shirts
Grade Shirts .i.
Grade Shirts M.
$8.00 Grade Shirts.'
Suits and Overcoats 20 Per Cent Discount
20 Per Cent Discount on All Odd Trousers
. Fancy Vests Uath Kobes and Smoking Jackets
107 W. Main St.
BY GOLDBERG
"Mbarf.)
Oklahoma High
Leads Central
League Cagers
Central Conference Standing.
Won. I .nek Prt
Oklahoma City 4 I O .11
hhnwtiee j 1 f .7M
chltkaeha. 3 I 7
II Item I 2 .Ml
Knld S .000
Ily defeating Enid' fr the third WIH
aecutlve time yesterday while Bhewne.
reninlued Idle. oltahnma Clly high echool
took the lead In the Central conferenc
basketball race.
Knld again proved eaay for Frank
Schlabacb a men who won 31 to 11. Enl4
irui.le but two field goals
I'blckasha smotherid KI Pleno Til to II
and on comparative gcorea looks like thw
most dangeiuua rival for the local quln-
let. Oklahomn plAys at Knld again tonight
and KI I'.eno repeats at Chli kasha-
Higher Amateur
Baseball Standards
Are Being Urged
TOI.HrO. Ohio Jnn. If Amendment
Intinileil to raise Ihe stiindard nf iml.
teur baseball were Introduced befor. tbe
annual buslnesa kneeling of Ihe National
llaseball federation which will ennven
here today and tomorrow
II..II...I .h. ... in Ihn miiMllllltliMI snit
fay j. a of Ihe federation tire advocated
In the menninenia it la propiMea m
make regulation governing the playing
nf championship contests more rigid an.
to eliminate objectionable (est urea which
have been dlscloaed alnce the organist
Hon of the amateur body a year ago.
MARK
SHIRTS
- THE BEST KNOWN
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Stafford, R. E. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 251, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1917, newspaper, January 19, 1917; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc170240/m1/11/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.