Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1922, Page 31

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1922. Landis Avoids Controversy With Johnson : Harris and Judge Strong on Defense ILOCAL PLAYERS RANK HIGH IN THE FIELDING RECORDS -SPORTS. ar SPORTS. ° ' | . _COMMISSIONER SIDESTEPS |SIKI'S FRAME-UP, STORY BICKERING WITH BIG BAN| INFAMOUS LIE-DESCAMPS OFFICIAL AMERICAN LEAGUE FIELDING AVERAGES FOR 1922 By the Astociated Bress. ” CLUB FIGURES. Player—Club, °T.G. PO. A. E. l‘el Baseme Says “Joint Meeling Will Be Held as Scheduled, So ARIS, December 5—*It is an infamous lie,” said Francois Descam.ps. b i PePo. IR 5 aaib Joe Listed at TOP of First n and Sllllley Close- 5 = s manager of Georges Carpentier, today when shown the declaration H, B. Hooper. Chi 28 1912 = Iy Appmcheg All-time Record for Chances Far as I Am Concerned”—Two Additional by Battling Siki that his championship match with Carpentier was '; “"‘:‘:"“S"c‘“ Bl A Accepted by a Second=sacker ] . 5 to have a “frame-up.” t. Lo 3 i3 Harrs, B R 83 186 1510 - Minor Lea.gues May Seek to RejeCt Draft. “I was sure Carpentier would knock this negro out in the first round,” anlamhlm 100 118 1 16 - Bio R i Descamps declared. “Do you suppose I would let this clumsy fighter stay | Boston...... 154 1831040 I ¢ Blts 3w BY DENMAN THOMPSON. { four rounds with my champion? INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES. H T o 2 “Deputy Diagne is making electoral propaganda of this stuff. It will (Ten or More Games) 13 R i % T least two members of the Washington ball club distinguished ithe i g0 big at the next election with his Senegalese electors, but it may not FIRST BASEMEN. E JRBF‘(M s n S0l O themselves on defense in the recent championship campaign, a 5 he first big deal of the minor > R otherglll, et 2 c- ' -Iem}eoc(#%‘e’:};:‘nawfn)fi-g?mr‘;:nTs:nn:y H-lli third baseman with go”!s (::;gl:dt:edc:;xrlt)s“:::n‘:h;;l;puty inasked (oipravetup charges) FA "'S"‘cmnh T 16 ‘ru i Gontin. ™ 'n 5 fi; L cording to the official fielding records of the American League the Portland, Ore, club, a hitting and fielding sensation of the Pacific | the slightest atom of proof connect- '-'; £ % % 13 » 11| for 1922 made public today—Stanley Raymond Harris and Josephus Igna- Coast League, was sold to the Philadelphia Americans for players and | ing me with this llegedtframe b SIK' 's BHAMPIUN “AR Ev.l L 13 24 1 4 .882| g Judge. The hustling secondsacker, by officiating on the business w ¢ash amounting to $75,000. not to mention my name in that con- ? |k Biee beioi end of 479 put-outs and being contributing factor in the demise of 483 on. fohnaton, Phi other aliens, came within just 26 of the record of 988 chances accepted established by Napoleon Lajoie when at the height of his career, back in 1908. In addition to the plays he handled faultlessly, Bucky slipped u; on 30 occasions, his fielding percentage being .970, and, although he stands H. Bisler, St. George Burns, 4. 3: Hauser, 'Phil i Frea Tiaey, Det. “l believe Deputy Diagne’s good faith has been cheated by this negro. | Outside of electoral considerations, Diagne perhaps is acting in good | OUISVILLE. Ky . December 5—Kenesaw Mountain Landis, base ball commiisSioner, declined today to be dravm into a controversy with President Ban Johnson of the American League because of Presi- HIS MANAGER ASSERTS 1 989 985 84 1 R0 980 ! . $ 8 > | faith, but he is making a big mistake | T. 5 regular keystone guardians in the averages, it is o dent Johnson's action in calling the annual meeting of the league in |in mixing sports with politice. Sports BECON : fl‘:;::‘:;m?"}‘l 'h:ha':‘u‘": R L e Caans m‘“k onlyz; Lo " Chicago on December 13, a day in advance of the scheduled joint meet- ;:i,!,";’,f,.“:‘;fi,‘; .x‘:;.::’ru;o?fi‘lzg com- | gy the Associated Press. 5 ;. 7 Colling, Chi R s ¥ R E R e | notew y y s ing of the major leagues, which Commissioner Landis had scheduled for | “I have never met Siki in my life.| PARIS, December S.—The dec- |,’ [ Ward, N. R 154 e, 74| Jodge's distinction consists ofj terday. made 125 assists in 141 games, New York December 14. He was pointed out to me one even-| laration that Battling Siki is “a “"H&’L“'wf.' R A. De Vormer. 908 | o O ing the first basemen in the fleld- | ust two dozen above the number "V York De 2 o ing in a Montmartre barroom. But his| mueh greater liar than he ever was B ek 98T e statistics, his mark of .996, which | Judge accounted for in thirteen more Commissioner Landis declared that in so far as he was concerned the | (oraition was such that it convinced st et 2 e | g At by Btufty McInnis of the In- | contests. Another athlete whose work *joint meeting would be held as scheduled, but he was not prepared to|me there was no possible chance of | ® fishter” a N ne/ ane SeAn mbg'ss, Ci 962 | dians, representing participation in | Stands out is Ray Schalk of the White ‘say whether the American League club owners would participate. Base |him defeating Carpentier. 1 would| take away his title as champ! IR Yuunl Phil. 20 = Sox. This veteran backstop, im the ~ ball leaders pointed out that it would be impossible for the American .. Leaguers to attend the date set because of their Chicago meeting. Presi- dent Johnson, in announcing the meeting for Chicago, said he could see no reasen for a joint meeting oi the major leaguers in New York, as no have refused to enter any agreement to let him stay four rounds, even hud it been proposed to me.” Descamps said he protests with Breatest energy against these nlup!(l heavywelight liar of the world” was the only comment which M. | Hellers, manager of the Semega- | lese mnde te mewspaper corre- Joe Sewell, Clev. 1R m!xllwnwn urk, THIRD BASEMEN. Ciev. 1,485 plays, all but six of which were handled faultlessly. Although tied with McInnis, Joe will be accorded an edge over the Clevelander because he took care of thirty more chances and participated in eight more games. tenth full year of service caught 143 games, led in putouts for catchers with 591, due largely to his lblllty to get under fouls, and is credited with 150 assists, twenty more than - ¥ 0 e ot S accusations. 5 R s Si Perkins of the Athletics, his closest subjects of importance were facing the club owners of the two leagues. .4-““ ambition, of |Carpentiar and| PoRScnts this MorRiRg when con ; Aside from “l‘l'f“ and J“‘H°|I“:“: rival in this respect. “I can say this much.” Commis- | If for the close of our pugilistic| fromted with Siki's “confession” S e e e euine sioner Landis said today. me. he continued, “was to get this| comeerming the Carpentier anyi € y " “with his floppy bla . son ‘announced © a small tree, was a picturesque fig- sued a call two weeks ago for | the joint meeting. President John- | the meeting of the! Americun League for Chicago only | last week. In so far as 1 am con- | int meeting will be held | duicd. i white-haired commissioner. | 'k hat and carry ing a cane that resembles a limb of | ‘RARSE FLAG SATURDAY AT PUBLIC GOLF LINKS With two of the original golf play- negro once more into the ring with | It Georges—to get a revenge match. would have been & suicidal pol r part to wotk for his disqualifica- tion. “Georges doesn't want any titles which he does not earn in the ring: thus we intend leaving for America next March or April to challange Harry Greb, who is much more quali- fied than Siki to wear the title of champion. | published in some of the m | papers. M. Hellers added that he would defend himself to the limit, ai defled M. Dingne, the Senegalese deputy, to produce the alleged fram unsupported word of Siki. M. Hellers has been alling for E. E. La Moite, Wi 3R Btephenson, Clev. W. L. Gardaer, 'Clev.. R 128 James Dykes, Phil R 141 way during the recent sgeason, al- though the records of Johnson and Zachary in going through the cam- paign without having 2 single bobble charged against them are commend- able. Peck Plugged Hole at Short. Asx a team the Nationals are listed fourth, this climb from the cellar po- sidion. or next to it, where the Griff- men have landed for the past few SHUGRUE SCORES OVER JACKSON INTEN ROUNDS JERSEY CITY, N N. J., December 5.— e at the Yational Ass ot ! ers e District of C i years being due in largd measure to vention today. s appeared in the | fiag will he raised Saturday at 1;Will be presented in the ring as well| sick hed paugh plugged the hole formerly ex- | Willle Jackson in the tenth round __band finger. hotel lobby nursing a bruised right- | due to excessive zoliing. o'clock on the ground Potomic goif course. The “old-timers as in the courts. I hope the American and the world public will be satisfied | isting at shortstop. The champion Yankees and the of a twelve-round bout last night. Shugrue, after the opening round, “and an hour after. circulating among . will be Col. Henry May and Maj. Ed- (il our innocence. Tf Carpentler de- | W White Sox are tied for ranking at the | gppeared to_have little dificulty in { the major and minor leaguers, was, ward F. Riggs. May was president | feats Greb there will be no further| ra. H I'Irubu 4 top of the list with a percentage of | getting to Jackson. The youngster obli ! and Riggs secretary for fifteen years |guestion of our ever having asked :m- The publication of Siki's charges ;\‘ Qlren-iDet s .975, with Detroit third, its mark of | gent the veteran to the floor at the poc from overzealous handshakers. Two Leagues Way Quit Draft. The first of the minor | leaguers is scheduled for this after- | noon, when Fresident H. M. Sextor will begin the organization work and to save it from further injury | \when the game was played at Rosi | on hand. of the first golf club in the Dist y But there will be some voung 'uns too. for six-year-old Bobby Morris and Georze McMorris will be guests of the public links manage- ment. These two youngsters take some mean wallops at the ball. second-rater Siki to quit.” ereated a e m in France. MOGULS READY TO TRADE, /: BUT NO DEALS ARE MADE .970 being just one point better than Washington's. The figures indicate that fielding generally last season was below the standard set in many campaigns pre- viously, with the best work being 960 | done around first base and back -of the bat, and the most notable defi- end of the sixth round, but the bell saved Jackson. In the seventh, eighth and ninth rounds Jackson tool considerable punishment and in_the tenth a left to the jaw sent him down for a count of nine, when the round ended i and his manager threw in the sponge. appoint committees to consider im- “poary golf player in the District is ciencies being apparent in the garden portant problems. The first impor- m\‘m,d particularly if he be an old- and at the far corner, third base being . fane session will be held tomorrow | iiner " Saj. Rigss says it he cmn ! Srobably the poorest provectea sector | VILLA TO FIGHT TWICE < oon. The questio e draft| jnd it he will bring alons a solid = 5 of them all -probably will be brought up. and it is I"” € e . . 3 - 5 putter that was the first prize 3 o = outhe sso . B¥e L e b S e 2 i 1 e o NEW YOR! 5 ‘,,a":r,r;‘,":.'u:{h”";m The flag:raising i to, wmark (he OUISVILLE, Ky., December 5—"We'll buy ball players. but they 3 Qf.‘;."':}."'?;fia'if?:r'.d‘z"l' {f,ffit‘;‘,‘:fi,‘ i O e ~io join the American A tion. In- | ;:‘(“,__‘;'!“ Eat f’:{‘:"‘m‘l';‘,fil";,:';’,;l gotta be good and we won't give our last darn cent.” That is the » another _tribute to the manner n-;i . ternational. P Cestern il i ; i ; which the keystone combination o and Three-1 Leagues—the five organ- | 501 foUrae, |The vational tournament burden of the song the representatives of the major league clubs L o Harels and Pevk worked with Judge | 2lso has been matched to box Terry < that declined to subscribe to > American A who vesterda iation club own- | re-elected Pre: It is expected that several hundred public links plavers. will come to vashington for the tourney. Z ing it to the tune of “\We Won't Go F but it is the search for ball playe are singing today at the Louisville minor league meeting. They are sing- {ome Until Morning,” and they don't, rs and not for bourbon that keeps ‘The Browns, with 158, beat all former records for dual killings by three, while the Red Sox and White Sox each pulled a pair of triple plays, with Martin at Madison Square Garden De- cember 23. The Genaro bout was scheduled 1o have been the little Filipino's last the adoption of a schedule. In the | }“"1?;2,,.;‘;;‘_,& upiand threro The minor leaguers listened with receptive ears, and then raised their "% mong the notable individusl rec. | OIINE of this conte past no association pre Pine Valley, near Phliadelphia. o prices two bits a player aiter the serenade had passed by and leit them RELREEEERTS 258caneZEuies CVERETELIT Y TIN5t ords was that of Sisler. The St. Louis contest is in doubt the arranged JEepved 4 rerm longer than three vears.| yiay over the famous course built by | intac ; . B I e IR | S e Sl B0 Nt l- | George Crump. Those making the S : i g vork | into buying a plaver instead of sell- 20 824 | self s0 greatly on attac ¥ | ty-fivie teams of = : d vice presi-|irin’include t Champlon . J. ] B Barow ieday sald the e rork ] A ant] ] 38 ”‘ime batting statistics, published yes. | women Soceer Blayers. tion voted oy Sears, and the assocla- | punphy. Guy M. Standifer, Clark C.|American League club probabiy would | caie to in time to realize that he had | gion v;».(almm s ,".m‘n..- \aiver price | Griflith. A- MacKenzie, heorze P put the finishing touches on the trans- | about thirty-seven on his hands he SIEEo00 to $3.000. with the recall | james, Dorald Wuodward, B.lfer of Jakie May to thelr team. Jakie | Wanted to get rid of. ithdrawn. ! G. H. Chasmar, Fred Me- He| Julius Heineman of New Orleans b 168-Game Schedule Likel I'resident Hickey said a schedule of 168 games probably would be adopted, the dage of opening depending upon the date of the major league start. If the majors open on April 11 the as- sociation w!ll swing inte action on the same date. Blake Harper, 1 owner of the Fort nith, Ark., club of the Western As- ciation. today signed Fred Hunter, former first baseman with the Pitts- urgh Pirates and later with Kansas . as manager of the club for next season. He also purchased Outflelder Seamon. Pitcher Benton. Inflelder Lewis aud Pitcher Ferguson from the | Syracuse club. | Outfielder Silva of the Birmingham €lub of the Southern Association was traded for Outflelder Miller of the Wichita Falls, Tex, club of the Texas League. HEYDLER SEES NO SLAP | AT LANDIS IN BAN’S ACT| NEW YORK. December 5.—The ac- | tion of Presiden: Johnson in desig- | mating Chicago instead of New York | as the scene for the meeting of the American League and thus pre\enung‘ a scheduled joint session with the Na. Diegel and Wilfred Reld. James M. Thompwon, professional at the Mohawk Club of Utica, N. Y., was in Washington yesterday, and wasre- ported to be negotiating for the post of professional at the Chevy Chase Club, made vacant when Orrin A. Terry left the club. He left for the south in the afternoon. Emil Loeffler. boyhood friend ol Open Champion Eugene Sarazen, is in. Washington today and probably will play at Columbia. loeffler Is pro- fessional at the Oakmont Club of Pittsburgh. ROTH GOES TO INDIANS. NEW YORK, December 5.—Frani Roth. coach of the New York Ameri- can base ball team, will coach the Cleveland Indians next season. Roth said the arrangement was made with the full agreement-of the Yankee managers. READY FOR CUE FINALS. -orge Wheatley, Drew Thompson. l"nlnll Henshaw and Clive Richmond have qualified for the final round of the pocket billiard tournament at Grard Central Academy. The first once pitched for Branch Rick did well some days while on others he dreamed there were three home plates and tried to pitch to all three of them. “Too wild," said Branch, and sent him to Vernon, Calif., where Jakie imme- diately went entirely wild and won t’v‘\e'nly-nve games or something like tha been to the St. Louis club in 1922, if Branch had clung to his slender shanks. The Giants “reckoned as how. they might buy, sell or exchange.” Just how, ! when or where they are not quite ready to state. George Grant of the Boston Natlonals emphatically stated he would take any good ball player that he could find, and Mike Cantilion, who over- heard, snorted and fell out of his chair. “‘Good ball player.” he choked, in deri- sion. Mike maintains there are none such on sale. Here’s the Other Side of It. ‘Walter Hapgood of Rochester admitted his club would buy players when the major league clubs quit asking $5,000 apiece for them. “We thought it was the other way round.” chirped & major leaguer, who had been pricing minor league ivory. “The ivory hunt is keen.” declared ; Willlam McCarthy, president of the Pacific Coast League, and “the price has not receded in California. You cannot lure us into a draft p: What a live wire he would have | | came to Loulsville to get some play- ers to win a champlonship for his city next summer. “We have got the Yankees to train on our grounds and all we need now is to win a pennant. Any ot you fellows got any players to en Reds and Bues May Swap. Looks as if Pittsburgh and Cincin- nati may hit up a trade. The Buc- caneers need a second baseman and . might take Bohne, who will need a |job if Pat Moran's announced pro- gram is carrled out. Cincinnati needs 2 pitcher and Glazner would be just the boy for’Cincinnati. Everybody got jammed up over the | conftict of major league meetings. | “The nerve of Johnson.” said one | minor leaguer. “calling_the American | League meeting for Chicago when | Landis called it for New York."” | The fact that Commissioner Landis i has not the slightest thing to say | about calling the American League meeting seemed to have escaped at- tention. The commissioner has noth- |ing to do but prepare to address the minors. They can trade ball players, |but they can’t trade commissioners, { They don’t even have to ask waive: on_commissioners. 1 o e e ity Vaudts Hoc % | 85" narmca wre (5 b sbponents fn s {lon Mhen e can grow, ‘em, polih |on commismonsrs L\ g e sign of strained relations between | M3tch ~fonight, = siarting at T:30)at guch paltry 2ums as $100,000 each. | jolnt meeting December 14, irtespec s,” G Do these gentlemen think we are |tive of an: ing. the two major leagues,” in the opinion SRR When did the advertised it, has received acceptances of President -Heydler of the National League. “Such difficulties as we have ca bs adjusted in any meeting room, Heydler says, adding, “The only irri- tating factors in the present base ball mituation are those existing between the majors on one side and the minors on the other.” GOLDEN TORNADO BOOKS NINE BATTLES FOR 1923 ATLANTA, Ga., December 5.—Geor- gla Tech has listed nine . foot ball games for next fall, as follows: SOCCER CLUB TO MEET. Washington Soccer Club’s team that is to play a Baltimore aggregation Sunday on the Monument lot, will be selected at a meeting tonight at 1303 F street. All candidates are to re- port at 8 o'clock. —_— Misn Carolyn V. Plattuer, a youthful American girl of business _ ability, will open a_school for women d players in Rio de Janeiro. Match Your Odd Coats philanthropists? get l into base ball for their health! Otto Borchert, owner of the Mil- waukee club, who throws a wide and wicked curve in the American Asso- ciation, nearly talked George Grant MEN’S and will go ahead. If any owner should be unable to attend the party. that is the owner's. lookout, and the commissioner declines to worry. (Coplfllh! 1022.) WE A better Ulster than you have known in | EEanarmas |l Witk Ou Spechl years. 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