Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1921, Page 29

‘Refusal of Minors to BIG LEAGUERS FEAR GAME AGAIN MAY GET IN COURTS Foresee Legal Difficultiés From Life Control by Bush Circuits of Budding Stars, Preventing Their - Advancement in Profession. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. T HE attitude of some of the minor leagues in refusing to recognize the draft rule or some rule which would permit players of the lesser leagues to be claimed by clubs of the major leagues is wor- rying custodians ef peace in the councils of the game. Fear is-expressed that 'if a condition contirines by which the owner of a club in the “bush” circuit holds life contsol over the services of a high-class. young player, base ball will bump ‘into the law again. Base ball doesn’t hanker for bumps of that nature. It never mingled with the law yet without losing a tooth or so and picking up a black eye. ‘The present situation, “where the draft law does not prevail, is like this: Horace Hithard may be a member of the Hokum club fn the Alum League. He may be a high-class ball Pplayer for a beginner. Ten clubs may try for his services and the Hokum ¢lub turn down all of the ofters. Ho- v and also it may not. It may want Hithard for what he can earn for the club. OF course, he can refuse to play, but if he does he gets nothing. If he plays he may receive about 50 per cent of what he would have recelved if he had been released to one of the more important clubs that wished to get him. Under the reserve rule no ¢lub can approach Hithard without the consent of Hokum. So the young man is anchored with Hokum, if they are disposed to hang on to him, irrespective of his wishes or chance for advancement, and he has no redress. He can plead free coun- try until the cows come home, are milked and sent to pasture again, for all of the good that it will do him. Big Leaguers Bound, Too. ‘The player in the big league bound just as tightly to his organi- zation, ‘but unless he is with one of the prudent and thrifty clubs he re- ceives, at. least. a few hundred dolla: more for his six months' work tha the player at Hokum, and. in addition 1o that, he gets publicity in notices measured by his ability to play ball \and the state of digestion of the base ball writers. Some big leagues do not rend théir purses to help along the athlete, and some of them finish in the race in the same proportion as they pay salaries. Others get stung. It is argued that a large city with ample resources in a non-draft league can perpetuate its strength against its own league, but that is simply a club quarrel, or to be more accurate, one quarrel of clubs, because .there always is something going on be- tween clubs. It is one requirement . POST OFFICE LEAGUE. e_Carriers. Night Set. Main Office Carrlers, 7 84 93 70 KT 121 ... 108 104 94 McCeney. 89 83 91 Handicap. 6 6 6 Totals.. 434 468 499 R. M. S, 84 82 88 Taibert. Handicap. Stagle.. 91 129 J.F.Becker 83 Handicap. 12 12 5. 8 478 452 ling. - :g 104 103 84 Jonen. Willia 12 t1y 28533 1 @ 94 ms.. 102 1 Boeckstein 108 ay. . Handicap. 3l a22 H] Totals.. 483 300 501 K. OF P. Amazanth, De Glantz. 106 123 Calanthe. bt 83438 &l szzaz 8| manzay $zasesi 3 §lezssn &lsguee $lassaz Totals. . .4: UB. g 82y ™ 232 3. 832, L SPECTAL MATCH. Manhattan i 79 Totals. | 485 438 445 Totals.. 510 530 546 SOYTHERN RAILWAY LEAGUS. Paymaste; 1 rs. 11 110.104. 105 8% 87 Speciaily Designed for FORD CARS Exide Service Station ‘Pastory Branch 153888 L St. N.W. [ STRIKES, SPARES, SPLITS of leagud organization, not constitu- tionally so, but implied. ‘The real felt by such as look forward to the future {s that in some way these Hokum instances may before some cour! asked to show cause for the con- tinuance of the reserve rule. No mat- ter how that rule is upholstered nor under how many velvet bands it is wrapped, nor how many thicknesses of plush incase the velvet, it is sim- ply a little hide-bound agreement among friends to parcel off ball play- ers for life, subject to trade and cash transfer. There never has been a time when it has not been a source of worry, but without it base ball would be the prey of the rapacious, which some say it is already. Misstonary Work Dome. There has been quite a little mis- sionary work going on to bring the fon-draft leagues into the fold. All summer letters were exchanged and visits made around, and some talked glibly about being tired of bosses. When the minor leagues meet at Buffalo some of the cards may be put on the table. Tearney, who is presi- dent of the Three-Eye League, and who is & non-drafter, also is an irrec- oncilable. . He thinks the further that the minor leagues keep away from the major leagues the better it will be for everybody in the minor leagues. From the non-drafting side it is con- tended that a good ball player always will be let go if there is a goog price offered for his services. However, that is not the point. The time might come when a good ball player was double-crossed by an unrr and in the explosion following the epi- sode all base ball might suffer. It also is not to be forgotten that|overcame the Carlisle Athletic Club it is important that organized base! quint, 29 to 13. Clinton made most of hat there is noj the losers’ points by caging nine of ball be able to show t bar in the path of the young player, no condition of serfdom, and where there is no draft and a reserve rule there is something which is highly akin to it. Auditors, Zurchasing. Stultz. Burgess.. 110 Hill McCiten: ‘50 100 95 Stoffel.... 91 88 85 o4 2 67 451 479 This offering is not to be confused with the ordinary cut-price event. It is something better than that—the merchandise “is fresh and new. Suits, crafted and fashioned by T he House of ~Kuppenheimer—fabrics and ‘style and ‘workmanship that must arouse the enthusiasm of the man who knows and wants super- lative quality. $35 is the.price. SPORTS. 29 Recognize Draft Is Worrying Custo’diansz' of Peace in Base Bal fear which happens to be| tion in charge of the court game au- one of | here and in Arlington, Loudon and Eet' uD | Fairfax counties, Warginia, and Prince t and base ball be|Georges and Montgomery incipled owner | scrimmage. | Small Deposit Accepted ; matches. MOORE, SKATING CHAMP, IS RULED PROFESSIONAL NEW YORK. November 22—Joe Moore, international speed skating: champlon, was no longer an ama- teur athlete todny as a result of a ruling o7 the Middle Atiantic Skatiag Association, which refused to allow him to compete fn & akating earnival here last night. The associa charges that Moere violated the rule that for- bids the use of amateur athletes® names for advertising purposes. Moore elaims that his name was used without his knowledge and that ke is mot gullty of violation of the rule. DISTRICT BUDY T0 NAME COURT GAME OFFICIALS Basket ball games in the District of Columbia and vicinity are to be h dled by competent officials this se son. The joint committee in York has granted the local organiza- CANTON'S PRO GRIDMEN WILL PLAY D. C. ELEVEN sional foot ball team should get ac- tion aplenty at American ‘League Park Sunday. The Canton. Ohio, Bull- tdogs, formerly managed by Jim; Thorpe, but now under the direction of Bob Higgins, former Penn State star, are to visit, and will bring with them many stellar performers who were sensations in_colleglate circles. Big Edwards of Notre Dame, coach- ing the Canton aggregation, has a really strong team. The eleven has to its credit a victory over the Cleve- land team, which Thorpe is handling this season, and has taken the meas- ure of all other reputable combina- tions in Ohio. The local professionals were sched- uled originally to play at Syracuse Thursday, but the game was canceled 80 that the Black and White would be fit for the match with the ‘Bull- dogs the end of the week. Coach Hegarty is sending the squad.through strenuous drills every evening at American League Park and believes every man will be in excellent condi- tion for the Sabbath day fray. —_—— VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA; GAME HANGS IN BALANCE CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.. Novem- ber 22.—Four members of the Univer- sity of Virginia faculty committee on athletics have gone to Chapel Hill, N. C., to confer with members of the North Carolina faculty ‘athleti¢ gom- | mittee in regard to the eligibility of Johnson, star halfback on the Tarheel | eleven. The result of the conference will decide whether the big Thanks- giving day game between Virginia and Carolina will be played. The Virginia committee contends that under the rules of the Southern Athletic Conference of State Univer- sitles, of which Carolina and Virginia are members, Johnson is ineligible, having played last season on the North Carolina Agricultural and En- gineering team. An attempt to settle the matter through communications between the two institutions has been unsatisfactory. New Swim Record. | thority to supervise contests played | counties, Maryland. Chairman C. E. Beckett of the District Association of Officials, after conducting a. rules interpreta- tlon meeting at the Y. M. C. A. last night, announced that arbiters on the roster of the District body would be available for games in this section. Teams desiring officials for engage- ments may procure them by commu- nicating with C¥irman Beckett at| the Y. M. C. A. ctically all worth- while officials are members of the District Association. Upon request assignment of officials for games will e made by the chairman. The ass ciation has recommended that a refs eree and an umpire be used in all » etie Club, which has four straight victories to its credit, will encounter the Silent Five tonight at 8 o'clock in the Aloysius gymna- sium. Tomorrow night the Manhat- tans will play the Capital City five at Eastern High School. Metropolitan Presbyterlan and St Paul M. E. quint triumphed in Sunday School League engagements. The Mets took the measure of the Calvary | CHICAGO, November —John M. E. team, winning, 27 to 9. Earn- | Weismuller of the Illinois Athletic shaw starred for the victors. Mount |Club last night set a world record for Vernon was an easy proposition for St. Paul, which won, 20 to 7. The losers failed to score a goal from a 100-yard swim in a sixty-foot pool when he made the distance in 0.52 3-5. The former record was 0.54, held by Perry McGillivray of the L. A. C. Golf Medal to Robeson. PINEHURST, N. C.. November :22.— Irving Robeson of Rochester, N. Y., won the medal in the qualifying round of the Carolina golf tourna- ment yesterday with a card of_39-39- 78. There were sixty-five starters. it e vy MISS STIRLING, GOLF STAR, SELLING BONDS NEW YORK, November 22.—Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta, Ga., for five years holder of the United ‘Washington Barracks basketers eleven free tosses. HORNSBY NOW LEADING | COAST LEAGUE HITTERS SAN FRANCISCO, November 22.— Rogers Hornsby of the Los Angeles club now is the leading batsman of the California Winter League with a percentage of .398. Trailing Hornsby are the following five: Harry Hellman, Mission, .385: hos Ty Cobb, San Francisco. 379} Carl| Seeve® Mo m e Ko O o wall Sawyer, Vernon, .373; Jack Knight, Vernon, .350, and George Bisler, Ver- non, 350 The Vernori club is in the lead, the Missions are second, Los Angeles third and San-Francis¢o fourth. Illinois Elects Peden. URBANA, Ill, November 22.— Don Peden, left halfback on the 1921 Uni- versity of Illinois foot ball team, was elected captain of the 1922 team at the annual foot ball: t. mind a long time ago, that, like a great many other ‘women, I should do something fn- . 3 For Over 40 Years i Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded An Opportunity for Unusual alue in Suits at Rk In the effort to satisfy the persistent and general demand for lower clothing prices we have marshalled our resources and our stocks in a manner which enables us to offer to the men of Washington the ‘outstanding clothing values of the season—and to substantiate more forcefully our reputation as Washington’s foremost exponents of the short-profit system in retail merchandising. Unusual oppoftufiities for the . overcoat-buyer; too. - Exceptional offerings at $35, $40 and $45 1013 PENN. AVE._N.W. —the house of Kyppenheimer qu clothes Interwoven Hose Bteteon Hate Followers of Washington's profes- | ! negic Tech foot ball team scored a Alterations Free 44,000 ARMY-NAVY SEATS ARE SOUGHT BY 200,000 NEW YORK, November 32.—Ap- plications for the Army-Navy game to be played here mext Saturday are catimated to have reached o totnl of 200,000, The seating cm- . pacity of the Polo Grounds for foot ball games Ix 44,000 and but | n very wmnll percentage of the | tickets have been allotted for pub- | tion. | overnors have promised | the game as guests of | New ‘York Nationnl League bawe ball ‘club. .‘Th. Sproul of Pe Connecticat and Jerney. TECH FACES BUSINESS IN SCHOOL GRID FINAL Tech and Business elevens will be | opponents in Central stadium tomor- | row afternoon in the final game of the | high school foot ball championshiyp | series. Play will begin at 3 o'clock. | Tech, to finish in second place ahead | of Western in the series, will have to triumph over the Stenographers. Western's eleven will play Thurs- ay morning against the Army and Navy Preps. The contest will be held on the Monument lot, starting at 9:30.| | | 1 | { | | Illinois’ Victory Legal. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November After seeing moving pictures of urday's foot ball victory of Illinois over Ohio State, Coach J. W. Wilce of Ohio State has announced that in hi opinion the disputed forward, whi resulted in the lone Illinois tou down, was perfectly legitimate. Kicks Goal on Every Chance. PITTSBURGH, November 22. — Car- goal from touchdown every time the pigskin was carried over the line this | season. Thirty-four touchdowns were | made by the Plaid. Comfort, a tackle, | kicked thirty-one goals, and Newman, | Sawyer and Robertson, backfleld men. kicked the others. Tech scored 23§ points against 54 by its opponents. Carnegie Elects Captains. _ PITTSBURGH, November 22 —James Anderson of Monongahela, Pa.. has besn elected captain of the 1922 foot ball team of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Anderson was a half- back on this year's squad. B. Greenlaw was elected captain of Tech 1922 cross country team. —_— Dies of Foot Ball Injury. EMPORIA, Kan., November Don Davis, halfback on the Kan: State Normal foot ball team, is dead of Injuries received In a game With Baker University of Baldwin, Kan Saturday. Davis' shoulder was sprained in the game, and physician: announced that his death was due to inflammation of the cellular tissues. Red | th Sox Recall Hurlers. BOSTON, November 22.—The recall by the Boston Americans of tw pitchers from minor league clubs was announced today. They are Cliff Best a southpaw, whose pitching aided Pittsfield to win the pennant in th Eastern League, and Curtis Fullertor' who pitched last season for the Toronto club of the International League. Hanny to Lead Indiana. BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. November > —Frank Hanny of Aurora, Ill, righ. end, was elected captain of the 192 Indiana University foot ball team a: the annual team banquet here Eighteen of the twenty-one men qualify for their “I" were present. bl Duofold Undercear - TO WIRELESS ALL PLAYS TO GRIDMAN IN HOSPITAL JACK BRITTON, WELTER CHAMP, WIL BE BUSY| a5z e Pend_State foot I though lald up n a Pittsburgh hospital with a hroken leg, will s mo detali of the Penn-Pitt game here Thanksgiving day. A wirelexs telephone haw been rigged up in bix room at the hox- pital, where he will he able obtain the results, play by play, classic _between his own nd the Pift eleven. In thix an enabled to get the t Saturday's Carnegie riity of Maryland game. PLAN TO DEVELOP NEW U. S. OLYMPIC MATERIAL .€HICAGO, BY FAIR PLAY. NEW YORK, November 22.—Jack Britton, welterweight champlon, is likely to have plenty of competent op- ponents for conditioning fights before he meets Benny Leonard, if the light- weight king Is in earnest in his an- nounced intention of going after the welterweight title. Mickey Walker of Eliz: \. J., put himself in line to v his showing agal Dave Shade in Jersey City last nig Shade broke his hand in the cighth round and the contest was stopped, but Walker gave a convincing exhibi- 1 of class and ability before the ac- cident to his opponent. Georgie Ward of Jersey Clty isan- other welter who has welterweight November 22, romo- championship aspirations and some-| - € 22 thing to back them, and the two Jer- [tion of the American Olympic Asso- seyites may fight it out bhefore the|cistion was advocated at a hanquet winner claims 1 match with Britton. |Jast night under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic Union of the Uni ates, which opened a three-day con- vention. BENNY LEONARD READY: nton * FOR FRIEDMAN TONIGHT }ing to bui R. Their athletic fore | to defeat u . S. Weaver of Los A PHILADELPHIA. November es, president of the union, said. Benny Leonard. lightweight cham- “Strong efforts should be made to en- pion,”who will defend his title in an | purage all athletic competition, ght-round bout here tonight against | thereby developing new material for ilor Fricdman of Chicago, reached |1924." Philadelphia last night. The bout will be the champion’s firsg appearance in the ring in several months. Leonard Mason Ontpoint; Katzof. . said he was Tt despite his long lay-off. Friedman has been in training here | FORT WAYNE. Ind, November since Friday. He is declared to be in | —Frankie Mason, Fort Wayne. shape. Both expect to weigh in | Weight. outpointea Jimmy Katz of Snaer 10 hounds. I8N I icdo in a ten-round hoit here Tact night, according to the opinion” of | newspapermen at the ringside. Dave Shade Breaks Hand. NEWARK, N. J., November Kansas to Box Ray. cs are endeavor- fl Mickey Walker of Elizabeth, N. J., i was awarded a decision over Dave ' PITTSBURGH. November 22.—Rac Shade, San Francisco welterweight, Kansas of Buffalo, N. Y., and Johnny | Ray of Pittsburgh. lightweights, wiil when the latter broke a bone in his 0 meet in a ten-round bout here Decem- right hand during the fifth round last night. After 19th Straight K. 0. NEW ORLEANS, La., November 2: Tommy Gibbons, St Paul light-hea: weight, who recently scored eighteenth straight knockout, who meets Dan O'Dowd of Boston a scheduled fifteen-round bout here Friday night, has arrived. | Lewis to Wrestle Silva. | PHILADELPHIA, (“Strangler”) Lewis, forme his | weight wrestling champion and |tin Silva. who claims the in | championship of Portugal, will meet in a finish match here tomorrow | nignt. November 22 —TFd heav- Lorthe G by George'! El Producto is made educated his ‘There are ten sizes to select from. Distributor: D. 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THOPPE IN VAN AS CUE * TOURNEY NEARS CLOSE | CHICAGO, Novemher 22—Willie | Hoppe. world balkline billiard cham- | pion, assured himself of at least a tie for first place in the international 18.2 tournament being held here ted Welker Cochran of 400 to st night. won five games and ment . wiil _end tonight Hoppe playing Young Jake r of Chicago, who is in second with four victories and one de- Victory for Schaefer would R him & tie for first place with | Hoppe: and necessitate a play-off | Schaefer vesterday defeated Ora Morningstar of Ch go, 400 10 300. | " Roger Conti of France plays Morn- | ingstar this afternoon | The standing of the plavers: Player Won n Sutton CORNELL EASILY WINS COLLEGE DISTANCE RUN Y YORK, November 22 —Cornell distance runners easily captured in- dividual and team honors yesterday afternoon in the thirteenth annual varsity cross-country championship of the Intercullegiate Athletic Asso- t ciation. 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