Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1922, Page 83

THE _SUNDAY STAR, WASH.INGTOI’{, D. C. DECEMBER 3, 1922—SPORTS SECTION. Minor Magnates Meet in Louisville : Dempsey Coming East to Seek Engagement LITTLE LEAGUERS REMAIN | FIRM IN OPPOSING DRAFT Sales of Players to Majors at Record Prices Precludes Possibility of Return to Old System—Un- wieldy Body Should Be Divised. ‘ ) BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW YORK. December 2—Minor lecague base ball magnates will| Niorrgflhtr in the erstwhile land of Bourbon this coming week, in anything but a' Bourbonistic irame of mind. Somc few of lhem! may have cravings for’Bourbon, but, to repeat. none will have Boirbon- | istic tendencies, for, unlike the French brand Bourbon, the so-called little fellows of the game, who gather in annual conclave at Louisville | this week, have learned a lot and have forgotten all about the draft| system. A Bourbon, be it remembered. learns nothing and forgets uov.h-‘ ing. ) Omne prediction that can be positively made regarding this coming convention® of the National Association of Minor Leagues is that those ! ABILITY TO HIT CURVES KEY TO KAMM'S FATE Players whe come inte the ma- iners ure suppesed miaer league pitchers ennnot curve them as well as the select boxmen of the majors, and therefere the coaclusion as to imdividual bat- ting weakness. New comes Willle . Hamm, base: is Join the CIIN'“ mrn to . Americand in March. Frask l—(-;..’ outside ball VANKEES AR N NEED OF GOOD GUTRELDERS BY JOHN B. FOSTER. With the Sporting Editor >~ By DENMAN THOMPSON. ASE ball, practically.'neglected since the spotlight of publicity was snuffed at the closc of the world series, again is coming in for attention. With the gridiron campaign ended and the stove league preparing to resume business at the old stand, chatter about the national pastime may be expected in increasing quantities as the timc for start- ing another season approaches. The opening gun for the winter season will be fired next Tuesday when the minor leagues assemble in Louisville, Ky., for their annual pow- v, and by a week later when magnates of the majors essemble in New York the base bail pot should be fairly bubbling. Y Nothing of Eanicular interest to Washington fans is expected to develop at the Louisville conclave. Contrary to the plans of Miller Huggins of the Yankees and other big leaguers, who have announce: their intention of hiking for the blue grass region in search of talent.! Clark Griffith has decided to absent himseli, thereby indicating he has | EUROPEAN BOXERS BALK 1 |JACK RUSTY FROM IDLING . AND ALSO NEEDS THE COIN AT PERFORMING IN U. S. whole yesr of ‘will met them. ‘i R ey iTommy Gibbons May Be Offered as Bait, But Cham- Wilde has been bombarded with } - o o S A 5 {ompting e Seewiaveriatues flie il i} pion’s Strange Disinclination to Tackle Thi= Soihing il Budie . hin Joe udge him. Joe | 2 ‘Clever Slugger May Prevent Meeting. ome month tham battiing in Kurope e Georges ntier put off coming | =.l‘ that he got himeelf lcked Beckott has threatened to come ! over many times, but he always | changes his mind at the lant mo- ment. Eugene Criqui would be = Sreat uttraction here, but he, too, continwes to postpone his i Thoue four are the only Furopen boxers wanted over here, now that ! Been barred. Strange N BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, December 2.—Jack Dempsey wiil reiuri 1o New Nork about the middie of this month loo¥#Hg for figh He now is i Salt Lake City or thereabouts finishing up a theatrical tour which say, they are the only ones who do | not want to come. - EAGAN, AERCAN, WIS 1began early last October. With this vaudeville career at an end for the time being, he will begin to listen to the <ongs 1 sing. Dempsey and his manager think it is high tmn action. Even the brightest and best tempered blad hich the pr moters wi r him to get mie rusty if they RINGTITLE FOR OXFORD the saddle and those who put them there will not waver in their stand against the drafting of players at nominal sums by major feague club owners. There will be many representatives of the bigger leagues hanging atound the outskirts, for. though rib: ald and frivoious persons sometimes refer to the minor leaguers as “bushers,” the wise ones never forget that from the bushes the rods are gathered. One vear ago, when the National, Association met at Buffalo, the New York Giants butted into the meeting and carried away O'Counell, a Cal ‘ornia plaver, on a $72.000 salver. Had there bean any wavering in pur- Tose as to the stand of the minors on the draft law prior to the advent of ihe sled piled with gold. there was nene after it had flashed into view. ‘The sight of their opulent fellow teaguer who had made the trade., stepping his way down the hotel lob- | by in a huge fur coat, breathing $1.000 | bills with every gasp, soliditied the minors then and there. ! “This.” they said, “looks too good. L.et us help ourselves to the mustard while the dogs are still hot.” ! So, as long as there arc $1.000 bills | in sight and likewise owners of ball| «~lubs who are willing to spend them, ihe draft in base ball will remain in its down-and-out seat. Majors Sound Old Cry. he majors note the trend of things | and in strident volce put forth the oid argument: “What shall become of the ball player May he not Drowressl in his calling?" - And pertly the minors answer, orse that we should hold the pla: in bondage than that he should be 1d as a life member of the big| show 2" There is talk. true. of happen and there is rememl e admonitory speech of t| issioner of base ball at Bu Is in the minor league magnates mem- ory of the $100.000 that was paid for & third baseman. Therefore. rnverlly’ the little fellows cannot be blamed i2 they gather in the shadow of the lo-t ‘el cigar stand and laugh their | sleeves when some one sugges: rirn to the old draft syster Lou e has planned to give thel delegates cntertainment strictly ho: pitablc and along zood oid bourbon ines. At least, such was the word veaching here today, and which is tonight passing about from base ball | friend to base ball friend. i The Loard of arbitration which set- ! tes the nearly endless disputes of | the minor leagues began its session i today, so that the petty quarrels be- tween Bill Jones and Sam Smth would be all out o° the way when the asso- ciation miects Tuesday. Association Is Too Bulky. As a matter of fact. the National Association of Minor Leagues is too bulky. It should be split into two di- visions. The troubles of the lower srade should be settled br a govern- nent of its own, with a separate court of rcgulation for the higher zrade. So much s heaped on the present eecretary of the board that he is deluged with trouble in the mmer, and part of it should be! spared him. It could easily be done were the minor leagues so disposed. The association, which was organized many years aZo in New York, has outgrown itself. ' A set program of addresses and! i.elping hand discoursee has been ar-] ‘anged. The minor league own ho doesn’t know how to handle his cam in the right way will be told 0w to do So. And then noxt season. ast Wke the fool mule that kicked at} he can of dynamite pecause the sun's rays were reflected from It into hlsj s. he will proceed to forget the ad-{ e and run his club exactly as hey pleases i (Popyright. 1922.) 2 COE0S AT MARYLAND SKILLFUL WITH RIRLE it the newly organized giris' rifle | team of the Univérsity of Maryland. ! the fir: ine combination of! sharpshootcrs in old line state school circles, is going to furnish the fair! warksmen of the various other schools | the'r against whom they will pit by the ability and enthusias: displayed by the College Far in practice. Those expected to compose 5 land’s team are: Ruth Thompson,, «irace Coe, Anna Dorsey, Sarah Mor- ris. Myrtle Lewton. Theima Winkjer. izabeth Flenner, Betty Amos, Dor v Anderson aund Mary Anderso substitutes, Tugenia Ciements and Salome Warrenfel Matches have been arranged with, ‘Wichigan Agricultural College and the University of Maine, and chai- | lenges have Leen sent to the uni sitles of Vermont, Michigan. Ken- rucky and Tilinois. Northwestern Uni- versity, Oregon Agricultural College, Ripon College and Drexel Institute. | Tn addition to rifiing, the Maryland | co-eds have taken up tracks and fleld | sports, in which they also promise to | #hine. No matches in these sports have so-far been arranged. | T HYATTSVILLE SOLDIERS WILL HAVE TWO QUINTS | Basketers of Company I’ Ist T rantry, Maryland National Guard, of Hyattsville, are making preparatians for what promises to be & big season. With the combination which last sea- »on won the 1st Regiment champion- ship practically intact and' a number of promising newcomers at hand, the soldiers are certain to be formidable. First and second teams will be or- Zanized and double-headers will ‘be staged on the armory floor here as orten as possible. © F e Candldates now out include Crosth- waite. Deviia, J. McClay, A. McClay, M. Chase, &ichards, Shafer, Lonft. Noack, Parrisb, Belt, T. Reeves and €ranford. Edward Devlin, nephew of Arthur Devlia, former New York @iant third bageman and himself an ull-around athlete of, considerable note, has been named a8 coach. Lieut. Hugh T. McClay has been appointed captain. ——————— SIGNS COLLEGE PITCHER. GREENVILLE, 8. C., December 2.— Paul McLeod, captain and right tackle of the Furman foot ball team this year and for four years a pitcher on 1he base ball team, will be a member of the pitching staff of the Greenville South Atlantic Association.club next ~eason. He is 3 right-handed pitcher. o e e . Pittsburgh in triples with 110. !cago_led in number of sacrifice hits + Natifonal ireserve eleven | play up to wha' is presumed to be his normal spee¢ ihe Yanks wiil be in a terrible fix unless Huggins can et a little assistance from the other i seven clubs of his league through a | ! nelghborly swap of players. He may | NEW PARK IS ASSURED FOR DODGERS’ TRAINING ; The municipality at Clearwater, ¥la., haw approved a bond fanue of 1 he purpose of building League will train next spring. The Dodgers’ agreement to traim there wtruction of satis HORNSBY BATTED 401, OFFICIAL DOPE SHOWS Official 'batting rccords of National Teague players for the season of 1922 show that Hornsby of St. Louls, for the third successive year, won the in- dividual batting championship with a porcentage of .401. being the highest mark since Ed Delahanty led the league In 1399 with .408. Hornsby 2150 won the season’s ma- Jor league home run honors with 42 and seta atlonal League record of 250 hits during the season, thus breaking the record held by Willie Keeler, who made 243 in 1897, Max' Carey of Pittsburgh set the pace in base stealing. pilfering 51 sacks, while Terry of Chicago led in sacrifice hitting with 39. The ten leading hitters: _ AB.B. H.SH.SB. Horasby. St. Louis.. 623 141 850 15 17 Russell, Pittsburgh. £0 51 9 & Stongel, New York.. 250 48 3 4 Fonseon, Cinoinna 13 7 Grimes,” Chicago, 6 7 Barfoot, St. Lot o o Miller, 'Chicago..... 8 3. Roush, Cinclonati, . 165 39 58 2 5 Bigbes. Pittsburgh.. 814 113 315 20 24 .350 Mann, Bt. Louis..... 147 42 51 3 0 .47 St. Louls made the most total bases on hits, 2.411; Pittsburgh made the most one-base hits, 1,297: St. Louls the most two-base hits, 280. Phila- Gelphia led in home runs with 118,(!1:!1 1- and Pittsburgh in stolen bases. New York made most hits in*a nine-in- ning game, 2§, against Pittsburgh. The club batting records: lub. R. H. BH. 8B. Pot. Pittsburgh 885 1.698 175 145 .308 New York. 852 1681 130 116 .308 Touis. 863 1684 161 73 301 Cincinnati . 766 1561 189 180 396 Chicago 71 1,564 206 97 293 Brocidyn 743 1860 178 7D 290 Philadel; 738 1537 140 48 283 Boston 596 1335 174 67 .263 Two and fifty-three play- ers took part in games with the eigh: League clubs, as follows: Cincinnati, 24 players: Philadelphla, 28; Rrooklyn. 21: Boston. 33; Pitts- burgh, 24: Chicago and_St. Jouls, 3¢ cach. and New York, 37 piavers. ix players engaged in games for two clubs—Max Flack with Chicago nd St. Louts. Clifton Heathcote with Louis and Chicago, John iokan Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, McQuillan with Boston and Néw York, John Scott with Cincinnati and New Yerk. and Lee King with Phila- deiphia and New York. EASTERN MOGULS VOTE AGAINST. KEEPING DRAFT| Lastern League moguls, at their recent speeial meeting, went o Tecord as opposing the draft ays- tem as now operated, by which players may be selecied from the minor leagues by the American and Natiomal leagues, and fin- strueted President Dan O'Nell to utand against rvetention of the draft when the topic comes up for ) BAN THE BIG ELEVENS. CLEVELAND, December 2. val Academy and other large. colleges will be dropped from the foot ball €chedule of the western reserve in- definitely. Director Yocum and Coach Holtkamp plan on scheduling games with weaker teams. with which the is believed to have a chance. ,out the coming season. Thorp wil Ball.” * ' ‘No authority is better fitted 1903, hin team mot losinx In 1905-1906 Thorp was u_mes and later played independent ball As conch Fid Thorp is knewn New Yeork University fives of 1919, the Universities of Georgia, their rules. the scasen, Ed Thorp, Basket Ball Expert, Will Write for Star Readers Following it¥ custom of supplying the followers of various sperts with the best Imstructive informatiom that leadinz experts cam set down, The Star nrranged with Ed Thorp, the leadin conch and officinl of the United States, to write for its basket ball readers a sericx of articles which will appear every weekday through- interpret the rules of play, and his advice on amy auestions which puszle you may be had for the asking. In addition, he will write a series of instructive articles on “How te Play Basket .Therp played on the De La Salle Institute fives of 1900, 1001, 1902 and a game. champlonxhip of the United States at the St. Leuls world fair. and Massachusetis. He wan the star which wen the eastern champlonship i 1910, sames. They mambered among their vietims Yale, Columbia, West Point, Syracuse, Union, Colgate, Brown asd Swarthmere. Jn 1930 this teams wom the amatenr.cham, Teanesnee and Utah. 2 Thorp has acted as an oficial in the Intercollegiate Leagme for eleven yoars. He is chairman of the Proteetive Basket tion eof the Metropolitan Distriet, whick contrels all prefessional basket ball in that section. This is the record of the man whe will answer for you all .nfle-.‘?(lflfllll.l-limmm-bfllm So, look for Ed Therp’s “Basket Ball Facis Worth Kuowing” which will appear on our Sporting Page cemmencing tomeorrew, : slight. Ruth fell off last year. H levery player must Start some time | ito drop back, and the faster the top, speed, :he sooner and the harder they drop. The question worrying Hugsgins {7 vhether Ruth's inability to keep his terrific pace in 1928 was the beginning of the turn in Wallop- ing Babe's caresr. Ruth has been in the game a long time, which occa- slonally is overlooked. The minor leagues did not develop any good outflelders in 1922. The scouts traveled up and down and back end forth, some of them golig to, { country hamlets in pursuit of pl-y-l jers who were called comers in thelr neighborhoods. The scouts found them ail to have weak arms or that. they swing wildly at bad pitching or | knew nothing about running down ! long hits. One club spent nearly $3,000 in rallroad fares alone chas- ing men to the south and the north- west In quest of young hitting out- fielders without 2 sign of one de- i velopin, Huggins is _reported to have ap- proached the White Sox for a trade, but Chicago wants everything the Yanks have, including a mortgage on the naw fleld, so very little can be expected from that quarter unless the Chicago American management comes down In its demands. BRITON LEADING YANKEE IN RACQUET TITLE PLAY PHILADELPHIA, December iCharles Willlams of England de: ed J. A. (Jack) Soutar of Philadei- phia. titleholder. four out of sevep hard-fought, brilllant games in the open_racquet champlonship today at the Racquet Club. The scores were: 18—15, 15—86. 6—15, 12—16, 17—14, 11—15 and 15—7. get this help., but his chances are| . But it will he different in regard players then is dull, the question of to the big league meeting, for not- withstanding that the present outlook for the Nationals getting any new |hall tonight. who is to manage the local club next scason will be settled at that time—and this is a matter of great concern to followers of the sport hereabouts. Griff Is Undecided be seen in the managerial role ‘as to Manager. s her®, it is far irom settled, accord- 1 ALTHOL'GH it practically is asiured that Clyde Milan will not again ing to Clark Griffith, that he himself will get back into harness and again fill the dual role of president and manager. Asked point blank if he intends to resume the reins next season, Griff practically admitted he has been considering such a step, but “I don’t think I will,” was Grifi's asscrted the chances are against it. answer to the query, adding that he was not prepared to commit himseli on the subject at this time, but that he expected to reach a definite d big league in New York, December 14 It may be that Grifi expeets to have nt cinio ecision at the joint meeting of the m will hinge on an interview he nt time, although if he plans to make a proposi- tion te any varticular man well qualified for the fob—Bill Ca for instance—he has been careful to let mo intimation of it slip. What base bhall affiliations Milan will have next season is con- jectural. Unbiased observers will agree that blame for the failure of the Nationals last season cannot be placed entirely on Zeb, for he cannot be held responsible for the fact that Zachary developed a kink in the elbow of his salary wing, that Mogridge was troubled practically all sea- son with an ailing shoulder. that throughout the campaign because of illness and that Gharrity was practically useless recruits as Woodward, Phillips and Gleason should prove rank flivvers, etc. It is morc than likely, in the event that Griff does decide to boss his gang from the bench—his days on the side ! Milan will be retained as first lieutenant and adviser grounded in the Griffithian system oi this fall received an offer t6 manage Nashville in his native state of Tennes it down. That may be significant. es having ended—that . Zeb being thoroughly base ball. It is known that Milan the Southern Association club of sce, was free to accept, and turned Opening Date for Season in Doubt. O opening of the season practically a matter of interest to be settled a: the approaching session is the date for the opening oi the 1922 championship season. Fol- lowing the decision reached by the big league executives to avoid e bad weather usually encountered in the carly spring by postponing the week beyond the customary time, making Tuesday, April 17, the starting date, President Johnson recently frobxbility that Wednesday, April 11 { this latter date proves to be the correct one many club owners wiil be considerably embarrassed. 338 (first half of the match for the world i was quoted as saying that the old policy would be adhered to, with the | M . would mark the curtain-raising. probably The Washington club, for instaunce, The second half of the match will acting on the information that April 17 would be the starting time, has laved next Saturday at th be Tennis and Racquet Clul Yor! even games being scheduled, but, accord- ing to the arrangements, the winning of the first four by either player con- cludes the match. The first half to- H day was one of the most bitterly con- tested racquets play that ever mark- ed a championship here and was wit- nessed by a notable gallery of club- men of Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Soutar's downfall was due mainly to poor gft &trings. He smashed the strings of thirty-four bats and the frames c¢f four others, an unprecedented number in a cham- pionship contest, losing inte. p"‘V‘“:“lm'fls had a sharp backhand service which kept tha champion good deal on the Gefensive. backhand smashes were ‘errific. Wil- liams stdrted OI;I in a r;ll\n!;:l;nfl'lx;t ave promise of an early clean-up. t‘hnug: he had to flght hard in the first two games. Soutar came back in the third and fourth i2 brilliant st);le n “the fifth game, ‘with the score ¢ all, Soutar again began hie flashy play. but Williams, showing the best form of the day. took five aces in 2 row. tied the scorc and then took the game. Soutar took the sixth lafter a see-saw affair, but Williams iwon the eleventh with an easy run. EMBASSY-AND HARLEM SOCCERISTS TO CLASH Harlems and the British Embassy team will clash in a soccer game at the Monument Grounds today, the !klck-ofl taking place at 2:45. The | 1 i teams will lire up as follows: Embasay. HoraWHNE r‘qln;q;qp:-a,_ 11 Ha 0. L. Referee—Mr. C. Thompsen. | Burton. - | LEAGUE MEETING DATE SET. CHICAGO, December 2.—President Ban Johnson of the American League announced tonight that the annual meeting of the base ball magnates of his circuit would be Beld in Chlclgo| on Wednesday, December 13. i Basket ball 1 for the task. As a scheoldoy Ed It wom the preparatery school ber of the Mamhattan College five th h Conmecticut, Pennsyl the Rockville Center Club, the gatue ts played. His ‘wherever 1920 and 1921 lost but two Ball Asseein- the Ball and threughout New | made arrangements accordingly for the accommodation of its players at the Tampa training camp and booked dates for exhibition games. Ii the opening is moved forward a flock of contracts will have to be broken. Ball Park to Have Spacious New Entrance. HE Washington ball park, with its seating capacity for base ball, without any temporary stands, increased during the last off- season to approximately 20,000 by the addition of an upper tier to the leit pavilion and its conversion to a grandstand, togethér with the ! extension of the right field pavilion, fore the opening of next season by handling crowds. is to be still further improved be- the construction of another large many easy|runway, that is expected to practically double existing facilities for Improvements made last year involved an expenditure of approxi- is | mately $100.000 and estimates for the work contemplated this winter call for the outlay of a similar sum, conclusive evidence that the club manage- ment is doing everything in its power to cager to the convenience and comfort of its patrons. The first atep was the pureha: erty, ‘v:hlc- extends from Georgl As %00n as ponscssion ix obiaimed, on Janu: lown to Georgia nvemue, where a regular co: and turnstiles will be located, im addition to those of the old Maryland House prop- avenue back to the ball club he e n the improveme lement of already located to the south on Georgin avenue. This is expected to go far toward relieving the congestion, both be- ifore and after “big games,” that has constituted practically the only criticism of the otherwise modern plant the club has provided for sport enthusiasts of the capital. Another long-felt want that will be met is the provision to be made for the parking of the automobiles of ball park patrons. amount of the new property acquired car owners who will be able to che . (Copyright, Q. Team A made a fair catch and| ‘clecied to try for goal by place-lick. Player holding ball accidentally per- | b 3 A spacious will be designated for the use of § heck their machines’ in the care of! ball park attendants for a nominal fee instead of being required to leave | them on the streets, in many, instances several blocks from the grounds. ‘A p: ———————————— Facts About Foot Ball; The Best Play to Use BY SOL METZGER. 1622.) grasp him so as to be pulled by him. | Rule 15, section Team has ball on opponent's 25- mitted it to touch the ground, but|vard line, score a tie and less than a kicker made no attempt to kick it, |minute to play. It is first down. The claiming he had right to another try from a point. 5 yards farther back. Is f: A. No. After the referee blows lis whistle slgnifying that play ma: start, no player of the kicking sid ahall allow - the ball to touch the| ground in the fleld of play, without| immediately thereafter putting it in play by kicking it. Rule 11, section 3. ! Q. Team scores a touchdown and| trys a drop-kick for extra point. Ball is blocked by opponents and bounds | back Into kicker's hands. H with it and scores a tauchdown. his team given the try-for-point after touchdown for scoring In this way, or was the ball dead when kick blocked by opponents? | A. No score {s allowed. The mo- ment the ball is blocked, unless after being blocked it passes over the! cross-bar and between the uprights, | is was ' it is dead. Naither the offensive nor defensive team can score. Rule 10, section'1. } Q. Is If permissible for the center |t to pass the ball back, hold it between his legs behind him and then have a tackle run by and take the ball? A. No. The ball iz put in play onl; oy snapping it back from its posjtion’| polo field. .ters of the California Indlans, the 2 big tourney every M u{'l.'\y is_obvious—a drop ar place kick.!Bingham's successor at Harvard. v delay. in trying samie, will prove atal, as the time will likely be up be- <his correct? fore another play can be attempted. Too many quarterbacks fail to make use of the one opportunity pre- | ented them on this occasion and at- |tempt to score by a run or a pass. The pass rarely will score here, as & good defensive team will play for | pass and break It up, on the theory ! that a few yards gained by will do.no harm, whereas & long pass |will defeat them. They will be on guard to break up phsses. rushing Drop-kick or place-kick. The new 15| requirement of foot ball—the try-for- { point after touchdown—has developed ta good blace-kicker or drop-kicker on nearly every team, and there is no reason now why he should not be ewloycd in such situations as outlined above. b= TRAP SHOOTING PLANT. Del Monte, Calif.,, has laid out & new rap-shooting’ plant adfacent -‘to its It will be the headquar- portsman’s assoclation, which holds on the ground with one quick’and continuous motlion, the ball actually leaving the hands on this motion. Rule 6, definition of snappiug the ball. Q. £ player on line leaves line of scrimmage before ball is snapped, running toward his own goal. Be- fore he has reached a point 5 yards back of scrimmage line an opponent charges off-side and center snaps the ball. Is defensive team penalized for off-aide 7 Or 15 ball played over because both teams fouled? 2 e” runner |=_u?lh one of his terferers & tackl | Y & man with ball can place on.teammate to .push him pponeat; .but he may-moti CUBS’ NEW BALL PARK WILL BE THIRD LARGEST Cubs’ park, owned by the Chi- such highly touted ! NEW YORK, December 2.—Miller|no hop: of grabbing any material there with which to bolster his team. {':35&&;&13% "’av;-‘" the w}{‘- an:l] while Spairing eie ‘_rn]wn‘\vcim- Huggline {s strictly up against it in the | expected that Commissioner Landis i V: spectators may keep the weight down, it does liitle clse matter of his .,u’m,:i "“, knows it, ke ther strong plea for the ndoption of OXFORD. England.- December 2.—! A champion needs ring activity no less than any second rater a {and he is making strenuous efforts to ;:xn;‘“ e e udlibe [Feanesifully turhed) dowm ’z-'l ‘;: A. g—,.’ns of Yale and New Col- | time lmay_lcomc w}(fubjack u-];lll h!e:vlu n;“ 1o Bis sorrow. The ¢ 5 S £ ege. Oxford. won the hea elght are that Tommy Gibbons wi e dangled before his eves as n as Should Ruth fail next season’ to| prices. pitals und cadets in the boxing con- o S & % 4 test which took place in the town|TCMains to be seen. o 4 \l{l;' dohzl;d (d ¥. Cap- e R = TS v:;a: o . y: Mi y, Ae ~ ttude to .‘:S'{m I,:’?;m 34 ¥ adems. oK. 0. EXTENDS MORAN’S : . S s n ¢ 14 £ e uriou 1t would 0 the fainly even and theré wan a geod| POPULARITY IN ENGLAND :iiipion wouis Bave other jdeal of clinching. In the second tight © gamne t Tomm)'s. And :Eagan landed heavily with right to nglish ight fo ofte; 3 A hisper that ¢iibbons has jaw and backed Capper against the ficed several important thinzs cu \presscd by a game loser than s ring, while in the third he punched , order il might not appear too Leavily, being especially strong in in-| WinRCT- The veteran Krank Morun ;onucing A contender for the fighting. } is mme popular in England wince ckazinpionship. It iw Capper was about eight inches| hix kmockout ai the hands of Jor under breath—that Tom- taller than Eagan &nd had @ much| Heckett than ke was when he won against Bartle: longer reach, bLut the American’s zainst Harry tGireb wer al his battlen. Woran's great speed and hard hitting brought [ERE part of his plan to lure Demy him victory. | swtond sgainst Beck made such into th 3 FTé\ernl'ller American ;m;i})elm;\;.v an impression thnt they orga: <h‘,kh-‘,’;;; o ok Kb - B. Carter of Yale and Balllol. did| 5 yestimoninl for him. Moran stsli | 50703 ‘0HE 1 i Ao not reach the final stage. ! Taatats, that be hes gow fehis |march with . Paul Tomms. S — left in him, and he hax challenged | ()t he e 1o pur Sicaa KANSAS CITY TO TRAIN | -oiettto amether bow j somethinz ot hi set forth be forced " 1t artist #m. ng-walited opportun & to Win the worig tle. e, close followers ¢” «1 that in lining b ttle with Joe Beck nan's manager. Leo Fiym § i merch upon the chum . Yow mever can iell abou ings. A Beckett-Brenn, ¥ isely emes. Sy, : Brennan by Kansas City basc ball team of the | Public May Force Mateh. i announced this afternoon by Presi- | 5 1 iwriter, Lcuupses the spring trip. but pitchers will prob- »ece 8 next biz international bout will beiity of aticmpt [ S tof nowhere. It will be held in London. SPURTS |N PH“.IPPINES icans. just where the English fighter ;AT LAKE CHARLES, LA.| itroubtesome. i [ {hit. as hi: { American Association will do its spring '[u HGH]’ |N ]ANUARY 1 owever, dent George Muelebach. < fee o {take on the &t ably go to Lake Charles eariy in ! between Joe Becketi, champion nr'D’;,’“~ e in January. No man is better qualified | 1 stunds with reference to Demprev. | Brennan caid that he will receive more than §12,000 with expenses paid 10 and from London. Some unfair per- sons have whispered that this is & | wonid i build-up battle, that Beckett will win | yoliy Make @ preity {and will then be set against Dempser || "t eas that in_another world famous buttie. i g But this is hardly likely since Bron- nan is still 2 young man and wou not find it profitable to acquire for| himself @ reputation as a dummy for plans. The chances are! nan will give the best he if he beats Joe. Lo can stay KANSAS CITYT. December ‘_-._TmBECKE” AND B L homs training at Lake Charles, La., it was {around to No date has been definitely set for | XEW YORK. ber The ! 8ive him the 1 March. { Eng and. and Bill Brennun. champi than Brennsn to indicate to Ameri- i€ ! you i By tie Assoc.ated Press. Expressing. approval general and wrest parti ol s in & and boxing in . Gen. Leonard Wood h: be hoped every and the Philippine Isla would be combed in search of a | strong team to compete in tha far eastern games, at Osaka, Japan. nest Dempney Needs Much Trai Anyway, Dempsey hus got t busy. not - Z bis bank to luiim 1d collectiug eaky money for|of keepinz himsclf some time. Brennan has not been busy | iz 4 liereabouts for a long time, his ma ager having adonted Dempseyr or nobos GREB IN HOSPITAL. PITTSBURGH. Pa.. December i Harry Greb, American ligh was undergoing tr hospital today believe in clean sport and ath- the | 1etic training.” said Gov. Gen. Wood. | “Sound athletic training makes better | men physically, cultivates th of fair play and the ideu of take. Tt increases confidence and builds up a physic condition, in order to attain which there must be an observance of self- restraint, good habits and sound moral principles. All-around athletic ery ' :U. S. GIRLS’ HOCKEY TEAM NOT TO INVADE ENGLAND PHILADELPHIA, December 2 Women's National Hockey Asse ment in a loc nionarch’s eyes, The | ves, injured in a recent bout with Bob Martin, were infected with z The rainine Fhouid ibe "“‘p‘;..“,g] in_thecold. His physician sald tnere was nolciation has devided mo:i to send - ppines in every e way. | immediate danger of the sight bein e especially in the schools. 1 wish = len 8 | American girls’ team to England next every boy in the islands knew how A to box and to wrestle, and to do both well. They would be better| citizens. The tremendous increase in the morale, ilie self-confidence of | man that is enzendered by boxing. ! wrestling _and _other hand-to-hand | ear. FACULTY FINDS METHOD | 0, s e oo om v FOR CLEANING STADIUM |1ana as . but officials of e i natic decided that the Amer. v faculty !ean 3 wid be brought r l iwpaired. members sport, is of incalculable velue in any | a way of keeping their |a hi; e they agais crisis of his life. i jum in presemtable xhape. | invide | irs, . presider games to be held in Osaka next vea: jof the national association. said & we ought to search every city, ev municipality and every barrio in (h‘l Philippines for good material. 'f‘hel'eI there should not 1 ! their own prestdent. Dr. H. Thomp- nom, have marshaled the under- graduntes on the eve of meveral big games recently and, leading iteam probably wouid be sent abroa: fin 1924, of the English c 1 tiiis country for severa hes Wl l “With reference to the far eastern; iiB no reason wWhy i Le, and there is every reason why! them to the field. have met the & the' game at ool there should be material in all the| right wort of example themaelven ast and mid schools, beginning with the univer-: by wiclding well managed brooms. 0 heme before < sity and high schools to pick out; boys who have special gualifications and who promise to make good ma- i terial to be worked on and developed | with a view to participation in the; far eastern games. “The winning of these games mclx\:l enables them to triumph in competi- tion over all other castern people: { If wo take hold of this systematically | we ehall be able to get a team whic will be a sure winner, and this we must do if possible.” WOULD DROP HAMMER | THROW FROM PROGRAM ! CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. December 2.— roposal that . the international! track and field games between the | | combined teams of Yale and Har- | !vard, Oxford and Cambridge, tenta- | tively arranged for decision in Lon- i don next July, should include the 220- | yard dash and the pole vault, and i rop the hammer throw, will be made to the English collegians by William J. Birmingham, retiring supervisor of track athletics at Harvard, in a trip to_Europe. i | These changes, if adopted, will {make an eleven-event program. It is proposed to continue the system by which points count only for first place. Bingham was the guest at @ dinner at the Varsity Club last night. | st which he also introduced to the track candidates Willlam Martin, for- mer coach at Penn State. who is Far CHRISTHAS! o EfiWWWW&%‘E@E%@K@K@%%‘%@!E%"G@%%'&'ie'!’ S porting Goods Make the Most Appreciated Gifts For Men and Boys Foot Balls. . .. H ol e o S 3 ‘WILL FIGHT FOR SIKI. { _ PARIS, December 2. M. 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