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Thirty-Two Actives SEVEN OF DOZEN BOXMEN TUESDAY, JANUARY , 1923 SPORTS on Nationals’ 1923 Roster : Death of Keeler Shocks Fans Believe It or Not. —By RIPLEY. ON ROSTER ARE RECRUITS| | CONSTANTINOPAL(SHIDUDELSACKPHEIFERVERBUNT A German word. “Griff’s List Includes Four Catcfiem, Seven Qui- fielders: and Eight Infielders, in Addition to Shanks, Rated as “Utility”” Player. BY DENMAN THOMPSO! NLESS an additional deal whereby the Nationals will acquire that much-needed “good right-hand pitcher” is consummated within the next two months there will be just thirty-two active covorting on Plant Field, under the direction oi Manager Donie Bush, when the entire squad assembles at Tampa, Fla., for training preliminary to the championship campaign this year. This is the exact number of contracts stacked on the desk of President Griffith for mailing today and tomorrow, with present prospects indicating there will be no change in plans. Of the total, which does not include George Gibson, former Pitts- burgh pilot, who will tutor the pitchers, nor Nicholas Altrock, comedian extraordinary, an even dozen are pitchers, four are catchers, nine are in- tielders and six are outfielders, with one—Howard Shanks—being assigned to no specific group, being listed under the heading of “utility,” a tribute to his ability to perform with either the inner cordon or as an outpost. If Jehosophat Bessellevre Brillheart, ‘ o : PLANS FOR MONUMENT by reason of having put in a full ¥ the majors there will be 1 veterans as a_ nucleus for the 1 mound corps, the others being Mog Brran RRncEell JRNusen; | prosts ridge, Zachary, Johnson und Ericks dent of the American League, ix The lefthanders, in addition to Zach- in Washington teday to confer ary. Mogridge and Brillheart, will be | wigh Lieut. Col. C. 0. Shereill superintendent of publie buildings and grounds, regarding the erec- tion in East Petomac Park of a N Willyum Warmoth, obtained from Little Rock of the Southern As- monument to base for which the circuit hasx appropriated the sociation, who made a favorable im- | pression by his work with the Griffs near the close of the last campaigy and Godfrey Brogan, the pint-siz flinger obtalned from Charleston of | sum of $100,000. the South Atlantlc League, who failed President Johnson brought with to show up last fail, owing to @ dis- | him fentath mnx for the me- agreement with his former owners! morial, and is hopeful the unveil- over his demand f. ack of the | ing will be pomsible by o year five thousand smac iid for his | from the coming wpring, although release. Brogun have the design has not yet been passed least one point I on by the fine arts commission, his actions remind one of Dic the wite remains to be definitely former White Sox star, but he also ! wettled upom and an net of Cong- is credited with a penchant for hit-| vess will be mecesxary for fts me- ting that intrigued the scouts of more | ecptamce by the President of the than one big league club. | Unmited States. According to Johnson, it is prob- able the schedulex for the two major leagues will be drawn up here later in the week. Johnso: Teprexenting his elrcuit; Presid: John A. Heydler of the National League, and President Barmey Dreyfuss of the Pittwburgh club comprise the schedule committee. | Hollingsworth u Comer. ‘With Walter Johnson heading the 1 aud Eric Erickson at least still ruster, the right-handers include McGrew, the lanky Texan who display his wares here list season: John Hol lingsworth, obtained from Minneapol for $10,000, with Earl Smith for good measure; Dad Hankin the Tampa team: Kay Beach, wh season toiled with the Paducah Calro clubs of the Katy League, Squire Potter, a pick-up from the Knox- ! Ile club of the Appaluchiun league. McGrew, with his six feet and wany inches of helght and clos st | 923 outfield, reports to the con- ry notwithstanding, with . Leon assured of a regul slump of unpr to | rroportions. Frank Brower a 200 pounds of 1s a powerful |die Goebel also will be hanging fellow, who somewhere in|around trying to crash into the line- his chosen profession if he can learn !up, but the expectation is that the | 1o make full use of his n: attri- | other picket post will. be occupied on | Dbutes, and Griff asserts that Hollings- | opening day cither by Dick Wade, for | worth has as much raw ubility as any ,000 and Pitcher Tom Phil- | rookie boxman he ever saw, needing furned over to Minneapols, | only poltsh. Little i5-known of Beacl eorge Fisher, who cost a like but Hankins is regarded as capable of with title to'a player yet to be development, provided he suifers no ill | ited, also to be vested in Joe effects from the pair of busted ri IV a and Fisher both he_recelved on the field last sum . lamassed averages in excess of the We have it on the authority of{.300 mark in the American Associa- Charley Guyon, the capable coach of are youngsters who can be athletics at Kastern High School. on_to hustle. George McNa- | that Potter is a real diamond in the {cago semi-pro player who Tough. Guy who umpired in the ple of games near the fag Appalachian League last s mer and | lie season, also will be a boarder gave the tip that led to the drafting ~ Tampa Bay hotel nxet spring. of Potter by the Nationals, believes for the vacant garden post this rawboned youth has the makin's | next spring promises to be a merry one, of a real big-timer performer, if|with the battle for the hot corner job | properly developed. Although only | paralleling f ! ninetecn years old, Potter is describ- Pat Gharrity again will be as-| od as exceeding six feet by a coupls | signed to the task of first-string re- | of inches and welghing 185 pounds. | ceiver—provided his lame wing yields | “He's green, of course.’ ve Guyon. |to rest and treatment—but if notl ‘but will be a big fellow when he Pete Lapan, the Little Rock acquisi- Zrows up, and already is as strong as |tion: Bill Hargrave, from New Hav a bull. For a novice he has as good a curve ball as I ever saw_and re- markably fine control. With the proper schooling he should come to hand much earlier than a majority of pitchers with his limited experience.” Trio of Young Infielders. 1 addition to Manager Bush, who will_infect himself into the fra whenever the need for it arises, al- | = | though he will make no attempt to i play regularly, and Judge, Harris,| Peck ll;!d }l:a Motte, whose capabllitie: are well known, there will be a trio | e of young aspirants for infleld berths | LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 2 at the training camp. One of them, | The seventy-five-mile speed boat race | Ossle Bluege, already has demonstrat- [ around Santa Catalina Island will be | ed his class as a fielder in a Wash- | staged tomorrow, with Miss Detroit | ington uniform and, because of the | VL owned by Garfleld A. Wood of De- unexpected hitting ability he display- ! troit, Mich.. the favorite to win. The ~d on the Minneapdlis farm late last | race will start off Los Angeles har- | season, looms as a serlous contender | bor and end there. Zor the open berth at third base. The Miss America I world Bill Conroy now is regarded as the | champion speed boat, also owned by leading candldate for the far corner | Commodore Wood, may not enter if assignment, his sturdy clouting for | the water is rough, as she is not built the “Millers having convinced Griff | for rough water racing. ihat he is ripe for graduation to fast| The Miss Detroit will be opposed by <€ompany, although it is admitted he|some of the fastest craft on the Pa- i1l not add to the speed of the club, | cific coast, Including a new speed- | belng far from fleet on the base lines. | boat, W. W. Padden’s Hurricane IIL | Harold Gagnon, the New England boy, | Joe Fellows of Los Angeles will en- | who attracted so much attention in |ter the Fellows' IV, which is expect- | scholastic circles of that section when | ed to give Commodore Wood's entry a shortstopping for Holy Cross College, | close race, as it is built for rough completes the list of inflelders, not|water. overlooking Shanks, of course. Ga:| Frank A. and Frank B. Garbutt will gnon may prove a surprise to Wash- | enter their Mystery IV. i ington fans, most of whom are in- | Sost “of “the deat thar Srousnt nim | GILBERT CHOSEN PILOT OF NEW ORLEANS CLUB| here from* Detroit in exchange for NEW_ORLEANS, La., January 2.— Ray Francls. When Griff first saw ) Gagnon he had flelding abllity -only Larry Gilbert has been officlally ap- pointed manager of the New Orleans to recomend him, his stickwork be- | ing rather light. The averages for tha International League, where Gagnon Southern Association team. He succeeds Johnny Dobbs, will pilot Memphis this year. performed in the fag end of last sea- son, show that the Tygers' farmhand Gilbert plays center fleld for the locals. earned the creditable batting mark of Julius Helnemann was re-elected 300, but trailed all the athletes'who tofled at the far side of the diamond president of the New Orleans club. —_— as | 3 m, desii s | Cantill |of Eastern League, and Val { Picinich will fight it out. DETRO BOAT CHOICE who in a fielding way. Griff belleves- the wisdom of the swap he made will yet be demonstrated. | Flores, and he will have that thought | Jouts MarTucet ONE -ARMED GOLFER, GOES AROUND Iy %0 ELERNORE CHURGHILL. THREW A BASERALL 224 ¥, MARTIN-BERNSTEIN -IN HEADIANER FOR WEEK BY FAIR PLAY. EW YURK. January 2: together Pepper Pot Martin and Jack Bernstein at Madison Square Garden Friday evening. Working out in a local gym. today, Martin showed himse!f to be in great shape. Jack's manager told the the Yonker's fl buldn’t be better and that his left thumb has recov- red its normal size. The scrap should be & good © The winner doubtless will be matched with Elino Flores. Bernstein already has met Flores, to whom he admir istered a beating, known reason lost 1s anxious week brings | | _ PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. January 2.— | Pancho Villa, fiyweight champion, ily defeated Pattling Murray of s clty- in the principal bout of a card. In the last three of the eight roungds the Filipino made a punching bag of Philadelphian. Each weighed in at 110 pounds. Carl Tremaine of Cleve Jabez White of Albany rounds of swift fighting. THREE BOUTS DECIDED. . lling to work While the Kilbane| INDIANAPOLIS, January crown gets rustier, and the Lcnmn'd‘T:\.\'lor of Terre Haute, bantanweight laurels wither, the flyweight cham- |DboXer, knocked out Benny Vogel of plon keeps knocking the boys over Milwiukes in the first round yester- and piling up the dough. Despite his | Y. hard battle on Friday against Terry | Louie Lavell of Anderson, claimant Martin, Villa ambled over to Phila- | of the Indiana lightweight champion- delphia Monday night and trounced | Ship, knocked out Jack Curley of elphia Culver in the fourth round. Battling Murtiy In e{ght rounds. Knockout Circus, Pitteburgh feather- (Copyright, 1923.) weight, was outboxed by Mickey O'Dowd of Muncie in ten rounde. TENNIS TITLE TO ROSE. | CUBANS OUTCLASSED. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., January 2.— Clarence S. Rose of Jacksonville re- | = 5 Sained his title as tennis singles | i e m:R‘ollms champlon of Florida by deteating |College of Winter Park, ¥la., defeate Martin Hirschbers, also of this city, | University of Havana, 80 to o in the in the final, 6—3, 2—8, 6—2, 6—4. | first International foot ball game 4 ' played in the south. The Cubans e | were inexperienced and put up little SHEVLIN STOPS PRYEL. | opposition. LYNN, Mass, January 2.—Eddie Shevlin of Roxbury won a techr\‘leal: AUTO DRIVER KILLED. g g e B s M Pm’" BRAWLEY, Calif., January 2.—Fred DT e ot eve ey Pia | Hackett, . racing automoblle _driver, in the sixth round to save Pryel from - | was fatally injured at the Alamorio S DU ey L l,m.cx Yesterday when his car turned o over. His mechanic, A. W. Hale, was 5 GOES T0 D ‘ serlously injured. BALTIMORE, January 2.—President- | FAWAITAN ELEVEN WINS. Manager Jack Dunn of the Baitimore - | SAN FRANCISCO, January 2.—The Internationals has lett for Winston- | SAN ERANCISCO. January 2. The Salem, N. C., where his team will train ] he de- j an_institution situated at Claremont, T A e e e Calif., lost to the Hawail All-Star ' 'n in the Sotith e will goif and hunt. team ‘vesterday at Honolulu, 20 to 14 with him during Friday's fracas. So_they mre mow talking about Jess Willard-Louls Firpo battle. T; Rickard said today that ing on it_and hopes to ge boxing officials to sanction it, in spite of the age limit rullng which leaves Willard out in the col: It isn't a: the bad idea at that. It would at least glve us a line on Firpo and demor strate how he stands since his South American adventures. Firpo w: so much when he was here before. in Pancho Villa mppears to Le about the only champion at his profession. ter that | VILLAHAS EASY TIVE. EE N OEEATING MURRAY { 2.—Bud | Interesting nomin | EAST AERICAN NATVES - Joaping rom 4 soall haup CLEAR THE BAR ATSEL, FW. WiLHoiT @ichita, Wedern League, 1919 HIT SAFELY IN [A) | CONSECUTIVE GAMES. | FIGHT WILLARD IS COMING EAST TO LOOK FOR BATTLES NEW YORK, January Z—Tex Rickard has announced that Jess Willard, former heavywelght cham- pion of the world, will be here before Junuary 12 for the purpose of arranging one or more matches with a view to establishing the fact that he is physically fit for a return engugement with Jack Dempaey, to whom he lost hix title. / Ricknrd appears to be one of the strongest believers in Willard's ability to stage a sensational “comeback.” If there seems to b mo chamce of arranging a cle ard will xend Willard against the South American. If he ix suc- cessful in this bout Rickard will arrange another scrap for him, and if he ngain shows well the pro- moter will make every effort to put Jess again with Dempsey. In making this announcement yex- terday Rickard stated that Firpo had agreed to meet nny heavy- weight that the Garden manage- ment might select for him. 100F MAN-0'-WAR'S GET INPIMLICO RAGE LIST! Md.. January 2. tions for the 1925 Pimlico futurity are disclosed in the list made public today by the Mary- lany Jocky Club. Samuel D. Riddle has named ten mares bred to Man-o-War, the three- ear-old champion of 1921, and Wal- ter M. Jeffords has named six bred to the “wonder horse of the age.” Mrs. Jefford's nominated seven mares bred to_Golden Broom. BALTIMORE, J. K. L. Ross, the Canadian sports- | man, listed mares bred to Sir Barton and Cudgel. Harry Payne Whitney was the largest nominator to the 1925 futurity, having named 102 mares. The Pimlico futurity was estab- lished two years ago. e GREB DEFEATS ROPER. PITTSBURGH, January 2.—FHarry Greb of Pittsburgh, American light- heavywelight champion, won a news- paper decision over Bob Roper of Roanoke, Va.. in a ten-round bout here. Greb weighed 164 and Roper 188. ENOCKS BOXER FROM RING. MACON, Ga., January 2.—Young Stribling ‘was given a technical knock- out over Jack Middleton of Jackson- ville, claimant of the light-heavy- weight title of the south, after the Macon boxer had kngcked his op- ponent from the ring in the first round. Middleton was unable to re- turn, | announces house on TENER MAY BECOME HEAD OF BALL PLAYERS’ UNION NEW YORK, January 2.—~The members of the Base Ball Players’ Unfon apparently have given up hope of inducing one of their num- ber to be a candi According te this report, efforts are being made to have John K. Tener, ex-governor of Pennnylvania and former president of the N mal League, accept the office. Tener was elected president of the National League December He held the post 1018, when he wi John A. Heydler, ead of the league. played profess %on, now manager of the Brooklyn club, ax hix battery mate. He was 2 member of the Chicago National League club In 1885 and 1889, CUPRACENAVIGTOR DESINWORKHOLGE LONDON, January 2—The Times the death in the work- the Isle of Wight, at the one, of Capt. Richard Reed of who navigated the age of el | American schoone ia, in the transatlan- tle race against the American schoon- er Dauntless, in 1870, and later com- | peted for the America’s cup against the American schooner Magic. KEY WEST, Fla., January schooner Magic, which Capt. Reed competed for the America’s cup, is a hulk on a | bar In Key West Harbor. The speedy aft served as a pilot boat on the West bar for many years was damaged beyond repair dur year ago. efeated the Cambria on 70, In the second contest trophy, which lacked only ys of bein, teen vears WHEATLEY CUE LEADER. Wheatley. Dist 3 hamplon, “and lHam Par. mer titleholder, will resume thelr exhibition matc! | nigh 5 ock at Pickway | emy th the f . 102 to 9 Parson reduced an | lead gAnied by Wheatley when ter fouled a shot for hie 100th (ieorga rd ¢ ! the poir | GOLF FINAL TO PARSONS. PINEHUI N. C. January & !lm:mlfl r30n of the Youngstown Country Club won the twentieth an. nual midwinter golf tournament, de- feating Willlam Reekie of Upper Montelair, 2 up. e 2 —Gene hampion, open ¢ Sampson Francisco 1ic | sidio cours | |KEELER HAD EFFECTIVE | STANCE AT THE PLATE j Old-time base ball lovers declared day that a fitting appreciation thag from Harold 0 {of Wee Willie Keeler, who dicd at his Brooklyn home yesterday, could be: “He hit 'em where they ain't” Keel- most peculiur in base ball. He stogd | erect, his bat “choked” and straight against his slim body. Flatfooted, he toed the batter's deadline. Then he turned only his head toward | pitcher. { The boxman twirled to a frail side of a body that really seemed to con- ceal the bat. There was no waiting jor theatrical threat of a hit. When the ball came steaming to the plate, Keeler met it this way or that, full force, tap, half swinging, or poke, as the emergency prompted him. He was a master workman. former British | might be chiseled into the monument | er's stand at the plate was one of the | the | NOTED OLD-TIME PLAYER WAS ILL FOR TWO YEFARS One of the Greatest Hitters Game Ever Produced, De- spite His Small Stature—Made Up in Science What He Lacked in Size. N 1yn. N. Y., yesterday was a shock to base ball fans of the country, | will be buried Thursday. He had been a sufferer from heart disease for. more than two years. For three weeks his death had been expected, but Wee Willie died playing the game of life as he had always played base ball—until the last man was out in the ninth. A New,Year eve party Sunday night was the gathering place of fam iriends and old-time admirers of the little ball player, whose success on the diamond brought few rewards for his final days. ' The assembled friends stepped out for a moment to listen to the belis | of Brooklyn's churches at midnight. When they returned they found | Willie sitting in his bed laughing and ringing chimes of his own for the passing of the old year and the coming of the new with the little hand bell he had used to summon his attendant. The death of the batsman whose | — MAY NEVER BE EQUALED | status of the ball player in late years. “Wee Willie? Keeler left ome Twice Wee Willle was sold. even when on the Yoad to fame, for $800, weo record behifnd him whieh may mever be equaled. |a sum that seems trivial today when ; | players are sold for sums amounting For eight consecutive years, from 1884 to 1901, he EW YORK, January 2—Wee Willie Keeler, whose death in Brook- to_flve figures, Keeler was _discovered in 18 while with the Plainfield (N. J.) team | Herman Doescher, once an umpire, {then manager of the Binghamton . of the Eastern League, going ‘scout” another player, forgot all ut him when he saw Keeler. i League record of 200 hits per How much are you getting?’ he - for eight yea but not in ked Wee Willle. ecennion, “Two dollars a game,’ Willie an-| _ Here ix the record which famour cwered, He jumped 4t the offer of| hitters will be aiming at for years 0 a month Doescher made him. S m—m_—t The Giants bought Keeler from E G. AB. R PCRuk Binghamton for $800. Again $800 [ 1884 18 164 267 12 | was the selllng tag on one of the ® 1A “ 3 historical figures of base ball, when 1% |in 1892, the Brookl team bought 128 {him from the Giants 145 A great and colorful player was {g Keeler. His was the efficiency of = speed and keen sight, perfect co-ordi- | Eight yrs.1,008 4,656 1.123 1,742 | nation in a body which never welghed more than 130 pounds. This co-or- Keeler also left behind dination attained its peak in 1897, |, Mmajor record of hitting safely | whe: a ‘ forty-four consecutive games. | when, as_a member of the great - & | Orioles,” Willfe won the Natfonal | Sct this mark in 1897, from Ar | League championship with an aver-| 22 te Jume 18. age of .432, a mark second only to George, Sisl e of the T‘u | that ~established by Hughey Duffy| Browas closely dpprodched hin when_he batted for 438, In' 1894 In '’ Tecerd.Inst acanim yhen he chrric 11858 Keeler again led the league with | Along for forty-one games. vernge of never less and for a grand average of .353. Ty Cobb holds the America, {a | [P e 38 ing Lis speed into attack in the mar ner in which he accomplished thu worlk. In 1393 Ke. Brooklyn, still guished compan chardson, Brouthers, n and Hatfleld. In 1894 Keeler went to Baltimore, where he patrall ight fleld with Joe Kelley and Steve as his fellows in the outfleld v, Jennings, Brouthers and the infleld and Wilbert Rol Hit ‘em where they ain't” said Keeler one day when he was asked about the secret of his batting suc- ces#, and that reply has come down us one of the most famous u!wr.ulcesl in_the annals of & great game. | Keeler, with his speed and his bunt, {had an'art of placing the ball as no | iother man has beerf able to place it.} !~ 305 Average fhr 19 yearn. For nineteen fre: in the Na- tional League Kee mpiled a bat- ling averuge R But in the four- teen seasons h he passed I‘IC’ l?\:flfv mark, from 15143 through 1908, eeler's average wals .350. g {swith him as left fielder and Jones was a8 with theg Glants, Orioles|in right, with Anderson to relieve hir Brooklyns and Yankees that Keeler | cvars once in a while, MeGann, Jen made his great record. He was born j oitf¥ O 1 SRANG. TN SN e e g dled—rin Brooklyn—born | Cagey and Dablen were on the Brook- on March 3, 1872. Keeler developed | 5ne¥ D05 TS SR Fote 08 G Jroos ¢n the sand lots of Brooklyn and n: “They repeated the next seasor then went off into the minor leagues | BRE [ EREY, Pebeared (rC Hnt Begsol 28 4 inflelder. (In 1892 the Glants| [y gnd Kitson as the pitching stay e Cm Einslaicn w0 —_ and De Montreville and Lave Cross & h the infleld. tember 30 that season he broke into ; : § Tn 1908, when the American League i malor leagus game. invaded New York, Keeler went witl ;lha Yankeres ‘QHOQ }\fll.!( 1\‘\1’% them un “What. a left-handed third baseman:|til 1909. In 1910 John e Impossibisl” But Wee Willie proved | Willie @ job with the Giants, and theu that a loft-hander at third was quite | released him to Toronto. Keeler had a possibility. With that left of his| he scooped them up in great style, and what with his_speed and his| hitting subtlety he became a great favorite, Keeler did not remain with the Giams for long, nor did he remain a third baseman for u very long period. It was decided to convert him into an outfielder. Left-handed third sackers, like left-handed short- | stops, were contrary to tradition, so | Willie went into the outer works. This move without doubt made him, | for with greater activity in the in- field Keeler's physique might not have been equal to the task of throw- r left the Gian! fielder in which *ir Daly, dis clud Cor i n in 1899 Joe Keiley went ‘When Keeler came to New York the fans anid some critics yelled player and retirea. Keeler had no worries then. He always had been thrifty, and some years ago was reputed. to be. werth more than $200.000, which was in- vested in Brookiyn property. Willie could not manage his affairs and lost nearly all his money. 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