Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1923, Page 31

SPORTS. < Base Ball Is in SERENITY OF A YEAR AGO MISSING AS 1923 STARTS Public Interest Sustained Between Majors and , But Strained Relations Minors and Players’ Union Have Stirred Trouble. BY GEORGE January eb igh ther 1 relati <semt Union ilas Disturh 2 | 1uar ted i a fal | | o tives | | < men- | up tournament was | Mr. Sloeum’s § n don ymships between le CHADWICK. all does not begin the new year with that prevailed when the scason of 1922 chension of lack of pub- i e is o a agues do not exist. the too, the pl s been the low hla ave not confidence in the vers' union is a nt affects the history of all these always struck at the cities. cle EAST HCLDS BIG LEAD the Unive Pasader sity at San Fr Carlisle, chigan, 49; Pasxadena—Washin, ate. 141 Brow 1917, at ¥ i ton 10: P Unive 19, LGHT HCHEMK TEANS 0O WELL ON GRIDRON Mohawk Athletie Club's big eleven but t organ- it f rs, noof Jun inton pound t] steer erday’s | tp. The beat the | zame while the scoreless is 1 te M of the 12 Mohawk draw rs to 0, in poune playved with Arabs Tt seems that the Mohawk rs have not been defeated this son and for that reason they, instead of 1 Arabs, v sent to the fin round of division title Should the Stanton Juniors Mohawk Jun howeve would have face the titular 3 th Ju beat the former Arabs is how nged matt eps clearly to final portion of the th Durit were the bright s ns line-up. Of the losers, d Johnson were best. e ill stage the intercollegi- championships at 3 and 24. Reforms In matches are under White Little T Henrat Cornen ate wr Ithaca Mare condueti consideration. Tips on Playing Basket Ball; Correct Rule BY ED AKE-UP OF TEAM.—It also | holds true in basket ball| M that a good big man is bet- ter than a good little man, although | many of the very best players h.«\eJ‘ men of medium small With the big rugged caas] development will be slow un- | less the men are driven hard. nall | fast men get into form much faster? and for this reason must not be! worked too hard. Basket ball sense is what is need- ed by all. This means close co-ordi- nation of mind and body—the abil- ity to handle one’s self easily and effectively. The natural basket ball player has a tremendous advantage over the man that has been de- veloped at the expense of much time and energy; such a player is alway mechanical. “xperience counts for more in basket ball than in any other sport. Many men continue to play well for years after they have lost their speed and endurance, for no other reason been or e r,than through experience they are able, by very little effort, to cover their opponent at the proper time, and, although they only cut for the basket a very few times, when they do they *most generally score, Inter pretations THORP. Q How high ball at center? A. In professional game 12 feet. In amateur game to n height greater than_ eith can jump, and so he batl w hetween them. Q. Can either player jumping, for I cateh it without first tapping it A. No. Thix is a foul in profes- sional game, and a violation under amateur rules. In latter, ball goes to opponent out-of-hounds. Q. A player with ball, holding one foot on floor, steps around in_circle with the other foot. Is this a foul? A. Yen. If he takes more than one step while turning around. Q. Can_either center in ai game move out of position W jumping and catch ball after center has tapped it? A. Yes, provided he does not leave circle until after referee's whistle has blown, Q. In amateur game is “three men in” & foul against the team which' has two plavers in the play? A. Not unlexs ome of them holds, blocks, trips, charges, pushes or uses nnecessary roughness. (If there are any points about the game of basket ball or its rules which puszle you, write Ed Thorp, care of the Sporting Editor, inclosing stamped. return envelope. He'll give you a quick and correct decision.) e Cleveland is to have another track for light harness racing. must referee throw ateur thout other THE EVENING SBTAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1923. Athletic Progress. PADDOCK I GAMES WIT WEST isturbed Condition IS A STREAK OF LIGNTNING | LEROY SPORT S 81 Dempsey May Battle in Paris Shortly TITLEHOLDER IS IN LINE TO PICK UP EASY MONEY BROWN OF DARTMouTH JUMPED 6 FEET 474 INCHES \ INDOOR S OOT Wanen_— OLD CHAMPICH & FeET GLENN HARTRANFT - Tir niw sencaton CAN PUT THE SHOT ABOUT 1¥ FEET FARTHER play. Frank Right guard Right tackle Right ead... Quart Left Bught |ONCE A GREAT JOCKEY, | eries. | s required, i a | racing and i It will be|weight REINSMAN now _amon of the ha NOW CLEVER horse turi He won and pacer OF MATERIAL USED IN STADIUM AT LONDON An mense spart tadluin can rom the fac that 1,400 tons of ural steelwor ,000 Tivets, 600 tons of steel rods for reinforcing the concrete 00 tons of concrete, 10 n of t 14 miles of concrete bea cing of the stunds, COACH YOST INVENTOR OF THE FORWARD PASS Associated Pres CHICAGO, June 1.—The discoverer of the play chiefly responsible for the modern of foot ball—the for- ward pass—has just been found. He is Fielding H. Yost, veteran coach at he University of Michigan, Twenty- ive vears ago, nine years before th orward pass was used in foot ball, he ntroduced the spiral thr 5 it first_at Ohio Wesleyan Univers teach punters how to kick the spiral. Using his hand instead of his foot, for Yost s he was a poor punter, he explained to his squad how to im- 5,000 with his trotters idea of Iondon’ be gai t style I part a whirling motion to the oval to iV, direction. ~For many years he used this trick in coaching his backfleld, and in 1905, the year before the present-day for- ward pass, he published in a book on foot bali illusirations of his method of getting off his spiral throw. “In executing the spiral throw,” Yost said in his 1905 trticle, “place the ball on the hand as in the illus- tration. The ball should lie diagonal- ly across the palm from the base of the thumb to the end of the little finger. The arm should be brought forward in a horizontal line, and just as the ball leaves the hand it should be caused to revolve on its axis by suddenly jerking the hand around the ball and to-the left. The oval will thus be made to rotate like a spiral kick. The end of the ball that is ahead in the picture must be kept ahead all the time, The ball in this manner can be thrown with ease from thirty to forty yards. The revolution of the ball on its axis should be rapid. This pass can be made with or across the wind, and with practice the play- er can control its distance and direc- tion almost as well as if the oval were a base ball” WALKER VS. DELANEY. OKLAHOMA CITY, January 1.— Hugh Walker, heavyweight Kansas City boxer, known as the “iron man” of Fistania, has been signed to box Jim Delaney of St. Paul, light-heavy- contender _ sidetracked by it speed and a double “O” in shape, on the Left|Champlon Harry Greb and former Over farm, only a short distance from the North Randall plant, Champfon ~ Gene Tunney, twelve rounds to a decision here January & | i | | l he foot ball weather was forecast today for contest between and the i 30,000 spec- west Ivania State bination, e ped for rain, whi for their familiar 3 sl sunshine PITCHER MAY FINALLY Doyl Wwa v ) pl were from the public vy _Col Ya of ional force three among the lent ork o or t ion the c s aw v ifer: wet fir aspect s the fir oyed three Kitty t ti 1 the Cubs b They are Ja field and B stit 1 they =By Riptey- (0L | EGIAN FIVE PLAYS wree Kers. made o break And %o the world of sport moves Ye old-timer sh drous, ¥ th pions in A ela the will he firat Erea marks « sl to siarol Progress? MeNicol cham, any And —ene " n the first hex. ionship nset Goy vault ex over 1 cen-year. Califor, and b in . Jeie Ray wsually down the T the boyx of fod it proves a marked superio prexent generntion. with n ardin of 9 old Tint RACING SCENE SHIFTS. EW scene leans grounc urday " ORLEANS. of will is, w Is LAJOIE MOST GRACEFUL PLAYER OF ALL TIME B lar stops without an apparent effort, whi BY FREDER larruping Nap Lajoic Frenchman would glide ov ICK G LIEB. SE BALL'S most graceful player of all time was “King Larry erful wrists would send the ball bounding off the outfield fences. smacked the b; v man tern w Or- fair ht-day ".the With the grace of a tiger the Woonsocket r the infield, making the most spectacu- the slightest twist of his pow- The famous Napolcon lasted twenty-one years as a big leaguer and I for an average of ager. Aiter leaving ationals and finished in front. 338. ing the Athletics in 1916 Larry ma b . He might have lasted s rs longer had he not expressed a desire to serve as a minor league veral ged the Toronto In- Charley Ebbets offered §9,000 to the Toronto club for his release. La, still How that luck club. During Lajoie’s twenty-one big twenty-one de the amazing in m: 00 twen against these Chicago National: 344; troit Americans, . .331; Philadelphia_Americans, Americans, .321 314; land 1900 1 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 Total 2,475 forty-two, big set might try his the Indianapolis then was in demand as ever, the sale w: the former “king’ as manager of joie nd y leaguer. vears Taced and hitting the entire a zes Baltimore league b majo! se ball leagu record he clubs of or t: better ag: one. His America 377; Cinc tionals, Pittsburgh Chicago Americans, St. Lou ns, De- Americans, Washington 4: Cleveland Nationals, York Americans, .335; .332; Boston Baltimore Nationals, Boston Nationals, .313; Cleve- Amerieans, .311; Louisville Na- New AB. 74 56 2 36 P o6 37 40 33 1503 3,242 aside so | H. tibnals; Thou the in not he hop | zation 405, 191 and { Thomp a hit a On May greatest “Red"” win and ans; La Na gh old a ped to in 190 Oddly Wagner, cotemporary, each . league with the same average, . Lajoie | League Phillics followed on playi K son in nd 10, batt Donohue Washington batting the He led in Ban Johnson's new. or 1 with repeated encugh, Larry’s broke August ng Nat robust 1z ue, wdership an Al an in 19 in ied his into 1, W Delehanty Philadelphia bat- ting order, and scored one run, made the ing ole a base. 1897, carnf for and two homers in fiv good day’s work N the vera 190 905 most f N 189 shington, and he Le It was the only pennant winner Lajoie ever was associated with. He led the International League in batting, and | ionals, hitter did until Eue. ani- age of 04 and Lajoie amous ive tional , the Nap Sam Lajoie held his socking double might first eleven straight years. NAPOLEON LAJOIE'S MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING RECORD. H.R. T.B. 1t pt 51 20 34 25 14 24 14 65 4Kenyricht, 1922 am. 10 23 » 1 12 AUNKERAaBRAR RSO 150 TEETS wspnaai lommmsinm 160 301 275 174 233 233 104 252 304 105 27 20; 202 304 143 207 188 129 74 133 17 14 10 15 4448 363 In Lajoie’s twenty-one years in majors he played from 1898 to 190 Phils, 1901 with Athletics, 1002, including 1914, with the Indians an and 1916 with the Athletics, BALTIMORE BASKETERS A trifling matter such as the can- celing of a game by an out-of-town team_does not bother the Washing ton Collegians. They simply list an- | jother opponent and ~proceed with | busine So the Lithuanian-Ameri- Baltimore, instead of the New ionals, are to clash with the Collegians today in the Congress! Heights auditorium, starting at 3 match with the Marylanders arranged ar the last minute, for re not motified of Nationals' cancellation until yes- terday. The New York team is not establishing a good reputation for it- If hereabout. ~ Saturday night it de- ved the start of its game with the Aloysians for more than an hour, and in re yesterday forfeited toth oles after a very unsatis- factory exhibition Good Shepherd haxketers, Ly Sam Taylor and led by ¢ ant games in the 110-115-pound end challenges to Manager rman Kendig, 820 5th street north- Linecoln 2226 be- coached | pt. Deuh- ois Club, formerly the Arrow Club, ‘is casting about_for onposition in the 135-140-pound divi- fon. Direet challenges to Manager Harrington, 238 Bryant street, or telenhone North 433-3 between 5 and | & p.m Boy Seout Troop % | comers in the %5-90- Mana dward West's Prnthers ehaliense pound « teleph of all Y ank playin day. S two wee chamy are Hager: \ to- mes are to be played the Yanks within the next ks, Manhattan Athletlie Club surprise: Bolling Field Aviators vesterda v ame at Noel House. The North- Indians outplayed the Rirdmen way and won, 34 to 27 SAFETY HELPS PREMIERS. ro Athletic ball cime on the K Levy of ier Club defeated sterday Monument 1w ine the grounds CUE STARS TO CLASH. Wheatley, D! pion,” and titleholder, -point blc tonigh Play wi Wil k at Y 11 mee of a Pickwick at 8 Beckett or Moran Slated to Be Punishing Receiver of Jack’s Blows—YVillo Is Not Only Great Fighter, But Real Sporisman. BY FAI EW YORK, January 1—A lot N never would have nor could world this side of Egypt, Abyssinia and Timbuctoo. of things have happened there. R PLAY. of things can happen in Paris. Many of them are things that have happened anywhere else in the Therefore, it isn't A lot beyond the bounds of belief that there may be something to the other wise pe ctly amazing report from that municipality to the effect that Jack Dempsey will shortly sail thence to plaster the shuddering form of Joe Beckett or Frank Moran with his well known, and, up to this time, cient dukes. INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil In a synd players is justifiably suspected of 5= rubber with the truth ax ber of strokes he takes each hole. One of hix opponents ikex it a point to ask, at some etween the second shot and ireen for his score that far on ch A disinterested marker cards without regard to the players’ statements. When the mateh ix finished the suspected player has the best card, but the other plaver says: “1 will collect now for each hole.” Referee's Decision. The player who inquired the num- ber of strokes between holes played a profitable round, When opponent misinformed him the by forfeited. € is asked the number of strokes he has played on a hole, and forfeit the hole when he failx to do so. (Copsright, John F. Dille Co.) YOUTH HAS BEEN SERVED IN THE WORLD OF GOLF lin 1 th v outdo the man with two good arms st been relegated to th e United States 2 but have no pity on the aged! hough they may not win championships. The one-armed man The halt may play but the middle-aged and e shade by the kids. The champions the present moment can boast proudly of ated sixty years of life, in addition to their three titles. the mo he world | ca 3 enty-one 3 is alko the open f in the United States chamyp 1S a brow is & through a writ £oi 0 by hpion defend He s twenty | born on Mis- ed t been every man’s game in th for that many vears. lenna Collett, who has suc- to the women's title, is a uch admired voung lady who n Providence, R. L, only vears ago he and zen can boast ed pastime n those who have his staid and generally as that of the ased who of necessity must seek open. sober exercise erent in Early Days. Those who set the pace for golf in {the early days were least vet- o prac most hem. The lfirst women's titles were not always iheld by nincteen-year-old girls. The very first recorded women's cham- | pion was Mrs. C. 8. Brown, who won {in 1885, representing_the Shinnecock {1ils Golf Club. From that time !until 1914 no married woman won | a The accomplished Miss Bea- | trix Hoyt won for three years in suc- | cession, including the period from | 1596 to 18! o One by ¢ other of Gur famous unmarricd s won the title, al- though it is fit to add that after they won championships usually they did notrema ile long—until Mrs. Jackson struck a_blow for:married Women in 1914, Mrs. Caleb Vander- beck won in 1915, bul not a wife since then, although plenty have tried. Some brutes of men say t ried women should be better club- <lingers than unmarried women, but You mever can tell what a man’ will | fay when he thinks he can crack a joke at the expense of the real head of the house. | Anyhow Miss Collett is in league with Sarazen and Sweetser brazenly | to make public to the world the fac that youth not only must be served, but t all there is on the table especially at golf. (Copyright, 1922.) or mar- YANK WINS IN PARIS. PARIS, January man, an American, ¥ lay won the | annual one-hour New Year eve bi-: cvele race, paced by motor, defeating nd Miquel. He cov- | s, 500 meters. | car- | NOUNC Olympic games, but these men comp Just as an example, consider the| strenigth of a team composed, among others, of Tilden, Johnston. Richards, Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mailory, Mijss Mary K. Browne and Miss Helen Wills. Tilden, Johnston and Richards could be relied upon to handle all opposition in the men’s events, and the same might be sald of Mrs. Mallory, Miss Browne and Miss Wills. In perfect form, Mile. Suzanne Lenglen of France would prob: ably take thé measure of any one of these three, bul Suzanne is only one against three, and nowhere in Frunce is there any woman player approaching the lfttle ‘world champion in skill. 1 "By the limo the next Olymplc games CORBETT'S RING RULES WILL BE BROADCASTED Arrangements have just been com- pleted to hold the first public reading of the new Roosevelt boxing rules by James J. Corbett, for the benefit of the boxing fans of the eastern state. at the Bamberger broadeasting Sta- tion (WOR) of Newark, N. J.. on the of Tuesday, January 9, at § ek, pecial committee of noted &port- ing editors and r be on the hear an code, experts will of the rules, ke Jim's proposed recognized boxing express their opinions over the wireless, im- mediately after the reading. Corbett's new rules ready have been reviewed by a number of leading boxing authorities, and the consen€us of opinion is that they are by far the best ring laws ever compiled for mod- ern usage. He advocates the estab- lishment of eight different classes fiyweight, bantamweight, feather- weight lightweight, weiterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. He also uries the establishment of the so-called “junior classes” and the present New York em of using two judges to assist the referce in awarding _decisions, He is of the opinion thai the old single referee system is far more satiefactory to both contestants and patrons. The new code also contains several other important changes and a number of apparently feasible innovations. RIDES THREE WINNERS T0 GAIN JOCKEY TITLE SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 1.—Mar- tin Fator, by riding Joe Belair to victory in the last race of yesterday's program at the Ti Juana track, won the American jockey champfonship for 1922, defeating “Chick” Lang, New Orleans rider, by one winning mount Fator brought home three winner: on vesterday's Ti Juana card. I total for_the year was 187 winners, igainst Lang’s 186. The two bovs have been running close for several weeks. Fator's riding contra sold by Stuart Polk to m of the Rancocas stable for § been dreth 000. has H U. S. CAN MUSTER GREAT NET TEAM FOR OLYMPICS IMENT that the United States Lawn Tennis Association had joined the American Olympic Associatioh and would be rep- resented by a team in the next Olympic games at Paris in 1924 is great news for those who wish to see this country represented in this most magnificent of all international athletic meetings. At different times this nation has been represented by players in the eted as individuals, not as members of the American team. With the backing of the tennis association, how- | ever, as well as of the Olympic Association, the United States is certain | to be represented in 1924 by the strongest team of players, men and women, that can be gathered together. ‘come due it 18 highly possible that we shall have developed two or three more plavers of international caliber. Kinsey brothers of California, Frank T. Anderson, Arnold W. Jones and Luclen Williams, among the men, and Miss Martha Bayard and Miss Helen Hooker, among the girls, are striding steadily forward toward the front ranks, and with another two seasons of tournament competition_should be nearly ripe - to qualify as Olympians. Taken in conjunction with the Davis cup maiches, these Olympic games ten- nis matches would serve to strengthen our hands in both cascs. Preparation for one would constitute preparation for another, The | | Tt is very well known that a | Frenchman will stand for an awful |lot, this was thoroughly proven dur- ing the war when they stood for the kind of tobacco and cigarettes which | the government of France issued them in the army rations. Thercfor it 1s not at all surprising that oun late allies will stand for—not to men- tion pay for—a fight between D | sey and one of the two e heretofore mentioned. Makes Two Suggestions. Now, the writer hasn't a speaking | acquaintance wi either Frank Moran nor Joe Beckett. Neither does he know any of the relatives of either. But, solely because the milk of human kindness that surges strongly in his system, he that one of two thin or be written into any contract that cither of them sign to fizht Dempscy The first is that hand be tied securely fbefore the gloves : the second is that to f Jack against mortal death, on any ipsey’s right ind his back are donned. and the victim chosen heavily insured injury or sudden the writer's expensive desk lies, as this tograph of Georges ( Leckett in the ring together. rp stands gazing from the center of the ring to the corner where Joe grovels prone on the can as the in the p. re, but vertheless, tweet melodies r of the unconscious mahog- written, a pentier and pres into To th left of sim ond, Dempsey standing, and Carpen Villa Ix Regular Scra Don’t let an tell you that Pancho Viila isn't a fighter. to that the fact t is as anlike scrapy) ever drew on a mit his scrap with Terry the two were cnga furious exchanges of w that one. picture the is se Who clining. boy fer is 1 little 1 add in the ring Several times in artin recentl tos ended in a clinch, the round, and each broke and started ncho smil it time when for their corn his opponent a “That was a bruiser you la t time.” But as tc seeming impervious the youngster I Except for no slouc uses tha sn't e And thew o1 mule whe far off, or arc t vel e thi htin, is punch he sleeping the Kick start fron ping blows at only Re ds of Kipl Villa reminds one ¢ < said in “Fuzzy Wuzzy” abont Sudanese who played such hob w h soldiery for years Tubber ifit ou thing that doesn't Pancho Vilia in the opinion of t! writer, is a g r flyweight a around, and in every way. th Dempsey is a_heavyweight. And that's going some. THIRD SPEEDBOAT RACE GOES T MISS AMERIC LOS ANGELES, Miss America I, owned and piloted Gartield A. Wood of Detroit, yesto: day won the third and last heat of three-day motorboat ng P under the auspices of the Cal Yacht Club, and the Los Angeles letic Club Motorboat Racing ciation. She covered the thirty-mile trian lar course at an average speed ¢ miles an hour. Thiy was her consecutive victory. Miss Detroit VI, Wood, piloted by Charl man, was_sccond, as she both previous heats. Mystery, owned by Frank Frank E. Garbutt of Los Angeles piloted by the former ain third place, and, as in the other hen Hurricane II, another Ang entry. piloted by Lewis Dixon, cross the line fourth. Ralph De Palma, automobile racer rode to victory with Wood in Miss America I. Miss Detroit VI got the start, but Miss America I soon passed her, and kept the lead throughout Her best time was 3:07 2-5 for three-mile lap, or a record of 55 mil an hour. Her time for the entir ninety miles in the three heats wi 1:49:38 5. Miss Detroit VI's time for the thre te was 1:52:10 1-5, and Mystery 57:41. FOR K. OF C. RELAY RACE CUP GIVEN BY CARDINAL Cardinal O'Connell of Boston has i nated a cup through the Knights Columbus for the champlon relay team of the Catholic colleges of the countr: The race “will be run in c with the Massachusetts K. of in Mechanics' Hall, Boston, ary 17. Calif., January 1 owned 3 finis also A Los 1 Rutgers College has scheduled thir teen basket ball games, seven home, for the season. Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores installed in any make. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS. WITTSTATT’S R. and F. WORKS 13th. F. 6410 1425 P. - M. 7443. Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS $A.65 Save the price of an entlre new sult. All colors, sizes, pat- terns. EISEMAN’S 605-607 7th St. N.W.