Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1923, Page 26

SP ORTS. Numbering of Bas THE EVENING STAK, ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1923: CLARK GRIFFITH BITTERLY OPPOSED TO MOVEMENT Denounces as “Absurd ar SugY nd Uncalled for” Sugges tion That Athletes Wear Numerals to Facili- tate Identification by Fans. BY DENMAN HE 1 t reform movenent in of players on the ficld to enabl amount of agitation among followers Intimation that the promises to occasion no little a of the national pastime during the pre propos y cvent, the local diamond impres s agai ardy.” to quote . nncall a few adjectives, n cabl 5> ecievate the uational rone vther tian our old friev Rice, globe trotter an . who finds time between expe & 1o the four corners of the worl, «ken for the broadening iufluences travel snd to escape conditions suzht about by a well Kknowr nendment to the Constitution. to| dite pieces for a Brook!vn publica- n calculated to edify the denizens Fiatbush e know s i hom- litera- 1d_the will r owed ul- stemnpo- Tommy well, 1 fans readiiy or he at one time to an esteemed iy furnished er for ca through its columns. Ve rave a high regard for our fellow Acribiler's astuteness and motives, | pite the fuct that Griff apparently | Whatever, and it_is in an bis appeal to “help this the benefli of the swriters as the f by insisting | the numbers that sits may him sented today sks: “Why should all embers of a base ball team wear Jors, ws nUmMbers now worn | smbers of foot ball squads?” asserting that ful T gearch in all laws, agreements, consti- tutions and amendments fails 1o T where such a plan would be i inimoral or irreligious: that it ~would not affect the standing of piaver in politics. nor prevent him s striking out in a pinch or wal i a timely hit. Rice asserts fere is absolutely no objection to ering ball players except the un- en law among the elub owners t shail be death w 1t benefit any member of their cecepts within forty whatever that 1 that would old- i fe 3 ewer slong to Yoo ad G subject larie for e who em i the b | numl Atter legal Tittle hing increase the cnjoyment of the | upon whom the =uid owners It required fifty veurs of agi- persuade the club ow Scorebourds in the ma minors, Just as 1ong to persuade the publishe e ball records to tell wheth- aven the major league pitchers | re right or left handed, and five sre before the batting statistics told \er the batter swatted from the r the left How Numbers Would Help. “A major league bascball team carry twenty-five men in mid- weason and as high as forty before tie squads are reduced after the first "nth of the season. Also. in the | Tast three weeks of the on some { ~iobs call in for a preliminary look- | fng over. more or less. recruits. | A% the expensive pastime is now | ducted the admission-paying fan | +old the names of the players who :ally take part in the mame. if - ‘Seoreboard be operated properly. ch is not alwave the case, and if scoreboard be up-to-date. which ften i® not. No effort whatever made to identify for the ticket-| cers and for the representatives of press, who are paid by their lers to give free advertising to club, men who do not actually * into the game. “3 very common experience is that :n in the pressbox, who follow the ame gyery day and may be possessed | of falf gverage evesight, are not| quite certain ahout a home ontflelder | or occasionally an infielder who has | Leen unexpectedly injected into the | proceedings. As resards the visiting | yagm. some astonishing and Indicrons Jatakes have heen made by this siter and others. as we sadly admit the renorters who are on the job dav can be thrown out of their wde, how often_ is the casual fan. «lio constitutes Such a large and profitable pronortion of the patron- completely fooled? Fans Defrauded at Practic “The drawing power of a base ball team at home and abroad depends to a large extent upon the record of the team for winning and upon the reputations of the individuals. Only nine men out of a squad of from twenty-five to forty are in the game &t one time, and it is rare for more than thirteen from each side to get tnto the game. Frequently the orig- tral nine on each side go through +he entire contest. Those can be dentified by the scoreboard and ecorecard, but the other sixteen to thirty-one players in the home squad, according to the stage of the season, are unknown Dby sight except to a ‘ery small percentage of the most ceen-eyed fans, and. of course, the percentage of plavers recognized in the_visiting &quad is very much less. “Now. the fan takes an interest in a whole lot more at a ball game than in the nine nren who are actually Playing on each side. Thousands of ardent devotees arrive early to see the preliminary practice. At that stage the substitutes are doing more or less work in their positions, but ot always systematically, A vet- cran may be trying himself in a new osition. or a new player or sub may ta trying himself in the veteran's Sosition. The young pitchers are pitching in_batting practice, and the “oung catchers are doing the receiv- ‘n@ In the outfield will be found itchers and others shagging fiies. Quite often in the first, or what inizht be called the unofficial, practice the two teams are mixed up. A wisiting player who needs exercise may shag fiies for the home team, ¢ tuss around the infield. feanwhile, other players are merely warming up by throwing or bunting near the grandstand. Five or six pitchers are loosening the soupbones and _inflelders may eatching one or two of them. With- out numbers on the players the fan Goes not know who is who, and so misces half the fun in the practice period. He Is defrauded of a legiti- iate feturn for his money. Fans Should Be Told. “How often has a fan sat in a base | bail stand and been asked by hi sisighbor, or has asked his neigh- bor in the spirit of camaraderie Wehich affects sporting crowds: ~‘Who {s that man pitching to batter? Who is the right-hander working out at st base? Who is that knock- SivnedFeek shagging flies 1n cen- tér? . Who is that warming up_for ? Who is catching him? ~Who is thet knocking fungo flies? Is that so and so, the new second base- 2 Who is catching for the bat- t all big | | | tér -in infleld practice? Who is the fallow working with the regular yzan at short (or any other posi- tion) with the regular man? Who s the funny chap who is cutting the fancy didoes in flelding? Who is t coaching? Who is_the fellow that Is trying to do a Walter Bro- éle by holding his hands behind him %nd catching fies? Who is that other fellow going out to warm up at second base (or any other posi- tion? and so on. very base ball gathering is abuzz with such questions. Very, very often the questions are not answered at all because no one around knows the answers, or they are answered wrongly. “Almost all of.that trouble could I might be formally made at the m owners next month got 2 most emphatic ~for and contrary to the traditions of the sport. atitempt !~ { made | ed by then.. | majority THOMPSON. base ball, involving the e spectators to easily identify them. uumbering sent ofi-season. eting of the American League tic “rise” ov Clark Griffith, : ario going on record in unequivocal st the idea. which he classed as “asiniue, silly, absurd and fool- ot to mention “inadvisable imprac- BRILLHEART SIGNS UP; ERIC FINALLY DEPARTS Players under contract for serv- ice with the Washington ball elub for the ensuing year now number three, the perly inseribe: pavers axwuring Jehowophat Bes- selievre Brillheart's presence with Dounie Bush's aggregation during the (923 campaign having been re- ived by President Grifith todny. Only the document was inclosed in the o iled Tin. Va. B wh be told what this yo hander weighs now. what for hreakfust and that “looking forward to a hix Wil hay ncidentally, i made that waivers heen obtrined on Olaf and that he will il for Joe Can- tillon next summer. going Minneapolis an n part of the deals which bring Diuege, Fixher. Wade, Conroy and Hollingsworth here. he in he their umerals avoided backs in the players wore and front large plain colors contrasting as strongly possible with the colo, of their uniforms. It is pro that it would not cost $20 fo an entire major league squad spring or midseas with such aum bers If the fan h It should be 0 r-sighted that even 1 he entify the plave is smebody around him ight and to could it 1 safe bet vould him Lis enjoymer infected into little expens the why do reason X cept sh dear . which earliest days of baseé ball histors the meanates bitterly to adopting any simple that might please their 1 and that goes for all leagues No Chance, Griff Asserts, When the subject Griff he almost exploded with resentinent against the pla cever he may wouid be chum; And by the wires were s author be and any one enough to advuocate time he got through rly tingling, rly shouted me never will be put into long as I have anvthing to say 1t's all rigit for foot ball, where of one or two stars the pla re ur known to the spectators and where only one or two games a Season are witness- But there is no comparison Dbetween foot ball and base ball ase ball fans go to practically every day of the players knewn to them by sight. This scheme has been mentioned before, but never recefved any serious considera- tion and never will. It hasn't got a chance.” “But if a majority of the American League owners voted to adopt the plan wouldn't the Washington have to fall in line?" he “Not by a jugful” was “No player of mine ever branded with a number, like mate of Sing Sing or a lunatic Tum. not million years So. that's that, as we se member some one remark or two occasions. That e outs s aske retort will be in a 2 m to MANAGER KELLEY LAUDS, CHARACTER OF BENTON CINCINNATIL, January 10.—Rube Benton, lett-handed pitcher, and Tom Sheehan, a St. Paul pitcher, are un- der discussion here today by Mike Kelley, manager of the St American Assoclation Club and Presi- dent August Herrmann of the Cin- clnnati Nationals in an effort to effect a trade. Kelley was very emphatic in upholding Benton, who is now the subject of investigation, owing charges made against him by Pr dent Johnson of the American League In the proposed deal, Cliff Markle and a sum of money are mentioned in return for Benton. “Rube Benton is one of the squarest ball players I have ever handled and a fine pitcher as well” Kelley told the directors of the Cincinnati ba ball club. “Moreover, I will add that Rube will play either with the Reds! or with my club_this season, and the same goes for Pitcher Tommy Shee- han. T only hope that Rube's case is cleared up very shortly so that he can sign his contract with the Reds.” After the conference Herrmann said final decision on the Benton case may not be anounced until the month. FRED TONEY WILL JOIN CARDINALS THIS SEASON ST. LOUIS, January 10.— Fred Toney, who failed to report to the local Nationals after being obtained from Boston on waivers last season, will be a member of the Cardinals this season, Manager Branch Rickey has announced. Toney's failure to report to the St. Louis club last season was because of illness in his family, and for this reason no difficulty is expected in ob- taining reinstatement from Commis- sioner Landis. as it was explained that Toney violated no rules DEAL FOR PITCHER MAY OFF, YANKEES ANNOUNCE NEW YORK, January 10.—The failure of negotiations for the pur- chase of Jakie May, star left-handed pitcher of the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast League, by the New York American League club, has been announced by Ed_Barrow, business manager for the Yankees. ' The deal, said to involve $100,000 in cash and players, failed because the Yankee: were unable to deliver the men desired by the Vernon club. FAST INFIELDER MOVES UP. INDIANAPOLIS, January 10.—Earl Campbell, an inflelder of the Terre Haute Three-1 League club, has beeg purchased by the Indlanapolis Amer- ican Association team. Campbell is said to be one of the fastest infield- ers in the Three-1 circuit, and batted 326 last year. club | Paul | pring | meeting of the National League next| L_..__Manager New “MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL” | BY JOHN J. McGRAW,’ York Giants, Three Times World Champions. ' (Relensed Exclusively Through the North American Newspaper Allianos.) Schreckengost and the i “Cracker Contract”— | How Rube Waddell Put QOne Over on Connie| Mack—W alter (Steve) | Brodie W aits Out a Bos- ton Pitcher. \/ with my this advisedly, been my belief that present to reflect on the past much ibetter than to make the old days ! reflect on the present. After 1 have recailed u few more of the picturesque characters of my thirty years in base ball it is my in- | tention to go back to the early duys and drift dow 1in. In that way 1 hope to recall landmarks that other- f wise | might forget. Neat to Raymand esque charac i an drinkin —of my know! edge were R idell. Larry. Me Lean. Ossie Schreckengost and Wal- | ter (Steve) Brodie ! Most all buse ball people re the time when Schreck—the | had shortencd his name to th fused to sign wet with ¢ { Mack until « clause was in § Waddell must not vat cracke ogether. » quaint_characters always | ther, At times they were \d he figured that an eye on themn better | them in the same room, * said Schreck; when he sign his new contract. it °ss you put in | there that Rube mustn't eat crackers in the bed. You know. the big bum i has got to where he ecats these little | animal crackers every night. 1 didn't | mind the flut crackers so much. but for u whole week last year [ woke up with elephant’s tusks wnd cow horns st ween my ribs « 'k gravely clause Ossie signe Waddell Was a Schemer. Like | Waddel! had an uncanny for ‘getting monow | when there nor He | had worked so many schemes on Con- | that Athletic manager thought | One night In Detroit Rube came to sunie’s e 1 deep distress. He lost the diamond watch charm ad been given to each member of the team for having won the pen- {mant. It was an expensive trinket a that Waddell was very proud Jof. It wus his fondest possession, and Mack knew it “I wanted to ask you wh: “How 1 noticed that 1 memoirs ou have begun with the present instead of 1 did having ¢ may have | | | i | carly boyhood days. it H i ] i always we can use th | 4 the most pletur don't necessarily | | | ore- | e ted that | Always Roomed These tu | roomed to; Jatr he could Kee, by having espectuly up t i and the serted | | | | s Raymand, ability w 1 it one t to do. can 1 go | had it on < atte Suggests an Ad in Paper. T wou advised Connie, taking very s ¢ “that put an _ad in the l¢ 1] papers nd offer a reward.” | How reward, Connie. would | ‘he right? You know I'm flat broke, | | You know tha than anybody “ t's true,” said : Mack, “but you {go ahead and offer $10 reward and if the diamond charm is found I will i pay the reward myself.” | Rube promptly put and ad paper. The next day at noon he went down to a saloon where he had left the charm with the bartender, an old { acquaintance. Mack Falls for It Rube said to h | er over the phone, {down here in e | | matter in the mana- “there's a guy | saloon that's found | my diamond charm. Will you come ! down and pay the reward for sounded fair enough. id the trinket_over way. Wad- At the corner | Connle, slipped way to the saloon and collecter 0 from the bartender, a large portion of which they pro- ceeded to drink up. Connie had been completely taken in. Now, you can't say that a man who can think up that scheme hasn't got a keen brain Had Enormous Hands. Waddell was one of the greatest pitchers that ever lived. He had such a large hand that he could en- circle a base ball with his fingers as the ordinai man could a billiard ball. That gave him tremendou: speed and also & wonderful curve. Rube was very vain about his arm to Rub dell was ve though, he left around the other y grateful ' | the world. lable to beat any club in Generally he could do it, too. BY FREDERI B men at the bat in either leagues fift. Crouched at the plate, the pint He made a unique major league; record on June 1, 1910, while playing | with the Cardinals, when he went| to bat six times in the same game | i without being charged with a single | | time at bat. He walked four times| {and hit two sacrifices. | But Huggins could do other things | in addition to working pitchers for ! bases on balls. He was a good hit- | ter, though no great one. His strength was limited by his small stature, and | { Miller seldom hit for extra bases, {But he poked his singles through the infleld, or beat out his elusive| bunts. “Hug” also was a smart, effictent | ! second bas:man, one of the foremost lin his day! During his minor league | career he established a world rec- ord for a busy afternoon at second | base. In a game played between St.| Paul and Loulsville of the American Assoolation on September 17, 1902,| Miller handled eleven putouts and eight assists for St. Paul without an error in a nine-inning game. The major league record for a second MILLER J. HUGGINS’ MAJOR Club. League, G. Cineinnati Natiomal..... 140 Cincinnati Natiomal 149 Cincinnati 146 Cineinnati 156 i it 135 Cineinnati 46 St. Louls 1651 St. Louls 136 St. Louis 120 St. Lou 121 St. Louls 148 St. Lot 107 St. Louls 18 Total, 13 yemrs ........1573 | Yea i 1904 | 1905 1906 {1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 | Cleveland. (Copyright, 1923.) RUBE the huge burler who gave wrinkles an RUPPERT IS IN CHICAGO: DENIES DEAL IS REASON CHICAGO, Janaary 10—Col. Jncob Ruppert, part owner of the New York Yankees, wus in Chi- cago today and talk of the pos- xible transfer of Eddie Collins, xtar Ruppert denied that in conmection with the propoxed deal, as did Harry Grabiner, secretary for the White Sox. They mald a conference they had merely was casual, and that Grabiner “accidentally ran into the colonel on the street.” spring training exhibition games he uzed to demand that all the players except himself, the catcher and the first baseman be taken off the fleld For fun they let him do it. All the men he did not strike out he proposed to get out on infleld grounders. On several occaslons he did that trick and actually got away with it. Played on His Vanity. 1 played on this vanity one time to win a game. That was many years ago. We knew that Rube would pitch and we knew the chan that he would beat us walking across the field clubhouse I called to him to throw me & ball that had rolled out there He made a great throw of it “That's no throw.” I cailed back to him. “Look at this one.” I threw the ball back. A Rankling at my remark, he whip- ped the ball from the fence to the plate. Again add again we went through this procedure, odr players razzing his throws every time. Final ly his arm was so tired that when he went in the box we gave him aj trimming. He had to be taken out before the fifth inning. Turns to Firefighting. One spring the Athletics showed up Texas, and both our teams hap- from in and had absolute confidence in being |pened to be in Dallas at the same | told by some of the| Tn the' Athletic players that Waddell had | time. I was HUGGINS CRAFTY HITTER AND A SMART INFIELDER CK G. LIEB. ASE BALL never knew a better or more patient lead-off man than | little Miller Huggins, peewee manager of the New York Yankees, ' and once a crack second baseman in the National League. hit over .300 only once as a regular player, but he was one of the peskiest Miller een years ago. -sized infielder gave a pitcher oniy a limited zone to shoot at. And the little Cincinnatian had an unerring | eye. ‘He may have hit at an occasional bad ball, but certainly not at many baseman is held by Fred Dunlap of who handled eighteen chances on July 24, 1882. Miller, a native Cincinnatian, broke into the majors with his home town team on April 15, 1904, playing second base for the Reds in a game with the Chicago Cubs. Huggins' second base rival was Johnny Evers, who spiked Huggins during the game. The game resulted in a ten - inning to-5 tie. Joe Kelly managed that ncinnati team, and Kelly, Mike Donlin and Cy Seymour made up the Red outfleld. Huggins is tied with Claude Ritchey for playing the greatest number of games at second base in one season. He appeared in 15 games at second for the Reds in 1907. From 1906 to 1908 Huggins played in 364 successive games, 111 in 1906, 156 in 1907 and 97 n 1908. Miller always was fast on the bases and a good base runner, but in 1914 he was caught stealing thirty-six times, a National League record for thwarted thieving expeditions. But it shows the midget always was trying. LEAGUE BATTING RECORD. R. H. T.B. SB. 129 161 154 184 159 184 139 162 19 143 34 39 ‘145 175 183 159 131 154 100 121 134 162 85 100 3 3 1,747 HERRRRBEAYN. @ IO o = = WADDEL d gray hair to more than one manager. ! been missing for three days, that no- body could find him. He had a habit of going off fishing the most u expected moments—even in the mid- dle of the season when the race w tight at night were standing on the sidewalk front the hotel when a fire alarm was turne We moved to the curb to w the &0 by ently one we E Pre our & me by with a clang ok and ladder outfit. Dmagi rprize to see Rube Waddell on the drivers’ seat clad in full fireman's regalia. rubber boots. me at and all. And he was infent his job. ' Rube Had Gotten a Job. | They found that Waddell had gone | to the fire department and got a job He put himself off as an old firema nd had slept there with the m ding down the pole as skilfull the best of them when an alarm sounded. You can understand how quickly | Connie Mack went down there and robbed the fire department of a good hand. Always they had to watch Rube to keep him from joining the fire departments various towns and cities where the club plave ot long s ot a reunion of the old Ralti After hav- ng a big time sev e veterans, including Walt were up in my room “How t Rrodic. hotel * said Steve catled at you are making out that T pulled bone of other fellows puiled boners, just as many as T did.” “Is that s0?" T laughed how ‘bout the time vou t third strike against Boston All of them started to tell it, | much to Steve's”discomfiture. Steve Showed His Bo { Ed Hanlon, our manager, had been | trving to impress upon all of us the necessity of waiting out the pitchers { instead ‘of hitting at bad balls. He could never do much with Steve. He would swing at anything. nally Hanlon threataned to fine him if he didn't take a strike now and then and walit out the nitcher. Tn a pinch Steve went un. this idea Armly fixed in his mind. He took the strike, the second—nnd the third sw. don’t tell me 1 didn't take he growled at Hanlon as he me back to the bench. “T reck'n ow you're satisfied that I can take ‘em—and—and 1 could've knocked any one of ‘em over the fence!"” Having gone this far back, T guess before going on with Brodie and | others this is a geod place to start right at my heginning in base ball | (Copyrizht, 1923, United States and Canada. | P e Christy Waiah Syndicate.) ST. STEPHEN'S MEN MEET. St. Stephen’s Club will meet tomor- w night to determine whether the now oc- be pur- members 7:30 as we alway Lot too- “Well, ok that very { ri quarters at 2422 K street, cupied as a_clubhouse, will chased by the club. ~ All are expected to be present at o'clock. DANCE AT CHERRYDALE. Cherrydale Athletic Club will dance for its base ball uniforms Friday night, which means that all proceeds of the dance In Firemen's Auditorium in Cherrydale will go to the club’s base ball fund. Dancing «will begin at 8:30. 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After a couple of games at Hon- olulu, the party of big leaguers will continue on to San Francisco, arriving _there on Junuary 31 om the Pacific line Koren Maru. Members of the party said their trip had been entirely successful, except financially. (Copyright. HOPPE AND SUGANUMA END STAY HERE TODAY Willie Hoppe, world 18.2 ba billlard champlon, who is concluding a three-day exhibition at Sherman’s establishment with a matinee at 2:30 1928) ine today, easily scored over his Japa- nese opponent, Tadao Suganuma, yes- terday in two 300-point matches. In the afternoon Honpe won, 300 to 186, and at night. 300" to 85 Hoppe's play vesterduy was better than in Monday's engagements. In each match he ran out in eleven in- nings for averages of 273-11. His SPORTS. Players Unless They A May Be Defe! EW YORK, January 10.—Anot works, the fight is to be carried to vict: ihu\\ H This war is between the two m: whom they could recall under the them returned. The minor leagues, that lspoken’ for by several dents, will resist the giving the attention | They claim it violates the major- iminor agreement, signed when Ke isaw Mountain Landis became commis- sioner of base ball. which did awa with the old draft and gave minor 1 have been league presi- resolution by of contempt. tand an evening performance at 8:15|league club owners much latitude in disposing of their brilliant players. Ruling Effective Today. The joint ruling of the {leagues. promulgated at their meet- jing here last month, will o into ef- {fect today, making all players sent by a major to a minor league club sub- ject to draft young Best run was 106 In the third | of the afternoon af: Suganuma averaged 18 6-10 in the affernoon nd 8 9-10 in the evening. His best “ffort was & run of 49 in the second inning in_the afternoon Hoppe 4180 defeated Suganuma in the fifteen-point three-cushion matches held after each balkline contest. In the afternoon he won, 15 to 10. in seventeen innings. with runs of 5 and 3, and at night. 15 to 8. in twenty innings. with runs of 5 and 4 At noon today Hoppe and his part- ner went to Walter Reed Hospital entertained the patients with a balkline exhibition and trick shots. ning | Zxecution of the ruling fs expected to create strife between the major and minor leagues, partieularly since Wil- liam H. McCarthy, president of the Pacific Coust League. has announced the determination of his organization to_resist the proposal The minor leagues ruling, understood in base bail circles here to have been concelved by Com- missioner K. M. Landls, s a violation of the major-minor agreement of 1921. The minors assert it presages restoration of the complete draft plan, which was abolished with Mr. Landis’ acceptance of the commission- i ership. claim t the SUNDAY CONFLICT BATTLE YORK. games here this su January 10. e ball league ubs over t W unier wi e month, Ban Johnson, president of t night Just Johnson before Le left was asked to the adjournment of the schedule meeting of the juint leagues com- mittee at Atlantic City yesterday. “Everything was arranged satis- ctorily.” he said,_ “There was some liscussion of scheduling both New here on some Sun as Yarkees objected, of cour: plan was given up.” A. Heydier. president of the 1 League could not he reached. tion. but skeptics were for Chicago. comment on ~The s over the squabble brought on by the S TO BE SETTLED battle between the National and he scheduling of confiict Sunday he American Leaguc. announced last Johnson's an- Dreyfuss, schedule inclined to nouncement, since Barney the other member of the committee, is insisting _that the American League club will lose in its effort to keep the Giants from playing here on the same Sundays on which it was scheduled. Jehnson lauded the adoption of separate opening dates by the two leagues and announced he would urge immediate action on his “zoning plan” to cure home-run hitting if the rules committee meets next month. a unt Tips on Playing Basket Ball; Correct Rule BY ED FFENSE. At the beginning of the game it is well to try all “taps” to the for- wards, and o use only plays which involve action by the two forwards nd center, leaving your guards in a position so that they can defend the goal in case the play goes wrong. Later, if vou find that your center is outjumping his opponent, you can then Start using plays in which one guard is involved. “Tap plays,” in which more than one guard takes part, never should be used. Careful training should be given all men on going in aiter the ball. This is very important, for it is im- possibble to start any of the center plays until possession of the ball is first obtained. The player who goes in for the ball should leap high so that he will get the ball in the air. n on the floor, for vour opponent, if at all smart, will never let it get to you. Q. If a player dribbles dow floor and shoots for the basket, may he recover the bail and dribbie again? A Yes, in hoth amateur and pre fessional games. Q. In professional rules, is a player dribbling if he holds the ball in both hands and touches it to the floor, but | does not bounce it? this is not dribbling. foul for running with the bal Q. “the | Interpretations THORP. teurs may have free throws follow- ing infractions of the playing rules, this rule is not followed by profes- sional teams. The method in pro- fessional games being to automatic- ally award a point after a team has hree inf called gainst without trial from the foul lin amateur and profes each team have free t lowing infraction of Who wins argument? A. There are but fwo wets of pub- lished basket ball rule; teur and mational. the former cov ng all am; teur games d the latter all pro- teanional games. Both thexe sets of | rules may a free try follows an in- | traction of the playing rules. How- | ever, In the northern part of the | New England states they do, in xome | places, lomatically eredit a team | with a point following three infrac- | tions of the rules by the opponents. Q. Are both men compelled to jump in a held-ball play? A. In professional basket ball both men must jump. In amateur game it is not compulsory. Q. If one-player purposely hits an- other player, at is the penalty? A. A for nnd the offending player in disqualified from further partici pation in the game. (If there are any points about the pame of basket ball or its rules which puzzle you. write Ed Thorp, care of the Sporting Editor, inclosing stamped re turn envelope. He'll give you a quick and correct decision.) - Hope team of the Mason League whitewashed the Albert Pike quint, with scores. 493. 518 and 529. 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AVE. major e Ball Players Comes to Fore : New Base Ball War Now On MAJORS’ DRAFT MEASURE GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY - Conflict Due to Refusal of Big Leaguers to IFarm re Subject to Plucking rred Till Fall her base ball war, without much fire- due today. It may begin today, but if it does it probably won’t end until after the next wor not be until then that the minor league magnates will meet to decide series is decided, for it will ory. ajor leagues and those of the minor | leagues which object to the resolution the majors adopted at their recent ijoint meeting here in which they sought to send to the minors players old draft rule, provided they want | Commissioner Landis will be final arbiter in the dispute expected soon {to come to a head. No Trouble Now, Says Toole. President John Conway Toole of the International League asserts there will be no trouble between the major and minor leagues at this time over the new ruling. The minors deny its legality and will refuse to recognize it, he said. | Ruling Made by Landis. CHICAGO, January 10.—A specific ruling, demanded by the Pacific Coast League on the new major league rule |increasing the optional player limit to fifteen, was given out today by Basc Ball Commissioner Landis, affirming the right of the major leagues to take such action. Judge Landis wired President Wil liam H. McCarthy of the coast league a8 follows “Under conditions stated my tele- gram last night I consider major league action respecting optiona! player limit justified. “In my opinion it is the right of a major league club, not prohibited by the major-minor agreement, in | releasing a player to minor league ! club, by agreement with that club, to protect the plaver iIn his right to advancement, as against the selection exemption policy of any club.” Down the Alleys Woman bowlers who will make up the team to visit Philadelphla for a | match with the fair sex of the Quaker | city, had their first try at the rubber- | band pins last night. Only two balls | were rolled to the box, and the pins |are old ones, and for thts reason has ended without the firing of a shot. and peace | had not the elasticity of new ones, be signed at the Chicago schedule meeting of league presidents next | which will be used in Philadelphia. Nevertheless the bowlers performed lr irly well. Miss Gulli did the best | work, smashing the little maples for 138 pins In her third try, after getting {102 and 109 in her first two game: Billie Williams also rolled game: jover century mark, as did Miss | Quaites and Miss Ackman. This {same group will roll again before making the trip. Unusual interest is being taken In the intercity match. nd it was somewhat diffi:cult to get a peek at them last night on a count of the surging crowd around the alleys Manager Baker. who is engineering the trip, is not positive as to the num ber of balls that will be rolled in th match, in Philadelphia. It has bee! { customary to roll two where Tubbe band pins are used, but to make sure | he is going to write the Quaker city manager for further information. | Printing Divislon of the Bureau of Engraving League, struck a_speedy galt last night and won ail three games from the Liberty Loan, with the scores 505, 510 and 506. Halloran of the winners got three splendid games of 134, 120 and 121, for a total of 375, which is the season’s record ifor the league. His first game also i was high ptared two out Circles, with the 459, latter getting the final game by one pin Young had the high set. 296, and Burlingame the best game, 112, rond Y from the 501, 460 and lof thre scores Nuts, of the Ra | League ran wild night, jall the games of a double ! Giving the Car Builders a_handicap of twenty-five pi the Nuts won easily, with the scores. 403, 389 and 428, Langley of the winners, had the best set. 326, and also high game, 126. ! A postporied game with the same | team without a handicap, resulted the same way, the scores of the Nuts {belng 40.°421 and 375. Williams of the winners, captured the honors with la set of 338 and a game of 121. { Car Department got a forfeit from Baggage. M. C. A winning header. In the District League, both the Colonlals and Shermans were off their | stride. but the latter had the shade {and won two out of three. The | scores must have been pretty had as they were not submitted for publica- tion. Harmony followed suit by trim ming King Solomon in_all three { games. with the scores, 478, 471 an: 498. Collier had the high game, 121 and Lanman the best set, 309. Goldenhergs of the Commercia League, won two out of three from Galt & Bros'. team last night, with the scores, 464, 471 and 469. Stirling | of the defeated quint. relled the high game, 116, and best set, 299. $10, $10.50, 311 Values 35 d STAND $12& $12.50 Values