Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1921, Page 26

'.26 Gi SPORTS. 3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.'C, TUESDAY, AS CAUSE FOR STEP|| - th to Seek New Pilot—Will Not Resume Direc- B DECEMBER 6, 1921. IF PUSHED, TRIO MAY ASK ORGANIZATION ALL ALONE BY JOHN B. FOSTER. UFFALO, N. Y., December 6—This being the year for breaking base ball records, Buffalo entered its claim on the calendar of glory by extending a welcoming handshake to the largest convention of SPORT PRINCETON TRACK TEAM IN MEET WITH VIRGINIA PRINCETON, X J., December 6.— Princeton gvill take part in five big meets in the east this year, and it has not yet been decided whether its athletes again will go to England to compete with Oxford and Cambridge teams, as has been the case for two years past. Virginia is the first on the schedule S. McBride Resigns as Manager of Nationals : Three Class AA Leagues Are Opposed to Draft POOR HEALTH GIVEN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOT T0 PLAY CENTRE LOS ANGELES, Calif,, December & —University of Southern California * athletic officials early today reversed a decision reached last night and an- nounced that the foot ball team of that_institution_would not play Cen- tre College at San Diego, Calif., De- minor leagues in the history of the national association. “I think they've for a meet in Charlottesville, Va., April | 15, and the other dates are: April 29 got us licked for attendance,” said a far-western man ruefully, and an|gana 30, Penn relays: May 6, Yale, at eastern man who was not'a bit rueful chipped in remarking, “I know they | New Haven: 20, Harvard; 27 and 28, have.” - = intercollegiates. The gentleman from Texas, the lumberman from Oregan and the |, T1e outlook is bright for a formid- Lo : And 1€ | able team. orange grower from Florida, all of whom are directly concerned in win- ning pennants for the home town, pushed their astonished way through | snowflakes that were half the size of silver dollars, so common at the ticket offices at home, and entered at once upon a discussion of the “to be or not to be” of the draft law in the national game. 1 ‘That is the vital issue, because hav-|sist upon receiving, and the ing once a universal measure of base, club is handicapped for a full month cember 2. The Trojan officialé previously had accepted an invitation to play C under the auspices of San Diego civic organizations, but differences arose over the final details of the arrange- ments, it was announced. The de cision not to play at San Diego wax reached in a five-hour conference which wound up early this morning Henry Bruce, graduate manager. |said: “San Diego may make a fur | ther bid for the services of the Tro- jans, but I think it unlikely tion Himself—Drastic Punishment of Ruth Proves Hard Blow to Yankees. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. 4 EORGE McBRIDE has resigned as manager of the Nationals. This startling information came today over the long-distance tele- phone from Clark Griffith at Buffalo, where he is attending the on of the minor, leaguers, and followed a conference held there with May Transfer Syracuse Club. L, P. Q, December 6.— | Frank Shaughnessy, foot ball coach ewsYork | 2t McGill University and playing manager of the Syracuse Interna- 2 ball government graduation of play-|of the season by having its tionals during the summer, is ne Eide. ors upon the payment of certain fixed | reduced two-thirds. Who goto‘i‘tfifr:g‘gmi“i"g with a syndicate here for| ; s > 1l-health, due to an accident on the field last season, when he was charges, commonly known as the |harder, th o S park property, with the intention, it| The Fencers’ Club of New York y er, the players or the club 4 is said, of transferring the Syracuse | city will hold women's national title draft price, there are many in base ball who would gladly go back to it again. There are others who give it the cold shoulder. Strongly Opposed to It. Compulsory " selection - is finding no friends at home in any one of the three class AA leagues. They want k on the head by a thrown ball, is assigned by McBride as his reason 19: to this city. Erelinquishing the post. ¥ What Griffith will do about obtaining: a new pilot is problematical. id he had had no time to consider the question, but asserted that T no u:ir.c_lwlvxunces would he himself resume active direction of the h on the fie iffith voiced regret at the de- yrigh ZzizizzzzzzzzzzzzzZdd n of McBride. The latter, in a it talk with the writer over the ghe, asked that his appreciation ithe fine treatment he has re- d from the fans of Washing- MEUSEL SEES ATTORNEY; SAYS FINE CAN'T “STICK” LOS ANGELES, December 8.— Bob Meunel, New York American none of it and the spokesmen are as set against it as they were whe the subject was broached at the gen- eral conference in the middle west, which resulted in the present worl 2 22 % ing agreement and the selection of udge Landis as commissioner of base ball. mking up Coast, the be expressed. f . have decided to quit because nat want to handcap Griff or ‘o-(lel‘ev Rae declared the The leagues class AA are the Pacific 616-17 ST. N.W. - THE MAN'S STORES - 1005-1007 PA.AVE 72 club in any way” Mac said. : ] i t accident last summer proved 1P i‘n“t’::n:‘::‘on:fi’ud.uon and the new \\ serious than I thought it| ries of that year could mot be made John Conway Toole, president of N to “ntick.” the International, is very flatly a § d, and I feel that I will, not be | to do justice to the job. I in- to give up base ball altogether, | feast for a year, but if [ feel eqqal] he task [ may do scouting for B Nationals next summer. Griff asked me to consider it, at any I am sorry to leave a town 1 have received such fine The fans always have fair to me. They deserve the base ball has to offer, and my ical condition is such that I do believe [ can fill the bill satis- Y “stand-patter. Present _conditions, he insists, should not be changed unless some better reason can be advanced for a change than has been advanced. He has not heard an argument for the draft that is better than the arguments which he has heard in Chicago. They did not pre- vail then and, in his opinion, they should not prevail now. Might Break Away. If the class AA leagues should be pressed hard.enoysh against fheir inelinations they Might insist upon setting up a little organization all BABE RUTH NOT BARRED COLUMBIAA. . QUNT 57555t FROMTRANNGGANES _ BOOKSEHTGANES By separating from the other minor leagues the latter could go forward with any draft plan they saw fit. They | could be governed by their own or; ; i ganization, while the new section of CHICAGO, 1IL. December 6.—With Athletic Club basketers, | SR8 00N N1 e ed to govern it- the “Babe” Ruth decision at Wilson Normai | P8¢ ball, Wou RO e ague and the handed out to the fans for d m, are preparing to |y &8 Lhe O o overn. their in- Judge Landis, base ball commission the city's leading | foraf afaire *C & i er, left today for Buffalo to attend season. Eight games|'® bt \ the minor league meeting. The | been scheduled and judge, before leaving, announced that others are being arranged by the Co- the joint meeting of the two major | lumbians. The present booking fol- leagues would be held in New York | low: It is true that this is a very radical o 2 Continues its galloping pace. on December 15, following the two ! plan, but it has been discussed. The|R class AA leagues are imbued with self- | confidence up to their necks. They | D re chipper, perk and full of fight and | separate meetings of the leagues the | 20, Calvary Methodist, at QCalvary two days previous. M. E. Church; 28, Kanawha Athletic No comment was added to the text | Club; 30, Patent Office; January 6, of the suspension order by the base ;. Roamer Athletic Club; 13, Langdon 20, 2 a ‘wages eannot be taken away from him.” Meusel naid. “I earned my world series money and Judge Landis has no right to take it away from me. Whether 1 will take the matter into the cou Wil be decided after I get in tou with Piercy and Ruth. earned the world series money. It In by every right, and I intend have 1t Says Ruth May Sue Leéague. WINSTO! ber 6.—Bob Shawkey, the pitching ntaff of the ks, has He expremsed the inion that Babe Ruth would in- Our Great $100,000.00 SUIT SALE 7 % % % P R % Z ALEM, N. C., Decem- & member of New York Ma iflith parried all queries regard- Ehis plans for obtaining some one Bride's place. The only point | h he was emphatic was that ould not again run the team elf. He asscrted he had no one ind for the assignment, and to tions as to whether he might the precedent he established McBride and raise some one the ranks of the club to leader. Clyde Milan, for instance—he noncommittal don’t know what I am going to * Griff said. 8ot x his 't of the world series money. | Columb ! who .hold forth | but rather a mutinous defance in- tended by the players to present the question: Which is the bigger—base ball, or any individual in base ball? If the Landis ruling merely pun- ished the players it generally would be regarded as justified, but the fact that it strikes an_even harder blow against the New York club, and, in a lesser measure, the entire Ameri- can League, and even base ball it- self, is something else again. In addition to costing the players the salary they would receive for the = period of their suspension, as well as $ing practice at the ball park here | their share of the world- series re- re the game with Chicago on !ceipts, the verdict means that Ruth's 27, the day the White Sox were | chances for setting a new home run ed’ they must return to Chicago |record are ended. This unquestion- estify in the world series scandal jably will be a biow to base ball in McBride was hitting for fleld- | general, which has profited greatly practice when a ball thrown by | from the publicity attending his un- Smith from the outfleld struck | precedented feats of bludgeon wield- on the cheekbone and knocked ing, and probably will cause a falling i out. He was given. first-aid|off in attendance even after he be- gtment and made light 'of the in-|comes eligible to play, for with lit- jufy at the time. but became S50 |tle probability that he can attain a walk he was Femoved to his quar-|npew record for circuit swats. the in where he was confined for sev-|terest of the public will not be so B davs. keen. MeBride Absent Nine Days. 3 EBride recovered sufficiently to go toghe park as a spectator August 4, af@r an absence of nine days, and|point is the disastrous effect that will th@ following day resumed directionibe felt by the New York Yankees. e team, but he continually felt|Although in no sense has it offended, Eeftects of the injury, which pro-|the club will not only have its re- ed concussion of the brain, and fceipts materially reduced, but will dizzy spells he- suffered were of | just about be euchered out of any 4 serious nature that later in the |chance it might have for the pennant. th, while the club was in St.;Pjercy’'s services are not particularly <. 'ha was urged to relinquish his | valuable, but with Ruth and Meusel, < and go home. He stuck on regular outflelders and the backbone however, to the finish of the|of the team on offense, both out of aign, but never felt “right’” and | the line-up for a gonsiderable period, appearance plainly showed the|the team cannot hope to attain a ts of the injury. very high ranking in the raece. McBride was If the players are permitted to get Is had won three games in 2|into action May 20 the Yankees will X de 'have been deprived of their services m. who subbed for him as pilot.ifor more than five weeks, but it is ran their string of consecutive!possible they may have to wait ten to eleven before being|days longer, for the date specified is ped by George Uhle of the Cleve-|that on which they will be eligible Indians on August 6. the day|to apply for reinstatement, and the McBride got back on the job.lfull period would mean idieness for tucft“:hsl!celh‘:h%lubh;nlrll&:lnde‘d the culprits for a space of almost a D vhile unde - |seven weeks—I - onho( Milan led the fa:\: to ble‘- season. T ohethindiote 8 that he had managerial quali-| There is no likelihood that th - of a high order and there 18|ers of the Yankees will make any ef- question that a great ma-|fort to have the decision amended. They have announced that they will rblde by the decision and have no When greatest men’s clothing stock in town is thrown the mber 9, Rosedale; 16, Eagles; nge his mind about quitting or east put off final decision until n the winter to see, but he has i We'll have a ,_ and he’ll be a too, but 1 can’'t say now SN e injury to McBride occurred % wide open, with January prices at the start of pep.” They are satisfied with their season. Even the International, which was supposed to have a “weak mem- ball ruler, but when questioned about | Athletic Club; Epiphany. the spring training season the judge indicated the order would not bar ber.” says that club hasn't evinced the slightest inclination not to keep Ruth and the others from playing in the Yankee's spring exhibition con-# on trying for a championship, and when a man is willing to try and pay the price how are you going to turn him adrift? Some men are just as tests ambitious to win a champlonshiy in he judge had no comment to make base ball as others are to win a horse on the mich - discussed question. of race with a colt bred on their own the major leagues’ draft from the minors, one of the chief problems at the Buffalo meeting, where he will be chief speaker at a dinner on farm. Wednesday BRANSFIELD IS SIGNED TO SCOUT FOR THE CUBS CHICAGO, December 6.—The sign- ing of “Kitty” Bransfield, former National League first sacker, as scout for the Chicago Nationals has been arnounced. Since 1915 Bransfield has been um- piring for the Eastern and New Eng- land leagues, but from 1901 until that time he was with the Pirates, Phillies and Cubs. He was traded to Louis- ville soon after coming to the Cubs, but refused to remain there and be- came manager of the Montreal team for three vears. . 7 W, defeated only by Aloysius Club last season, will formally open its campaign with a game against the National Guard quint of Alexandria. hTe contest will be played tomorow night in the arm- ory of the Virginia city. All Grace players are to report at their club- house tomorrow at 7 p.m. ! December, it’s no wonder the dction is great. 524 Have Plenty of Fight. Class AA leagues are not spineless, that is certain. They stand very straight’ and erect, and insist that they have a_place in the base ball world, just as other folks. i President Knebelkamp of the Louis- ville club, head of the champions of the “little world series.” stated the, ase very ably whey he said that win ning & championship to him was just| the sport he had when as a boy he; tried to pick out the best broncho in a corral. There is proper sporting| blood. He knows why he is in base ball. : ‘W. A. Rourke of Omaha, & man who made base ball a factor in the middle west, who is out of it for the moment. and says that he does not think that he will ever return—they all say that —is inclined to look upon the condi- tion of the minors as sufficiently sat- isfactory and not in need of refit- ting. ; ALL $29.75and $33.75 SUITS Epiphany tomsers were vanquished by the Engineers of Washington. bar- racks in a 27-to-10 game last night. The soldiers, playing on their home court. outpassed and outshot the churchmen. King, Engineer center, was the star of the engagement. Yankees Are Hard Hit. But something even more to the Alexandria Light Infantry desires engagements. oFr dates, write Man- ager J. W. Fuller, 305 Cameron street, Alexandria, Va. Roamer Athletic Club teams took two games last night at the Congress Heights Auditorium, the regulars de- feating the Carlyles, 43 to 8, while me“reser\'es downed the Elliotts, 21 to 14. Apache Athletic Cl which opens! its season against the Waltons to-| morrow night, wants games. Tele- | phone challenges to Lincoln 5739-J.! Kanawha Midgets are casting about | for gam th ninety-five-pound teams. For dates, telephone Capt Bowman, North 224. Ruth Decision Causes Stir. A big stir was caused at the meet- | ing by the decision of Judge Landis in the Ruth case. “Whew,” said the president of one of the major league clubs, with an intake of breath, “that's, hell.” Which was some comment and : lucidly brief. N The two colonels, Ruppert and Hus- ton, who are here “meeting up” with the minors, are game. “The case has been decided, and there is mnothing for us to say,” was their comment. It was the opinion of many of those who talked base ball in ‘the hotel! lobby that the player had not been! punished more severely than his club. | Ruth has to make a new contract,”, sald a manager. “He is in a position | to exact terms to suit himself, but the | American League club is not in a po- sition to get a full season's services from him, no matter what he may in- hurt the Na-| Syracuse Gets Shortstop. SYRACUSE. N. Y., December 6.— Ernest C. Longraff, president of the Syracuse Internationals, has an- nounced that he has purchased the release of Walter Keating, shortstop, from Buffalo. Zbyszko Throws Mazzan. DETROIT, Mich.,, December 6.— Stanislaus Zbyszko, world champion wrestler, defeated Giovani Maszzan, Italian champion, in straight falls last night. The first fall came in twenty-one and one-half minutes on a headlock and body scissors and the second in seven minutes with a body scissors. .Meart of Baltimore and ame, 125-pound teams, will open play at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the first game of the triple-header at Gonzaga gymnasium. Following this contest, Capital Silents will play Fourth Presbyterian and Aloy- sius Club will meet the Langdons. Freight rumbled to victory over the Engineers in a 38 to 14 game last night in the Terminal Railroad Y. M. C. A. league, The winners, play was marked by fast passing, close guarding and accurate shooting. Hull and Conard starred for Freight. Loveless was best of the losers. thg Tennesseean given a chance to what he can do as a pilot if comment to make on it. Rutk Refuses to Talk. | Ruth, likewise, declined to make any statement. Informed of the penalty infilct on him, in his dressing room case. For participating in e t Kelth's yesterday afternoon as he tions after the close of the sea- | Was preparing to go on for his turn, specifically barred by the rules, | Ruth asserted he would await of- famous slugger and two of hisficial notification of the decision by r Outfielder Bob Meusel | fore issuing any statement, but intj Pitcher Bill Piercy, have been|mated he would have something in- their share of the world series | teresting to say then. All efforts to amounting to more than|induce Ruth to outline what course and suspended until | he intends to pursue proved fruitless. The champion manufacturer of home : ! runs ‘merely shook his head in re- en@re satisfaction of everybody that |sponse to all questions, but the grim commissioner is boss, but satis- { manner in which he remarked “We <o far as the players, their|shall see,” indicated he does mnot in- the Yankees) and the clubs | tend to tamely submit without mak- ing a Bght for what he regards as his right; —_— | Orioles Ask Waivers on Eight. BALTIMORE, Md., December 6.— l“‘“’k Dunn, managing owner of the Baltimore International League Base Ball Club, has announced that he had asked walvers on eight of his players. . They are Lefler and Davis, catchers; Holden and Donohue, out- fielders; Kneisch, Matthews and Clarke, pitchers, and Lyston, utility infielder. Ruth Verdict Is Drastic. ny doubt as to who's who in base has been dissipated by the de- oo of Judge Landis in the Babe N 2 SUITS LAID ASIDE WITH DEPOSIT—NO CHARGE FOR ; ALTERATIONS 1 Make ita (Merry Chrisimas HAPPY SHAVING YEAR with a 7 7 GET READY FOR THAT COLD WEATHER Get Into One of These Fine, Warm, Comfy, : Wind-Defying - OVERCOATS : They’re here i all weights, all lengths and all colors. All- en_those of the fans who were ned to sympathize with Ruth in gendeavor to capitalize his athletic prévess agreed that his defiance of th&regulations called for a stiff pen- 1y, but it is doubtful whether any ong believed punishment of such far- #hing effect would be meted out. nically, the attitude of the com- ner is unassailable. 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