Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 26

726 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! D. C., FRIDAY, NUARY 5, 1925. SPORTS. Another Johnson-Willard Match Looms : Majors Grab All Likely Minor Players ESSCOMNGEAST THREE A A STARS MOTAKBUSNESS L, oo pmamar, CONE UP N 123 Corsiders Return Watoh 10 What McGraw Told His Team thel[| Advance of Myatt, Mathews Get Chance for Revenge | 1yoy, Before the Recent World Series | i, st o P Agarst Denesel: | Began...Why Babe Ruth Failed to |z, "a. " - Shine---Do College Men Make thei | written. McGraw has no peer in BY JOHN B. FUSTER» Best Ball Players? “MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL” BY JOHN J. McGRAW, Here’s Team With Which McGraw Achieved His Latest Triumph i i | | BY FAIR PLAY. l EW YORK, January 5 A—Duntl be surprised if you hear nxl Jess Willard trekking to modern base ball. His depth and range of experience are equaled by few. His phenomenal success EW YORK, Janua ing shows better the raven- N N ous New in Here's writer Jersey they upen 1 Jersey the near future. the story as told to the today: The promoters of had a big idea recently immediately to_ act rst they questioned Jack Johnson. who was so nice to Wil- lard in Havana Would he meet Je Would he! In other words, he would. Word was sent to Jess in Seattle and i proceed and Jess said that he would flit cast- | ward shortly to talk business advised the P - east and sh s, ard has expe but in which w his pre series 1 give state enduran public of heal he is, I Wil |1 looked up at him in downright says | -yof base ball, would be of the most FULL arrangmz Hhe sy | interest. Candidly, 1T did»'t know | randa backtracking V V where to start. | i over thirty years of my| To get a line, though. we «ent out | .. i Py . ' questionnaire: { base ball life, an~old friend, a man : & to fifty men in differ:: ent section {now hizh in world affairs, dropped of the country—son veteran players and some fans. We lin to see He saw what 1 was doing. for made & point of not asking too man men of expert knowledge. In these questionnaires we asked for suk- gestions as to what the public would | be most interested in—what ques- | tions that particular person would like to have answered The first one came in from a major | league umpire—a man of imagination { | | and understanding They would like to know,” he | “how thé Giants won the world me. Say, Mac,” he said, “tell me who, n your opinion, makes the best ball plaver, the college boy or the igno- {rant young fellow who comes in | irom the town lots? 1 A | gratitude for the suggestion. It |began, gives me a start—a keynote that [|serles. would like to sound throughout | ..oy X" hese me! i il iting eut’ the Yank pitchers { these memoirs, swinging at the first ball? 'y |,”Il x“'th times you made this shift.” from | to! several | why you shifted oy, of at th ourse.” 1 told ! has as a player and developer of champion teams has been equal- ¢d by none. In his fascinating narrative is reflected the drama of McGiraw’s own life and the development of the great na- tional game. l —_— do the directing and if anything goes wrong T'll take the responsibility.” That is all that I ever said to them, It might surprise many to know thaf at no time did_we have the slightest fear of Ruth. There scemed to be an impression that T was unfamiliar with he playing of Ruth and Schang. As a matter of fact I knew more about Ruth, Schang and Baker than any other members of the Yankee team My club has played in full twenty Bames against Ruth. That naturally ought to give me a pretty good line on him NEW YORK GIANTS. WORLD CHAMPIO! i MeQuillan, McPhee. Baneroft (captain), ! Second row: Young. Ne ngel, Jennings (coach). McGraw (manager), Dolan (couch), Gaston, Smith, Frisch. Third row: Meusel, Johnson, Maguire, Ryan, Hill, J. Barnes, V. Barnes, Robertson, Snyder. Back row: Bigbe T sheighi Y fronticow Blume, Cunningham,. Groh. King, Rawlings. appetite the major league teams for ball players today than the way the three most prom- ising youngsters were picked off the American limb al- most Com- Association before thev were ripe. parison of their figures with those jof players in the association who | have had the major league fire test indicate just about how good the three selections are Myatt, who goes to Cleveland from Milwaukee for a_consideration somewhere around $30.000, led the league in batting. He hit just a bit better than Beals Becker and Sher- ry Magee, which is good. Lutzke, who goes to Cleveland from Kansas City to play third base | batted at exactly the same figure as start the very young fel- steps right advantage of mental th the same amount of n_sense behind him, hoy has w full two-vear s town-lot voy nee ix simply or any with even a ined ‘mind., immediately = the unschooled I fellow usually tries to hide his. The - imoment » man locates his faults he jean quickly correct them > man | who thinks kecping his mis- akes under cover will never advance single step until he sees the light.” [That, in a nutshell. iy the differ- nd it may explain why T have Iy tried to get college bovs 1 ability on my nany Fall they arrive quicker | Shinners, Jonnard, Kelly, Scott. i Ernbst Krueger. who formerly caught we| for both the Glants and Brookiyn | Krueger proved he could hit some E RFTAIN STOCK IN YA‘\KS el e from Milwauke I rucger and at much the same gait las Russeil, who went to Pittsburgi the American Association. Math a fine lead-off man and thar of the reasons Connie took I.\\' \Uh’!\. Col. Tillinghast I'Hommedieu Huston, whose predeliction deebyv cina g P : 2 |can allow them on that comparison derby chapeau has earned him the title of “The man with the !ang possibly you will be somewhere iron hat,” didn't even go away, and so he's still in base ball. | nesnuwight sboudithelpiabiliy forjoet: ST A Col. Huston confirmed last night the report that, after all, he hadn't [ ***°™ — sold his half interest in the New York American League rluh as he an- | nounced he_had done a month ago during the joint meeting of the two major leagues here. and he now says that he will continue in association with Col. Jacob Ruppert. with whom he clevated the Yankees from the SQUASH TITLE TOURNEY gome opponent not b but hecauie the ring and, wh he hates Tn the first place, we won the world thing the fortn cqui beaten less lot fo to tra up snug bank iRe bal 4 Seeking Revenge. this - the int thei o one o figures show how to compare h”l‘\h.,n Lutzke and Mathews. Knock for a|20 per cent off the best figure you January 5.—In the sport worid they do come back. ng $250.000, it today. am buying thix apartment purely ax a speculative ven- ture,” sald Dempsey when it would gi st as every on turned \\yu.mi ¢ Curneniter retur Dempsey favor - Fa for him knock \ porti hay take Huston's “Retur; T. I. Huston’s retur: oe called that since his sale to Ruppert never was finally con summated—surprised every one, of course. Huston unquestionably want led the near million and a half fo half e in the Yankees a’ &ht. but can also be as trul 1 that e very much wants 1o o ticia ren the grand new of the Yanks is opened in a Surprise. col can B I nd last long WMany Stars : fandicapped. wil probabl Wind Some our stary have WOOD SEEKS TO LOWER MARK FOR SPEEDBOATS LOS ANGELES, Calif.. January 1d A. Wood of Detrolt. | What differences tiere wner of the speed bonts | tween Ruppert and Huston were Mixs America 1 ixx Detro't |in any unfriendly. There VL. which defeated Pacific coast |any reason to expect anything craft in a series of races here. e same sort of management will attempt to break the Interna- |the New York Americans had | mile record for dual-motor- |past season ed boats with the Miss America I | in the e l:lel off Long Beach to- | morrow. The record is seventy-six miles. established by Commodore ONE, TWO IN DOG EVENT. ©0od in_the Miss America 1 GR N g Algonac, Mich. The admiralty » . S I o e e 5.—Major Kidd and Major Hawk' tem, calling for six trinls over a | own, W. W e el o ot (R0 Ghost, setters, both owned by | ona k. ¢ land. Miss. Wood sald the speed boats made | fi . respective better time in malt water than in fresh water. proposed purchase price but Col. Huston de- | a “hitch” developed and ended. There are re- that Col. Huston may make the | a complete reversal and buy out | but they confirma- | .000. [scribed as negotiations what series because we thought we could say right here that low h:’\ t win. Though we said nnlhl':\g‘ we | e ulzhl Ruth "in one of his siumps | in with took advantuge of the fact that ourland we did everything we could (e training opponenta and the public hud under- | make H’umn for him - He is a ball ! DEMPSEY JOBLESS, BUT {natura estimated the strength of our pitchers. er of the treak type that is like | After the end of the scason 1 did not | ;2 qolY, eyel o A'\",m‘”,,u‘.“’f{. o aae) - MO ANGE JRBaNEY. 5 say one word to our plavers about|ihat he didn't get hold of one. Under| Demprey, weight boxing the series until the day before 1t 4c-f (hovo circumstances the natural thing | champlon, with his manager, Jack tually began. I purposely Kept awiy lio do was to piteh him slow ones. 11| Kearns, han closed a deal for an from them. In the meantime the!iS gimeult for a long hittes to brace | 5 newspapers were full of discussions | nimself agniner o Rt et bartis| apartment house in the fashionable i of the weakness of our pitchers and | lobs Gver the plate. i of Low Angelen. the price | of the strenkth of the Yank pilchers | gnalled for every ball that was | wan announced | They told of what Ruth and Meusel|pitched to Ruth during the last| would do to us, and so on. This Put|world series. In fact. 1 give the the 0dds up to 7 to 5, witk the Yanks | signals for practeally every Lall that | |as favorites. Not once did I discuss | was pitchad during the series by our this with the men. pitchers. They preferred that I do it On the day before the first game h think ball players. as a rule, can do went to_ the clubhouse and had #ia more workmanlike job when. thes Leart-to-heart talk with the PIay-|feel that some one elsa is taking the boas 1 vo1q|TESPONSILIlILY. Those who watched “Tou can beat these fellows.” 1 1014 | the games may have moticed that The of greatest them. “I don’t think there is & ues- | catcher invariably turned and looked been to college. but that docs | tion about it. We have a big advai-lat the bench. T gave him the sig (WCoprHight, 1923 3 tage in that they are the favorites.iwhich he in turn mave to the mitchor = v mean that they were better off N,t once since we started on our last was not done in any slishod | 2 ning. Tt means that | drive have you pitehers failed to come | or guesswork manner e you i hrough when called on, and the T8t un ‘idoa of our thore 3 ) ains cnough to see the | throug our thor. we of the as backed you u You Initched b e curves d thre LE[]NARD [;HAH.ENGED and through persistence | o a0 e Tt ae arel P. You pitched but nine cur nd three Ltweight ry b.--Seventy- sixteen more | port record entry for | deal tomorrow in the | his partner, annual handicap | tion National Squash{ Wh in N 3 four playe than last year and the event. will star opening round of the tournament of the YORK can do it just as well in this series. ".XU balls to Ruth throughout the rmination overcame it. Men squash All You've got 1o do is play ball JUSUimerics. All ‘the rest were slow. ba type are Hans Wagner, Tris a8 if You were play regulst|Of those twelve—the: nine cucves | iker, Napoleon Lajoie. Delehanty |§&ine in midseason. here IS 10 and three fast balls—eleven of them | ot of them. Tonieht add thet |difference. The team that gets Im-iget the big fellow on his ear, as we | | Hughey Jennings and myself also |Pressed with the idea that there is a|say. He ot just one foul off those > diterence will become self-conscious | tweive “sirikés. And " usually we | i > the need of what other an lose. Now, practically all 0 crossed him with the curve when | fetlows had heen R[\v‘n byt ;‘"rf have played in a big series and it 18| there were men on the bases. Our re- e N e e T wiil e | notbinguew to/sou spect for the way he tears into a fast | the vear. definitely in base ball—one, two, three Nater on. | “Forget About the O ball is indicated by our giving him| Thomas R. Coward of the Yale Club, | ¥¢ATs | “In a way you have observed the|Dul three to hit at during the entire | national amateur squash champion, | cre were numerous reports giving | lacl but tha he still this declares that anyone Te Association en the courts of | of ¢rity with the ready money | the Columbia University Club. Tt will | ¢an stili buy him out. Col. Huston | be the only handicap tournament of |a1S0 declares that he will remain * m»{ {were of that type, but we were quick (Copyright, 1923.) has my second is way wa won | boxing | be- | | know { BRITTON WILL ATTEMPT TO COME BACK IN RING _TO COME BACK INF } ‘ Tips on Playing Basket Ball; enanni il | Correct Rule Interpretations BY ED THORP:. training for a come-back The veteran ring seneral pl campaign vhich h g will le a return mateh with Mickey Wi . b e ACK GUARD.—There are two, Q. Is it a foul if two men on one el et N hojeumbined the | £ 5 3 and|5id¢ and one on the opposing side title from him in’a boutat Madison types, the running guard and | have hold of the ball? hiced o S basrett ol the back guard. The back| A. No. Both amateur and nma- ¥ ¥ 1 % d fel sional rules sa should be a big. rugge: tel-, Q. Can a player. jumping at center, m is a ga‘)d offensive | tap the ball, re{co\‘er it, erbhle] ahd 5 pe vy ._ | shoot a goal before any other player 1one his work will be light. For this . : cason when the ball does threaten |'the goal he should be fresh and Cliftor 1" in two w touches the ball? A. Under professional rul after strong to fight hard to get it out land on its w He should be par- 1 bos i s R C. Stol ington. E. A. Tipton was re-e! ! GREENLEAF EASY WINNER IN MATCH WITH HUESTON CHICAGO, January 5.—Ralph Green-: leaf, world pocket billiard champion. defeated Tom Hueston of St. Louis last night in the final block of their match by 600 to 333. Greenleaf's high Vrun of the dav was 7 The Greatest Success of 57 Years the Annual HESS SALE of All HIGH SHOES UR SALE IS MAKING NEW SALES R E C ORDS — never before has the response been - so gratifying. We are glad to know that there are so many Washing- tonians who know HESS QUALITY SHOES, and are glad to have the oppor- tunity to buy them at DOLLARS LESS THAN THEIR REGULAR VALUES. $ 8 85, $9.85 OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF HIGH SHOES AND WINTER WEIGHT OXFORDS—all sizes and widths. N. HESS 931 Pa. Ave. conar 5 &1 even'1e 1'% PUne ageehers mer playing of vour opponents. A lot of | ““Ti% And Jay Gould of the Columbia Club. | the exact “hitch” none of them con- | { Youngsters listen. 1 do think, though, came the most dangerous. The Dub- | praminent player not entered is Fill- | YW York City for ten years and! know better than that. We changed| (Copyright. 1923. Tnited States and Canads ol Frusr Hal, aunouRcEIment ¢ ARt sbout those odds—those figures mere- of the American League which was Clutching imaginary reins, feebly shout- possible conflict of Sunday playing goal, a winner—dying in the role he soclation grand circuit meeting here.| philadelphia cue expert, will start the NNED entries to close April 1. it was dec! w‘ { Wheatley outshot Lewis, 102 to 91. u, Dr. J. Hazvard, Judge stars for scholarship deficlencies d president. also felt’ the faculty axe. Eighty-fiv squad, will be ineligible to compete next .conard for the leven if 1 am at the age where men d. b c , S The trick. though, that broke the|na 1| racquet’ and court tennis ti- { HrMe ut which include Col. Hus-} id posted | begin to hilosoph! national racqu | B | ont Tathas to the e, PoInt | people have an idea that because 1!Yanks in two was a brand mew play | flenolders, are at the top of the pair- | ton's objection to u supposed clause | | first place, it is hard to make the | frequently changed pitchers in our|that we pulled on them and repeated | ings ach is handicapped the maxi- | f . sales contract by which he| it s C e R Pinese pitchers| on the two occasions when they be- | mem—_minus. ten acee . The onlv |2Ereed to remain out of base bail in| a cess! i ble t tand the pace. You| s t | that all succesful endeavors in lifs | were not able o stand, the p " Seema "o Rave. overiooked “this | brore an "o iyde of ine Harvard |anotherthat there was'a difference {%o find faults and of being just as|them for very good reasons, We'llplay in the excitement. Club, former national champion, who | §5¢7 liabilities, including the new 1d mmrwu k to correct th = change them in this series if neces- But I am running into 15 abroid =l Mh\:« um under construction. ny Kil- |~ That largely the sary, but I dom’'t think it will be|chapter. o e which was as surprising champion. | the last world series necessary. All I ask of you is forget | T e R aaen: and. O at Col. Huston had sold out. was I have becn somewhat at a lcss to ! writers. Get out there and play base | Sty Just w3at. in my tairly years ball just as you have all season. Il | VETERAN JOCKEY DIES Sadresica’ o President ‘Ban ‘Jommzon | RIDING PHANTOM HORSE signed by both colonels. When they | asked why Col. Huston had Sixnédl CARLINVILLE, Ill, January 5.— they were told The telegram was a protest against ing encouragement to a phantom pony and brandighing o the last his O racs 4 dates between the Giants and Yankees. whip. J. A Sweeney, elghty-six, veteran | LEXINGTON, Ky.. January 5.—Octo- jockey, yesterday dashed past his last 3, siv Zer !‘ ;o‘.l '-O:M‘l:;\ f;-?“;‘m‘{;.“:,“:f"‘:i ‘WHEATLEY CUE LEADER. had often lited—leading the fleid. Up- | the time & W i right in his bed, and staring fixedly be. | Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders® As- | TE champion. ang Wilite e | fore him, the veteran rode boldly ahead | & ' o ‘ into another world. | The date was determined at the annua maeting of stockholders here vesterday "f‘“,chk]gfi‘;ko:c!a‘:i?;;ogzpsmw o e e R R T ht with the former leading. 204 008, Wil be. renewed for fouly ¢ to 179. In last night's 100-point block, | BY STANFORD U. FAQULTY | Directors clected at the mestin | xe, Paoli. Pa.; David M. Lool\ IVERSITY, Calif., Jan- rry Burgoyne. Donerail. } 5.—The faculty of Stanford Un JHiver; Geotse lown; Iy, snd | ersity has suspended eleven pigsiin ey e s ‘Three trackmen, Glenn Hartranfat, national intercollegiate shot put and discus winner; Thurman Clarke, quar- ter miler, and Al Smith, distance man were suspended all told. and some of them wiil have to stay out for a year. The foot ball men, seven in the rog- ular varsity and four in the freshmen fall ' The varsity men are Murray Cuddeback, George Houck, Joseph Doug- ias, Norman. Dole, Charles Johnston, Bill Pheney and Thatcher Taylor. hix manner is legal. Q. Has the timekeeper the right to balls out of crimmages. | takes in the fundamentals made | when ordered by the referee. League, but are making no runaw Q. If on “held ball” a player taps Tace of it, as three quints ey LIBERTY BELL ROLLERS p e p—— or cage before he recovers it. He | then could dribble and score basket. Amateur rules aay basket scored in [ ularly good in taking thf1 bzdl olg ‘thc backboard. The guard shou & {be well trained in catching, pass- | s 94t [ing o owpof->ounts bal ling, picking up rolling balls and‘,r“» Liberty Bell bowlers are setting the | taking A Time is taken out onmly pace in the Jr. O. A. M. xmxl\mul\h, guards are very costly. The th e ball out of bounds, does it go Jess than 100 points away. Here are h-«\k guard needs to be a cool| ;g opponent? - the figures compiled by C. W. Doug- | player. for he is ugually intrusted; ~A. Yes. official scc | with the direction of the defense.| Q. Can a player on a high school VIt not necessary for him to be |team play for practice with another ret. |an especailly good shot. In all easy | te&m outslde his school team?. = il zames, the other guard should make | » ‘rule” the principer oot the ' Conrn 9 it @ point to insist on his going up at high schools object to students 9 the floor and scoring. 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