Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1923, Page 27

SPORTS. Bush Is Optimistic DONIE LIKES THE TALENT HE WILL BOSS THIS YEAR Mite Manager, Here to Lead First Squad to Tampa Tomorrow, Airs His Views—Conrov Still BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ICKLED 1o death.” “T “This ball club had some tough luck last season.” Bush opined. “The best of 'em stumble when they're hurd hit with accidents, as we were. If we &et our share of luck I think the team will figure prominently all the way. Tt. always has been my view that lustling makes a lot of breaks, and that being the case, we'll get 'em, for they'll all keep stepping while I'm in the saddle.” Bush sald he had not perfected his plans for a schedule of training, but had practically decided on one m- portant feature—one period of pri tice daily. “I have had fifteen years of the two- a-day sessfons at iraining camps.” the mite manager said, “and I think rhat program is too Strenuous. It takes too much out of a fellow to work hard in the morning and go through the same thing in the after- noon. The boys either “save” them- selves in the forenoon. or If they let out then, they can do little more than drag themselves around in the after- noon. One good practive session a day gets the best results. Conroy Ix Weakening. Conroy is apolis third 1 alone is unsigned of the gang Clark Griffith will supervise in training at Tamp excepting Dad Hankins, who doesn’t figure prominently - is beginning to see the light and unless all signs are mislcading will be presant to do his stuff when the time comes, Conroy is the only real donna on the roster this season. In former vears Judge. Tat Gharrity, Jez nd others have made 1l in the springtime, only to eventually fll in the dotted line. This Mogridge ‘ndulged in some prelimi- nary flourishes that promptly were terminated following a personal | terview with the boss Others pal ronized Uncle Sam's postal rather extensively for a month or so before coyly capitulating, Conroy alone excepted, but a letter from Bill received at headquarters today indi- cates he is getting ready to hop aboard the band wagon. When Conroy first received his con- tract he returned it with a note indi- cating he regards himaself as in the Joe Dugan and Frankie Frisch class. Grift replied, pointing out that for a rookie who has yet to demonstrate he can make good in fast company Minne- prima his demands were out of all reason,|devotes not more than five to con- and citing the fact that his other re- QUINTS AFTER D. C. TITLE REASON LIKE OSTRICHES W ‘When the Legionaires and Yanks mrranged a series after much hesi- tancy on the part of the latter, it was_ understood that it would ' be completed in short order and the fans were not left in doubt as to the in- tention of the winners to tackle the Aloysius team, the only other aggre- ation here worth considering in a attle for the city laurels. The Le- gion men took the measure of the three-season champions surprisingly well in their first game, then the Yanks suddenly decided 'that they rould not name a date for a second ting—at least, not within what dered a reasonable Instead, the Yanks have arranged a series with the Aloysians, after which both teams decl y will he ready to face the ionaire Very good for all except the Legion alres and the public. Having started a set of games with the Legion, it meems that it i up to the Yanks to finish it. Th let the victor jump at the_ Aloysians for the champion- ship. Nothing could be more reason- able. As it stands now, it is a fine mud- dla. Should the Yanks and Aloysians persist in their course and the former win the series and in turn lose to the Leglonaires, the Aloysians would be down and out so far as an cngage- ment with the Leglon team would be concerned. The Eye street team would not have a leg to stand on and jts_prestige would suffer greatly. It is high time that both the Yanks and Aloysians see the light. Let the Leglo nkee series be concluded and the victor encounter the Big Five in a final lot of matches with the championship at stake. Realising that they have not helped their standing in the community by pmitting local teams from their schedulé, the Yankees now are en- deavoring to regain some of their lost prestige. They visited Noel House Vesterday for a game with the Man- hattans and triumphed, 64 to 25. To- night the Yanks are to invade South- west Washington for the first time since they organized, being due to taekle the Dominican Lyceums in St. Dominlc's Hall at 6th and F streets. Clab just about estab- Jished Itself in first place for the remainder of the season in the District Amateur League when it de- feated the Knights of Columbus, 38 to 23. Tt raised the Aloysians' cir- cult record to six wins In as many atarts. They now have vanquished everything in the league and have ‘but four more games to play, while each of the five other league members bas lost two or more engagements. Sparrews Peiat Steel Club five was no match for the American Legion outfit in & game at the Arcade, the Jatter winning, 43 to 14. With Arm- strong leading the attack, the Le- glonaires were In the van all the way. Walter Reed eanily disposed of the silver Spring quint in a 39-to-18 en- R ment. Wright and Reese played stellar games for the victors. Barnes did some good work for the Silver Spring contingent. mid Athletie Club ran rough. shod over the Auburn Eagles in a 24-to-3 encounter. Dietz and Paley did much good playing for the Pyra- mids, while Ryan and Routt saved ;nt. osers from a more decisive de- e Mackin Athletié Club pointed the to the Peck Athletic Club in & ' mateh in the Casey's gym- vear George | facilities | That was the expression of Owen Bush to- day when asked how he liked the aggregation of talent assem- bled for him to direct in his first fling at the managing game. ! Bush blew in town yesterday afternoon from his home at Indianapolis to talk things over with President Griffith preparatory to starting to- morrow for the spring base oi the Nationals at Tampa. entire forenoon at the offices of the club discu Bush believes in actions rather than words. and had iittie to say when asked to outline his plans for the coming season. but said the fans could count on him to do his level best to give Washington a real team. | | | i | i ! | | | | | | bei | Fred and spent the sing plans with his boss cruits wisely were content to prov [ their worth before getting arbitrary as to the pay envelope. More correspondence ensued, follow- { ed by the letter that came today in which Conroy makes the significant afimission that he “wants to play for | Washington,” etc.. but that he really thinks his stipend should be largely in” excess of that offered 1t beginning of* the end.! Griff today fired a letter back reiterat- ing that the amount quoted to Conroy - and that he could take it or leave it. Bill is not due to ck in at Yhe training camp until [ nesday, March 7. Plenty of time ns for him to revize estimates his worth. There is little doubt | that Joie ivans' chief rival for the third base assignment will answer “present” when the roli is called Gibson and Russell Duc. Only G bson and Allan Rus- quad due to entrain for arrive Jay night paper In addition to a trio of news the south-bound party Mrs. Griffith and Mrs. will be ¥ ceurs he ha taken th jaunt with the Griff- men, assisting Mike Martin in keep- ing the field in shape as & means of exercise and helping entertain the bovs in fanning bees on the hotel plazza during the balmy evenings. Fred intended going this spring. but was stricken with appendicltis. and now is recuperating from an opera- tion submitted to a few days Ago. knows a thing or two about hase ball. and is a witty cuss. He will be missed. No word has been recetved from Walter Johnson, who was reported in dispatches from Reno, Nev.. as being compelled to delay his departure for training camp because of the illness of his young son. Griff Is inclined to think that. in the absence of any message to the contrary, Johnson will show up the latter part of this week as scheduled. Even If he is delayed a week, Barney’s condition- ing should not be interfered with, however. as he still would have six weeks to get in shape, and he usually te ditioning. HEN an ostrich, traveling in his native haunts, is surprised by an intruder, it does not run to cover, but buries its head in! the sand, so we have been told, ures that because it can see nothing, no one can see it. basket ball teams clamoring for shots at the District championship are emulating the ostrich, There is no sand handy, but the Aloysius Club's big five and the Yankees, holders of a threadbare title claim, are bury- ing their managerial heads in a maze of intolerance, blindly refusing to recognize the presence of the new American Legion quint in the offing. Unless these clubs come to terms with the Legionnaires quickly, the Dis- trict championship series this year will not mean much of anything to the fans who support the independents’ sport. The giant bird evidently fig- And some of the nasium. The winners are to mest the Park View Juniors tonight in Wilson Normal gymnasium, Quincy Athletie C nosed out the Berchman Comets in a 25-to-24 battle in Gonzaga gymnasium. Darling’s field goal in the last minute of play decided the issue. | = . Moline Athletic Club basketers had to battle strenuously to overcome Cardinal Athletic Club in a 22-to-18 match. Abramson with g and Tash last-minute goals, brought victory to the Molines. | Hurricana girls, who beat the Cap- | itals Saturday in the first game of a series for ths District title. will go to Indian Head: tonight to play the high school girls there. Good Shepherd Midgets handed the Sheridan Athletic Club quint a 34-to-4 walloping. Kendig played a brilliant game for the victors. the Wanshington FPreps overcame Congress Heights Cyclones, 22-to-12, Martin and Shields were mainly re- sponsible for the success of the Preps. §t. Mary's Junlors defeated tha Tri- angles 16-t0-6 in a battle for the 115- 120-pound championship of Alexan- dria. L. Brenner made five fleld goals for the victors. QUARTET OF McGRAWMEN ARE AMONG HOLDOUTS NEW YORK. February 26.—This is exodus day for the New York Nation- als. With the departure of a local delegation headed by Frankle Frisch, Glants in all parts of the country entrained for San Antonlo. Tex.. where they will go into training for another drive on the world's cham- | pionship. Pitchers Scott and Bentley, inflelder Rawlings and Capt. Bancroft are holdouts. KANSAS CITY CLUB WILL HAVE NEW $300,000 PARK KANSAS CITY, Mo.. February 26.— George Muehlbach has announced that he has signed a contract for the construction of a new ball, park for the Kansas City American Associa- tion base ball club, of which he is the owner. The contract epecifies an expenditure of $300,000 and comple- tion by July 1. BREAKS SKI RECORD. IRONWOOD, Mioch., February 26.— Breaking the world record for a standing ski jump from a scaffold hill, Walter Brattlund of Ironwood soared 132 feet through the air for a clean leap yesterday, winning the local tournament. Brattlund's score for three jumps was 3663 fe In an exhibition leap he jumped 193 feet. N e JOHNSON NOT TO QUIT. CLINTON, S. C. February 26— Walter Johnson, athletic director at Fresbyterian College, in a formal statement has declared that he had no intention of leaving his present position, as reported. BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., February 26.— Dr, B. E. Massengill, who. recently was elected . pi jent of the Appa- lachtan League, bas declined fo ac- cept the office. | Why THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO. Regarding His Nationals : Bos D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1923 “MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL”| BY JOHN J. McGRAW, Manager New York Giants, Three Times Werld Champions. (Released Exclusively Threugh the North American UI'IF'\E Alliance.) the College-Bied Men Make Better Play- ers Than These From the Sandlots. Base Ball as a Training School for Other Professions. N an earlier chapter 1 made the statement — made it advisedly and sincerely—that the college player developed into a hall player much more easily and readily than the boy brought up on the town lots with less advantage. 1 declared a between the two [ would naturally rre(er the college man because of his_ having the benefit of mental training. o iliustrate the advantage of the | college man I pointed out that the boy with u trained mind usually | tried to find his faults and correct them, while the sand lot player often tried to hide his. In his ignorance he thought he could get away with it. I am still of that belief, but it is possbile that some old-timers have gained an erroneous impression from what I said. “Did you mean to may.’ an old | end writes. “that all the great T8 are college men? Of course, I didn't. I was mercly nointing out a principle, the benetit of tralned thought. A8 a matter of tact, very fow of our really great stars h been college men. That meroly proves my theory. though, at first, the two statements may be con- tusing. The fact that ball players have be- tr BY ROBERT L. AT SEA. December leaving Hawall. RIPLEY. —We are| longingly in the water behind us as we slowly get under way. The last| coin has been tossed to the naked | divers that surrounded the ship, and the last brown-skinned native has | leaped from the davits into the water | sixty feet below, and is paddling to | his homeland—a blinking stretch of | sparkling lights in the distance. The faint murmur of soft music 18 dying out and soon only the hugeness o Diamond Head remafns of this hos pitable frontier of America. I say frontier purposely. | ‘That I may tell. The official United States government knows this better than vou {magine. Diamond Head ls {and no person i The tralling streamers are dragging | on_land or flv over it In an airplane. | Proteasional who mow ix a distinguisked lawyer. come stars of the without the benefit training merely emphasizes their greatness. By hard work and appii- cation they have overcome the handi- cap. Any one of them will tell you how much he missed those vantages. Had he posses: first magnitude ed that carly knowledge Le would have been | great star much Looking over my quicker selections for the u | the Gibraltar of the islands. and has! been fortifled to the same impregnable extent. It is a mass of fortifications. allowed to visit it The largest complete militaiy unit is located in Honolulu. There are 20,000 soldlers here—that means that nearly a third of the entire popula- tlon are American soldiers. And that means that the outpost—the frontier, if you will, of America—is safe from foreign aggressions. 1 hate to leave Hawaii. T know that we shall never meet with such genu- ine. whole-souled hospitality again. And I am coming back ure. Mavhe to live, or to die spend & honeymoon Another last look longing: and to think or to this that land of such a pleasant place was vomited up from | the belly of hell in a volcanic outburst that must have shook the universe. Tie G of Anerica BAMOND HEAD' NORTH CAROLINA QUINT | Carolina claims the South Atlan- tic intercollegiate championship. The vietory gave the Tarheels a clea urteen games, in- cluded among them being contests with most of the stremgest teams in the section. Carolina, wimner of the mouthers champlomship in the At tournament Lt year, will undertake to repeat. AVATEIR BLLIRDTS START TTLE TOUREY NEW YORK, February 26.—Leading | amateur billlard players in the coun- try are entered in the national class A, 182 balk line championship tournament beginning in Brooklyn today. Thirty games of 300 points each will be played. The tournament will last until March 8. Today's matches follow: Perey N. Collins, Chicago, vs. John Clinton, jr. Pittsburgh; Edward W. Gardner, Montclair, s, Ju llan Rice, former class B champion Francis T. Appleby, eastern class A | champion, vs, Robert M. Lord, Chi- | cago. Edgar_Appleby, the champion, will defend his title, but will not play until the semi-finals, when he wiil meet the runners-up of two divisions. CAPTAIN OF DARTMOUTH QUINT IS BADLY INJURED HANOVER, N. H., February 26— Thomas H. Cullen, jr., of New York city, captain of the Dartmouth basket bail team, who was knocked uncon- solous In'an Intercollegiate League game with Pennaylvania Satudray night, recovered consciousness yester- day. His condition still is dangerous and doctors have not yet determined the exact extent of his injuries. How- ever, concussion of the brain is be- lieved to have resuited from the fall which Cullen suffered when he col- lided with Miller of Pennsylvania. YALE NAMES COMSTOCK AS FIELD EVENTS COACH NEW HA' conch of the University of Somth- ern Caliternia, has been appointed coach at Yale to take charge of candidates for the fleld events. The position is temperary in the ahechce of Head Couch Johuny- Mack, who in convalescing from an flimess. YALE QUINT FAVORITE IN COLLEGIATE RACE NEW YORK, February 25—Recen' developments in the Intercollegiate Bas- ket Ball League race indicate that the second half of the tourngment will de- velop into a free-for-all race for the championship. With the season pas the half-wav mark five of the six team: are still in the running, with old Pen: the only entrant which is hopelessi: sut of it Cornell and Yale, which are show ‘ng the way with four victories anc me defeat each, are naturally favored lor the title, but Princeton, last vear's winner, Columbia and Dartmouth are not far behind. The big Green. how- ever, can now be cousidered in the hopeless class with Penn, as it may be forced to complete its schedule with- out the service of Tim Cullen, the league's leading point scorer. It would not be surprising to see the Blue quint nose ont the Red in the final dash. Yale appears to have the better all-around team. while Cornell must offset this advantage with the individual brilliance of Capt. Jimmy Luther. Luther is one of the most accurate shots in the league, proving his ability_time and again from the foul line. Yale, on the other hand, is weak_in this department, but Suisman and Pite are two fleet forwards who can make up for the deficiency with their brilliant floor work. Outstanding incidents during the past week were the fall of Columbia and the rise of Dartmouth. The Blue and of early college | arly ‘ad- | That I am ; {three great all-star teams it will be noticed that very few of them have been ‘college men. That s due part- 1y to the fact that in the early days of base ball very few college men took up the game as a profession. Even in this day the college man usually goea into base ball as a tem- norary means of livellhood. Love ol the game causes many of them to itick. - The mediocre ones drop out and go into other occupations or pro- fessions for which they have been trained. Some Notable College Men. George Sisler, for Instance. i @ college man. With his natural physi- cal qualifications and his mental training he jumped Into fame almost immediately. No long spell of sea- soning was required. ' Another In- stance is that of Frankie Frisch. He is # college boy, coming to us direct jfrom Fordnam University. —Friseh's #lert mind grasped the idea of pro- fessional base ball immediately. He { would notice hls own faults almost {&s poon as T would. Without hesita- [ tion he would come to me for advice sHe was quick to put theory and | practice together. On the other hand take players {llke Willle Keeler, Ty Cobb. Tris | Speaker or myself.' While Cobb had I the benefit of considerable early edu- ication. he was not actually a college man. I am told. The rest of us didn't even have that advantage.. As a re- isun we had to work our way up by rlow stages, always consclous of our (early disadvantages. But we over- [camé it and reached the top. Realized Their Handicaps. The lack of this early opportunity made so plain to Hughey Jen- ;nings and myself that we spent three ior four winters trying to get a college education, even after we had become 1bix leaguers. Whether the player be a sand Iot iman or a college boy, he cannot pro )gress without using his mind. The ltown lot boy, therefore, is entitled to iull the more credit when he becomes Ia star The man with a stubborn mind, who thinks he can advance physically without improving himself mentally, arely becomes a star. 1 don't know of one. Mere hook learning will not do the . either. A boy to improve must have a chance 10 observe the ordinary conventions of life and the ways of irtelligent people off the field. T have made it a point to see that all of my young players had this opportunity. Often when a young ball player ar. jrives in the big league he has never been in a first-class hotel. In the smaller leagues he has got the im- pression that roughness and ance of the niceties of life are a part | 5 his profession. This muat be bar: rected Environment Means a Lot. | 1 have found that_ environment means a lot to him. Throw him in the company of gentle or educated people and he will immediately try to act like them. I am told that in the army the soldier who keeps himsel the neatest and feels the “classlest is “usually "the best fighter. Every regiment ‘strives to get esprit de corps, as they call it. 1If a soldler is proud of his regiment and feels a pride In its appearance he can be counted upon always. That also is true in base ball For that reason I have made a par- ticular point of seeing that my clubs always stop at the very best hotels | that T can find. T see that they travel in first-class style on the railroads. 1 can remember well when first-class hotels would not take in ball clubs, under the impression that they were a rowdy lot. Often they were. We have overcome that. Today most any hotel welcomes a ball team. Youngster Seon Learms. The answer is that when a voung fellow gets in an environment where he discovers that people are regard- ing him as a gentieman he will soon learn to be a gentleman. He would not have the minds of those people disabused. Put an educated ball player and an ignorant one together as roommates and it will be found that the {gnorant one will try to emulate the educated one. It never works the other way. In other words. it is human nature to seek Improvement. The great atars from the town lots are the fellows who have seen such opportunities as this and have taken advantage of it. They had the abll- ity physically and worl to equip | themselves equally well mentally. 1 Many of these so-called town lot men fure now more pollshed in their thoughts and direct themselves more intelligently than the men who first gave them the idea. They have edu- cated themselves—and have done it well. Many Enter Professions. In this connection I have observed a rather odd thing in base ball. There have been more men, starting without education, go out of base ball into professions like law and medicine than there have been college men to ‘eave the game and go into profes- slons for which they had been orig- ‘nally trained. In other words, the town lot fel- low had the greater determination. With that he avercame all the difi- -ulties. He is a-truly great man. I could point out any number of in- ances of this. Among those who ere not college meh and who are ow successful in life there are sev ral members of Congress, one or two zovernors, a number of doctors and Aquite a few engineers. T am not sure, but [ don't believe Jov. John K. Tener of Pennsylvania was a college man. Then there is Tohn Montgomery Ward, now a dis tinguished lawyer. “Doc’ Pond made a graet success in his profession. \fike Donlin has done well as an actor. Must Overcome Obstacles. To sum it_up. the man who makes the great ball piayer or the great man in life is he who lets no early handi- cap stand In his way, but who has the determination to overcome all ob- stacles. It makes no difference whether he bo a town-lot man or a college man. Experience has shown me. though, that the college boy has Aaiffi- culty in overcoming obstacles. If he has the physical qualifications and the ambition he develops more quickl. That inswhy I prefer the college mas as a recruit. He may not become the greatest ball player in the world but his value to @ team becomes apparent in a shorter space of time. (Copyrig White lost to the Green after winning three consecutive league games. while Dartmouth, in defeating Columbia, reg- istered its first victory. in the limelight. Yale, too, was defeating Princeton by one point on the Tigers' home court. opp. Pts. t Bk 118 110 158 168 38283T2ARLF Mouday, February 36—Cormall at Prinoston, hlll.." . Magol $—Princeton st Durtmenth, Tela ot 3 o - February 27—Pemnsylvasia at Co- 1gnor. | A ; BY ' GEORGE EW YORK, February 26, a _great dea] ‘of the fame of N some farnish, and in jts later as they might be, all of which are gi in ownership. i906. After that it became a creature What is base ball politics? Con iike the politics of the goverament, practice doing the public. Base bal e plager and the right of terTi 0 heartily by the base ball politicia 3. U.-GEORGE WASHINGTON | CONTEST IS CALLED OFF le Eniversity has called o the basket ball game ncheduled With George Washington tonight at the Breokiand gymnanium, swinx 1o the death of ane of the leading membern able that from the Hantehetites margin. SCHOOL BASKET TILE AT STAKE TOMORROW Who's who in high school basket 9all will be determined tomorrow aft- :rnoon at Central Coliseum, when the quints of Eastern and Western that finished the regular campalgn in the five-team league deadlocked in first place clash. They are to swing into action promptly at 3 o'clock. Paul Menton of Baltimore is to referee, and probably Roger Pippin, another Baltimorean. will umpire Both contenders will stand pat on the line-ups that carried them to the top in the series. The Eastern team includes Hook and O'Dea. forwards; Smith, center, and Kessler and Capt. Cardwell, guards, with Duncan, Madi- gan, Roudabush and Herrmann in re- serve 5 | Western will depend upon Garber and Dulin, forwards; Capt. Frisb: I center, and Hannegan and McNult guards. On the bench will be Lama: Tindell, Thomas. Alexander and Da vid as’ substitutes. Eastern tram was given the silver plaque emblematic of the South At- lantic scholastic champlonship it won Saturday at an assembly at the school this morning. The trophy was presented by Bryan Morse, director of athletics at Georse Washington Uni- versity, under-the auspices of which the title tournahient was conducted. In addition, ten gold miniature basket balls wera given -the Capitol Hill squad. Those s0 honored were Capt. Leland Cardwell,- Joe O'Dea, Tom Hook, Bruce Kessler, Jack Smith, Blll Roudabush, . Wallace Duncan., Fred Herrmann, George Madigan and Man- ager Hicks Baldw. Eastern has ‘tentatively agreed to meet Baltimore City College, winner of the Baltimore schelastic cham- pionship, in_an exhibition game Thursday or Friday in the 5th Regi- ment armory In the Marvland me- tropolis. The Baltimore quint wants to entertain the South Atlantic cham- plons, even should they fail to land the Washington high school title to- morrow. Whether inter-high school athletics here are to be abolished for two years is not likely to be decided today, as expected. Dr. Prank Ballou, super- intendent of schools, is out of town and even should the high school prin- cipals meet they probably will not consider: the question. > \DETROIT BOWLING TEAM . FIRST IN ELKS' EVENT COLUMBUS, Ohlo, February 36.- C. F. Smith's Elks No. 1 team of D troit won the fiv an division cham- plonship of the Elks National Bowl- ing Assoclation tournament, which opened here February 3 and ended yesterday, T. Irish and F. Fex of Indlanapolis, with a score of 1,378, took the two- man division title, and E. Lott of South Hend, Ind., won the singles championship with a count of 690, J. Pritchett of Indlanapolis won the all- | events with a score of 1,889, | In the final competition Otto Jen- sen of Terre Haute, Ind., took fourth position in the singles with 634 and enth place In the all-events with | 4 _His brother Oscar won sixth | place in the all-events with 1,813. ) DIXIE FLOOR TITLE PLAY WILL START TOMORROW ATLANTA, Ga., February 26—Play | inthe Dixie championship basket ball | tournament is scheduled to begin to- | morrow. i The tournament will last through | Saturday. The program for tomorrow follows: Furman va Millsaps, Centre Vs | Clemson. Louisiana State ve. Vander- | bilt, ~ Chattancoga vs. Georgefown (Ky.). Mississippi College vs. North Carolina, Wofford vs. Alabama. Ten- nessee va. Georgia. Auburn vs. Mercer. Georgia Tech, Mississippl A. and M., Mississippi _ University. Newberry, Sewanee and V. P. I will be seen in action for the first time Wednesday. Became Creature of Politics After He Gave Up Reins After Thirty Years’ Control—Has Changed Hands Several Times in Recent Years. ~Around the Boston Braves there hinges The club was at its greatest height and on its most solid foundation ; when A. H. Soden was president for the thirty years between 1877 and of everybody clse under the guisc of doing the public a favor, but in tory. "SPORT CLUB GAINED MUCH GLORY | DURING REGIME OF SODEN CHADWICK. the National League; some glory, years some methods not so pleasant ven a turn up by the recent change of speculation and base ball politics. fined to its own circumference it is the science of getting the most out I politics is based on two things— ns. From the time that A. IL Soden | left the Boston club it has been the | shuttleco & of the National League. The Doves took it up and failed. A citizen named Russell, whoily out of touch with the demands of sport, took 't up #nd falled worse. John M. Ward, the old ball player, tried to handle the wheéel, but base ball had got into other angles from his methods. Wins Flag for Gafney. James Gaffney came along and in 1914 won a champlonship, his team golng ail the way from last place to the lead. On the strength of it he built i huge stand that never has been filled but once. The popularity of his team wilted as quickly as it had sprouted. In 1915 he gave up and then a firm of Boston bankers con- celved the idea that Percy Haughton, the Harvard foot ball coach, was fust | the man to get base ball bick where it_belonged. Haughton was not a handshaker. His early training and his Boston associates were against him. As a coach of foot ball he was superb. As the constructor of base ball and as a man possessed of knowledge to| deal with the public he wax as frigld | as an iceberg. The Boston bankers | g0t tired and announced their will- ingness to quit. George Washington ' Grant went in as head of the club) and as the presumable owner. He s out now, and Muthewson, a| former ball player, s part owner and | head of the club with his future to! make. He has had & trial as man- ager, but he was never the success 4% a constructive man In base ball| that he was as a pitcher. How will his presence affect the Na tional League and the Boston Club?; the fans are asking. They are asking many more questions. They want to know why so many piayers were sold to the New York ciub when Grant was in Boston. They have asked openly whether the Natlonal League all this | time has been monkeying with syndi- | cate base ball. They even have gone | so far as to ask If the presence of Mathewson means a continuance of New York domination. He says “No." ‘et a lot of talk has been started. Will Side With McGraw. g How will the league split now lhatl the Boston club is in other hands? That question was asked of a man who has had holdings in the National League and has gathered information from contact with the owners. 1 “There will be the ‘use ‘em rough’ faction,” he answered. “It will be made up of New York, Boston and Cincinnati. Mathewson will vote with McGraw. Out in the west there Will be the ‘fragrant sweets' in Chi- | cago, cutting in where they may, so they lose nothing. There will also be the ‘I will arise’ at St. Louls usually trailing with Chicago and Dreyfuss. The latter and Ebbets will form the ) ‘old times' party with an eye on New, York all of the time. Over in Phila- | delphia, Baker will have his little! party of one, but ready to join with | Dreyfuss and Ebbets on almost any- thing. That's about the wuay they will line up. But aren't they a queer 1ot to be running one end of what we know as 2 national game? I used to be one of the queer ones myself.” (Copyright, 1923.) COLUMBIA-PENNSY-YALE REGATTA SET FOR MAY 5 NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 26 [ The Yale-Columbia-Pennsylvania tri angular regatta will be held May & on the Housatonlc river, it has been announced. The crews will row over the two-mile course. The regatta in 1924 will be held on the Schuylkill river over a mile- ' and-a-half course, while in 1925 ft will be held on the Harlem river, : also over a mile-and-a-half course. At the Sign of the Moon Wonder What Merts Will Say Today? Open Until 6 P. M. Established 1898 We Must Have Room at Once —for our mew supply of woolens which is arriving daily. That is the reason we are offering this special reduction. SPECIAL SUIT OR OVERCOAT To Order, $I 8.50 Regular $38 Value Plenty medium weight fabrics in the display. Every garment made by our own experts. Mertz & Mertz Co., lnc. | 906 F Street S. 21 GEORGETOWN RIFLEMEN BEAT PENN STATE TEAM Georgetown team defested Pemn Sta 904, in Three VetCunm soeres. 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