Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1923, Page 26

g Mathewson Now Heads Boston Nationals : $5,000 Purse Urged for Open Tourney oG LEAVES o SUGGESTION BY SARAZEN LIKELY TO STIR U. S. G. A. ‘With the receipt yeaterday of = " SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 'D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, i623. SPORTS. Another McGraw Story to Appear Tomorrow The forty-first article of the John J. McGraw series, “My Thir- ty Years in Base Ball,” will ap- pear in The Star tomorrow. In it the manager of the world cham- pion New York Giants will Tur- ther explaim his selections for the All-America ‘team. A A BOOKS 160 GANES UNTEDAGAINSTDRAF CHICAGO, Februar: A sched- FORMER STAR OF GIANTS' IS PRESIDENT OF BRAVES signed contract of Jezebel Tecumsel Zuchary the list of Washington club veterans aligned for service this year was completed. Zach’s is_expected to be fol- by the four athletes Emi lChxmpilm, However, Speaks Sentiments of His Fel- low Pros—Sum Is Not Large When Compared to Stipends of Dempsey and Ruth. I Fuchs and James McDonough of New York Associated With Matty in Ven‘ture—Fre(l itchell Is Retained as Manager. Conroy, ome of the lending contenders for the third base job; Pete Lapan, the promising catcher obtained from Little Rock, and Pltchers Lefty Brogan and Dad Hunkins, the former from Charles- ton of the Sally League and the er a member of the Tampa club last season, WONEN START PLAY AT “BARNYARD GOLF" ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., February 21.—With finals in both the mens’and women’s divisions of the world horse- shoe pitching championship tourna- ment here to be'played Saturday, the feature of today's matches was the irst pairings for the women’s division, "heir games will be run on two of the eight lanes, through to Thursday, The men's championship 1ist today had narrowed to Frank Lundin, pres- ent holder of the diamond medal em- blematic of the highest honors in barnyard golf”; Frank Jackson of BY ROBERT L. RIPLEY. KILAUEA VOLCANO, Hilo, De- cember 16.—Kilauea 1s, indeed, one of the earth's most stupendous spec- tacles. It is the largest active vol- cano in the world, vet it is possible to approach the very brim of the pit wherein seethe the fiery liquid lava cauldrons of Halemaumau (the House lof Everlasting Fire). No sight on earth could be more awe-inspiring or thrilling than to look into this fiery pit at night. An auto takes you down into the crater, an area of 25,000 acres, and you bump over the masses of bjack, twisted Java and through steaming crevices to the lips of the mouth of hell. The fire pit itself is about 400 vards across. 1 lay outstretched and peercd over the smoking edge, which descends perpendicularly down to & depth of 500 fect, where the flery red mass bubbles and scethes, and rises, and falls, in horrible brilliance. It was rieing now. the natives sald. The pit fllls up and then sinks again. It is influenced by the moon. In a week It would almost reach the and partly filled the old crater. The natives can always tell by the earth tremors. A year or so ago the lava from the crater of Loa flowed down the mountain side in & molten stream more than a half mile wide into the ocean, and the waters about grew so hot that all the fish were: cooked alive and washed up on the beach in millfons. It was with difficulty that T got up from the edge of the precipice. The sight is strangely and weirdly fasci- nating. The svectacle is ever chang- ing, and even those who live here never tire of looking into this yawn- ing inferno. And stranger still is the story they tell of the would-be suicides who, in their despondency, decide to end it all by leaping to instantaneous death in Halemaumau. There are ed several cases of those sce death who have arranged for end—written their farewels—and journeyed to the fiery brim of the Pit with the utter intention of jump- ing off. But they nev The sight of bling, molten low in Satan is too smoke-fi stars ab OSTON. February 21.—A syndicate headed by Christy Mathewson. former pitcher of the Giants, and including Emil Fuchs and James McDonough, both of New York, yesterday purchased the Boston Natio! League club irom George. Washington Grant, with the stipu! tion that Fred Mitchell sh continue as manager. Mathewson was made president. Fuchs, elected vice president, is a former judge and iormer deputy attdrney general of New York. McDonough is a_banker. ule of 168 games, opening April 19 Matty’s return to major league base ball as executive of the Braves land closing October 7, is the 1923 also marks his return to the scene of his debut in professional base ball, | yrogram for the American Associa. h]c|h{_viug _enfllmrli;eltl on his career as a pitcher for the Taunton club of the [yign club owners. also united in op. olt New glan -caguc. iposition to the drafting of players The deal took from George Wash-|clans had sanctioned his assuming ine”p o0 (00 1S GIRIENE oF Davers ington Grant the majority tnterest | the dutles of club executive, although | o7, PFUeCiql, " 0n the Tsehedule on: in the base ball club. but left a mi- | he admitted that he still had to take ) nority interest of approximately 25| orders from doctors. He said he was er cent still in the hands of Boston | not certain whether he would go! le. 1t leav disturbed the | south with the club, nership of Br ield, by Jum Will Not Be Figurehend. . Gaffney of New k. who was | president of the club when the Braves | Judge Fuchs said that any sugges- on the world: championship in 1914 | ion that “Matty” had been inter-| ested in the ¢ nd made its pre affney and Judge Fuchs are close | | dent for advertising considerations BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, February 21.—Gene Saraken has fired the first gun in which may prove to be a general engagement between the United States Golf Association and the professional golfers. The casus belli will be an adequate purse for the winner of the national open tour- nament. Sarazen thinks that a sum of at least $5000 should go to the man who wins the open title, especially in view of the fact that the U. S. G. A. charges admission fees to spectators. From the pines of the Carolinas, the pecan groves of Texas and the palmettos of Florida will come the cheers of our far-lung pros when Sarazen’s bold sentiments are made known to them. It is rather inter- esting to note that plain speaking and prideful demeanor have not been characteristic of our professionals. FORMER GOLF CHAMPION NOW IS RACQUETS STAR NEW YORK, February Z1.—Rob- ert A. Gardmer of Chicago, former mational golf champion and star Gifted beyond all save a handful—if that—of our greatest amateur players the pro has kept in his place. Com- pared to our great professionals in other sports the mercenary golfer has been as shrinking as a March violet, as differential as a footman in a peer's ng dates were named as fol St. Paul, at Kansas City Columbus. at Toledo: Loulsville, at Indianapolis, and Minneapolis, at Milwaukee. | Each team will make three trips around the circuit this season. do that swirling, bub- that writhes by e and horror wipe their friends. at the The price involved in the transfer top. —and home! «f the majori known Tt was announced by Judge Fuchs that while New York men. would now vontrol the club flnanclally. Boston interests would be’ given preponder- ence on the board’ of directors. Matty Explaine Position. Christy Mathewson signalized his return fo base ball by.a talk to Bo: ton fans through newspaper men. Referring to his convale: cence and re ng which he | virtually exiled himself in the colon at Saranac Lake, N. Y. he said t for the past two vears he had been wondering how he could sat interest was not mage | | Mathewson “I decided for myself tha ihg end was too stremuous for v some vears vet, if ever again lie said 0 1 decided it was b 1o try some other means of gett back in the game. 1 considered the possibility of tuking over some minor league club, On the outskirts of my mind there entered the possibility of major league ociation: Recently good friend. Judge Fuchs, con- ived the idea of buying the Brave: nced me that there was a re ce and a real future for the club and here 1 am.” “Matty” said qQuarter certury that after nearly a| in busé ball he was glad to be back in Boston, where lie saw his first major league game in 1899 and where there was an op- portumity to develop u team and watch it grow. e said his physi- BASE BALL REGAINS IDOL IN RETURN OF “BIG SIX” man the back-lot boy emulat B culosis to the diamond as president ball club, which has been purchased by a New York syndicate. “Big Six” thus becomes one of the fow players who became business exccutives of the first rank, one of thie others being A. G. Spalding, one of the sport's early fathers. More than that, Matty is one of the few toastéd men who have kept a level head through all plaudits and re- verses to emerge as much of an idol when ' he finished his untarnished playing days as at the heydey of his career. i Mathewson's success as a financier and general executive will be the source of attention of the nation's followers of the game who watched him succeed as a pitcher until he was regarded as without a peer, as a manager who worked wonders with unfavorable material and as a piteh- ers’ coach, where his achievements were less spectacular. Long Fight With Diseane. For two years and a half the base ball loving public has turned its eyes toward a cottage on Saranac Lake, Y. in the Adirondacks, where atty, in semi-retreat with his fam- ily, fought the onslaught of disease. 4 long. patience-killing battle, in which he has triumphed. apparently. dispatches from Boston say he still is under .physicians’ orders, so, perhaps, the last stronghold of the plague has mot been reduced by him. Turning from the success of a decade and a half ag a player to take the reins of the Cincinnati club as man- ager—the club previously liad been regarded as the nemisis of the big- gest managerial capacity—Mathew- son was on the road to established success when he stepped aside to g}?;: into the war and in uniform. | bimself, which he described as ASE BALL has been given back one of its most popular hero was wrong and should be dismissed. “Matty has a neiul interest here.” he declared. at interest Ix| ubstantial. He is the president of | | the “club, in full control, and there | will be no interference’ with him. | Any one who would put Christy up as a figurehead in b ball would break faith with the tans of the country.” The spirit of the elub, 1 Judge Fuchs | said. would be that of Mathewsor esty and fair play, | hopes of suc: good ende: In discu the team's possibil- ities, I'res Mathewson said he | felt he would take no great resnonsi Lility in_predicti { would rise above la 3 e | they finished last son. He added ! that negotiations now are pending | for a deal that would be surprising| @nd pleasing to Boston fans. Bevond | stating that the pending deal was not with the w York Giants, he ! \would give nalinformation about it} | preferring, he said. to have the fans | await developments. SETS SKATING RECORD. MONCTON. N. B.. February -3 Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid, Y.. international amateur skating champion, sprinted to world record of 13 4-3 seconds for 150 yards | |in an exhibition race. a will to win, with | but satisfied with a new the es, Christy Mathewson, who, it was | of the Boston National League base served in France as an officer in the intelligence seryice. His career is full of picturesque turns and dramatic combats with the | rival moundsmen of his time, both in ! league games and in the several | world series in which he participated brilliantly. He was one of the first! collége men in base ball, when a sheepskin on the diamond was a sub- ject for caricature. Was Star Collexe Athlete. After leaving Bucknell College. where he was a star foot ball as well as base ball player, Mathewson went with the Taunton, Mass.. club. That | was in 1899. The next season saw him in the uniform of the Norfolk. Va., club. which disposed of him to the |Glants. He was regarded as unripe for fast company, however, and sent back to Norfolk. But for only a few months. The | cinnati club took him, as it had covered many other stars, and like many of the finds it had turned up, {it traded him to New York. John J. | McGraw having assumed full com- | mand. He was traded for Amos Rusie. [then the most brilliant pitcher in | the game. The base ball records since | trade are choked with information of | the procession of Mathewson. Not once did he falter. He gained fame | as originator of ‘the ‘fade-away | the first of the freak curves which | others have copied with the aid of emery paper. Only the other day Mec- Graw, one of the severest critics and | strictest disciplinarians in the game, said he didn't believe Matty ever made a mistake on the diamond or off it. that | BIRTHDAY SALE -HOUR SAL Thursday, Our 4-hour holiday Men’s Tailoring. Regularly 4 Hours Only—38:30 A.M. to 12:30 by men as the biggest value-giving event in 200 Fine Suiti —in medium-weight for spring wear. $29.50 February 22 sales are looked upon Sold at $50 Tailored to your measure by our clever designers and Custom Union Tailors in our daylight Custom —~a Pk workrooms. through your attendance here in the morning. 0s.A. "> & Company Tailors Corner 8th & G Sts. s — 3™, 2o’ ‘BURMAN-SMITTH FlGHT announced in Boston last night, returns from his battle with tuber- | ™3¢ Of tonight's contest WHITE SOX BATTERYMEN AWAIT PILOT GLEASON; CHICAGO, February 21.-—Pitchers and catchers of the Chicago Ameri- can League club today awaited the arrival here of Willlam G. (Kid), Gleason, the White Sox manager, who is to lead them to their train- ing camp at Sequin, Tex., Monday. Manager Gleason was expected here tomorrow or Friday. The White S vanguard was scheduled to stop eight days in Mar- | in Springs, Tex.. and then proceed | to quin, where the permanent training camp will be established. HINGES ONINONETION CHICAGO. February 21.—Joe Bur- man of Chicago and Midget Smith of New York, leading contenders for Joe Lynch's bantamweight pugilistic crown. were ready today for their carded ten-round no-decision bout here tonight. Only one detail rem ned ference threatened by a recent order by Charles C. Fitzmorris, police, that all prize fights Chicago be stopped. The promoters of the Smith-Burman | bout have proceeded with arrange- | ments for the proposed contest, ha ing announced the police depariment, | sherift’s force. and all others wh legally might interfere with the pr gram under the Tllinois anti-prize fighting laws, would be enjoined from | acting. A test case probably will bhe it was said. Despite the statute against public boxing exhibitions to which admi sion fees are charged, pugilistic con- tests promoted by various American Legion posts for the benefit of sick and needy former soldiers recently have flourished in Chicago. Immense “gates” have been drawn despite the fact no advertising was one, and the bouts were held at suburban clubs,” the locales of which were revealed only to those “in the know.” Numerous boxers recently have displayed their ware. — e = KIRKWO0D SETS PACE. HOUSTON, Téx.. February 21.—Joe Kirkwood, ralia’s trick golfer. shooting —151 for thirty holes, won first place in the profes sional play at the opening of the an- nual midwinter golf tournament at the Houston Country Club. He top- ped a list of nineteen professionals. chief of offered in T unpro- vided for. an injunction against inter- We close at 1 P.M. Tomorrow '}/Men! S}Sen.d the ‘Morning profitably —at this sensational Sale of $5 to $10 MEN’S SHOES UST imagine—regular $5 to $10 shoes -for THREE FIFTY! High-Cuts in all leathers. Of course, broken sizes and styles we've discon- tinued—but, You should worry! Think of it, THREE FIFTY! !Ting when | and Wolte's 1123, Last April it overflowed the pit Rt pilo-ttsass — —o VILLAPUTS OUT WOLFE INTHE THIRD SESSION PHILADELPHIA, February Pancho Villa, fiyweight champion, | last night knocked out Kid Woife of Philadelphia in the third round of a scheduled eight-round bout. The local boxer, aithough he put up | a good fight. was no match for the | champion, who landed many stiff blows. In the first round, after a series of rights and lefts, Vilia sent his opponent to the floor for a count of nine. Wolfe came back strong in the next round. but his aggressiveness counted for little against the champion's skill and experience. In the third round the Philadelphian was knocked down twice before the blow which caused his seconds to throw a towel in the the referee had counted nine. Wolfe made no attempt to re- gain his feet. The final blow was a straight right to the jaw. 2 Villa's weight was announced as 110 In the Cleveland, Philadelphia, sem carl beat Tommy in eight rounds nal Oxfords or At all stores except “City Club Shop” All Sales Final None exchanged Cor. 7th & K Sts. 414 9¢h Se. 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. SEE. go e P ....... KiLAUEA e Carbunale al Hell . OUIMET T0 GO ABROAD; GUILFORD IS UNCERTAIN ! BOSTON, ¥ Ouimet, nal amsteur d open champion, hax anna hix nceeptance of an invitation to Join the American ten teur golfers that will N A AN {lowa " and " fifteen-year-old Harold Falor and C. C. Davis of Ohlo, who won all_their matches in the second round of the tournament yesterday. CLUBHOUSEIS STARTED | ATRURNIG TREE LLB Construction work has begun on |the clubhouse for the Burning Tree Club, Marshall Whitlatch, assistant secretary of the club announced to- The clubhouse will be ready the time the course will be| probably the first week in pole-vaulter in his student days at Yale, has blossomed out as a atar in another branch of sport— recquets. In the national amateur recquets championship yesterdny he sprang a surprise by defeating H. C. Clark of New York, 15—8, 15—7, 15—11, and today was scheduled to meet Jay Gould, the court tennis king, in the necond round. H Gardner was an unknown quan- | tity at roccuets until his play yes- terdny. His play in all depa: ments was well rounded and he exkibited surprising speed. FRENCH TENNISTEAM SENDS DAV CUP D NEW YORK, February 21.—France 1s the third nation to challenge the United States this year for the Davis cup, the United States Lawn Tennis Assoctation has announced. India and the British Isies preceded | France, and, though Hawaii has sent lits formal declaration, it has not yet been received. 1t is the tenth time the French ten- nis federation has sought the cup em- blematic of the world's championship in_team tennis. France will be drawn in the Euro- pean zone. under the new system, for opened, June, The greens of the Burning Tree jcourse now are in excellant shape, Whitlatch s: . and could be put in use, but it is to be the policy of the club not to use the built up fair- jways until the grass has had time to take root thoroughly. A professional for the club will appointed during the spring. The ection of a man, however, 111 be ‘erred until the course is nearly ready be thrown open to the membership. Purchase of aining forty-eight acres for the pur- pose of ¢ ing the course into an n-hole one, has been made by the Town and Country Club, President Mor- J. Luchs has announced. H e clubh moved to its new home in Bethesda, Md. last September, {opening up & new nine-hole course at ! that time. The property acquired by i the club is north of the present sixth [the preliminary rounds. { hole. Last year the French team ad- ! Plans for the construction of an|vanced to the semi-final round, being iditional nine holes are being pre-fdefeated by the Australian team at ared by William Flynn of Phila- | Boston, which later vanquished the | delphia. Who built the present course |Spanish team in the final round at land who also has worked at Wash-[Philadelphia and then lost in the ington and Columbia, lenge round to the United § LI * If it rained 44s The whole town would have such a feast of good smoking as it never knew before. And not one 44 would be overlooked. Because— Most men today know 44 as “that good cigar”— Sumatra- wrapped and made of mellow, carefully seasoned tobaccos. mansion. It is amusing when come to think of it. In fact, some thing deeper than mere amusement may be extracted from this condition Comparisons Back Sarazen. Here is Babe Ruth, whose annual Salary would come near paving t vearly stipend of President Hardin soaking his burly form in the stea baths of the Ozarks while newspaper | correspondents stand by to record his every action. word and thought. Jacl Dempsey comes to New York and i< recelved like a king. Ho will consider nothing short of several hundred thousand dollars for fighting froi eight to fifteen three-minute rounds | against_a set up Yet, Sarazen, outstanding profes- onal exponent of 4 game that num ers more active participants than |any two other sports in the cou | if 'you leave out tennis—is g make his $20.000 a vear, if th | perhaps we had better put that stat | ment in the past tense. Gene Is taking himself seriously as a champion. Which is precisely what he should do he wishes to be taken with equal | seriousness by the public. He is be coming vocal. His m. Rallying behind him, emulating his | example, the guild of professional | golfers may very easily enhance pub- | lic_appraisal of their value and_thus |begin to garner wealth bevond the dreams of avarice. As the situation |stands now a Sarazen, a Hagen, or | Hutchison. or ‘Barnes, will receiv some $250 for an exhibition foursom: thirt holes. Some times more, | some times less; the sum named strikes about the average. This sounds well enough until we { think of the Dempseys, Ruths and th {rest. On the other Zolf is a rc | sport developed not through the i petus of great receipts, but througl Ithe desire of men and women children_to play the game th selves. Perhaps it is Sarazen's | fortune that he should have as | ated himself with so pure and uncom- | mercial a sport hat is off to no Distributors : ‘Capital Cigar & Tobacco Company, 602 Pa. Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C.