Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1923, Page 31

/ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1923, Griff Not Worried by 13 on Trip South : Giants Will Repeat, Asserts McGraw ; ‘ HUBER WILL REFEREE “MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL” _ BY JOHN J. McGRAW, SHRINE MAT MATCHES Manager New York Giants, Three Times World Champi Wrestlers mixing In the twa & matches to be held at Convention (Releassd Exclusively Threugh the North American Newspsper Allisnce.) Hall tonight for the benefit of the an Pie Epimde in DETRD'T HAS SIGNED UP ::xfi‘wr?z. 'l:’ l;:r{ickl‘wn told I uniform fund of Almas Temple's band London — An Exhibi-| ALL OF ITS PERFORMERS el 1 declined this and floor team will have to keep . . DETROIT, Mich., February 28— tion for Khedive oOf| ™o Detrott’Ameri within the yules of the game if they Feds Doomed From Start. “ Often I have been asked for an would escape ‘“raszin from the lcAanS® rester was cemplete today, Ira Fiagstead, out- Egypt—Federal League Offer and Why That opinion as to why the Federal League third man on the mat. Seiien, ans Nyl Heuey, loSnbn EW YORK, February 28.—With more games to spare than last Circuit Failed to Last. torical game in London at fail The job of refereeing will be i u'm;‘ll ;r':: the "5;:'51:&,'?:- ne'e'?xfi {l;;!:llod by Fred Huber, which means having submitted ir signed con- o # . Togt tracts. | year, the New York Giants will win the National League cham- They were the last of the Tiwers pionship and retain their world title next season, in the opinion I which the king appeared Harry Sparrow, acting as business tives wer: t it e Waino Ketonen of Rutland, perience. In the el:c:ndb‘p.l:ce hete Mass., world middleweight champlon: but there was no “hold. - the delay, aecord. of Minag;r John J. McGraw, delivered in Florida, while en route from Cuba to his team’s training camp at San Atonio, Tex. McGraw, accord- manager, told me that Ted Sullivan had just awarded the catering privi- are not enough good ball players in Joe Turner of this city, who once this countrz or fi’?.. r:uopr leagues. held a national title in that class; ing to those who quote him here today, fears only the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati teams. lege at the game to an Englishman who had been hanging around ever e eve in, Pinky Gardner of Schenectady and enough stars for two. leagues. Gon Hughle McDonald of Pittsburgh must sequently the Federal League, being toe the mark. Huber has an eagle the newcomer, could not get enough eye and knows his busine: b good talent to offer serious compet! 1C i N : Turner and Kstonen are to be on- tion. Their only chance was to offer He will use O'Connell, $75000 star from the Pacific Coast League, |Bonents in Thons 158-ponaders & e'?:n‘mi.?"h%"i‘,{.‘u‘x".‘;. bx;ll“!::: s a'regular center fielder, he said. wall Fistched as could This they could not do. ‘Had there| The first casuaity to the Metropoli- desired, and their engagement prom not been a settlement with them the | tan teams was reported from Hot e o lfishfll"';‘ ;h;{ Federal Leagus would have died just | Springs, Ar B Uraw aftor the men had straggied T found that several of my players for three hours without either gain- '112‘-’;'.’.2’2 s but thers was Bethine I etaner and McDonald are in the doing. 1"founa aiso \hat. Auring my 165-pound class, and both experienced hat K As thel nn:- Dml;‘ufl‘g“‘”;m'd?::,n{ueubh ;Du New York club, my em- grapplers. i i at King | very curlous to see how jPloyers, had traded oft Herzog, my since it became known t | Was taking his base ball. Every time | third baseman o mon Bercnios Tty George would we looked, though. he had his back |was quite & surprise to me. It re. “That means,” he to the diamond and was looking In{sulted in my having to make several crowd of thirty-five thousand or|the other direction. We couldn’t tell | trades to strengthen up my club more." whether he was in conversation or|again. We didn’t know then that & great|simply declining to be interested.| The need of a third baseman, fol- crowd of English people would al-|Anyway, his back was turned. lowing the accident to Hans Lobert ways go to any sporting event that assigned Germany !later on, eventually brought about the king graced, whether they knew | Sohaefer to give us the dope on it.|my trading Larry Doyle, Baby Doll anything about it or not. The|He sneaked from the bench and was/Jacobson and Herbert Hunter for American ambassador, though, had|gone several minutes. Heinle Zimmerman. that in mind when he asked King “When the Oat’s Away—" In the bust-up of the Federal George to come. He was a base ball fan and wanted us to make a good showing. The most concerned man, though, was this English caterer. Several times while I sat on the bench he came to me all a-flutter. “I say, Mr. McGraw.” he would start, “when is the intermission?” “Oh, time.” I would repl laughing, never taking him seriousl: n the meantime Sparrow was stalling him off. Finally In the seventh inning, when s lot of Americans stood up to stretch, he returned. “I say, Mr. McGraw, this cawn't go on. I must insist on knowing when League 1 took over Benny, Kauff and “It's all right” he said, returning.|Eddie Yy he run. The ancient Scottish game is the intermission.” Eddle Rousch. 1 paid $25.000 for “I just talked to one of them fellows vill occupy the attention of the ath- | will go to scientific institutions. Ry, ERats the naiter with SPORTS. CONFIDENT GIANTS WILL HOLD ON TO WORLD TITLE Declares Team Will Win National League Pennant by Larger Margin Than Last Year—Fears Only Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. MERELY GRINS WHEN TOLD ‘UNLUCKY’NUMBER ABOARD | Hopes That Party Will Be Increased to 23 When Tampa Is Reached—Zachary Is Only Addition on Way—Golf Kits Prominent. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. CKSONVILLE, Fla., February 28.—Like most ball players or former diamond performers, Clark Griffith is superstitious about some things, but he was feazed not a bit when he counted noses and de- ‘ermined that there were just thirteen persons in the party he was guid- ng to Tampa, where spring training for the Nationals is due to get under . o way tomorrow. Including himself and Mrs. Griffith, Hack Gibson, hisl VO diysibefore thatinow his wife, and Bush. Altrock, Rice, Gharrity, Russell, Briltheart and a trio of scribes, the Jonah number figured largely in Griff's parleys with the train conductor en route south, but he merely grinned when his atten- tion was directed to the fact and voiced the hope that just a sufficient nurhber of the boys would be on hand when the base is reached this evening to make the total twenty-three. That's the way he feels about it. 10 BE ARRANGED TODAY night, and the athletes due to either make' connections with the Wash- ton car when the last lap of the journey is undertaken or to reach Tampa. for the first meal at the train- ing base this evening include Beac! Hollingsworth, Potter, McGrew, Wa PARIS, February 28.—A fight be- tween “Battling” Siki, the Senegal black, and Georges Carpentler, from whom Siki wrested the world light heavyweight championship, is to be definitely arranged today, according to the Petit Parisien. moth and possibly Walter Johnson. ‘The trip thus far has been unevent- The bout will be for twenty rounds. ach man must weigh in under th ful except for the hospitality ex- maximum weight for light-he tended to those of the party not on a strict training schedule by George y weights, All titles held by either man at the time of the fight.are to James, the genial director of pas stake. the Atlantic Coast is marshaling a squad of distribution at various 8 In Florida to direct the exodus northward that is due to start in a Week or so. James is authority for The meeting will take place in the Buffalo stadium here. i} The date is dependent on Sikl's American engagements, but it will be some time between May 1 and Sept- ember 30. the statement that the invasion of A large part of the gate receipts and McAllister of the Indlans declar- ed when the battery men left for Lakeland, Fla, to join their mates. Babe Ruth's daily rambles have re- duced his weight so successfully that the blg home run king is already in much better condition than this time last s n. His admirers are predicting that he will regain this year some of the prestige lost last Beason, caused us a lot of amusement was at a game played near Cairo, Egypt. The khedive honored us by attending, and his presence gave much tone to the affair among the Egyptlans. I . At the Yankee cam Pitcher Jack Quinn arrived yesterday to begin his twenty-fourth year as a professional. ux and George Smith, Brooklyn pitchers will make a fresh start today for Clearwater, Fla., after being turned back yesterday, because their ship collided With another ves- . Mamaux was slightly injured. ANTONIO, Tex., Februa; 28. —The New York Giants are to arrive here tonight for their spring training. A party of seventy-five, including the wives of the players and newspaper mfl:!’; CD"_;ID(}IO !‘ho Vg,lllzrl, B le_whole city, headed by ayor 0. B. Black, will turn out to welcome the world champions. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 28. Dispatches from the training camp keland, Fla., today brought the first announcement that the Cleveland Indians have a new pitcher. He ie Albert Spaulding, a native of Haver- hi M where he pitched foy a semi-pro team last season. Among his achievements was & no-hit game in which the only man to reach first base was a hit baseman. He is a right-hander. _Up to the time of his arrival last night. Guy Morton, the veteran pitcher, was the only Indian at the camp. ' Morton reports that he is feeling better than he ever did be- fore reporting for spring training, the dispatches state. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., February 2 Stanley Coveleskie, Sherrod Smith and George Uhle, pitchers of the Cleveland Americans, are in form to start exhibition games, Coaches Roth PHILADELPHIA, February 28.— Five Philadelphia American battery- men, in charge of Manager Connie Mack, are on thelr way to Montgom- ery, Ala, where the team will hold its "'spring training. With Manager Mack were Pitchers Fred Heimach, ‘Warren Ogden, Wayne Peterson and Jokn W. Jones and Catcher W. Hartman. Heimach and Ogden are the only regulars in the party, EASY FOR LEDOUX. PARIS, February 28.—Charles Le- doux, the French bantamweight champion, last night defeated the Belgian, 'Montreuil, in a one-sided fight. ~ Montreuil quit in the eleventh round, being outclassed from start to finish. BURNBROOK SCORES K. 0. BALTIMORE, February 28.—Eddie Burnbrook, Army welterweight box- ing champion, knocked out Jack Shel- don of Brookiyn in the fourth round of their scheduled twelve-round bout at Camp Holabird last night. . LOUIS, Mo. February 28— Branch Rickey, manager of the St. Louis Nationals, was en route to Bradentown, Fla. today to join his team after recovering from an opera- tion for appendicitis. The St. Louis Americans’ advance #quad is experiencing wet weather at its training camp at Mobile, Ala. Rain prevented Manager Lee Fohl from or- dering the first workout yesterday. tourists from the north this season is |of record proportions. ¢ A casual observer, noting the num- ber of golfing kits'in the Griffithian / party. might reach the that it was a delegati eaded southw here are no le WOULD ENJOIN FIRPO. NEW YORK, February 25.—An in- junction to prevent Luis Firpo, South tAmerican heavvwelght, from mesting e TR or o n rennan in a bout at Madison et comicaF0 Na- | Square Garden March 12 will he his way here today from Catalina SOUEDt in court by the Pioneer Ath- Island, Calif., where the club s doing 'letic Club, which claims an agreement its spring tralning, called home by the | With the Argentinian for first demand serious illness of his wife. upon his services. < While Killefer s away training _— activities will be supervised by Oscar N v " — Dugey. coach. The Cubs" second sauad | Aduotion of a base ball sehequle for will leave here tomorrow night. 1923, Greninig the season April 19 and —_— closing it September 8, featured the Pacific Coast League base ball race| meeting of Virginia League moguls will start April 3 next. here. tournament. than half a dozen bundles of clubs in the pile of lug- sage taken aboard at Washington, nd there will be more at the end of our players. At no time on the entire (him. I took him on the recommenda- CHICAGO, February 28 —Willlam Journey ald any one ever do anything | tion of a couple of old players. figur- that would bring criticism upon the | Ing to use him in a trade—anyway, I American athlete. These young fel- °-~ided not to let him get away at lows reglized that they were repre. that price senting their country #nd they did it n in a way to bring credit on our sport | that Ro was a better ball player and ourselves. A noticeable thing was thin Kauff was Germany f'b*f‘- their adaptability to foreign customs. | A lot of them talk about it now. but Very quickly they observed that gen- | old Schacf was the only one to no tlemen were supposed to dress for!that o nee. | dinner on the boats or in the hotels. | FPoor old Schaefer! He's lZ'"'l"‘ ):m{wi In a single day. it seemed, every man ; There was one of the most delight{ul on both clubs was fully equipped with |&nd whimsical of personalities. —To evening clothes, high h&lsq\'ery.llhw day T smile when I |e :\ e thing in accordance with the conven- | Very sericus announcement to the tion of the country they visited. And |newspaper men. during the war, tha Nats tap looked pretty good In silk ; EI0EEN g Re saw where the world Arriving in New York on the ill- had been changed t fated Lusitania, we found the base ball world all u over the Federal League. Kauff, figuring that he would be with the funny hats He savs the| i man who ever told me for only about a ' ®ood attraction on account of his hit- ting, then much talked about. khedive means no disrespect to our Wanted Rousch for Trade. game, but he's got to look toward home. With so many of these Ameri- Ay > . ‘ou?’ I'asked. “Don’t you know that . however, then their activities Tony iwill be limited strictly to base ball e L dues inot iBaveiiany inter: for the remainder of their sojourn in BOXER IS FINED $1,000. mission? DETROIT, Mich, February 28.— A fine of $1,000 has been imposed on Often I have observed criticism of can ball players here the khedive what sport writers call my mistake figures he'd better keep his eye on thie land of paimettos. He Had Ples to Sell. ' E “My God!” he exclaimed, putting Ever Hammer by Charles P. Campau, boxing commissioner, after an inves- in letting Rousch go and Kkeeping his harem.” his hands to kis head. “I am ruined. Wha tigation of Monday night's bout be- {Kauff. As a matter of fact 1 bought The one outstanding feature to that ! Rousch because nobody else would will I do with my mutton tween Hammer and Barbarian which was stopped in the gixth round after trip around the world which I will |take him at that time. He was not never forget was the deportment of considered a star. 1 paid $6.000 for the referee warned Hammer against holding and butting. An tmportant personage met up with Ed J. Rainey, personal re tive of Cy Young in the A pies? “You can bring me one if you want to, What's the idea?" “I say, in cricket. you know, the consumption of mutton pies in the in- termissions s quite enormous. I am stocked quite heavily. I insist upon an intermission, I- At that moment Faber hit the ball s and other cluding a my paraphernalia, generous supply of tape easures. Within the next three weeks he will visit the training camps of the Na- fgonals at Tampa, the Phillies at Lees- SHADE DEFEATS WARD. and Canada, by Cbristy ! (Copyrignt, 1923, T. & i (GopTHIEht 10 lsh Brndlcate.) JAurg, the Cardinals at Bradentown, the eds at Orlando, the Dodgers at Eus- tis, the Braves at St. Petersburg and the Indians at keland. to equip them with togs for the coming season, Members of the Washington party ™l be happy when they reach Tampa. Trains are no novelty to ball plavers, and those in Donie Bush's gang already have covered more ter- ritory than is required on one run uring the season, even for the long- est hike possible in the big leagues. —_— Sacramento is to have a first-class 8.—Dave Shade of New York, was awarded the de- cision over George Ward of Eliza- beth, N. J, at the conclusion of their tenround welterweight battle last night. TITLE GO FOR COLLETTIL. YORK, February 28.—The Poughkeepsie, for a match with the winner of the bout Thurs- on the nose for a home run that broke up_the gam The next day the English caterer called at the hotel and insisted on being paid seventy-odd pounds for mutton ples and tea that he had pre- pared for the intermission. I put the matter up to Sparrow and, if I re- member right, he compromised by giving the fellow a couple of hun- dred dollars. Another incident on that trip that ————— two major leagues were there to sign up their players. Also there were several agents of the new league. 1 have never mentioned this before. but T was met by an attorney of prominence, a man in whom I have absolute confidence, who offered me a certified check for §100,000 to join the Federal League. joiming and was in addition to any salary arrangement that I might Managers and owners of zhel i | ! | ‘This was to be merely a bonus for | will be all NEALE STARTS TOMCRROW. 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