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30 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1923. SPORTS. Owen Bush Named Manager of Nationals : More Magnates May Sell Interests EYANKEE PILOTS’ ALUMNI SUCCEEDS CLYDE MILAN IBUCBKllYS:AV';rI.IE MAKE Goop| | HERE'S NEW PILOT OF THE GRIFFMEN HoLos paiLy sessions HUSTON CAiL—Ei)—PRUDENT ‘ AS LEADER OF GRIFFMEN . Fili s | - — |mmezmes’ FOR DISPOSING OF STOCK with the unqualified approval of clation is holding daily informal . one of the players who needs a shortielder o1 i pr ot Hush's (ype to make ., Gom work, for Bucky husties all the time. S —— 1 e piaying personnel of the club, reunions in Peacock alley of the | 1 it the mentiments expreaxed by | | = . I . \ S 1! M ! i d by his | T . » o Choice of Veteran Ex-Detroit Shortstop Is Expecledl Tenmumatcn, Anked today | majer” bas"ball 1eagucs.”discun” | National League Will Open April 17—Means World | < = = c i years and the acquisith 3 3 e = to Supply Element of Scrappiness so Notably i minesa Bonic o : Evsads property by Col. sneon | Series Will Not Start Until October 9—Brave~ SEERE E cencinies b 7 e ; Lacking in Local Club Recently. |inciseuaveaineiwantaimakeinivery e L G R T Sell Holke to Phils. | ‘enpernmentally, Harris s con- Wolverton, s Frank Chanee, 14, e | stituted along (he same lues an | and Wi An i W v b BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ’; Rerved i paaig (b ! S SR SO D BY JOHN B. FOSTER. or more than a decade - past se. < « @ hali utility player here rals, Clark Griftith evidently actuated chiefly by the re to transiorm his listless, easy-going aggregation into a serappr. h epended upon to fight for every- l | thing i 1. i undoubtedly will bear | H y fruit. | e diminutive ex-Tyger is a batier first and foremost. and those acquainted with his temperament feel confident that no athlete under his | ' | dicectin who iaiis to give his best efforts to the team at al! times wiil N | rencain i the line-up. i s being buzzed about the gathered base ball folks 1o the cfiect 1 selectimg Owen Bust the Detront club an lin, does t expect (0 Jol |5 7 Y ' . R o et asite N EW YORK. December 13.—There were several hatials of ru as nrmager of the there are several other major league club ewners who are per I I- V[]'[[S I][]WN PLAN fectly willing 10 retire into the oblivion of the general public if they could ) 18 make as handsome a percentage oi profit as Col. Huston did through sale. 1 l All these rumors are repetitions of <ome that have gone beiore. They Ihgn at least the foundation of this much fact. namely. that the base hall situation has changed. and it wili continue to change: there is not alwass S=ded the unbounded assurance of support irom the public unless the cham. pionships can be <hifted occasionally, and there are unquestionably many who think that the man who can get out of base ball on a rising market thereby proves himself to be prudent. The s ping generally has been attrib. | . ise to the wre rans. for practically w v ut t major- | 11 ix expected that Bush will return hough it | o Tidiar W YORK. December 13.-—A pro- made by the Rochester Club in the International e Anso i HICAC polis from New York Vairs in orvder for assu psition, but he is not ox- | ted o visit Washington unti first nd ~All Merence ! League s One of base ball's most picturesqus rs’ standing for . | whom an offer of § characters went from the game w | heen e E Col. Huston got out. Col. Ruppert way ¢ - expected to sign the final papers taking r Hu Tt s ‘ i sts . Huston suid. was aimed at the twas i resl hones: Aness c Haltimore which for four years B e ol e s O gatd has won the pen WOEr I A0 i ) et A trade by alo Club of two pleasantness between Kaiser Bill Tall Commissi President of t et with t conne son. and. | S0, in Wit vapacity. has uot been | [EIVen out. The reticing manager may < be retained HCLINS purps s = do some: s but it isaan- i in full acc an League meeting | Johnson declared he was 1 with the administratic {tikely e will see any i@ seawiea LS G RCE T gaienc LS e n. piteher. and | and the rest of the world el S g A Sl third b, There will i, rv figure—Col B Third Basern This year's ol soccer Ruppert stand at the portais of t whers in the major leagu ng through prop: 1 controversy. n League executive s ud the joint mecting of | gue_ciul owners sched- | Thuisday and | reports from priva were at- | anda to ] Yank announced PLAYERS REINSTATED. CHICAGO, December 13.—Two for s members of the New K Amer- Who we v the inelizible § ed by Commus 1A Well new stadium nex e championship will be a Tto e worthwhile honor. for never before by Charles H. | has the siruggle for the coveted title been xo ke {to clash in reat ans, and he will & slice of profit. at W minutes, next sp Spormous grandsiands begi 1 the he w Le major uled for enec wiih Indizn- « been rems ndi hey are Jo ! DE PALMA NOT TO SPEED + detecti s which inv p Siss i i san e ball. - throug i Yonn The American Leagu ON HIGHWAYS, HE SAYS : S but Rty one s bu which the Xati ub owners probably would vot i Ginias L lgone to t ted vesterday did ot cart the 1 April § week later ADERA. Calif., December The first meet despite the p much. Al of nnpor n usual, although he favors onen- | LD Pgdma, T: t riods, result nal did was 1o fix Tuesdar. son a week earlier than | i ute « Past nin s draw. Then Monroe man- S tihe opening date of 1 ] H Ted Ode i | it S released sesterd, <lip - -0 - This means that the S had leoniceual itchers, and have belicved that the ) AT T ut twenty- but yesterday's ma s a repeti- World series next fall probably wil. Wwith the 1+ pliyers and publiec | been s should s el sheed RSl ermiigys ) 2 e Gone tle of the 1O Start until October 8. Other mat e h o his G sive Hm.‘fi s over to th i club of the as pos: ' . S risa, l“l’\f trausacted were merely rout ulated 1o imh : ue in part payment for w TiEhwasaiase Goncsthoaty e Tran The sehools wil] tr lin this Waiter Holk o bas zone fro Boston to the i'h is @ first-class i mechanical abili the sun shines, might be, conscientio of heg adelphia 1 atios o with bat whey fast as ho 16 the verge he said. poon on Union station plaza field, | V any danger from | 2 S e O | starting at HARRIS 8, GILMORE | T St e o Kinde of { Sarting at a : I ! 7 1is auite likel 1 EAL]‘ BASE'RUNNING MARKS E S OWEN BUSH. = é]UNIORTE‘N—NWRNEY :]nrr‘ g - With both tean - HELD BY BILLY HAMILTON e | _TOSTART DECEMBER 26 Follow ball in the thre 2 times to Iw ng games, will hail w 4 h NS TONE. T Dan Tipple. pitcher 0 one was cne Annerie I who demand that the local te f the success it may rer will never b dering whet ng Mon- [11cast fight for cversthing e L Coxt was 2 tas field di v of the N s middle n (eI bR Al Tahiior ( Bush hax a tough job on his hands. < a tough guy himself. With the i T = L 5 ' 5 e > di TR0 i . the Pierce (0) P - BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. | idget i the saddle. it ooks ax if the duso of shirkers on'the rorter of the i1} Ao B I3 : : speed Doy of them afl was Billy Hamilton, lie fulds the | 220 d J j e Tub, will j Zener Ll TER l e o : o Frvs 1 S Esex o National League scoring and stolen base records. statistics giving | — e S Sio i E .C. H. B._ et him ciear tite’to every scoring and base-running record. { VALUE OF YANKEE CLUB ARRAY II A sipeles and dovhies. © REs s S Hamilton holds more records than you can shake a stick at. Hej e jun indoor ¢ onship | 2eamon I R F B ek N Pe At e Imrried in 190 runs for the Phillies in 131 games. in 1894, which is carrying | IS FLACED AT $3,000,000 : ¢ xth of the boys' event. Toeh” - CF £ e g Ihmd o | the scoring of runs inte the wholesale department. Babe Ruth took ai That the New Vork American — . Ee T E Highteld 1y an £e mEab plans, - { crack at that record in 192, when he scored 177 runs in 152 games.i League Club, including the new | HEADS TIGER HARRIERS. | Referee_Temnsson. Time of halves—20 Dodgers Wounld Bolster. he had not yet!| His record of 115 stolen bases with | Despite the official record Look.! stadlum. ix valued at S5000000 | J.. December 17— | minutes (two extra periods of 10 minutes The Rre EREET formulat { the Phillies in 1581 11 remains the :X"v‘_xr‘;'v;::'d :ell- ;4';”""&'"':"‘“”'("" ::;’d was made known by Co i E ll-n«l»ur Raymond of Kansas Ci eq an outfit which .~-I 4 Re predic] | mos es belongs to on. % b cd captai Cbut Squ “harley Tl The” way | pmsh put it |Pest mark in € not to Hughie Duffy. Hamilton| Ruppert in discussing the deal PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Decemb e s eptmiod At A Y:r':dl:-d:nnlpn\ 1 Tm seing o de my i il {1V aNe SR BILGUL that DY we scored over 100 runs in eleven sca- | that made him sole cwner. e PR e e r S sl EQumds ipnp b= gy e in 18 en he filched | -~ o | T o ~—The Spe a ub. one of the . " 2 = - expert the player | for the |Kansas (Glgielud | Sons ten ingsuccession | ®aid that several weeks ago an world's 1 \& rowing orsanizations, | the Harvard, r need. . en Johnston first big ! 1. 1858, Kansas ¢ ve we have the | t-cluss ball club ! team that uw{ Tt ctale n r_in the h all time aterial for a fir and hope o produc roud ¢ ition, then Hamilton played me on Jul has been given a staggering blow, pqonsular gamoaiion Sah i is announced that two of its world's | la “"":i it Slchile champion or and a dozen ori PILOTS PENN RUNNERS. | 1o more of the star scull and swecps of the old Awmerican Assoc! T learu: league g oth- ame, n I third n for the ad in his tucky turfman. SeaRi L IOns: Ol e aar il dnd e ty contends many r<. When Sndiimeh lerstond to invelve n figuve | DWINECTS Of Ihe body have resigned | winno the eiine or run. Hamilton SLMO000 for th mbined ot et iter e i taL azue b on August pert and Haxton interests, e vl Tl e ST Charley Fulmer. catching for Bal- first big duy Wi on 1888, when he scored \ho. pair. | vania stole four bases in a | won tin world double | season. wame e Gieveluna. " “'PLAYER K. 0.’S UMPIRE | up T o b it mal League i ! AND FREE FIGHT ENSUES |ixy; Thonas Mixuire, of the four poor heaith himseit for a greater part | comparing him with Cebb and Mc-" led the onal Leasue in batting in | f the campaign, and handi- | Graw, two of the greatest base-run- 1. twice went abeve 590 and nf " P TR o e S A capped by crippled pitching staff [ ners of their respective periods | 1894 missed the .400 class by only 2|Bs (880 e senfor four: George nd the failure « al highiy | placer, Games. Runs. | points. CO CIT Charles M the grade. | gamilton ...... 1,578 Hamilton rapped out 200 hits two | esibricks and) singles’ champion’ on # team regarded in the | Cobb .......... 2.304 ! seasons in a row, collecting 223 hits "“_ DROnG e huyikili: Hannis, four and + eaieuiant 5 45 Jeertain fMotraw 1.080 43 16 (3 5wt and 203 in 1895 ; I D ared crews; Rabbitt Walker nt contender higher tha ixth milton di regularly in| Billy hit .300 or better twelve con- | pio] € e S b ord and Capt. Fred Gutgesell of and naturally felt greatly dise |, B0 A0 R0t Bl o while. | secutive vears of the fourteen that|Scnord. team td an attack b i | gh injuries or other causes. Me & the sclect circle Taa Virtn e e Ta bvly aaven 1. his last season in per Clupy every pron hody 1t is o blow wh Club from the pi world to the dep lership | was not definitely connidered. il Co i tain of the timord for oo, w Steppe : individual r e 1 ords for Billy. Some ldea of Ham at > ! ton's suprem; in the -runnin Milan. The latte land scoring field may be gleaned b ard the Nozales Americans, were esc el by the nolic Marauez objected Lo tie decision on close play in ihe tenth inain; + winier n‘.nn.lh.« a s i all came He ;-]I.A,\ul hi x;' Sty o : Cits . et ctruck the umt lk:"rl suspende me in 3 the Sau SN® Knnsas City couscious. HY GG a club rezuiation A Philadelphia e upon the field and there was a lively @ club resuiation, i e lee between the shuectators Southern | 15 :::h:::,':::: N S | play The Nogales team is tou Goshen (N. Y.) horsemen muy ap- that sea- | yu ahl....... co on the invitation of ply for a franchise in the grand s rel 3 of the hiladelphin - ary of the Interior Calles. cireuit. niral League. 9 3 5 Philadelphin outh Bend of the same organization. Boston National and that year was awarded to Detroit | 1597 Boxton National the draft. He was loaned to h Boston Natfonal home team of the Ame Boston Natlonal tion during the campaign of r Boston National alled by Detroit at its 1 National in twenty games unde: went of Hughey (CCLeenfonecacnd 1578 6.262 1. He was ins - (Copright, 19 top of the . Charle:, until s b assignment with -Det ised fo Wasington by the waiver in midseaxon T e A 914 F St. WL 1303 F St 1410 \. 1. Ave, N ““Your Christmas Stores Here’s What To Give! For Men For Boys and Girls For Women Penknives . ...... Footballs ... ... $1.25 up 5 Fountain Pens. 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For at least ten of asons he has played in 3 ague Bush w: wp flight of shortstop One of Best Lead-Off Me: Never a hard hitter, he alw: a dangerous man at the bat vially in the pinches, and as a ground srer h @ few superiors, but perhaps b aside from | the faculty h 1 for imbu ll'lllh»! mates with scrappy qualiti he possesses in a gencrous meas: | ure was hisx ability to on the With n eve as Keen as an he seldom was t ked into wd balls, and his ab »ut got him on the b: ntly that he was as one of the most valuable men the game had produced. Bush last spring i ed the cen- his bo: for failure to report time the training camp and jor a period faced indefinite suspen- ~ion. He e: ped dr ic punishment when it developed that his tardiness was due to ren ing’ in Indianapolis to ha his ey treated. It was: trouble with his optics that really tforced him out of active service, rather than weak legs, to which msl AUTO GLASS Installed While You Wait. Make sure of the Taranto & Wasman N . 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