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DCVOTCD TO Sportsmen arid Athletes Base Ball. Trap Shooting. Hunting, Fishing, College Foot Sail, Golf. Lawn Tennis. Cricket, Track Athletics, Basket Ball, Soccer, Court Tennis. Billiards, Bowling, Rifle and Revolver Shooting, Atitomobiling. Yachting, Camping, Rowing, Canoeing, Motor Boating, Swimming, Motor Cycling, Polo, Harness Racing and Kennel* VOL. 68. No. 15 PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 9,1916 PRICE 5 CENTS '£• yi SPORT Walter Pipp, First Baseman New York American League Club elude eight pitchers, three catchers, six infielders and RENEWAL OF CREDENTIALS five outnelders. Although the American League limit players, only Life" are permitted each club to carry twenty-five ALL CORRESPONDENTS of "Sporting a few of them availed themselves of this privilege. potting life requested to return their credentials for renewal National league club owners last year evaded the The LoyaJ Champion of Clou Sport for the year of 1917. Prompt compliance with this re player-limit rule by carrying one or more players on Tho World's Oldest end Be«t Base Bill Journal defeated Authority in Base Ball and Trap Shooting quest is necessary in order to facilitate the annual what was known as the disability list. This The Beeognized player-limit rule, inas corps, which the spirit and letter of the labor of reorganizing the correspondents' much as the literal meaning of the rule was to the is, by the way, quite a task, owing to the great num effect that each club should not have more than twenty- ber of contributors. Failure to return the old creden one men under contract. With the exception of the Phil tials will be considered a declination of further service adelphia and Cincinnati Reds, all the other clubs had of tfje aHHorlb'sf $roBrc#si in Sports of All &orW more than twenty-one men under contract, but those as correspondent. were carried on the disability FOUNDED APRIL, 1SS3 in excess of this number list. After a player's name was placed on this list Title Registered In the United States Patent Offlce by The he was not eligible to compete in a championship game Sporting Life Publishing Company. Entered at the THE HUMPHREY CASE ADJUSTED Philadelphia Post Office as second-class mail. until ten days had expired from the day his name was a listed. There was considerable juggling with this rule, SUBSCRIBERS NOTE T HE National Commission has just handed down "Sporting Life" is sold at all LIVE News Stands EVERT- * decision in the matter of the claim of player Hum however. WHERK at 5c. a copy. If you cannot get it from a dealer, send and Richmond Clubs. SUBSCRIPTION direct to Sporting Life Offlce, $2.00 a year 52 phrey against the Washington issues Foreign, $1.00, Canadian. Me. extra postage. The facts iu the case are stated as follows; THE PITCHING AVERAGES ADVERTISERS NOTE Charles E. Humphrey, who was under contract for date of Player The Advertising Forms close on MONDAY preceding 1916 to the Washngton Club, of the American League, was ARTHUR M&CDONALD, of Washington, D. issue. Advertising Rates on application. transferred under an optional agreement prior to the com WR. CONTRIBUTORS NOTB mencement of the season to the Hichmond Club, ef the Inter *" C., who recently presented to the readers of "Sport Good Stories and Articles on SPORTS will be considered. national League. It was arranged between the .parties in the ing Life" a new scientific method of securing the proper The Editor is not responsible for manuscripts while in his pos- deal that tho Richmond Club should pay the player $200 a averages of pitchers, of which subject he has made an pssion or in transit; Authors are recommended to retain dupli month for the time he was in its service and the difference cate c«py. between the aggregate amount received by him from the club exhaustive study, has presented his method to the base AGENTS NOTB a ad the yearly salary stipulated in hi* contract with the Wasli- ball authorities, with the result that he has been ad EVERYBODY fBOTH men and women) lores S»«rt! SUB The SCRIPTION AGENTS WANTED everywhere. Write ui for ingtoo Club should be remitted to the Washington Club. vised to take up the subject with the National Base terms you will find them very interesting. option of the Washington Club was exercised. It appears that while sliding, during a championship game, in the latter part Ball Writers' Association. That is the suggestion Published every Saturday by of May, one of his knees was dislocated and there was a advanced by President Johnson, of the American recurrence of this trouble four times between June 1 and July League, who writes as follows: after the latter date while his team ^porting life fJu<ifnng Company 8. He was left at home Arthur 30-32-31 South Third St., Philadelphia, Fa., TJ. S. A. was on the road and later went to bis home. He contends Chicago, November 21st, 1916. Mr. that he left Richmond with the consent of his club's officials, Mac-Donald, Care of the Congressional, Washing THOMAS S. DAN»O.................Presideat and Gun Editor tut this is denied. ton. D. C., My dear Sir: I have your very inter FRANCIS 0. RICHTEB......Vic*-President and Editor-in-chief When telegraphed to report at Richmond on July 22, the esting letter of November 16th, and note fully its 3. CLIFFORD DANDO, Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager player replied that he was' unfit for duty and would comply deal THOMAS D. RICHTER....................... Associate Editor with instructions as soon as he was able to walk. His salary contents. Your articles in "Sporting Life," J. DOPOLASS DANDO.................... Advertising Manager was paid in full up to July 23, when he was suspended by the ing on the scientific study of base ball, have many Richmond Club. attractive features. I read them thoroughly, and PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 9, 1916 He applies to the Commission to reqnlre the Richmond and wish to commend you ou your excellent line of Washington Clubs to pay him the balance of the $1200, which thought. You have suggested new features in scor be asserts is due him under liis Washington contract. ing, which should have the careful consideration The Richmond Club admits that the player had trouble with I am re "^porting life" equal his knee, which incapacitated him from duty, and that he of The Base Ball Writers' Association. It it distinctly unique in being the only WEEKLY DIGEST remained at Richmond under instructions when his team was on turning you the clippings. With kind regards, I ef Sports of All Sorts published, and represents the IDEAL of the road during July, so that he could receive the attention of remain, Yours truly, BAN B. JOHNSON. Journalism. A weekly Journal is the only system by which all that club's physician, who stated that he anticipated a cure of We desire to say that we invite, in the columns of the worth-while current news can be gathered from everywhere the injured knee in a few weeks. He went home, however, in the realm of Sport and combined with a bunch of good physician, "Sporting Life," discussion of the subject, with sug (sporting(Sporting stories for busy mea, so that tliey can get it all in a against the advice of the club's president and its nutshell, to enjoy aud keep fully informed in a few leisure claiming that his presence was required because of the illness gestions and improvements. hours, once a week before it has time to get stale. Trying to of a member of his family. read a daily paper for Sports and Sporting stories is about like He was notified by President Smith, of the Richmond Club, trying to read your favorite book at the circus; or like trying by letter and telegram to return and iu reply announced thai t» enjoy Yacht Racing, Motor Boating, Golf, Tennis, Hunting he was under medical treatment. He was thereupon paid in AMERICAN LEAGUE PROSPERITY «r Fishing in a hurricane. It cannot be done with real pleas full up to July 28 and suspended. His first notice to rejoin his ure in the short time you take to read jour daily, nor can you team was given him on July 21. The player's assertion that get real live current news from a monthly. "Sporting Life's" he went home with the approval of tlw club's physical in- PRESIDKNT Ban Johnson says that every club in Weekly Digest is the only way it can be done, with real pleas itructor and trainer is denied. the Athletics, made ure. Its field ef operation is national, not local, and thus it the American League, except broadens yaur vision far beyond anything otherwise possible. Under the injury clause in the player's contract, money this year. He denies emphatically the report Its Weekly Digest of lews, combined with fiction and reminis its provision finished a trifle behind. Mr. cences, represents far more to the reader than either without he was entitled to compensation under that the Washington Club the other; and being published weekly four times each month; until released, had he complied with the instructions Johnson declares that, while he has not seen the books erne intnths five times it gives from 2 ^ to tf times as much to Kichmoud. It was plainly of each club, he believes that the Chicago White Sox reading matter for $2.00 a year as monthly Journals give for of his club to return (1.00 to $3.00 a year. It don't have time to get stale.