Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1923, Page 25

SUNDAY CONFLICT BATTLE | UP BEFORE JOINT SESSION To Force Dual Sabbath Attractions in New York Giants Must Gain Support of at Least Six American League Club: N appearing figures of New Y failure of the joint schedule committ to an agreement at the adjourned A national game here are beginning to booming that they say will reverber: EW YORK, January 9—The dogs of wag are barking at the dis- ork’s base ball magnates who have slipped away from the city for repose and other things. With the ee of the two major leagues to come tlantic City meeting, followers of the stuff their ears in anticipation of the ate when the sixteen club presidents meet in Chicago next month to adopt a schedule. In previous years the two schedules were made up without much difficulty and the February meeting tion and tea-sipping affair. But not ported organizing to settle the disp by the twe New York clubs. All other seven of the National Teague clubs are reported behind the Gients in their demand that conflict- ing games be scheduled for the two ew York teams at home on Sun- 1y this year. American Leaguers are opposing this charging the Glant management with being “mercenary” @nd asserting that two contests may jeopardize the Sunday game in the Metropolls. To force the Yankees to accept con- flicting dates or forfeit the games 8o scheduled the Glants also must gain the support of ut least six American League clubs, which Ed _Barrow, iness manager of the Yankees, aid was impossible. A two-thirds vote of the presidents of each league, voting separtely, is required to &dopt the, schedules. Dresfuss Airs His Views. Barney Dreyfuss, the master mind Pittsburgh Pirates, asserts v be a few conflieting Sun- ames here next season, but the in his remarks comes when he declares that the Yankees have nothing to say in the matter. >t a word have they got to say.” the astute Pittsburgher, who the schedules while Johnson Heydler stand around and ap- them. “It doesn't matter Whether one club objects or not. I Jiever heard of any base ball 1aw pro- Libiting co ts just because are not welcome to a certain club, If hedule calls for conflicts, the will have to play the games or_forfeit them Now, Barney T schedule maker i he knows base ba and backwards. He can juggle a time tabla in one hand and a traveling cxpense account in the other and tell You how many thousand miles each ciub will have to travel to play all the games on the Dreyfuss-made schedule. But on this particular point of base ball Jaw the Yankees dis- pute him, as witness the rebuttal of Ed Barrow vesterday. ® Dreyfuss may be right. There may be no specific statute on the sub- ject. but T know, and everybody Jnows. that no club nesd play con- flicting games if it doesn’t want to. When we are scheduled for this city, that i our territory, and there can't Le any major league game in it with- out our fon. If the Yankees don't flicts, they won't get them, and you can bet on that. For one thing, we may line up enough clubs to block the schedule when it comes up at the February meeting. We need only two other clubs with us to put the damper on any schedule, Landis May Have to Decide. 1t also was pointed out that relief ean be sought from Commissioner Tandis. One of the statutes of base ball is that when there is a dispute between two clubs or two leagues, the one may certify the dispute to Lan- dis and ask him for a decision that is final and binding. Dreyfuss makes the same proposal as Heydler—that the question be re- ferred to the great jury of fans for settlement. He urges that ai periment be made for & v ball belongs to the public, ney in a high flight of sentiment. is the fans not ours. They are the custodian of the game. and they should decide how much Sunday base ball they want." In Barney's home town, unfortu- nately, they have decided that they do not 'want any. but he is now speak- ing of the fandom in New York. “The public's verdict,” continues the Pittsburgh owner, ould speedily settle whether two games or one aré wanted in New York on a Sund 1 don’t think that the Vankees should have the whole say. Tt would be bet- ter to let all the clubs vote on the matter.” And that is what they will do if the Yanks refuse to ratify the American League schedule. The issus will then come to a showdown as far as John- son’s circuit is concerned. Dreyfuss is said to have converted Teydler to his point of view, and he also claims that Johnson personally is not opposced to conflicts in this city, but is merely upholding his two club owners here. The National Teague, then, would be presenting a solid front and Johnson might waver enough to pass the ticklish question along to the magnates. That would mean another “war” at the February meetings. There is one point in Dreyfuss' fa- vor: He will get no more Sunday games here with conflicts than with- out. Two. and only twn, are Bar ney's portion. Last vear he got only one. The Braves and Phils will be the chief beneficlaries. Macks Open Season Here, One thing the schedule drafters did dccide upon, and that was the open- ing dates of the season—April 17 for the National League, April 18 for the Amerlean. The Red Sox will open the new stadium and be out in time 10 lat_the Athletics move in on Sun- day. The Athletics will be the open- ing attraction at Washington and will be followed by the Red Sox. piebabinil Memndbiead GRAND CIRCUIT DATES FOR SEASON SELECTED TOLEDO, Ohio, January 9.—~Grand circuit hurness racing dates have been schoduled as follows: July 2-6—North Randall, Oleveland, July 9.13—Toledo, July 16-20—Kalamasoo, July 38-87—Columbus. July 30-August 10—Windser, Oatario, August 13-17—Toledo, August 20-34—North Randall, Clevelaad, August_27.Septemder 1—Readville. September 3.7 Hartford, ptember 10-14—Byracuse. Boptember 17.38—Columbus. ber_4-13—Lexington. akes and prove 1 Yanks evfuss is the best inside, outside’| they | the busincss, and,| generally was regarded as a ratifica- so this year. Pros and antis are re- ute injected into the winter fanning| 1 { | RECRUITS HAVE CLASS | The Nationaly are getting a quar- | tet of 300 hitters (minor lengue standard) from the Minneapol club in Dick Wade, Ossie Bluege, | George Fisher and Bill Conroy, ac- | <cording to the oficial batting aver- ages of the American Association, | Juat veleamed for publication. The statistics, showing just what they accomplished in this class AA cir- cult, have Bluege credited it 818, e, 311§ Fisher, 106, and Conroy three points under the ltne, with 207, Wade, the slugger of the bane! thirty-two deublen, ten triples and twenty-twe homers 1 hia lint, Conroy, in meventy-ome gam third base, had a fielding a of 900, with a mark ef .984 for NEW ATLANTIC LEAGUE T0 CONTAIN X CLUBS NEW YORK, January 9.—Formation of a new six-club basesball circuit, to be known as the Atlantic League, has been completed, it has been announc- ed by Ernest C. Langraf of New York, vice president and organizer. The league will be composed of clubs in Trenton, N. J. and in five Pennsylvania cities, York, Allentown, Potterville, Lancaster and Harrisburg. for the coming season, Langraf said, the league to eight clubs. ship in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues has been granted and the new circuit glven a rating<n cl "B, John Conway Toole has accepted the presidency of the league in addi- tion to his dutles as head of the In. ternational. * Presldent Toole will call a schedule meeting soon to arrange details of the league's inauglration. The sea- son will be opened about May 1. BLOUIN 11 PINS AHEAD IN WORLD TITLE MATCH CHICAGO. January | Blouin, world bowling champion, took 18 lead of eleven pins over Joe Falcaro of New York in the first block of their forty-game match, which hegan here last night. Blouin's total for ten games was 2,10 vhile Falcaro's was 2,097 Falcaro won six of the ten games. His highest scpre was 22 and Blouin's was 235, Member- DUNDEE LOSES RACER. NEW ORLEANS. La., January 9.— Johnny Dundee, junior lightweight boxing champion, lost his color bear- er at the winter race meeting here when his Sea Mint was claimed out of the third race vesterday. W. M. Cain, owner of an extensive string of aosl;ooulhhnfll, acquired Sea Mint for MORAN TO FACE TENDLER. NEW YORK, Jamuary 9.— Pal Moran of New Orleans and Lew Tendler of Philadelphia, leading con- tenders for the world lightweight boxing championship, will meet in a fifteen-round bout at Madison Square Garden January 19. —— BOY SWIMS TO RECORD. SYDNEY, New South Wales, January 9.—A fifteen-year-old boy named Charlton yesterday made what is claimed to be a new world half-mile t the Rush Cutters ing the distance in eleven minutes and three-fifths of a second. A “RARE” I. HAAS & CO.’S U, $40 to alues TRY-ON . in the baste so that you *are as- sured a perfect fit. |FIGURES SHOW GRIFF’S | but fn 1824 it is planned to enlarge ! 9. —Jimmy | —_—_— “MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL” BY JOHN J. McGRAW, Manager New York Giants, Three Times Worl:i Champions. (Released Exclusively Through the Nerth Amsrican Newspeper Alliance.) Manager’s Troubles With Picturesque Char- acters—BugsRaymond, the Spitball Pitcher, and His Trial by a’Jury of Newspapermen. T has been my fortune—some I times misfortune—to harbor some of the most picturesque characters in base ball—men whose names will remain in sport history long after others of more ability will be forgotten. Always I have jhad a weakness for these odd per- jsonalities. - 1 assure you, though, ithat the spice and flavor we got out of their presence has been offset by worry and troubles. I doubt 1if 1 ever will try another one. I shall never forget Bugs Raymond. There, by the wuy, was one of thi greatést natural pitchers that ever lived. He had his 0dd ways of think- ing while off the field, but once in the box he knew exactly what he was doing. All we had to do was to keep him in physical condition. That, though, was the thing nobody ever | succeeded in doing | “Say. Me Chief Meyers said to { me after he had caught Raymond tor ithe first time, “that fellow can do more tricks with a base ball than any man in the world." And_he could. Raymond's long suit, of course, was his spitball. He could make tho ball do the queerest of stunts and never did he hesitate | 1o pull one of these tricks when the team was in a hole. Even though he sorely tried me at times, I must ad- mit that he was largely responsible for one of our biggest season’s suc- cesses. Was Chronle Backslider. Every fall Bugs would promise faithfully to go on the water wagon. | In the spring he would show up as If he meant what he said. In two or three weeks he would drop right baek into his old hadits. His fond- n for companionship was his ‘flfl“nfu'l I think he knew ever: man and boy in every little town we ever played in, as well as in the big league clties. One season 1 tried to cure him by cutting off his money supply. 1 warned all the players and the sport- ing writers not to lend him a nickel. Just the same he would manage to get what he wanted somehow. One day 1 sent him out in the bull pen to warm up. The pitcher in the box seemed to be wabbly. In those days the bull pen was back of the bleachers and out of sight of the { spectators. Sold Ball for Beer Money. A half hour Iater I sent the bat boy for Bugs. He could not find him. The trainer then took up the hunt. Presently he returned with the in- formation that Raymond was in a saloon down §th avenue drinking beer. He had taken the new ball that I had given him for warming up and had sold it to the saloon- keeper. One fall I persuaded him to take the Keeley cure at a Chicago inst| tute. We got encouraging report: from week to week, but finally came the news that Raymond had been ex- i pelled for having scared his room- mate, an old business man, almost to death by some rough horseplay. Bugs was very proud of his term in the Keeley Institute. He even wore a class. button and very proudly exhibited an aibum with photographs and other souvenirs of his school- mates. Really Had Quit Drinking. He showed up at spring train- ing camp with all these trinkets. Though expelled, he really had quit drinking. I never saw him look bet- ter. He started like a whirlwind, We were in Marlin, Tex., at the time. The newspaper men were sending back interesting stories of the wonderful reform of the Bugs, as we always referred to him. In about two weeks, though, I began 1o see ominous signs. Bugs strick up an acquaintance with some rmers and cowboys. We went to Dallas for an hibition game and Bugs fell wagon with a splash. Ty those aay they always served cocktails with !the” Sunday night dinner at the old Oriental Hotel. All these were pre- pared in advance and placed on long tables in the hotel pantry, just off the dining room. Bugs Tosses Of a Dosen. Knowing the head steward, Bugs decided to visit him. He left the din- ing room and started to the kitchen. As he stepped through the swinging | doors his eye lighted on the long rows of cocktails—hundreds of them | all lined up in rows. Promptiy Ray- mond_started right down the first row, drinking one after another until he had consumed more than a doszen. That was the beginning of his downfall. The next day it rained and we missed him. He came in after mid- night, saying that he had been out with some old raflroad friends. To be sure that I dhl not misjudge The All-Wool House A great pitcher and one of the most whimsical characters in base ball. him I had & detective follow Bugs and make a detafled report of his| activities for twenty-four hours. Mind you, all this time the reporters were still talking about Raymond's reform and the Texas papers were picking it up. Enters His Usual Denial. It was stlil raining the second day and I sent for Raymond. He denied everything as usual I was in a dilemma. I didn't know whether to denounce him to the nawspaper men who had tried o hard to help him or to make one mere attempt to bring about reform. I didn't expect him to stay entirely sober, of course, but I figured that if I could keep him in half way condition he could win some ball games for us at the beginning of the sebson. Suddenly a scheme occurred to me. 1 decided to hold a secret court-mar- tial—a trial “in camera” as the Eng- lish say—with the newspaper men sit- ting as a jury. I knew I could trust every one of them. In fact, I had never known a base ball reporter to violate a confidence. For that rea- on 1 have never hesitated to talk with them freely. Presented Amusing Scene. To this day the picture of that jury and the prisoner at the bar is the most amusing thing in my recol- lections. The jurors got up out of bed to come Jdown and were half dressed, as 1 was. As I remember, this jury was made up of Sam Crane, Sid Mercer, Boze- man Bulger, Damon Runyon, Charles Van Loan and one or two of the younger writers, whose names 1 can't recall &t the moment. “Gentlemen,” I said to them. “I have called upon you to sit as a jury on this man. He has promised ail of | you not to drink and you have given him every help. You have praised him in the papers. He has violated that faith, H big bum _that's lail down on his friends. Now I want you to hear the evidence and then it will be up to you to decide Whether you shall expose his wealk- ness in your papers and tell the world that he’s no good or whether you will overlook 1t and give, him one more chance. 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TOGET PAROLE HEARING JEFFERSON, CITY, Mo., January 5| —The case of Walter Dipley, serving a sentence of life imprisonment in the Missouri state penitentiary here for the murder thirteen years ago of Stanley Ketchel, middleweight pug! listie champion, today was In the hands of the state board of pardons and paroles. It came up in routine manner yesterday when the first of fitty-four convicts who had served six or more years of life terms were grantéd hearings for paroles. Protests against paroling Dipley are belng made by James A, Reed, United States senator for Missourl, and Col. R. P. Dickerson of Springfield, Mo, Dipley has served tweive vears. He was alleged to have shot and killed Ketchel, using a small-bore rifle, be- cause of jealousy over a girl. Dipley vas twenty-three years old when sen- tenced. Ketchel, when killed, was regarded as at the height of his sensational career. Shortly before he ha ght Jack Johnson, then heavy- welght champlon, glving the negro a hard fight, although losing by a knockout. GREB MAY NOW BATTLE IN PITTSBURGH ARENAS PITTSBURGH, January 9.—Harry Greb, American light-heavyweight cham- pion, who was suspended by the Pitts- burgh Boxing Commission, has been reinstated. Greb was reinstated following an explaination of various features of his bout with Bob Roper, New Year Roper, lkewise was suspended, and until he explains his actions in the bout will not be permitted to appear in boxing exhibitions here. Raymond for eighteen hours,” it said, “and noted his every movement. Af 9 a.m. the said Raymond went into & saloon known as the Turf Exchange. In a back room he drank seven glasses of beer, ate a handful of pretzels and two Bermuda onions. From there your operative followed the sald Baymond to the Knight saloon. There he drank nine giasses of beer, ate more pretzels and two or three onfons, ete.” ‘The jurors took careful notes of this | and finally summed it all up. The re- sult of the tabulation was that Ray- mond, in twelve hours, had consusied forty-eight glasses of beer, a peck of pretzels and eight Bermuda onions. “Now, what've you got to say to that?" I demanded of the defendant. “It's a damned lle, Mac! Fellows, there ain't a word of truth in Several members of the jury averted their faces to hide their smile: “You mean to tell this jury,” I asked, assuming indignation, “that this offi- cer has sworn to & lie—you mean to ey you didn't do this drinking of beer and eating of pretsels and onjons?" Denies Eating Any Onion “It's a lle. just the same, Mac. On course, I might've had a coupla dozen glasses of beer, but I'm tellin' you it's a lle—I ain’t eat an onion in seven months!" The jury couldn't hold in any longer. All of us broke into laughter. “Bugs.” one of the jurors finally asked, “in view of your abstinence from onions—this technical mix-up in the report—will you promise to lay off the rest of the stuff if given a chance?" “Bet your sox I will! Fellows, I'm through!" After a moment of deiiberation the jury solemnly acquitted him and voted 1o say nothing in the papers and give him one more chance. s The defendant, declaring the jury to be a regular lot of guys. went out happy and—got drunk again night. At that he partially straightened up | and pitched some good ball for sev- eral weeks. (Copyright, 1923, Tnited States and Canad by the Christy Walsh §: that | Cannot Fight in New York as He Is More Than 38. Asserts 'He Is Only 36, But Date of Birth in Record Books Makes Him 39. By the Associated Press. N into town last EW YORK, January 9.—Interest in heavyweight boxing affa centers in Jess Willard, the ex-champion, whose bulky frame blew night, and Floyd Johnson, who meets Bill Brennan, s now the tried warhorse, in a fifteen-round bout at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Willard is here for a conference with Tex Rickard in an effort to arrange another match with Jack Dempsey. Willard weighs 265 pounds, but says that he can be down to 238 pounds and ready for Dempsey or any one else by the first of June. He said he has lost twenty pounds since he began light training last July and that through only occasional exercise. He went from 290 to 238 to meet Dempsey when he lost his crown in July, 1919, at Toledo, he said. and so he is not worried. Down the Alleys Hilltoppers of the Washington Ladies League won the odd game from the Columbians, with the scores 480, 464 and 459. The teams tled in the first game and the Columblans won the roll off. Nell and Gulli had the best games, 106, while the latter had high set, with 810. Billle's team routed the Western Unlon, winning with the scores 440, 460 and 503. Miss Kellogg of the winners. won the honors with high set, 301, and game of 116. Tonight on the Recreation alleys the team selected to meet the Phila- delphia_quint, will practice with rub- berband pins and small balls. Their work will be watched with great in- terest Wentern Uni miris gave the men of the same company quite & beating last night dn the Recreation alleye, winning two of the three games rolled, with scores 424, 508 and 470. Their _opponents had 451 478 and 449. There was a big vrowd on hand from the office and a lot of noiss was made. Ruth Butting catpured ‘the honore with & game of 123 and set of 307, King Pin Junfor League., made up of boys from the Powell School, will start their organization this after- noon. In_the District League last night the Regulars won two games from the Goodfellows, with the scores 508, § and 525. Bailey and McNickle of the winners captured the honors, the former with a high game of 142 and the latter with a set of 347, Colonials will be at home to the Shermans tonight, and & warm con- test should result, as both teams are at the top of their game. Georgetown quint of the Athletic Club League swept the boards last night, the Linworth team being the victimse. Scores of the winners were 538, 520 and 544, for a total of 1,611. Money was the bright star, having the Righ game, 139, and a set of 357. Young Men's & of the Com- mercial League won the odd game from Meyer's Shop, with the scores 509, 492 and 444. 'Ferguson of the winners led with high game, 120, and high set, 321 e et BOXER HURT IN BOUT. COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 9.—Pat White, twenty-two years, local mi dleweight boxer, was removed to a hospital last night in an unconscious 1 | i | | What Willard concerned over, however, is the obstacle that pre- vented Bob Fitzsimmons from return- ing to the ring after he, like Willard had yearned for the smoke of battle. —that is, Willard's age, or his alleged age. He s that he is thirty-six. though some of the record booka for years have had a birth date down that makes him thirty-nine. The state law prevents men over thirty- eight boxing in New York. Willard_will attend the battle at Madison Square Garden Friday night which gives some foundation to the story that he will meet Johnson be- fore he tackles Dempsey. if at all Brennan has served as the spring- board for several heavyweight as- pirants and served them well and generally to the satisfaction of those Who pay to see him do it. Johnson realizes that he will walk ecither a springboard or a plank after he shakes hands with Brennan Twenty-two years old. six feet and one-half inches tail and 185 pounds in fighting trim, with the complexion of a girl. he will meet an old but clever and crafty ring man in Bren- nan. —_ SHARKEY SHADES CURTIN IN FURIOUS RING CLASH JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Janua Jack Sharkey of New York outpoint- ed “Irish” Johnny Curtin, contender for the bantamweight crown. in { fast twelve-round bout last night In the last round they fought furiously that Sharkey fell out of the ring, injuring his right ankle. REED DEFEATS LOUGHRAN AND GETS GO WITH GREB NEWARK, N. J. January 8.—Pi Reed of Boston 'defeated Tom: Loughran Philadeiphia _in & twelve-round bout here last night As _the result of his victory, Reed has been matched to meet Harry Greb, light-heavy ight champion of America, in a twelve-round bout ut the armory here January 29 DOWNEY WINS FROM SAGE IN SLOW 10-ROUND BOUT DETROIT, Mich., January 9.—Bryan Downey won the newspaper decision in a ten-round bout with Bob Sage here last night. It was a slow affair, with Downey in pursuit of Sage a good part of the time. The bell saved the De- troiter in the fifth. Sage was overweight, his 1621 pounds costing him a forfeit of $25u SHADE WHIPS JONES. PITTSBURGH, January 9.—Dave condition, the result of Injurles re-|Shade of New York won a newspaper ceived larke, in a boxing bout with also of Columbus. floored’ White a few seconds before! here ‘last night. the bell sounded in the eighth. Kid | decislon over Jimmy Jones of Youngs- Clarke town, Ohfo, in a slow ten-round bout They are welter- welghts. 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