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24 3 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1921 SPORTS. George McBride Appo CAPTAIN IS ELEVATED TO FIELD LEADERSHIP Former Star Shortstop and Captain of Nationals to Be in Complete Charge, With Griff Con= * fining His Work to Executive Duties. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. n EORGE McBRIDE has beer: made manager oi the \Washington ball club. News of the elevatiop of the former star shortstop and cap- G tain of the Nationals to active field leadership this morning was trans- mitted over the long-distance telephone to Secretary dent_Clark_Gr t conclave. The announcement followed a conierence last night between Griffith and McBride, who dropped down to the Windy city from his home in Milwaukee for this purpose. \While the appointment is ei- fective immediately. McBride is not expected to assume personal charge of the affairs of the club until about February 15. when he will come to Washington to go over plans for the approaching season with Griffith and prepare to lead the battery candidates to Tampa for the inauguration of spring training the latter part of the month. id Eynon by Presi Griffith's choice of McBride as hi succassor will be heartily indorsed by Washington fans who have every con- fidence in the ability of the veteran to| inculate in gthers the knowledge of the Fame and Sggressive -spirit which en- abled him for vears to scintillate so brightly as an infielder, and who was| | compelled to give way to younger blood | | president of the Natiomals had v he inexorable toll of Father| | with Secretary Eynom over the cBiE RS 3 | | long-distance phone this morn- No Immediate Prospects For Trade, Griff Says | Any hopes Clark Griffith may have had for engineering a trade to land a new third bae- man for the Nationals faded to the point of extin Judged by the conversation the Time. Pl Shift Is No Sarprise. Grift asserted he d any The distinction conferred on Mack| | mumber of conferences with the varioux club owners and man- agers attending the baxe ball | meetings in Chicage, and that does not come as a distinct surprise. however. For several seasons the cap- | i i st .of ficst. lien- | | ::r‘;v:;ilsow rl#\litimd i;h‘:h:ohnndling of the| | mumerous denlx were discussed, lub, and in recent campaigns Griffith but wlutely nothing has has leaned more and more upon his been ‘complixhed, and the | chief aid, frequently deferring to his| _ Prospecis are that nothing will Judgment in situations arising ou the | | be dome the swapping line, fiald of battie. On several occasions last{ | for the present at leant. season, while absent in the quest of new | : ial for the club, Grift delegated the | ; Toak of 'g;ic‘lri‘n;:‘h:heht‘;‘:‘mlemireh' |ol;’fl Pongo Joe's first year at the helm Mack. the latter in every case justify-{here. ing the confidence reposed in him. i \s a matter of fact it has been Griff's intention for more than a year 1o withdmw from the « man Inent of the club in favor of his affable d angular understudy, but he hesi tated to start McBride under the handi- cap of an indifferent club. preferring to have his regime inaugurated under more auspicious circumstances. In making the change mow it is assumed Griff be- licves he Is handing Mack at least the nucleus of a winner. Mack Warm Favorite Here. i McBride is a warm favoritc with Regular Here Nine Ye: 3 Starting with the season of 1908, i McBride was the regular shortstop of the Nationals for nine vears, or until {1917, when Sam Crane headed a long of athletes who have tried more or less successfully to fill his sho Sin then. except in 19i8. when Johnny Lavan was on the job, McBride each season has since found it neces- sary to iumn in and relieve faltering or injured brethern in the discharge of their du even playing the posi- ticn regularly for a time lasi season. e H when Ellerbe. O i and Shannon tiie fans who support base ball M. were on the hospital list at the Washingten and l;b“"“!(’{ alnm; b At fire mired and rcspected by play T1 As a fielder McBride had few su- agers and fans throughout the Amar- I, viorg when in his prime. and was an_League circuit AlLhOOEl @80 adjudged the most accomplished of all ive to a degree in MEBLOX 'ad at the highly important assignment of w he believes are his rights and 371 A8 NELY PO s: f > i P - g into second: the® best interests of his tewm. i his inability to attain a high ranking Eride seldom clashes with the um-|h " 1o igh T n e DS hat he never I With the stick alone preventing him pires. who fecogn n o beingdace ¥ ruls s convinced & acclaimed as a superstar. {':i':‘"’xs;:u:{;g :‘:‘e'“,‘“;’!'i‘;‘;'b,e In his |AS a batsman McBride averaged long career in the American League flb"‘mlld‘ "‘,“,,’f“ _l:f-rl-;‘ his belud. Eon MeBride has incurred. the displeasure | being in . when he reached the of the officials to the extent of being A figures of g s ordered off the field not more than| Griff a t ‘for Twenty Years. half a dozén times. and in the past | Griff asserts that in the future he five years has been given the gate{will confine himself fo the executive just twice. end of the ball club business, although “A clean - fine felow." was the ihe will undertake the duties of chief tribute given MoBride by Secretary [scout. leaving all details of actual Eynon, in announcing George’s ap- ifield leadership to McBride. lminunem-dtm'irn)"-I "hl.l‘a‘n'i{ ‘i; a d"'“(e';'! In laying aside the playing ec- man on and off the eld and is en- | tion of the team Grifiith is tei z titled to the full confidence of w.nn.. rminat ington fans in the U e has under- |careers in the history of the major taken, We feel sure he will “""ei)eazue'. Griffitn has been o pilot i good. S the big show for the rmarkable A Real Veteram of Game. |period of twenty consecutive .years, McBride is one of the real veterans He first ‘began acquiring the gray of the mational pastime. Born in |bairs and wrinkles associated Milwaukee. Novembeér 2i. 1881, he |Such an assignment in 1901, when he first entered professional base ball as assumed the management of the Chi- a member of the city.league there cago Americans. He continued in this in '1901. . The following year found |berth the following season. When, in him playing third base for the Mil- |1903. New York was admitted to the waukee and Kansas City American |league and for the good of the cir- Nasociation clubs, and in 1903 he was | CUit in general it was decided that an stationed at second base with the |@Xperienced manager of proved abil- Peoria and St. Joseph®teams. of the |ity should be placed at the head of Western League. 1In 1904 he was |the club there, Griff was switched ioeated- at his-true position, short- |from the Windy city stop. again with St. Joe. He pioted the Highlanders, as they McBride made his major league |then were known. from 1803 until the bow fn 1903. as a member of the!1%08 season got under way. when' Pittsburgh _Nationals. Before the |things began to break badlv. with opening -~ of that ‘season Manager |the result that he resigned after the Clarke of the Pirates traded Kitty |first western trip. Bransfield. Otto Kruger and Harry | Griff then switched to the National McCormick to the Philadelphia Na- |League and guided the Cincinnati tionals for Del Howard, and as the {Reds for three years. but in 1912 he %0ing of .Kruger left. the Pirates |Teturned to the American league as without an extra infielder. McBride | Washington's manager and has occu- was obtained from St. Joe to take !pied that berth ever since until today his place. McBride did most of hisiadding the duties of president to those playing. for the Bucoaneers at third |of manager t winter, when, with base, when Tommy Leach, now man- | William M. Richardson and other as- ager of the Tmmpa. Florida State |Sociates, he acquired control of the league, team, was shifted to the jball club. outfield to relieve Clarence Beaumont | Griff's first and only pennant was or Otis Clymr. but Clarke decided {acquired in his initial season as a e needed a more experinced player, | manager. landing the Chicago team in %0 in July he traded McBride to the |front in 1901. Since then the best he St. Louis Nationals for Dave Braju.|has been able it to come close to In August of 1906 McBride. who now |it on several occasions. H's High- was regarded as a Shortstop excly- |landers had only to win the final game sively. but was somewhat deficient |of the seaon to capture the banner in baiting, was released to Kansas |in 1904, but Jack Chesbro 108t the con. City. and in the fail ‘0f 1907 he was |[test and the pennant by uncorking a hrought to Washington by Cantillon lwild pitch at a criti TRIS GETS 0P SALARY' Dunn Says Speaker Highest Paid Plays That Puzzle I Y BILLY EVANS_ - What are the limitations of th from Chicago. where he is attending the base ball | with | to the metropolis. | the | i i i ! N GEORGE FLORIAN McBRIDE. ' HER ATHLETIC STANDING bsete wesem v 10t zew] BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK. January 12—\Word from Washington, Pa., Garbisch of the 1920 Washing:on and Jef cepted an. appointment as a cadet at the United States Military that Capt. cleven had ac- erson Academy should be read in connection with a fact which leaked out to- ! day—that the athletic authorities at the a poll of the service at large with a ing one of the lonzest managerial | OF against a project. to put in force at the s had been adopted by the leading univers :such a | Naval o {writérs hia ers with whom the Jidlked are wholu-hn.gr-‘ edly in favor of action of the sort, ‘not so much because of what W {Point may or may not stand for this matier. but because it is recog-| {nized that in recent years the Naval | |Academy has outgrown what may be itermed service athletic limitatio !and taken its place among the insti {tutions of the country as a seat of ‘learning whose athletic teams in v ous sports have carned the right |rank among the leaders. ! Would 1 phold Prestige. other words. it would {that, while the Navy va with her sister service [would deprecate conditions {sh tés also the dignity and the value of the position she has {ga‘ned in the world of intercollegiate st to appear which ht tend injuriously to affect them, isport, and, apparently, is minded to 1hold it on terms of excellent under- | istanding with her various rivals. |And. one may supp it is this de- h {termination whi responsible for the proposed canvass of the service in | {behalf of the adoption of eli i ules. 1 i As the s'tuation now stands | +foot ball elevens aqualifi |if not defeat. the best elev {ecountry are oped year by | !Same with base ball. In rowing v | crews have al _been_form tand in the past iwo yvears have the intercollegiate world. } A resumption of rowing at Pough- ied keepsie is reported to he a strong likelihood. In boxing. wrestling, sket ball, lacrosse and the lik equal footing where upy place at the top. ! s been accomplished | | -ral development of all midsl i will be seen that; by no possibility could any institu-| tion be better prepared for n eli ility code than the academy at An!l Man in Base Ball, But coacher? How far can the coacher jFapolis. - at third g0 in' his efforts to. upset |yommng Catintry Lenbouable (o oot Stipend Not Stated. o 5 10 upset {gcems entirely reasonable to suppose . the opposition «ither by word of |that were the Naval Academy to CLEVELAND, Ohio. January mouth or actions? There is a runner | adopt rules covering eligibility for T'nsh peaker without . ex on third base. The batter hits a RteECollekiate teams. such bt the i % i rinceton, Harvard, Y ell, cordiag to "Iak man . in base ball. |bull to the shortstop. There is 10 | Pennuylvanis, bartmouth and dent of the Cleveland base bali olu one out at the time and the runner | institutions. the authorities at West| Dhum'.' made this annougcement last ou third. playing proper base ball, Falnseone dgatadzisanle !;'|§‘:1;t night before he and Spea a : ‘| tow suit. cast they would if they of the major leagues, Neither would PIAYEr coaching at third dashed back | teams in important athletic contests. | Biie the SmGURE ‘Spodker: totetots th at the crack of the bat! i for playing centerficld and managing the Indians. but Speaker agreed with for the plate, going about B’ (Bt hie Toane & ee 5 ¥ up the line. The shortstop. e T e e Bl "4 pecoming confused at the actions of Ralacy the concher, heuved the ball to the L plate. 1t went wide of its mark and Speaker and D d . e on mien e th rolled almost to the stand. cher's box and finally start- | | The Ar invade i lengers for the taken to England Wy Lord Wimborne's | | four in 1814, not two months before | the Kuropean war broke out. plans to! a : ok Cravatasd As the g ol By | e bal! got away from the catcher thedo litle practicing in this country ! b g Lt runner on third crosse ! next spring. Most of the real work.| while the batsman who practically all of it, in fact, will bel| el reached second base | done in London, the team and subsu-; H th proper ruling on such a 1 NEW LEAGUE PROPOSES tutes planning (o leave country Concher Violnted Rules. in April. Reports here have it that s . p a ltogether well with the TO SIGN EX The coacher had no right to run |l is mot alloget % 4] s PELLED SOX in the Uirection of tie biutc. ‘1 ol Exit i ccbaration st defend the | "HILADELPHIA. January 12.—{doing he left the lines of the co: ‘ A > ovear| Andy Lawwon. president of the re- (€I’ box. He has no right to do that, | | Ma) “Rattle? Barreie who proved, incorporated Continental e |His dash to the plate confused the|yc ETEMois® O 1oi%lcad the detena- i Association. announced tonight |flelder, and made him throw to that { {5 ° 6 N\.5 vivian Lockett hav-! wotld make an effort 1o stgn | V43¢ inatead of first. Because of the | 08 GUNE JOL PYET (00K Lo ion. | i Sl ; acher's actions he interfered with { Lt UL D Ll L Efie i fand prevented the legithnate play, { BAFTett will not even play and ther oy e fund the runner who scored from thi e Do e v ' of th {should be called out because of the | there has passed over other high ‘ Chicago grand jury onlicoacher's interference. The batsman | Players in favor of those not so good. | the charge of throwing games in the | who had reached second on the play | For instance. there are at least a 1919 world seriex. is only entitled to first handful of better players than Lord and should Lawson said he would con- | have been sent back to that base. offer in the new organization to Ed- cotte, Joe Jackson. Felsch, Rix- berg, ¢ Williams. dil, Buck Weaver and Claude Southern- Adopts Schedule. CHICAGO. January 12.—Club own- ers of the Southern Association eariy | today completed Work on their schedule, adopting the form prev- ously arranged, corrections, with & number utl Stallings Becomes Magnate. BOSTON, January 12.—The Roches- ter base ball club, which holds the In- térnational League franchise in Roch- ester. N. has been incorporated. {George T. Stallings, former manager of the Boston Nationals, was named as president and Walter E. Hapgood, business munager of the Braves, as treasurer. Whitted Sure He Will Play. Impersonates Pitcher Ring. SPOKANE. Wash., January A man who is declarcd to have repre- xented himeelf as “Jimmy" Ring, Cin- «inngti National pitcher. was arrested here yesterday under the name of W. G. G. Fosg 0n a charge of forgery. L4 PITTSBURGH. Pa.. January 12— GGeorge Whitted. third baseman for the Pittsburgh pirates in 1920, in a letter to a friend here, stated that when the 1921 season opens he will be found “cavorting in the outer gar- den” for the Pirates. Wodehouse who are available for the | defending four. Southiern Grid Features. With Notre Dame playing Georgia Tech at Atlanta next fall and Dart- mouth du= to visit the southern me- tropolis as guest of the University of | Georgia, foot ball enthusiasts of that city will be well entertained Novem- ber next. Dartmouth and Georgia will stage a north and south game in every sense of the word, since Dart- mouth hails from the pine-clad hills of New Hampshire, where the snows come in October and do not disappear until Jate in April. It is a fine, sturdy, institution, Dartmouth; her men, whatever part of the country they come from. quickly absorb the Dart- mouth spirit and are affected by it and become indigenous to the lofty hills and the brooding valleys and the clean, free air. tl)nurulu.' 192L) N val Academy are about to take view ‘to-ascertaining sentiment for academy rules of cligibility and colleges. . OCAL QUNTS O CLASH George Washington Visits Catholic | University for Game Tonight. Freshmen Also to Play. ington and will play tonight in < gym in the first the basket ball season be lgcal college combinations h quints have shown strength in their previous battles. Howe: the Erooklund outfit appears to © the edge on the Hiatc Freshmen teams of the two universities will h in a prelimi . starting at 7:30. Catholic University has arr game for Saturday night Camp Humphreys quint will be the only contest here that night, as Gallaudet will 2o to Baltimore to pl. Loyola and e Washington meet Delaware at Wilmington, ged a ith the it In a practice game yesterday the Gallaudet tossers put Eastern High to rout, 34 to 9. Gallaudet used all its| squad. except ard and who ng minor in- Danofsky demics defeated Senior Sophoinore Aca- won from hman Law. 31 to 6, in interclass games at Catholic University last night George Washington and Georgetown will meet on the gridiron October 29, the game having been sanctioned by the board of directors of the two in-| stitutions. Catholic Univers probably will play Washington Coilege at foot ball here October 8. This is the only open date on the Brooklanders' schedule. i Boxing Body to Act on Code Officers To'day! and Select EW YORK. Januar) 12—Form: ed States will function, mprised the chief business at toda states. The conferees expected to - inoomn. Although no nominations for presi- dent Lave been formally announced, Walter H. Liginger, Wisconsin and chairman of the com- mittee drafted the constitu and by was generally regarded at the prominent candidate. Will Meet Annually. The association decided that meet- ings should be held annually on the third Monday in January, the place to be designated by the board of di- rectors. It s ulso decided to start out 1 a clean bill of health, erasing all pen- alties, so far as the national body is concerned, now being borne by boxers. | Thus, fighters'. records will date from the inauguration of the association. Plans to have every state represent- ed on the board of directors are in- cluded in a recommendation formally agreed upon. A scale of weights for boxers cor- responding to that used in New York state was adopted by the delegates. 1t was decided that contestants must weigh in six and one-half hours be- fore ring time on the club scales, in the presence of each other and a club official, who shall submit the weights in writing over his own signature to the referee. Would Put Missouri in Line. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., January 12. —Boxing legislation similar to that now in force in New York, Wisconsin and other states is proposed in a bill Representative Julius Razovsky of St. Louis is preparing for introduction in the state legislature. Catholic | will i ws, under which the new National Boxing Association oi the delegate from ||/ giving all professional boxers | JACKKEARNS IN' COURT Dempsey's Manager and Two Oth- ers Are Accused of Jumping on Los Angeles Policeman. 1OS ANG LBS, January 12 —Jack Kearns, manager of Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey, was or- dered to appear In police’ court to- day, with Teddy Hayes, Dempsey's secretary, and Joe Benjamin light- weight boxer, to answer charges of attacking a policeman. “They jumped on my back,” Polic man G. B. Carlson declared, in re porting details of a fight in a restau rant where he had been called to settle a dispute. The waiter said the party had refused to move from one booth to another at his request. Dempsey to Fight Keller. PORTLAND, Ore., January 12.—Ter- ry Keller, heavyweight boxer of Port- land, has been selected to meet Jack Dempsey, world champion, in a Six- round bout Milwaukie, near here. January 2 CINCINNATI, Ohio. January 12 Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul defeated Chuck Wiggins of Indianapoli ten-round bout last night. Gibbons was the aggressor throughout. He worked a leit hook successtuily and scored a knockdown in the fifth round. the bell coming to Wiggins' rescue. ST. LOUIS, Janu: 12.—Capt. Bob Roper of Chicago. won the newspaper decision over Homer Smith of Kala- mazoo, Mich., in an eight-round bout last night. They are heavyweights. Car] Tremaine of Cleveland has been matched to meet young Montreal of of Providence, R. I, to box ten rounds at Detroit February 7. They are ban- tamweights P LEWIS FINDS A TARTAR. Wrestling Champion Outpointed, Signs for Finish Bout. ROCHESTER. N. Articles of agreement Y., January 12.— for a finish gler”) Lewis, champion of the world. and Dick Daviscourt were signed here today, the match to take place in this city on Janua Daviscourt, also known as Decourt, defeated Lewis last night in a handicap match. He outpointed the champion and broke Lewis' famous headlock fourteen times. Lewis had undertaken to throw both Daviscourt and “Farmer” Bailey of Vermont in seventy-five minutes. Columbia to Play Hockey. Columbia University will have an !ice hockey team this season for the |first time since 19 NAVY PLANS TO UPHOLD [THRLLER T0 TECH FNE REAL FOE FOR LEONARD | IN GO WITH MITCHELL Mjnutes After Trailing Up to That Time. Tech High. scholastic basket ball league champion last year, made its ason’s debut in the circuit yesterday afternoon by winning a thriiling game | {from Western by scoring four points, BY FAl EW YORK, January 12—Ther: boxing game who are not s N Square Garden on Friday night. not be surprised if the fight went in the last three minutes of play. The favor oi the Milwrukeean. jconnt was 18 to 17. . ' ! Western. through the superior speed ! jof its players. although outweighed, ixot off in front, and stayed there until al Trainers made their win-, led, 4 to 0. at the jend of the first period, was in.the van, | ‘11 to 6, at half time, and was setting | {the pace, at 14 to 12, when the third | i quarter ended. They gained a point on | | their riv n the next seven minutes {of play, the count standing 17 to 14 | when Téch got busy. ! Neither team showed proficiency in shooting, Western being enabled to, hold the lead as long as it @id on ac-: the Manual Trainers’ inac- i During the half the Tech play- thirty-two shote at the basket Grand Circuit Season to Open at North Randall July 4—All Officers Re-Elected. PHILADELPHIA. January 12— Stewards of the grand circuit re- elected last year's officers and adopt- ; €d a racing schedule for 1921 at the i final business session of their two- day convention here. The schedule adopted follows: orth Randall, weeks of July 4 and Auguet S, Toledo, weeks of July 11 and August 1. amazoo, week of July 18. 5 took netted the ball only three times | Western also gained through the fail- | jure of the Tech tossers on free thrn"x., [ the winners failing on_all their eight i tries, while the Red and White basket- jers zot five points in their nine chances. | onard played a fine floor game for ! s 1 Columbus, ‘weeks of July 25, September 19 stern, did_Parker for Tech,|and September 26. | while Gosnell's shooting turned Philudelphia, week of Angust tide for the Manual Trainers. Line-up and summar: Poughkeepsie, week of August Resdvilie, week of August Hartford, week of Septembe: Syracuse, week of September Lexington, weeks of October Atlanta, week of October 16. The officers re-elected were: Presi- : dent, H. K. Devereuy, Cleveland; vice ee. ; president. E. W. Swisher. Columbus r for Supplee, Baird for & Secretary and treasurer, W. H. for Nicholson. Goals from i nan, Cleveland. S5 | CHEVY CHASE BOWLERS PLAN BUSY CAMPAIGN An extensive schedule is planned for the duckpin bowlers of the Chevy se Club, the firs ng of which | will be held at the club’s alley tomor- row night. In order to accommodate the many jdevotees of the sport a program has een arranged which will not only in. clude scratch events. but handicaps for singles, doubles and teams. Team captains will be chosen to- morrow night and, according to a new ruling, any quint may challenge the one next above for its place and the event rolled off on the following “club night.” Individual scores will be kept and a team to represent tie club will be selected to engage in home-and-home matches with strong fives in the District. This marks the sixteenth season the Chevy Chase Club allevs have been in uSe, but it was not until recently that 148 was scored by one of its members. J. H. de Sibour ran up this count in a try for. the record. John Cllvert, chairman of the bowl- % committee. will have with him as advisors this vear Dr. Thomas Neill, Morven Thompson. Ormsby McCam- mon-and Newbold Noves. HERALD BOWLERS WIN. Tke TW¥o of Three Games From Tost in Newspaper League. l Herald bowlers got within a_game of the leading Star five in the News- the H and 9. Jeffress, 3 out of 5; Burke ree—Mr. i Central High showed improved form over its previous games when it took ' | the measure of the Army and Navy in the Mount Pleasant gym 30 to 15 Close guarding an and Duffy played a big part in Central’s win. In an interclass game the Central niors won from the Freshmen, 11 to Business is the only scholastic quint in action today, the Stenographers going over to Ipiscopal High for a game. ratification of the constitution and and election of permanent officers 's session of delegates from sixteen reach adjournment late this after- paper League, % games out of three from the Times team yesterday. Scores: piphany Tigers won their eleventh | straight game when they routed the | Manhattans last night, 43 to 6. An-| other vietory also was chalked up by in a; wrestling match between Ed (“Stran-! a young Texan, who is| 1 to have an easy time with Richie Mitchell in the ring at Madison There are some, in truth, who would RACING DATES ADOPTED .sthe .clothes .the other when they took two | inted Nationals’ Manager : Minors Accept New Base Ball Agreement , HERE'S NEW MANAGER OF THE NATIONALS. | AGREE AS LIFE OF PACT - IS SET TO SEVEN YEARS - Judge Landis’ Term Runs Same Length of Time. Draft Restored, But Leagues Not Forced to Take Part. HICAGO, January 12.—Officiaf approval by the various league repre- sentatives was all that remained today to formally create the new national agreement under which organized base ball will be gov- erned by Judge K. M. Landis, for at least-seven years, as base ball com- missioner. ! After objections by some to the draft amd a term of twenty-hive years ior the pact to run have been adjusted satisi ctorily, the agreement appears to be eptable to all the minor leagues. It has already been accepted by the two major league committees. » vote was taken by the ‘minur league leaders vesterday, but it was said there seemed to be prac- tically no oppositior The minor leaguers had opposed league players who wer the proy; for the national agree- [have played ball on the | ment’s terms to extend over twenty-!this winter with Fred Mc N five years because they doubted|cage White Sox player, indicted for whether a man as acceptable to them |alleged compiicity in throwing games as Judge Landis would be chosen asjin the 1919 world series, ccmmissioner at the expiration of his| Gossip about trades of players that first term, ven years. That objec- ¢ taken up by the majors to- tion was disposed of b ption of developed a rumor that a three- the major league committee’s SURRes- d dcal was pending with th tion that the minors sign the agree- Boston and Pittsburih clu ment for only seven years. At the National Leaguc, where end of that time, if the new commis- burgh would gat Maranville and sioner chosen does not suit any of would go to Boston. No one in- the minors, they may withdraw from |!imated what Chicagd would get, al- the agreement. though it was considerml certain th Cubs would not let Terry go for any- Dratt s Made OplonsL. thing but a very valuable considera- With the condition made that a|tion 1 league may either accept or reject Draft P the draft, that hindrance to thel The i s minors entering the agreement was|October 15 to October | eliminated. The American Association R e {and the new International League an- AA, 100; class A, $4.000: B | nounced their intention of not taking | class B. class . $1500; class | part in it. 8 5 1), $1.000 g The advisory board provided in the| The draft price of $5.000 for | agreement to settle disputes will con-J AA leagues was the one rec % ! tain two minor league representatives | Zested by or league representa- under the mew agreement. the other [tives Many of the “minor leagues | two members to be the presidents of [thought $7.500 should be the priee the National and the American Minors Adopt New Seal leagues. When this board is unable| The minor leaguers also established 1o settle any dispute, the case Will 0| a new scale of plaver and salary lim. 1 before Judge Landis, as base balllj, ollos o : commissioner, and his decision will AN Aol A A NIt be fina five players until thirty days after Will Name Secretary Soon. son opens and then twenty-five. | Judge Landis is expected to an- ass A—Salary limit of $4.250; nounce the appointment of a secretary | player limit of thirty for first thirty to the base ball commissioner within|days and twenty thereafter. the next forty-eight hours. ass B—Salary limit of $3,200 and } At 2 meeting of the two major|player limit of twenty for thirty days {leagues today the American League|and sixteen thereafter. |representatives will sign the agree-; ¢ C—Salary limit of 33, and | ment. It was signed by the National|player limit of eighteen for thirty ! League last December. The National | days and fourteen thereafter. Association of Minor Leagues. besides| Class D—Salary limit of $2.400 and acting on the agreement and select- | player limit of eighteen for thirty ling its advisory board of members,|days and fourt cafter. i will take action concerning five minor [ The club ow ded to classity leagues on th. of the last fed- eral census instead of the school cen- sus and under the following scale: Leagues with 230,000 to 1,000,000 popu- lation—class B. Leagues with 130.000 to 230.000 popu- lation—class C. Leagues under 130.000 population— class D. Classes AA and A will remain as at present—more than 1000000 popula- tion. ASKS CREWS OF WORLD TO COLLEGIATE EVENT NEW YORK, January 12 (by the e 3 i i 0 to a draw, or even to a decision in | ASSociated Press).—An invitation to - the university and college crews of the world to compete in the interco! legiate championship regatta. to be rowed at Poughkeepsie on June 2 was the outstandifig feature of t annual mecting of the board IRPLAY. e are a lot of shrewd followers of the o sure that Benny Leonard is going \ This Richard Harvex Mitchell, say | $hose who have watched him closely | not only in training in this city, but ig his fights out west, has come to be a bearcat, a much tougher customer than he 'was when he first went against the lightweight champion. It is felt, too, that Benny is not at his jbest when he has to make 135 pounds at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of a fight, wheregs this is Mitchell's best fighting welight. Whatever happens, Imo fight is likely to be a hummer. ot stewards of the Intercollegiatt Row- ing Association held here today. G. U. in Shoot With Lehigh. Georgetown University riflemen will hold a telegraph shoot with Le- high. the match to bé completed be- tween January 16 and 23. The Blue and Gray plans to have a team.in the title meet at Seagirt. " This city's population has been in- creased by a number of Milwaukee fight fans who have come on from the ?'r!:u;n filly to hs(ee hRil(‘h‘ );iitchell win the lightweight championship. 3 : Hornaby Learns Quickly. Tiger Captain Ineligible. One of them, who met Rogers PRINCETON, N. J., January 12.— Hornsby. the St. Louis star, when he |Capt. Stanley Neets of the Princeton made his bow to the big show, said|basket ball team has been de red that no Tennessee mountaineer in|ineligible for all athletics, - Nejis point of clothes. manners and lack |played two years at Wittembegg (12 of familiarity with luxuries of civili- |lege, Springfield; Ohio. and ™Wa¥ 16> zation had anvthing on this rawboned |member of the 'Princeton —fivel lgt, southern boy. Talk about using 'a|season, making three years of it~ knife on a piece of pie; Rogers found |collegiate competition. Jrorr i his fingers good enough f‘ar him. And} —_——————— i hig leaguers ] wore made him laggh: " But the biaver| Boxer Bowen Breaks Ankle; !is- earned quickly. Now he dresses with "o v, Va the best and can order seventeen |, Youns Bowen ~ihe W R ! L - fighter. suffered a broken ankle in & dishes from a hotel menu and give a |18 i s Muhoney i correct imitation of a man who has | losing bout with Young Maho been properly introduced to them all. | Baltimore last week, Mahoney '$990% ] |pled Bowen, the latter snapping ' A Chicagae humorist names two bone in his fall. 3in things that will never be found in a|=—= L !pawn shop, as follows: A golf club T and a ball player's old ragged glove. | Right. ; . Tex Rickard was found leaning back in his chair gasping and speechless ! yesterday afternoon. Questioned as to the reason he pointed to a letter from {Johppy Kilbane, the featherweigh: tehampion, which’ confirmed his recent DESK Special Sale -Bargains 1 BE4m to the effect that he would ter the ring New York for a gt ss than a $50,000 guarantee. flen the various state boxing com- mis<ibns have perfected their orga: zation the best thing they can do is to write a polite letter to Johnny Kil- bané advising him that he is no !longer champion. and couldn't fight ianywhere if he paid for the l)rlvlnge.i 1 Oak Desk. 00-in. G Oak Desks, each 1 Oak Desk, $31.90 All subject to previous SALE A to Z Business Bureau 514 12th St. N.W. Chicago fans have word from the iWest coast that an independent pro- | fessional ball club in Los Angeles has Fred McMullin, one of the sus-| pended and indicted White Sox play- ers. as a member, and that plaving with him on the team are various members of regular minor league or- ganizations and one major league club. These men may not know it, but they are liable to find them- | |selves in trouble. since there is a ! irule in the minor league which for- | bids players from - playing with or against men who are under suspen- | isions from clubs. Mike Sexton.i tpresident ‘of the National Association | of Minor Leagues, is looking into the |matter. is the Genuine and Only Laxative Boxers cannot wear the American flag in their belts at bouts in Massa- ichusetts any more. This is an order lot the boxing commission of that |state made at the behest of the! {American Legion. Wonder if the Irish republic will issue a ukase against green trunks? e i the . Comets. who' defeated Keane A B i T T = il Cou 1 of the K. o . League, 52! Wurren 39 8 84 = to 21. Cahoon. 93 97 89 101 | = Established 1897 = Steward's Business College won a | Royd.... 24 s 1= = spectacular contest with the May. Thomas 3 = l Offs = flower tossers in the Carroll gym last | . e al = | night, 28 to Steward’s led, 15 1o Sty 453 483 42 | =5 3 e = { 14 at half time. No more than two = o = nts separated the teams at any Asay Captures Cue Match = Tailored to Order El time. y 2 Formerly Now E 2 Emanon Club has formed a quint| Walter Asay defeated Sergt. Hen- $45 $30.00 [ . and ‘would like to arrange games|shaw, 100 to 73, last might in the 8 = with teams averaging 135 poun - | play-off ot the triple tie for second dress E. L. Cotter, 705 Taylor street. |place in the District of Columbia cue m 533'33 'r’" e Pages bested l:loy Scout | toyrney at the Grand Central. Asay sss 338.66 Troop 87 in the Lastern High gym, |y} play William Parsons tomight. $40.00 Ingram girl basketers are seking : $60 e s Communicate witl thel Captain of Knicks Marries. $65 $43.33 Ford, 51 Randolph street. P d Lofayette A, C, which will play the | John H. Sullivan, captain of the 100 Per Cent All Wool sz Clovers tonight at Carroll gym, wants | Knickerbocker foot ball team of the All Work Doze in Our Own Shep. = more opposition. Phone KForrest Si-|past season, was married January 4 ’ g x monds, North 736. to Miss Cosma M. Tangora of Alex- = WILNFR S Ingram had a walkaway in its v = game with Emerson Institute, win. | @ndria, Va., it has been learned. = L = ning, 67 to 21. Saied = . Tail | Games are sought by the Railroad Custom Tailors Administration’ five, of which Allen College Basket Ball. g Bergers, 117 Quincy place northeast, is manager. Gonzaga Midgets wom from Auburn A. C., 40 to 11, in the former's gym. Cornell, 25; Syracuse, 13. Yale. 39; Springfield Y. M. C. A. Col- ege, 29. Colgate, 53; Hamilton, 36, ! - Cor. 8th and G Sts. N.W. = - =