Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 31

SRPORTS. HEMPHILL, THE EX-STAR OF DIAMOND, NOT DEAD NEW YORK, December 3t— Former oficials of fhe Nev: York Al Buse Hali Clab ACHTSMEN OF CHICAG_O AND CUBA PLAN RACES CI.ICAGO, December 31~—Yacht ‘of ‘an international faver between the Chicage Yaeht Club and Cuban yachtzmen await only of lere, Cuban Bas anncunced. “Plana for the rase HUGH DUFFY COULD SOCK P i WITHTHEBEST OF ’EM ‘. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. old-timer. whd eould sock with the best was Hughie Dufi; cently deposed a} manager of the Red Sox, in hiy yaunger| days one of Beston's tmost illustrious sluggers. Hughie’s batting ‘avers age of A3 with the olq— Boston Red Stockings int 1894 is the highest makk ever achieved by apy major. Jeague batsman, with the exception of James MIDGET. SMITH IN SHAPRE: FOR BANTAM TITLE BOUT BY FAIR PLAY. N EW YORK, December 21.—The second championship bastie of the - 1922 FIGURES TOP COBB’S MARK BY NARROW MARGIN; =~ Brownie’s Average This Year. Was 1419795, While Georgian’s *.420" Record Set in 1911 Really. . Was Fraction Smaller, Being :419626. - - N batting champion of all time. This became known today:- year's figures credit the St. Louis American League star -m..w hits in 586 times at bat. That gives him a percentage of 419795: You . indoor pugilistic season will be staged Friday evening at Madison Square Garden, where Midget Smith and Joe Lyneh, bantam weight titleholder, are scheduled for a fifteen-found xrar( The first of the scason was on {he same froat, where Mickey Walker relieved Jack Britton of the welterweight crown. The writer went over to the gym where Smith is training to see huw hdly he was battered by Johnny Cprtain Monday night, when fought Curtain on a few hours’ notice. Midget’s body still reuined mm marks of the hammering he got, but the marks looked to be more on the surfeces. Certainly Smith showed no signs: of soreness when he vhn going lllrmh a light sparring match and was several times struck on his ri BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, December 21.—George Sisler is the Amersican bec.ue Was ‘a marvel on the bat he got two hits and scored two 22 the l\g\«hesu“'i‘;“(nhb got an average of 420 for the season of ‘1911 his 'v!;:,'::fe :::h h‘&-nlh‘: ?I‘:.:‘:;y ::l‘; mklr"ml ;'nr a..“r:::h:: ‘l?;:'r" 2 }flx wn:;n‘ l;lhla figures ran out 4 which is a small fraction smaller than Sisler’s actual y course supervisor tor n!’e"cm Chase successive seasens.and in Kine R mn ,Slub left the figures. That' g it down rather fine, but figures are figures. And |Club, the golf committee of the club S e Dl neon organisation fof the W those figures give Sisler a win over Cobb. as Atnerican League premier o O i L ST ST T e with the stick. It puts him within one point of Pop Anson’s best record | notable work in course construction and eighteen points are all that separate hkn from Duffy, the anon d upkeep. will take up his new League leader with the bat. ties January 1. Eddie Collins led the second base:; ——— flnuu of the new professional, when | Clu . G. AB. R the. latter is appointed. :n D n - 0 A & Seversl minor improvements in the men of the American League in fleld- | course, including installation o ing in 1922 and he led them in bat- ting as well. His fielding percentage was .976. He accepted 857 chances to make that figure. ' 3till some say he is BY s nA‘[A Obtaining _an experienced and highly trained course supervisor to|lS80 O _ ' Nataal . o bunkers, which have not yet been con- structed under the plans for'rear. *|rangément of the course..will be made under m direction of the new.course . He will have complete going back Perhaps that is due to the fact that he has been a major all work on the golf . league player for so long that he can \ tc called a veteran. Veterans are al- ways the first picked on as going back. 1f Eddie is on the way back oS T ancenwaEofursceing be: cmcmo. December 21.—Bafi John- | have complete sharge of the golf Sau ore chances in course 8 a new departure among 1922 than in 1921, son, president of the American-League, | cOUTs olt clubs, although course ar- Would ; today turned over to Commis#loner | piccts from out of town have fre- SO Yeety Janu Tnsiie IS DandmEAt er¥ Lt "’”"‘l uently been employed to reconstruct Vo wonder the Yankees want Col- | Investigation of base \,, e e prl S aeursds: SRunNers asaport complieaiacisn be rebullt on the first;: sixth, ofithe Awesiokn I andAfteenth holes hdor the the recent joint mestin irebtion of Mr. and iao. iuipreased| Mr. cotirké supervisor learned his profes- requested .that it be slon in Great Britaih and has biult ns. Huggins figures that a steady Y player like him on second base will him, so. that he migh! several courses Both in this country which he had & N sue Hughi .:m...'&‘ .nflmnfnl .2 ng yoar’in, 71 games e of the’ Kn&orm i e, wk remained lhr! ears, ddrfhg whieh time Hu‘hle\ hr s _mallaging the a5t thirty-four con; .fl".. (Trem 3000 W 3000, inclustve, -n-a-..-ug-{ Ill. the Nattonal Leagtie ‘White. Stock. y with Angon's CN! 'ings on Jume 2 sajd that Hermes was kicked by a horse owned by Mr. Sanford while he was walking with a com- nnlan to the clubhouse before the NO BARNES-FOR-LUQUE BID MADE, SAY GIANTS NEW YORK. December 21 —Em- evet, O‘Ndfl&q-indfli $yérage in the fredk year when bases on balls runs. nson start th oungster in Base paths and wasid run-scorer. Me A arted the youngster scribed weight today. ASKS $50,000 DAMAGES | aciuine sov NEW ‘YORK. Decombe 2L—Wil- pound, and Eugene Criqul would not ,u“ brought sult for 980,000 against the be called oft, apparently 4id him more © gave York. It ought to be quite a scrap. Frank- ignored our warnings,” he sald. o vacate a 4 ! new chairman would Iikely be named Fing, bus at o' siral angie, avd no: heavyweight chambion. weuld not be y weight, made a0 fine 2 showl: rules of the boxing board, made Wil. l"“" Dermi make one—that it be Reld on Lake m{vv CHASE ENGAGES counted o bits, the $ear;producing fifteen 400 batsmen. For a'man of M % Duffy was one of the hardést hitters the game ever produbed, as he' was a batsman who smashed his drives for tdrrific liners, and his fits’ totgled many bases. In 1894, when he led the Nafional can't get away irom it if the totals are correct, and there isn't any reason Midget looked to be ‘it very fine to believe they're not. According to the rules-of procedure in makin, ¥ ght field, though on "the” Boston 2 - o P4 rnnel. L. James, a green keeper|Was one of.the fSw.players to '““ Sh-mmn- he d1d his Dest k. ahould have no troubie n tiing down to It on Friday At Nam_ Mulg s Theron B. Hermes, a former aviator, s. Yor siags ninteny st of the No¥ |who seys he was Kicked by a horse| As to'the champlon, the & here in a feathérweight ‘Westchester Racing Association and, oo o ohip bout while e was head of the |John Sanford, according to a paper | S0od than harm. for reports feom hix iibane every opportu- ly (hl-";rlter’npccln Lynch to.take T HE intimated care of himself and his title. Unless they would not take Chairman Mul- in the middle. when . 8mith took office. S Chairman Buldoan anmounced alao el bt oD allowed to Box fn New York under | against Mickey Walker—Henry Lew the jurisdiction of the presemat com- | the reff, now says he shight ha ard meu.m, for a_license, it ooks now as tho hn 4 umlnd ef- ‘38 | expluined e AL AR fort will be o amains: E. (“Tip") O'NeilFéhark of 492 with the St. Louis Browns in 1887. How- A mURSE SUHWISUR League in his total bases reached the :muln; figure of 3. Hugh! ushe shape. He pretty nearly st the 1 420 b f ne” KICKED BY RACE NORSE i34 pound base ball statistics, Sisler, therefore, should get a atting average for o aTeh et ot Betenatve L2 | over 560 bases, dné i he A ol equrs o'clock. He fought Monday n 124 nounced today. that Johmny xmnne in Belmont Park June 7, 1921, has| epoughe the Friday :l“h'- fight was to 'bo y governing boxing. filed in was never in detter shap nity to fight and not to pose and he |Justice doon’s edict too urlmnl{ in that & et e L y that Jess Willard, former world Phil Krug. the Jersey City middie- mission. Tho age limit, under the awarded th n te Krug, had he ade ¢ he statement relative to Willard | phatic denisl is made by oficlais of | Johnny Wilson, Plfl is (ul .ru‘ Iruulud from reports that the former | the New York National League Club | over the way his t Allo has champion and Dempsey might meet | that John MeOraw nu ever offered | come back to shape. For mm- bout here. to trade h-!nmnqn ltcher, to| he 4 of neu [} the, problem of curing the trouble all by himself, on the qulet. Fln.ll{ when the came 5 James Tierney, sec- | f 1 his self-heal| and retary of cn ub, sald. “!l )lr Me- | he snapped out the old right withou: re-establish an infleld that is inclihed 1o have its shaky spells more often than it should. As captain and Dll' ing the infield his influence would Boston boxer, ose ‘middlewelght title was de- clared forfeited in New York state, in urned over to the same category with Kiidane, combat’ m:: revi termed souBRARERRS 2RSS, l-llEcolnh %EF:‘.: i ; ’:; ‘: ; very good. p y g:abroad —_——— There has been talk that Collins|slimiest crooks I have ever encoun- 2 Graw ever made such he n or a creak Krug went wila noilgEo,han been talk that Colline | alimies 4 . | S e BURKE TO ASSIST OBANCE. | never uttored it to'a sod uup! Sar | with Joy. 5 3 ultimately replacing Huggins as man-| Mr. Johnson's investigation wai 3 LESSONS .Tetal 17 years........... 6990 1345 2307 32174 884 CHICAGO, December 31.—Jij ry Herrmann, and 1 don't think he| From now on he wiil be Keard from ager. Since Huggins is the man who |carried on only in Chicago, wher uTTLE 2 e (COPyright, 2. <o - e - - Burke will act asaistant to p'rn.': ever sald anything to him> frequently. He wum Dave Shade, pools are said to apemou oh.a more extensive scale tham any omer jace in the country. According io ohnson, the repart names the pueu where the tickets are di Just how Mr. Landta tntent (- com- | Lou Bogash, 8 and all the ure Col- = I Test of the nl‘lln right down the first began the effort to lins, it is plain t there isn't much to that sort of Kéwssll\ 1t doesn’t seem probable that Huggins will leave the Yankees hurriedly in view of his sue- cess. No matter what is sald about him it must be admitted that he has Chance, newly appointed manager of the Boston - Red Sox, Chance an- TIP POR FISEXRMEN. 1 nounced. Burke formerly was mana- \ cag lnr‘ of .l.he S:QPI;::I- Arnerlgumr u:e bHAIP! P‘ERIIY. 'i Va., Decem- | ast season as coach of the ~—The Potomac river was cléar| 1In ome roaptet Red Box. under Hugh Dufy. Chance | from Cumbariand ta = Wishin on| nipesrs to be a resl 3 chrapton. H- algo annous c uinn, | Junction an 0 nows how to r, had signed his contr: was clear this mornin, per sp. e i Fog '(l;e?rlp O'Neil RUEL TAKES BAR EXAMS. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. December Long. piteRer ?m" Loutsville Amer. | 21.—Harot Ruel twanty.five, catcher fcan Assoeiation , has o Boston Red 80X, was one of 140 been p.nnuu i club of \l.w sludm- taking the bar examina- lflhn 6n Here Ppitch MOBILE GETS PITCHER. MOBILE, Am Deeember 21 —Tommy pulled the team through—Ruth and all—to two ieague pennants. If the New York ericans get Collins they will have a .300 hitting infleld based on last vear's perform- bat the pools has not been sAnounced. ance. Pipp batted .329. He may not repeat in 1923 becausc that was a CE ATTRACTS GOLFERS; At it i MAKES AID OF HAZARD batted 324 Scott was zood for .2 .287._ Scott Is not likely to do better. b:tt“lrlmnn m It would be a pow- | ertully " defensive infield, .and even | . 2 with Ward It has proved to be that| LOUISVILLE, Ky., Deoember 21.—An because, despit Ward's nervous tend- |‘explanation: had been found taday for ency to fight the ball, he is unques-!the suddenly Increased ity of tionably a valuable defensive man. Jinter golf on the municipal course at ks Wanat Piteher, Toe. Cherokee Park The failure of a posaible reinstate- { 4, 1 ;“‘,";‘m""“"(hf‘ e ment of Kerr upset the Collins dealf onthy and eleventh just as it looked as if it might g through with a whoop. Chicago was willing all right, but Landis says, that Kerr trangression was too wiil- ful, and that he must stay out of th game another vear at least. Further- | more, if Kerr plays again this sum- mer with ineligible men he probably | will _get another vear's absence forced on him. because that sort of thing is not fo be condoned at all | If the Commissioner cannat L et “death valley"—Is v.ne magne l draws the buffers, -ccordlnc 1o "tnpl Hunt, custodian, Players who have contributed a ball Jr)\ round to the collection in the lake 1 during the summer now are out to take advantage of the haza: hazam, In the opinion of this ebserver. A well . known Louisville duffer yes- terday. drove In midsummer form—that is the ball landed in the mldae of m e, according to his eom! SilK Shirts Hinctivelys e reachad {or anotnes. bl Yanks want a_pitcher to take his'Tpe clink of the ball on the ice caused place because Chicago will Not even | the plaver ta raise his head and he sa consider a trade without getting o his drive carom neatly across the )a.ke of the New York pitching staff in as to the green. dition to Ward. who, of necessi i1 always maintained bililards helped would take Colilns' place at second | £ol.”, was his comment, delivered with for the White Sox. . its-e m.mn the-techniquy (Copsright, 1922.) NS ASICATON GRLS AVDNGLEADRS RES ON INELBLES - N RFLE OURNANENT| AUBURN, N. Y. December 21.— COLUMBLUS, Ohio, December 21.— Chairman John H. Farrell of the na- { Two go-eds -were among the high tional board of arbitration of thei i;flre&s in ‘lh(' first round n(ghthe §me- k shooting “tournament at Ohlo State National Association of lroxesslon:l University. Miss Ellzabeth A Feltee! - Base Ball Leagues has given out the|of Columbun a freshman in Mie eott decisions_of the board following lege Rearing held by the commission on | 1288 of medicing. scared $¢ aut of & posaible Mi o the recent Louisville meeting of the | Ring of Xenta, Oh'.:‘:l.’f,'f.'fl',m, body. | culture, hung up of TIn regard to the return of melw'i Harrold Eman of New Vienna, Tieulture, won bles to minor base ball the followinZ | Onto, & sophomore | regulations have been formulated (0| she arst leg of the. rifle tournament govern in the future: | With_ a scors of 96, He was hard 1. Disassociation from “"“mb‘"mreased by Harold E. McFarland ef | ar is required before an aP- 'S¢ Clairsviile, freshhan uhumm Y} plication for any player listed a8 & | with & score of 95. ¢ contract jumper may be acted upon. Twenty shots, five each from stand- Flavers listed as contract Jump- | iyig, kneeling, sitting and' prone posi- ers who have not played with OF|tions, are fired by each contestgnt in against ineligibles or debarred Play-|the rifte t.,um.m..“ trom a distance | ers during 1922 may flie applications fo¢ nhyfe for reinstatement with the secretary | —e e of the national association. 1| PITT HOCKE o= ach individual case to be passe: YITES B0STO upon solely on its own merits. ' defended his title by defosting James| Players listed as reserve jumpers,| BOSTON, December $1.—The ?m- Reld, instructor at the Crescent A. C., whowe names have appearcd on the |burgh team of the United States 3 1 gible list for three successive |teur HocKey Assoclation will mal its eastéFf debut here tonight against the Victorias of this city. . 3 4.85 dare think they are sule shirts, because they are fron. our regulir makers and our .'own good stecks — cstom made from the selected silks White Jersey silks - Crepe de chine silks. Fancy Jersey silks Striped broadcloths Also a beautiful range of Galey & Lord’s Huvy Fiber Silks. All pure silk; all sizes; all sleeve lengths. t, the whele trouble results fromt an awkwardness at the -t ot the wpswing. The goifer al semember that the natural result i ll not ggt the x 24 3 tunl that it becories o’ propo- llll'. “s0 many things te t to do.” The ‘I ‘. it e Balt, you do it the matural- M weuld wonder why onte it tm the 'nn stroke is & with th 38 Bran.y ntring fine._molf shot, Solld comfert at the peint in e driviag . stroke where sélid Woven madras shirts $].85 Shirt satisfaction here! Well made shirts that fit just so — long-wearing madras =~ the woven kind—imported and domestic grades. AH are striped; some with silk. - All sizes. (Copsright, Jebn F. Dille Ca) ——— SQUASH TENNIS HONORS _RETAINED BY KINSELLA NEW YORK, December 21.—Walter Kinseila, world professional squash ten- : nis_champion, = vesterday successfully | NG for on -in the second ef three scheduled matches. . - =z Kinsella took his first match:from Reid | R < 3 3 L 5 . vears may file applications for rein- on Saturday in straight games. statement with the secretary. 5. 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