Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1923, Page 65

SPORTS Part 4—4 Pages American League The Sunday $ WASHINGTO! D. €, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1923. Due for Tame Meeting : Illinois A. C. Sets World Relay Mark 5. U TEAM SECOND INRECORD MEDLEY Trio of Other World Marks Tied in A. A. U. Titular Games in Buffalo. NO SENSATIONS EXPECTED | AT PHILADELPHIA MONDAY| Litile Probability of Any Big Deal Being Comsum-| nated Tomorrow—~Circuit Now Is Better Forti- fied Than National League. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW YORK, February 17 great sensation to spring abont players .at the spring session of the N circuit which Philadelphia Monday, there has been | no hint of it. 17 there were any such sensation it would hate to be met, of course. by quick reprisal on the part of the National League, for the UFFALQ, X. Y., February 17. —One world record . broken, three world records tounight in the nationul indoor champioen- ship meet of the Amateur Athletic Union. The Iilifois A. C. medley relay team, with Joic Ray running tablished a new world mark of 7.35 2-5 for one and seven-eighths miles. Loren Mur- chison of the Newark A. C, equaled the world records in the sixty-yard {dash and the 300-yard run. K. W, { Anderson of. the Ilinois A. ( | equaled the world record in the seventy-yard high hurdles. Senior championsnip marks fell when Joie Ray, in tie two-mile run, | finished ead of Ritola of the Fin- nish-American A. ( in 9.10 and old M. Osborne of Tlinvis A. C. cared the bar at 6 feet 4 inehes in the running high jump, The Illinois A. C. captured first place {in the me Wwith 46 points. The Chi- the nearest rival, with 1i the American League has any was B conyenes in were bettered here senior time until the first ball game AS a matte fuct the situation today v bad policy to spring any sensations which might instigate a major league quarrel. The organizations are bard-scrapping rivals and as such will pever surrender a point they don't have to, but they always try 1 they generally succced—to kéep from actual break by skilliul maueu- | played is short E.LEE DOucLAS Ufliversth? of*va of is such that it might be ! as anchor man, e ¢ the rican assem- bled at Wi fon st year will be remembired tiat the air was sur- ming, alive and replete, with | a7 predictions that the hout to put S0 stupen apture pinch ALRIDSE, HOLD-OUT, LEFT Georgetown. IN COLD AS CUBS START| CHICAGO. February 17.—Vie Al- | ridire, n wtar pitcher with the Chi- cngo Natonals, was left shivering on the tform when the Cubx ted today for California to training o xlgn 0 oo Nered him. dous of th hit ning blhy at Waterluo 3 would insure « large att y Wouid I it u rexumption ations, which he sald, ; ; e - poin me from the Cubw. e g & SR 2 P % | ronns s, And with the Ru w N - ,, e = LIt} in of the University of : 17 -mile medley the gun, but A. A. runner an. his foot striking the track. In the final went into the lead, A man five yards of the 1llinois A. C. the rear. Ray then s wd out and crossed the line well | in_advance With Ra, | Watson, S dependent_upon, its rival Alueric ve ut five whi he vace in | R only two ot perbans (h The Arer v cireu til it s muah ¢ e | eircuit than that pation AE. DTy o which they for S, uld have Which sum nit is om which will small package of dollar bi o be disconneted The “great do been forecust for 1he ng me of the A L . and ugh no today base bal > neverthele throbbed 1 . in antic tand hope) ng I D This et Monda the winter or league even as the <P th ¢ writers and the attendin 1Eaway the iast b course, there will b certuin e tween gz with mu teel like Tiu Al the better . | thirty vards™ in Squad Jtt‘a(flifl on flgv Hilltop chad ko e B point to the fact that loped in the west iger as a busebull the Nationals. | Louis and ¢ does not e t there 1 h . i ween g p . K glarl by of the ; for | the one hand a i flom sixtli pdace t the 600-yard burgh on the oi Ui A spill on the second turn pu Lall | put tow- | Have Bdge in trailing ficld out of the With B 5 @ut of the 1.000-yard run, never waus out bandily in best mark the mt vinning than the Iiinois A, C. canir Stove nary of Evenis. 60-YARD RUN—Won by Loren Murchison, New- rk A. C.: second, E. J. Rusnak, Yale Univer: third, Harold' Jones. Tiiinois A. G : fourth W.'A. Dowding. Liincis A. C. Time, The forenoon uf Monday will be spent ' gy |, L.0GO-YARD RUN_on by Ray Watson, Tili- i ke Rl b i ¢ : e | nots A. C.: second. Phil Spink, Ghicass &. A nd perhaps prayerful % ‘ : - | fird, B F. Whatton. Chicago A .A.: fourth. Lo t evening they will attend Tome Piry J74th Regiment A. A.."Bufialo! the Lanquet of the Philadelphia sporting ' PUTTING 16. > 2 wricrs with Ban Johnson and Ty Cobb nole A G; (disiance. o5 Tert ork nely; - the Kuests of honor. Of course many ond, S. Harrison Thompson. Princeton’ Uni- SIS Py Gitien will he s mons ersity (distance. 42 feet 103, inches): third hose. present and there will doubticss th’{ Goelitz, Tlinois A. C. (distance, 36 feet representation of bugs, fans Sty ordinary root STANDING BROAD JUMP—W, by W, L | Beid, Brown University (distance. 10 fest, | inc! Osborne. Tilinois A.'C. | (disti¥ce, 7 inches): third, T. T. | Horkins, Chicago A. A. (distance, 10 feet 6 | inches) : fourth, Hoskins, Chicago A, A. 1 Eby. Chicago il — 1 QP;LP.H,HILLS B - ‘ . iYS ; « 7 : | Gt o 1o : | On the Side Lines Prinnceton - . & . . : " . -~ ! A . - “ "éz;‘t‘fg;g&:fi“s'g: p Oty i With the Sporting Editor lie "Ritola, By DENMAN THOMPSON. American | ictn A. C.: third, Walter Mau ‘. LGEBRAICALLY :peaking, Washington's entrant in the League flag scramble this r cquals the well known X. With a 1§ral Y M. C. A | Yale University. new coach for pitchers and new men assured of jobs i every section of the -up fans of the capital are to be given a team on which vouth, speed and hustle will be a primary consideration, but which must remain an unknown quantity until the acid test of compe fon is applied ¢ Clark Griffith has made a good job of housecicaning, more than a dozen of the athletes who fignred more or less extensivi in the battihg 'STRONG U. S. GOLF TEAM . i order of Jast season having been separated from the pay roll. the list | Time. .35 2.5 3 2 including Milan, Shanks, Brower. Erickson, Picinich, Francis. Goebel. TO GO IO GRE¢ BR T_AIN;Anflfl'fif&’.”;lfl.’fi«"é’.’.‘ffi TR, Taliate Smith, Torres, Courtuey, Woodward, Phillips, Gleason, Youngblood and ; 2 s i 3 S # |Ch1uxo A, A.; third. H. Meyer. Rutgers Col- 1d are willing | utations as phophets tronger in News York. s Strong. By completing _and ows stadium in New York ; ‘nt to the Nutional Nutional League e of the A enior or Finnish-Amer- Buffalo Cen- fourth. E. C. Vanderpyl. Time. 9.10 2.5, RUNNING HIGH JUM -Won by Harold M. | Osboree, Tilinois A. C. €. 6 feet 4 inches : wecond. A. Abromet. M k A, C, (8 feet 2 | inches edskuvy, Pennsyl- | vania . Tacquith, Tlhinois A. C. (5 fest 10 inches), 300-YARD RUN—Won by Loren Murchison ond. M. T. Lochnicht. 106th I A. A.. Bufizlo: third, Harold « Tlivois A. C.: fourth, Ssmuel Rosen, { Tilinnis A.°C. Tire. 031 1.5, STANDING HIGH JUMP—W¢ kinx Chicsgo i nager, ne Geordetowin Brown University (height. 4 feet 101, | inches) - fourth, Harold M. Osborne. Lllinois A C. (height. & feat 91y inches'. “n-MILE MEDLEY RELAY—Won by Tllinois . (Rosen. Dowding. Watson, Ri ond. " George University: third A A { Chicago | Furk lege: fourth,” W. T. Martin, University of 4 . o Pennsvivania. Time, 0.08 4.5. y Some of these went hence for ONE-MILE WALK—Won by William Pla value received., some because of in- \1’«'1}?.‘"55’.’5:.‘cmc'zm'xfim?'mm‘»{" V. Jovos! expericnc id others because they 7.—Obstacles that a 2 h ay of [ Centrsl Y. M. C. A fourth, James J. Far- 17 Obstacles dhat fappedted i theiway ot |l Lol A R S S "England this year rapidly are disappearing, it was indicated to-| . BIG TEN MARK SET. night by the United States Golf Association, and present prospects point 'r;;lx”::_ "|U(~h‘1;‘:"“&\.fi<'l‘_mlv ..7,'“,‘{. !: to the formation of an especially strong team for both the Walker cup | indoor meet here tonight, sixtv-fi mdtches and the British amateur championship. DO o ity Tielie of ichigan |as a dependable hitter, but lacks Robert A. Gardner of Chicago, twice national champion, it was an- | record for th le event on hll ’s speed. Bluege probably is the | nounced, has tentatively accepted the captaincy of the American team | mdvor track Retnmpkqeit: attained his best form. In con g 4 i ‘ - ; v tion Peck will have it all over % 4 i | By the Assceiated Pres: any rival from the standpoint of EW YORK, February mustering Americ just didw't’ fit into the scheme of things. Of the total of thirty actives due to report for spring training at Tampa starting a week from next Thursday, three-fifths come general i 7 s s i ans can display the same pro- | s amateur golf forces for the invasion of fickency at third that he did before | being shifted to the outfield in! | Cleveland he ranks first among the I prospects with Conroy his most dangerous rival. The latter is rated team this for, and the battle promises to be a merry one F Muddy Ruel, former first-string Roger Peckinpaugh- has a big{ backstop of the Red Sox; Pete Catchers—Garrity. bulge on the shortfielding aspir- | Lapan, the likely looking South- Inflelders — Judge, Harriy, ants and Joe Evans considerable of | ern Association acquisition, and Peckin --;fi_l"‘-;-l- '_9- Motte. wn edge over the candidates for the gB:l_ld“l:'erxr-ve. Eastern ' League pretnimmcss oy 2 Pitchers—Beach, Lea- ob at third. The trio of playe st 5 who will be given an opportunity 101 With Walter Johnson. who is &ues Potter, Knoxville; War- show in both positions are Bob_ j confidently expected to have a big moth, le RMock; Brogan, Motte, who has been filling utility | A : . Charleston; Harkinx, Tampa; porhe has beew Blling utility i year, “and Southpaws Mogridge,| | hariextens’ Hackiza. s roles here for'a couple of seasons;iZachary and Byillhcart the only| | mommn peatons Chick Gagnon, the Holy Cross pro- RUEL ACCEPTS TERMS; HOLLINGSWORTH SIGNS Acceptance of terms by Catcher Muddy Rucl and receipt of the sign- ed contract of Pitcher John Hol- gworth were auncunced at headqurrters of the Nationals yes- terday “Ruel wns most reasonable in to join the invaders, while other like- ly candidates include Rudolph Kmep- per of Princeton and Harrison Johu- ston of St. Paul. Chick KEvans of Chicago said re- cently.he would be unable to spare the time from business, but oficials of the U. S. G. A. are hopeful that he may change his mind and join the team. under the heading of newcomers, . but a dozen of the athletes on the | yijtiest ficlder in the bunch, but his i . . : s : & elds e e his £ : 4l - roster having made regular semi- | batting ability is a doubtful element. : ; : and already has begun gathering his forces. There is some doubt, how- | DODGER RECRUIT SIGNS. monthly visits to the cashier’s |l-a Motte will have to develop more v ever, as to whether Gardner will be able to make the trip overseas, and% % > cap- last season: 108ty one h.nn_u], prowess b merit serious JOIE RAY ~ Hhflots A_é' | should he drop out, it is likely Francis Ouimet -the veteran-Boston star, | (NEN, VORI, Tebruare 17.—The h fiel consideration. _Gagnon's rating | will be asked to take charge of the squad. first baseman purchased from the Little catcher, two outfielders, four |pnust he deferred. FGazaasivaE one o tha teloe i Rock club of the Southern Association pitchers and five infielders are | The prospective switching of Rice - e B Sl e o has been received by the Brooklyn X A |CATHOLIC COLLEGE TITLE |l s St | PARIS DRESS, NOT TENNIS, : k vee: and G n left unoc- i 4 = xd s e So far as can he forctold at this | cupied, with Dick Ward, a compe- : e g . | United States defeatea Great Britain GETS MOLLA’S ATTENTION early stage only four periormers | fent young flychaser from Minne. = 2 eight matches to four. He holds the aside from the batterymen are as- | z0,0] I “eredite = additional distinction of being run-| By the Associated Press. , 3 | apolis. who is credited with being a v sured of _permanent” berths next | urdy sticker, slated for the e ANDREW GAFFEY Iner-up in_the British amateur title| PARIS, February 17.— Such summer '“‘!' i Goose ‘I"“‘_'”- N What opposition he has will come Geox‘cgel‘oww 3 javent of 1020, losing to Cyrll T 10| minor affairs as world tennin g0 e | from George Fisher. an expensive | . et Lafier’a Stirving mateh. EpisIns s nnd) ¥ivsity itk sentative ¢ charmed circle snile wha was highly reg; 17—G T . A ColligeChant . Suzamne Len 300 Titters Tast. vear: Sam Rice, in | i Western T o]y regarded in [[IE2E O ehtnc e o innimen e G o (ot g Ten Players to Be Choncn. 1n the firat. woman tennin player g 5 2 Grst base | 5 “cagug Sty ) ' ySpw——— shi; ay event in nights s games her: N % i T et right ficld; Joc Judge, at first base.| George = McNamara, culled from i RIGISHID ITIE LE% Sle g S o SO R U R S5 g piayers R e | of the world seemed to rest light- and Bucky Harris, on second. This | Chicawo's i : ONLY DOZEN HOLD-OVERS |/ tonight. The Blue and Gray runuers defeated Boston College in | this vear's team. Practically del S L i ! 5 Chicago’s independent ranks. i 5 S assurance has been given that two| 1y upen the brow of Mrw. Molla _NEW YORK, ¥ leaves the middle pasture beat, the | To help Pat Gharrity, | WITH GRIFFS THIS YEAR the final after these two teams had beaten Hbly Cross and Fordham, |of the outstanding younger stars—| Bjurstedt Mallory today as she |United States will send a hot corner assignment and the |- © help Pat Gharrity, who may respectively, in -preliminary races. Georgetown ran the final in excep- | Jesse ~Sweetser of °Yale, national| wyilea through Parls® finese |L¥€lve fenc u-bu.},-mn shortstopping job to be contested | meed a lot of it in view of his =2 ti Ily fast time. champion. and Bobby Jones of Atlan- to defend the Robert Jame arm last year, there will be BOED-OVERS. Cesaidbaat ta_and Harvard—will be able to ob-| ®hops, suddefly discovering she |trophy in a series of international - * = Pl‘tehrr":;:n:nn‘:n, Mogridge, Georgetown’s team was com- tain leaves of absence. Ouimet, ;Y‘;;:e meeded & mew dress more urgemt- es 1“;"',],': B t‘llwh \;‘“'rokztmmn e o eart. " Guil ¥ 3 v 3 i 2 d 23, the Ame > Caten: ' posed of Herlihy, Kinnally, Planksy Sorrons of Chmre @0 Gormer nacy 17 tham.a mew temnts raeket or |0V, LT (L0NE commities has an- and Gegan. tional titleholders, are counted upon "ll" ""':'"":" ':" the l;':"- e . R ? “@ ith & \e American team will sail about R. V. Merrick of Boston College AR WL COWIny wrve (W expected to take part in with a handicap of 3 feet equaled chip on my shoulder, looking for P the world 45-yard high hurdle rec- trouble,” Mrs. Mallory explained. ord of 6 seconds. . “I like to play tennis to while awny the teum will be se- Fencers' “League of rom among the winners in national championships, to be held in New York the latter part hes at Birmingham and addition to the cham- the time on the long sunny after- nooms on the Riviera. I am chal- lenging no one, and expect to Te- ’ eeive mo challenges, but will play Bob McAllister, New York's “flying cop” won the two 40-yard events in which he was entered. duct who performed in Rochester last season and comes from Detroit in exchange for Pitcher Ray Francis, and Ossie Bluege, recalled from Minneapolis. Bill Conroy, also obtained from the Millers, will have his attention ‘centered on third b and the same goes for Evans, although the former Indian will be cast for gar- den work if he fails to measure up o specifications as an infielder. Whether Peck starts the sea- son at short will depend entirely upon his physical fitness and he has planned to attend to that little item by spending a pre- liminary two weeks at Hot Springs. Last year Rajah re- - ported heavy and slothful and it avas nearly mid season before he { Allan pitchers of established worth on the roster the Nationals are in urgent need of a capable righthander. Russell being booked for trescue roles exclusively. Clark Grif- Ifith believes he has the needed talent coralled in the person of John Hollingsworth, from Minneapolis, but will have keen eyes and alert ears at the league meeting in Phila- delphia tomorrow. 4 Lefty Warmoth, Southern Leaguer, in the trial given him last fall, ap- peared promising. Of the other em- ibryonic moundsmen little can be said, but Coach George Gibson is being counted ‘on to get the utmost possible out of them and with Man- ager Donic Bush running the team with the same acumen that marked his playing career the Nationals may hustle themselves into the first flight of contenders for 1923 honors. tehers — Hargrave, Ruel, Boston; Lapan, Rock. Inflelders—Eva: Cleveland; Gagnon, Detroit; Bluege, Con- roy. Minneapolis. Outfielders—Wade, Minneap- | olis; Fishker, St. Joseph; Mec- | Namara, Chicago semi-pro. THREE DODGERS LET OUT TO MINOR LEAGUE CLUBS EW YORK, Februa: 17.—~The okiyn base ball club of the Na- tional League announced tonight the releasc. outright of Pitcher Roy Gordinier to the Memphis club of the Southern” Assoclation. Infielder William McCarren, who was recalled from Jersey City. last fall, and Jim' Murray, left-handed pitcher, were Teleased on an optional agreerhient ‘to the Bridgeport club of the Eastern League, f John L. Murphy of Portland, Ore. took the measure of LeRoy T. Brown, Dartmouth's high jump king, in the running high jump. He made 6 fec 2 inches to Brown's 6 feét flat. Harvard defeated M..I T. in a 390- yard relay. The time was 3:14. Machussetts Aggles defeated Bos- ton_ University in a 390-yard relay in 2:15 1-5. Ahela Kiviat of New York falled to capture the Knights of Columbus mile, which went to Patrick J. Mahoney of Boston College. Kiviat ran third. YALE IS HOCKEY WINNER. NEW HAVEN. Conn., February 17— Yaule defcated Princeton in a hockey game here tonight, 1 to 0. The win- ning goal was made by Reild after thirteen and one-half minutes of play- ing in the third overtime period. This evens up the series between the two teams, as Princeton won the first game, a few weeks ago, 4 to.3, the demands made in his letter,” President Grifiith said, “and nerted ke was mightily pleased a belng transferred to Washington. He will prove a most valuable man for us. With Hollingsworth also in line there are but few outside the fold now, fewer at this expect all to be signed shortly.” Players yet to ba lined up are Conroy, Zachary, Russell, Lapan, La Motte, Haunkins, Brogam and McGrew. BROCCO AND EGG TAKE BIKE GRIND-IN CHICAGO 17.—Maurice Brotco of Italy and Oscar Egg of Switzerland won the six-day bicycle race which closed hers tonight. CHICAGO, February Meanwhile, arrangements i con- nection with’ the invasion rapidly are being completed under the direction of a committee of officers of the U. 8. G. A., consisting of President J. Byers of Pittsburgh, Secretary C. Lee of Tuxedo, N. Y., and Vice Presi dent W. D. Vanderpool of Morristown, N. X Dates for Event Changed. Originally, it was expected that the Walker cup matches would be played May 4 and b at Deal, just prior to the Hritish amateur tournament. but President Byers has been advised by cable of their postpongment until after the Individual champlonship. The date now fixed for the team cor test is May 17 and 15, at St. Andrew The team will safl for the other side early in April, if satisfactory ar- rangements can be'made, and in this event it is likely an invitation to play a combined Oxford-Cambridge team at Rye, April 17, will be ac- R v, 8. G. A. has set aside $10,000, all comers.” & part of the admission receipts of last year's amateur and open champion ships, to finance the American team, and will apportion the fund on the basis of $1,000 for each individual. This will cover: expensés in connec- tion with the Walker cup matches, it Is pointed out, but not for the British amateur championship. SUZANNE BEATS DANISH' CHAMPION IN LOVE SETS CANNES, February 17.—Mile. Suz- anne Lenglen, the French lawn ten- nis etar, today defeated Miss Kechler, woman champlon. of Denmark, in the international tournament here, in straight sets, 6—0,-6==0, of April. Four men will be picked to use each of three weapons, foils, epee and sabers. The Thompson trophy, donated for perpetual team competition by the president of the international com- mittee, first was played for in 1921. and captured by the United States in a match with English fencers in this It is competed for every s and alternately in the two PADDOCK WINS THE “100” AT LOS ANGELES IN 9 4-5 LOS ANGELES, February 17.— Charles W. Paddock, world cham- pion sprinter, won the final heat of the open 100-yard dask at the Southern California Amateur Ath- letic Union relay carnival held at Occidental College today. His time “ was 94-5 seconds,