Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1923, Page 26

SP ORTS. THE EVEN. G | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . , FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1923. Base Ball War Clouds Growing Darker : Yankee Golfers May Invade England MINOR LEAGUE MAGNATES: | SHOW BELLIGERENT MOOD Heads of Circuits Not S Threaten to_Sever All l ubscribing to the Draft Business Relations If Majors Violate Draft Pact. HICAGO, January 12—War clof C the first drive centering in Chicago. The trouble began when major draft powers on players farmed out. minor “assignment of players’ agreen : uds gathered over the camps of the | minor leagues threatened today to crytallize into immediate ac- tion on the part of their presidents against the major leagues, with leagues announced a plan to retain . in alleged violation of the major- nent.” An increase in the optional player limit from eight to fifteen caused a storm of protest from the minor league presidents. clude in the major-minor agreemen upon it by the majors five additional 1 added to the storm. K. M. Landis, commissioner of base ball, afiirmed the right of the majors to enforce its new plan of action, as ser;l1|g he believed the majors had | a right fo “protect the player in his right of advancement.” | Then the minor league presidents chorused their objections. Willlam McCarthy of the Pacific Coast League said his organization would act In- depently should the majors violate the major-minor agreement covering draft playe President Al Tearney of the Three I League wired virtually all minor heads, urging them to indicate to Mike Sexton, president of the minor association, their desire to make im mediate action for defense against the majors' new plan. Hickey Warns A. A. Clubs. Thomas J. Hickey, president of the American Association, now in Los Angeles, announced that clubs in his organization had been warned not to deal with the majors if they persisted in their present attitude. He said he) would bar from the association any player who came in in violation of his| order. \ John Conway president of the International followed President Hickey similar warning. ! with of the clation, Waestern Toole, League, with group | American Asso- Pacific Coast, and Threc 1 leagues—pres senting a solid front against the magors, it appeared probable today that business relations between the two groups might be severed uniess a common ground of understanding is reached Combined action on the the minor leagues awaited only the receiving of seven requests by Pres dent Sexton. He said he would is-| sue a call for a meeting, probabl in Chicago, when he had received th number of petitions. MAJORS ARE DENOUNCED BY COAST LEAGUE HEAD SAN FRANCISCO, January 12.—The crash of the first barrage in what was asserted to be a first-class war be-| tween the American and National| Base Ball leagues the one hand and the minor leagues of the country on the other was echoing throughout | sportdom toc The gunfire was set off last night by W. H. McCarthy, president of the Pacific Coast League. who, in a statement approximating five closely typed pages. expressed his_opinion of the proposal of the majors to send players minors subject to recall, and of the actior of Commissioner K. M. Landis in approving that plan. McCarthy culminated and fulmi- nated and detonated. Commissioner Landis, telephoning from his resi- dence in Chicago to interviewers, said he thought the Pacific coast man “did it pretty well.” but declined absolute. 1y to fire any salvos in return and said he would not ever launch a counter- attack: | McCarthy said the commissioner’s | approval of the majors’ new contract | made the major-minor agreement, whereof the draft was abolished in respect to certain leagues, scrap of paper.” He went on “The minor leagues have been hum- bugged, deluded. deceived afid cheated by the major leagues, with the knowl- | edge and consent of the high commis- sloner, the new Moses who was to lead base ball ito the land of prom ise. Promises and Belasco poses are - all that the minor leagues are to re- ceive. “The man whose proudest boast was that he had d the Standard Oil Company $29,000,000 was not big enough or courageous enough to- tell his overfed emplovers that a contract | 1s binding upon both parties.” McCarthy_ asserted that vigorous rotests against the thajors’ proposal ad {been entered by the four other minor leagues, which do not recognize the draft, and promised to bring the whole matter before the meeting of the Pacific Coast League in Portland, Ore., next week. CHICAGO, sioner Land in McCarth not even listen to all of it. socfated I’ress telephoned the com- missioner and started to read the statement. Halfway thréugh the lat- ter interrupted. . “That's enough,” he said, “I'm not interested.” “Do you care to make a reply?” he was asked. “Oh, no. Tt's mot worth while. Much obliged for calling. Good-bye.” 'Will_you make a statement to- morrow?” “No, never. Good-bye." A few minutes later the commis- wsioner telephoned the Associated Press. “You can say for me,” he said, “that after hearing McCarthy's statement I sald he did it pretty well.” o YANKEES STILL HOPEFUL OF GETTING ED COLLINS NEW YORK, January 12—Return- ing from Chicago, Col. Jacob Ruppert, part owner of the New York Ameri- can League club, said there is new hope that the Yankee-Sox deal pivot- ing, around Eddie Collins may go through. The deal, whereby Collins, one of the greatest second basemen of all time, would come to the Yankees, is supposed to be based on this line-up: Infielder Aaron Ward, Outfielder Bob Meusel and Pitcher Waite Hoyt of the Yankees for Collins, Outfielder Bib ¥alk and Pitcher Leverette of the Sox. CARDINAL BATTERYMEN WILL GO SOUTH FEB. 21 ST. LOUIS, January 12.—The bat- terymen of the St. Louis Nationals wiill- leave St. Louis for the team's spring training camp at Bradentown, Fla, on February 21, a week earlier thai originally nned, ~ Branch Rickey, manager of the Cardinals, an- nouhced today. Rickey sald the Car@inals would get into cohdition svith the Syracuse International Jdeague team. ~ TOLEDO SELLS BILL HUBER. TOLEDO, Ohio, January 12.—Third aseman Bill Huber has been sold to he Beaumont club of the Texas League by the Toledo club of the American "Association. —_— Base ball will be discussed by the enyon Street Tigers at a meeting Bunday afternoon. Members of the eam are to gather at 605 Kenyon et at 1 o'clock.’) all anti-draft minors International, of the the part of January 12.—Comm! s was so littie interested s statement that he would The As- lon the Briggs trophy. 3 The attempt to in- t ‘with the new ifiterpretation put cagues not subject to its rulings only GRIFF IN AUGUSTA, G;., FOR WEEK OF GOLFING Having cleared up all pressing business with the mailing of com- tracts to his athletes, and encour- aged to believe by the prompt re. Aponse of three toilers that the holdout brigade will be bf minor proportions thixs year, Clark rifith has hied himself to = milder clime for a period of golf- ni. Grifiith entrained last Wednes- day for Augusta, Ga., which form- erly served asx a spring training baxe for hix players. He was ae- comphnied by J. Thilman Hen- drick, Meyer Cohen and James K. Polk. The links enthusiasts plan to remain in Augusta one week. NO DEAL WITH BOSTON, SAYS BOSS OF ORIOLES, BOSTON, January 12—Two of the Baltimore Oriole star aggregation of base ball players are to come to the Boston Red Sox, in exchange for'two Red Sox players and a sum between $25,000 and $40,000, Harry Frazee, owner of the Sox, has informed the club secretary, Larry Graver, by telephone from New York. The Orioles who will come to Boston will be two of the trio, Johnny Boley. Max Bishop and Merwin Jacobson, shortstop, second sacker and outflelder, respectively, he said. Owner Frazee told the secretary that the deal with the International League pennant holders would be completed to- ay. Dunn Denlex Deal Is On. BALTIMORE, January 12— Jack Dunn, . president of the Baltimore club of the International League, in formed the Associated Press last night there was no truth to the report from Boston that a deal was pending with. larry Frazee, owner of the Red Sox. He stated over the telephone, that while he was in communication with the Bos- ton owner yesterday, there had been no talk of an exchange of players or their purchase price. Mr. Dunn wanted it to be known, once and for all, that®Joe Boley, star shortstop of his club, was not for sale to any one at any price. He said that {in event of a deal being made with Bos-.| ton, Bolexs name would absolutely not be considered PLAYERS, NOT MONEY, DEMANDED FOR MAY LOS ANGELES, January 12—Sev- eral scouts of major league clubs have made offers for Jake May, star left-handed pitcher of the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast Base Ball League, according to Howard Lorenz, | secretary of the club, but none has the necessary players to trade. The club_desires players instead of cash for May, it is said. CHANGE HITS ATHLETE. BOSTON, January 12.—Loren Mur- chison, star sprinter, whose entry has been received for the invitation 50- yard dash at the Boston Athletic Assoclation games on February 3, will flash new colors and as a result will forfeit the two legs he has won Representing Tllinols A. C. of Chicago, he won two legs on the prize, but as he will represent the Newark A. C. this vear the cup will remain in competition even if he wins again. TYGERS SIGN A. CRANDALL. LOS ANGELES, January 12—Ar- nold Crandall, brother of “Doc” Cran- dall, former major league player, now with the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast Base Ball League, has been signed to play with the Detroit American League club next season, he said here. The Tyger recruit, now playing with a semi-professional club here, is a left-handed pitcher. FLETCHER IS ON THE JOB. PHILADELPHIA, January 12.—Ar- thur Fletcher, new manager of the Philadelphia National League base ball team, has arrived here from his home, in Collinsville, Ill, to confer with President Baker and Business Manager Shettsline regarding club policies. ARIE WINS SHOOT-OFF - FOR PINEHURST TITLE PINEHURST, N. C, January 12— Mark Arie of Champaign, Ills, world champlon trap shooter, and W. C. Warren of Chicago, each won & major event in the annual midwinter tourna- ment, Arie defeated Warren in a_ shoot- off for the championship of the 450- target high average trophy, which they had tied for at 435. Arle shot a perfect 25 and Warren missed after hitting 24 straight. ‘Warren, shooting from the 23-yard line, woh the preliminary handicap trophy with a total of 94. 3 BEDWELL GETS LICENSE. BALTIMORE, January 12—H. Guy Bedwell, former trainer for J, K. L: Ross, has been granted a trainer's license by the Maryland racing com mission. He incurred the displeasure of the commission In 1921 for “con- duct prejudicial to the best interests of racing.” JACK DILLON WINS BOUT. BICKNELL, Ind., January 12.—~Jack Dillon, former light - heavyweight boxing champion, outpointed Joe ‘Walters of Columbus in a ten-round bout here last night. AUTO GLASS o T Taranto & Wasman W17 NEW YORE AVE. N.W: Radiators and Fenders KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. % T4, Wl"f'l‘STA S R. and F. 519.18th B 64l0. 1488 P “MY THIR was How McGraw, Batting Lefthanded, Learned to Hit Into Left Field— The Curve That Could Not Be Pitched—First! . Professional Day7 With the Olean Team. [] GOT my first idea of learning i to place hits when but sixteen years old, the idea being forced upon me through a lack of small change. Fifteen cents in those days was a lot of money. At the time there was no way of my knowing that T was building up tie most val- vable asset that any left-handed hit- ter could possess. My idea | purely commerci I was playing of the school tcew at Truxton, N. Y., where I was.born. Always I was a left-handed hitter. The open lot on which we played was bounded on the right field side 1 a | schoolhouse with muny windo n right center there was a church. As a left-handed hitter naturally hits Into right fleld, I broke several win- dow panes In addition to several threatened thrashings my father had to pay 15 cents for each pane of gla ihroken. Other fathers in our town had to do likewise. Mighty few boys in that time, o® in our set, ever had that much spgnding money at one timet Studled Changing Position. TO avoid this wrath of my old dad and to save as many 15 cents as pos- sible, I studied how to change my position at bat so as to hit the bail into left field. In time I got to where | [1 could hit in that direction just as { well as into right. « The mastery of that art of hit into either fleld while a boy is re- sponsible. 1 think, for my batting and run-getting record in the ma leagues. Often 1 have wished th could devise some such compulsory method to make our present left- handed hitters shift from one field to the other. You can easily understand, for in- stance, what confusion Babe Ruth would cause the opposing outfleld if he could bat either way. They would never know where to play for him. This ability to shift also is invaluable in working the hit-and-run p Willie Keeler had the art down pat You can readily understand, there- fore, why he and I worked the hit- and-run play so succesgfully for years on the old Raltimore dlub. But T am getting a little ahead of my story. 1 started out as a pitcher. This will serve as an answer to many who have asked why I always made pitch- ing my life'study | During the world series one base | ball writer quoted Bill Donovan as| saying: “McGraw turned out to_be the best pitcher in the series” | Though intended s a pleasantry, I| took that as a downright compliment. Even to this day I feel as if I could | pitch, though I never did, in the big league. Pitching was my first and I never gotten from it 1 That the initi y, April 26, with the P Chieage at Cleveland. From P Thursday. % In the Natiom: Cinclnnati. and St. Louls to Chicago. OFFERS DEMPSEY £50,000 FOR FIGHT WITH BECKETT NEW YORK, January 12.—An offer | of £50,000, about $250,000, to meet | Joe Beckett in London June 4 has |l been ‘received for Jack Dempsey, | world heavyweight boxing chnmplon.l by Dan McKetrick, his eastern man- ager, from George McDonald, English promoter representing Capt. Goold- ing, a British sportsman. " CONTI ILL IN MATCH. CHICAGO, January 12.—Roger Conti, French 18.2 balk line billlard cham- pion, whd was defeated by Jake Schaefer, former world champion, at- tributed his poor showing to iliness. He sald he had been ill when he ar- rived In Chicago for the match and was unable to sleep during the three nights of play. B i Today! !| Our Entire Stock of i | “SHIRTS (at about) ‘This semi-annual sale cov- ers every Manhattan shirt in stock, white or .colored, day BY JOHN J. McGRAW, Manager New York Giants, Three Times World Champions. (Released Exclusively Through the North American Newspaper Alliance, | Boss of the Olean, N, Y. the present pilot of the Giants broke into base ball. To me it is the most in the world. not Truxton T worke accomm pistols filled dle 1 dgidn't weigh more than 105 pounds. idea of curve. in really co my stuff. pitch a curve a panion cupye.” came ba it to me.” myself,” fresh in those da warmer until put up. time had come along and got in it. feet apart, stand at one end of the row and the catcher Tove Lm: Griffs Open Season at Philly; First Game Here April 25 or 26 1 game of the championship season in Washington this year for the Nationalx will be on Wednexday, April 25, or Thurs- adelphia Athletics as their opponents, in indicated by the oficial announcement of the opening dates issued from Amerienn League headquarters, . The Griffmen will help the Mackmen raixe the enrtain in Quarker- town on the first day of the weason, Wednesday, April 18, the other signments being Boston at New York, Detroit at St. adelphin the Nationals will go to New York, where they will play the first Sunday game at the new stadium on April 22. Upon whether they will he scheduled to play three or four games in the series at Gotham depends whether the inaugural battle in this city will be the following Wednesday or al League, which will get under way a day earlier than the American, opening games will find New York at Boston, Philadelphia at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at Chicago and St The shift after the first four-game series will send New York to Brooklyn, Philadelphia to Boston, Pittsburgh to Cincinnati RS IN BASE BALL” catcher will catch it on the lefthand side of the end one. That would be a curve, wouldn't it?" “Yes, it would prove it all right” the man deciared, “and’I'm betting $10 that you can’t do it. I had a ball and glove in my kit. So, at the next town the conductor heid the train while we all got out on a vacant lot near the depot. All the passengers went with us. A man from the train sald he would catch the ball for me. As cocky as you please T got out there, wound up, and, sure enough, I pitched an outcurve that went inside one stake and outside the other. The | ball didn't break more than four{ Inches to do this. I could casily put an elght-inch bend on it in sixty feet. Well, my bhacker won the $10 and gavé me $1 of it The other man admitted that a curve ball could be pitched. Joined the Truxton Team. On account of my pitchipg and hit- ting on the school team I was made ! {& member of the Truxton Grays, all! home hoys who played teams within a radius of twenty-five miles. 1 was much younger and very much | ler than the other players. Still, | won two or three games, and this | {reputation caused the East Homer | » offer me a job.” East Homer | miles away, and I had tol walk there and back. But I got $2 for each game that I pitched or played in. 1 stepped right out and won my first | game. 1 want McGRAW’S FIRST MANAGE! you to piteh again Satur- day.” the manager said to me. AN right,” 1 agreed. “but iUl cost you §5, and. what's more, you're got to send a hack to take me there and back.” The manager argued over this, but was obdurate, and he finally gave after trying to make me compro- e by paying the hack fare one A. F. KENNEY, | team when A, F. Kenney, a Pruxton man, who | managed the Olean, N. Y., club of the | Tron and Oil Leagueé, had been watch- ; ing me and giving me advice. After my success with the East Homer | team Mr. Kenney offered me a job | butch boy on the | with the Olean team at $60 a month | tra s0ld glas<:and my board. That's when I really with 1y, magazines. | started to play ball. I jumped ag the | that the butch boys still han- [ My dad tried to persuade me t3 re- in_the sticks. 1 was one of | main at home, but 1 talked him out liest butch boys you ever saw. | of it W fascinating art It really is an art, too— merely science During the su r months up at | out I'll be making $3.500 a vear ou know it.” I said, and | finally gave in, | My fondest hope was realized. The | of my ambition Was to Scoffed at Curve Balls, In those days peoy d at the anybody making a base b n;,,,..‘m be a It was but a few years ago. | professional ball player like those T that many skeptics werc |had read about. And, -sure enough. vinced. here 1 was, a professional. smoking car, where 1 Gee, how ¢ good that word professiondl sounded! there were many conversa and arguments about base ball, | Failed on Third at Outset. few believed that anybody could | And, with that job came the begin- | ning of the end of my career as a pitcher. Manager Kenney put me on T pluved xix games there we lost every one of them. 1 could field the ball. all right, but on the throw I couldm't hit the first baseman or anywhere near him. 1j was quite a bust in my start as a third baseman. 1 was benched—and by my friend from Truxton, too! I |was certainly heartbroken. That i benching, though, was the making of me, and often I have thanked Mr. Kenney from the bottom of my heart. 1 didn’t then, though. 1 getting ready for & jump— there was no rule against it in those days—but & good laugh caused me to stay over another day or two. Al Smathers' team from Bradford, Pa.. came over to play Olean and Smathers had $6 bet on the result. Dog Runs Off With Ball. the fourteenth inning of that with the score @ tie and two out, Egan, Olean’s pitcher, singled | over third" A stray dog dashed out of the crowd, grabbed the ball and ran away with it, All the players started in pursuit, but the harder they chased the faster®the dog ran,| thinking it fine sport. In the mean- time Egan ran around the bases and the umpire allowed the run to count. To this day Smathers has never got over losing that game and the $6. Bench warming grew irksome to me. The next night I packed up quietly and slipped away into new fields. (Copyright, 1923, United States and Canada, by the Christy Walsh Syndicate.) BOXER DIES OF INJURY RECEIVED DURING BOUT COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 12.— Lloyd (Patsy) White, twenty-two, middleweight “boxer, son of J. H. White, director of swimming at the University of Chicago, died in a local hospital last night of injuries rece! ed in a bout here last Monday. He suffered concussion of the brain, the result of his head striking the floor when he was knocked down by Grant (Kid) Clark of Columbus. County Coroner J. A. Murphy an- nounced he would investigate circum- stances of the case. fact, In th kept “What are you talking about?” said man frem my town to his com- “There”—he pointed ut me- little fellow who can pitch a a “Bet you $10 he can't.” the other k. “At least, he can't prove “r'd_like 1 to take a dollar of that chimed Jn. 1 was pretty The argument grew warmer’ and the money was finally The conductor in the mean- Put Up Three Stakes. put_up three stake: 1 suggested, * 1l twenty nd I wiil il the stake at the other. the ball go on the middle bet 1 can righthand and the ke | In game, Louls and nk Louis at EN’S SUITS and OVERCC T3 —Now Going On— . 20% and 25% OFF On Every Siit and Overcoat in the House $55.00 Suits and Overcoats . $40.00 $50.00 Suits and Overcoats -$36.00 $42.50 Suits and 'Ovem_nh .$32.50 $40.00 Suits and Overcoats .$30.00 $37.50 Suits and Overcoats :$28.00 $32.50 Suits and Overcoats .$26.50 $31.75 Suits and Overcoats .$24.00 ) No C’lar‘c.a for Alterations This -sale 4ncludes all hard worsted suits, -tweeds, herringbones, blue serges and tuxedos. Some have 2 pairs of trousers. 5 gy & € G | dation both for the players and for QUESTION OF U. S. SENDING OFFICIAL TEAM UP TODAY { SPEAKER IS OPTIMISTIC OVER INDIANS’ CHANCES CLEVELAND, January 12—Man- ager Tris Speaker of the Cleve- land American League team timistle over the Indians’ el of finishing higher up in th American League than they did last weason, when they were only one game behind Detroit for third ce. Approximately thirty report to the wpring training at Lakeland, Fi The pltchers will report March 1 and the other members of the squad March 8, FLOYD JOHNSON FACES TEST IN TONIGHT'S G0 NEW YORK, January 12.—Floyd Johnson, promising young lowa heavyweight, will stake his aspira- tions for championship honors to- night in a fifteen-round contest with Bill Brennan, Chicago veteran. The bout is the first of a series among heavyweight contenders planned as a means of selecting a “logical op- ponent” for Jack Dempsey, the title holder. Victory for Johnson will ‘place him in the “front ragk of challenging cligibles, who already include Jess Willard," Harry Wills and Tom Gib- bons The Towan has developed rapidly within the past few months, and in- cluded Bob Martin, former A. E. F. champlion among his victims, but he will meet an experienced; hard-hit- ting ring general in Brennan. The latter twice has fought Dempsey in| recent yvears and was knocked out| both times, in 1918 in six rounds and in 1920 in twelve rounds. TEX PLANNING ACTIVITIES | FOR LIGHT-HEAVIES YORK, Jangary 12.—Promot- er Tex Rickard has'announced plans for several light-heavyweight bouts during the indoor season, which will bring into action Harry Greb. of ittsburgh, the champion; Gene Tun- ney of New York, former title hold- er, and Tom Gibbens of St. Paul. Gib- bons and Tunney may meet in the first about #he middle of February. WTARER WL G EXHBITON AT CHES 0y A simultaneous exhibition of chess playing will take place tomorrow evening at & o'clock in the gapital City Chess Club rooms, 14121 street | northwest, third floor, when Norman T. Whitaker will meet all comers. Whitaker is one of the recognized chess masters of the United States, and it is expected he will have be- tween thirty-five and forty-five con- testants. There will be no charge for admission and no charge for playing. Those contemplate playing have been requested to bring their chess boards and chesgmen. because of the extra- ordinary demand for them. Whitaker is noted as one of the most rapid chess pl; rs in the coun- try and, it is explained, neither gues nor players need fear a long session. Gen. Nelson Miles, U. S. A., vetired, who was elected a life member at the last meeting of the club, has sig- nified his intention of being present and taking' part. ; The new clubrooms are said to be very much larger than those formerly used and will afford ample accommo- No Change in Customary Dates for Amateur and Woman’s Championships Expected to Be Made at Meeting of Golf Association. ITTSBURGH, January 12—Whether an official goli team, represcin P ing the United States, will be sent to England this vear to com pete with British golfers probably will be the outstanding topic o discussion at the annual meeting herc today of the United States~Golf Association. J. F. Byers of Pittsburgh, president of the association, said the ques tion ‘of sending an American team to England first would be considered by the executive committee at its meeting today, and its decision referred to the open meeting tomorrow. . DEMPSEY BATTLES TODAY, 2 S i T BUT IT IS LEGAL AFFAIR | bl araant thetunte of sE5tcri |and the women's during the openi LOS ANGELES, Calif., Januar: | week of October. lInterest, so far —Jack Dempney, heavyweight hox- | dates o, will center around the ing champlon, wax to enter a fight | tional open. which \will be |} not with boxing gloves. { It is no cted that there be | any change in the matter of ¢ for the amateur and women's champio; will | next summer at the Inwood Countrs | Club, Far Rockaway, L. 1 | “Members of the P. G. A.. the nationa | erganization of the pros in t {try, have requested that the ( move the date up from mid-July some time in June, but the as met with considerable | Such action would do away | international aspects of the « smuch as no June date woul the American players British an op, ol both is cour by Owen Bartlett, a house painter, R who alleged he was—assaulted by | Joe Hyran Dempwey, Jack's | brother, and Teddy Hayes, a | trainer, while working in Demsey’s home here. Bartlett axserted Joe Dempsey and Hayes were in the employ of Jack at the time he wax “beaten up” and therefore Jack showld pay the damages, although Jack had nothing to do personally with the alleged assault. aiithorities will necede to the wishes JESS N TRAINING OGS SHOWS TOADVANTAGE 55 June, thus enabling the American 12 request fals Oppose Change. Many of the U. 8. G. A. ofliciul understood, are unwilling fto steps which would make it impossih for the Ame n pros, notably 1 zen. Hutchisan, Hagen and Ba play in the British event and ret [Fto-America in time for the Inwood evemt. There is a general feeling (hut the near future, the British ol NEW their own event for a ous time of the vear t ble under the present It is expected that the chow the national body it B ok wdition {innovation of charging a gate for the championship eve having swelled the coffers of the association more an arrar Dorts this year NEW YORK, January —Jess 2 Willard worked out for an hour ves- terday in the Madison Square Garden gymnasium in the presence of Tex Rickard, Frank Flournoy and a few newspaper men. The public was ex- cluded, which didn't seem to please 2 fair sized mob of fanatics that had gathered about the 26th street en- trance to the Garden in hope of see- ing the big fellow do his stunts. It was announced thwi Willard will not perform publicly for at least a week. He will work in private every d however. It can be said truthfully that Wil- lard looked a good deal better in his training togs than he did in his street clothes. He has no ponderous paunch and it seems entirely possible to us that the rolls of fat about his waist and hipg could easily be removed |30 368 : with a month of intensive training. | rolled 521 in He obviously made a very favorable ; ONIY time they got over the 500 mark impression on the critics who h;.d‘-\nqu an Al Works had the besg gathered to see him work. Tex Rick- | $¢t. 342, and Mulroe the best game ard’s enthusiasm over the former |12 champ's condition was unbounded. | Manhattans did Tex insisty that Jess could get him-|When they won the self into first-class condition within |the Rathskellers, their being | four or five weeks. 550, 560 and 543, grabbing the dec!d- Dundee was the only boxer admit- | IN& game by only one pin. Mack of exhibition | the winners got the high game, 134, astic | and Richard a set of 3 {- In the Athleti the Waverlys made a over the Anacostia quint BLOUIN HANGS UP 112 s FOR 40 TENPIN GAMES with set of of CHICAGO, January 12 —Jimmy Blouin of Chicago, world bowling | champion, successfully defended his title in his forty-game match with Joe Falcaro of New York, which end- ed last night. Blouin won, 9,112 to 8,247, on total pins, giving him a final lead of 865. In the final frames Blouin won, 2,169 to 2,121, but Falcaro took six of the games. Blouin averaged Down the Alleys Z = . Terminal Iee now ix out in Uhe {in the Districf Leagu Defes ! Rathskellers Wednesday nig Manhattans, and i night of the Sherm, | brought about this {Ice rollers last I ble of putting « threatened. and t i the second game. 509, 568 and 5 ad of the by the inal apa- whenever d only in Their scores were 7. while the Sherman the sccond game, the sht appeared steam s occur: th proud from ted to yvesterday's private and Johnny was also enthusi when it was concluded. night with scores Mayhew of the honors and a game last League Dawson team of the Masonic | picked up the odd game last | tae Pentalpha auint being tims. Dawson's figures were 487, losing the final game by Lead-off man Barnard did his best for the losers, hanging up a set of 331, while Bell of the winners had th high game, 121. Hiram took tw. Takoma, with land 512, Lon best I set, 314, and Joliffé, the high game 115. Leagu nigh the gallery. SRS the v Ladies have been invited to come, either as plavers or as guests of the club, to observe the games. OFFERS GIBBONS $30,000 TO MEET KID NORFOLK NEW YORK, January 12—Tom O'Rourke, matchmaker of the Re- public A.'C., which operates at the Polo Grounds, yesterday offered Temmy Gibbons of St. Paul $30,000 to meet Kid Norfolk at the Brush adium on xome date to be decided ¥ the two boxers during the co; ing spring. O'Rourke is eof the opinfon that in the light of his bout with Harry. Greb, Gibbons has no legitimate claim to a title bout with Jack Dempsey, and thut the St. Paul boxer can ar toward establishing a place for himself in the heavyweight ranks by dispos- ing of the biack Baltimore battler. | Glbbons is in New York mow, and | probably will give O'Rourke a definite ‘answer during his visit here. one pi of the American Tce League, won_ all three games, from Staticn No. 5 last night, being 198 2169-10 for the | final block and - Falcaro 2121-10, | while the champion had a grand average of 22733-40 for the forty | games, believed to be a world record. | Falearo's grand average was 206 7-40. | 'Blouin’s high game of the s | was 300, registered Wednesday night. Falcaro’s high mark was 240. —_— NEW YORK, January 12.—August Belmont, president, and all his fellow officers were re-elected by the Jockey Club at its annual meeting. McCaboy the best = In the Commercinl League the Hahn quint whitewashed the Carry Ice Cream team, winning with the scores 504, 532 and 510. Gold of the winners waiked away with the honors, his | high game being 128 and his set 323 Another forfeit bobbed up in the | Railroad Y. M. C. League last night, the Machinists getting three from the A. R. E. team, whick failed to appear. YouMust Have . Clean Plugs , for strong, dependable ignition. Plugs that carbon- ize or foul from oil lose strength rapidly. The dirtier they get-the weaker they are. Finally they “miss.” No spark. No explosion. No power. Insure clean-plug efficiency at all times by using Plzgtfiat Your motor is built to operate with a full, hot, reliable spark in the cylinders. On anything less it can’t serve you prop- ‘erly. Don’t handicap it. Give it a chance to work. See that it gets the quick, suvnt‘nig ignition it needs—always. You can get it with B-G’s. And yoy never have to clean them! ‘ Get a set from your dealer today. 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