Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1923, Page 66

‘Radbourne Greatest Pitcher for Single Season : Heavies Puzzle Ring THREE KNUCKLES PLACE EDWIN ROMMEL TOP OF AMERICAN LEAGUE HURLERS 62 VICTORIES REGISTERED : BY OLD HOSS DURING 1884 ® —_— Boses Only 12 of His 74 Starts and Wins Pennant + for Providence That Year—Scores 18 Straight Triumphs in One Month. - .CHARL'.ES G. (OLD HOSS) RADBOURNE'S MAJOR LEAGUE.RECORD. ™~ T b [ e gy 26 39 67 41 28 11 604 Iz 30 78 ®2 52 31 10 .620 g3 59 108 133 76 49 25 662 1 48 82 95 74 62 13 N3N g 34 58 71 49 26 20 1 71 57 27 30 e 47 24 23 1888 1889 1590 aso1 ¥ League. National. . National. National Pot, Providence Providence 474 National. [N 510 National 18 23 7 16 27 32 20 11 38 43 41 27 12 25 12 12 517 310 191 2 17 . a3 20 7 1 .635 2,453 303 +BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. ATHEWSON has been called the greatest pitcher of all Others are unwilling to concede that Cy Young ever had a * superior in the twirling craft. Walter Johnson, too, has his con- saituents. But when it came to sheer ability in one season, Charley Radbourne’s work of 1834 stands so far above the record of any other pitcher in a single vear that there is no comparison. ® \atty may have known more about the. science of -pitching than Radbourne: Young unquestionably remained longer in the majors; John- sdu at his best possibly has greater speed, but “Old Hoss” Radbourne is the only pitcher in base ball who ever turned in 62 victories a season. Providence won the National League h vietories and 28 defcats, for a percegtage of .750. Radbourne’s contribu- tign to that pennant victory was 62°victories and 12 defeats, for a per- centage ot .838. The “Old Hoss” practically pitched Providence to a pen- ntint single-handed that year, as Sweeney, the other pitcher, quit the club Cincinnati National. .. 17 21 595 702 Il-year total time, i midseason, leaving Radbourne to do all the work. And he was capa- blc of doing it. b SR S Ti: one month's tin 1o September 1851, Radbourne raéled off eighteen straight victorie straight games at the ittended the from August 6 on e same | tim ney contributing two vie- | totics before quitting the That was the major league rec vi tori until’ the Glants made their rdeord run of twenty-six victories in 1116 1 W iiile turning in his winning streak straight the “Old Hos | hutouts. Sw m. More than 300 persons ing Association at the Raleigh Hotel ast wight. Ofticers and leading l:l'l lidou(‘uni‘fid a long table ahini! = the side, with the pen: t-winnin g Pitches Entire World Serifes. La Fayeite team clustered around one Fne late Frank Bancroft, munager | table in the center of the room. oM the Urovidence National League |lity prevailed and the speakers of the ehimpions of 1884, had no pitching | evening and the vaudeville entertain- before the world series of | ers met with cordial receptions. t vear between his Grays and the | Mark ey (arind York Mets, champions of the the District, intfoduced merican Association. All he had | ToastrAaster J. aude Keiper. 10 do wus to.pitch Radbourne. who | the distinguished Bue wh hon- wen the three games by s :s_of | orary president of the sociation, 3 to 1 and 12 to 2. In the open-, congratulated the bowlers on their game, Charley vielded only tWwo!get-together spirit and declared the Twice he ted Tim Keefe | fraternity was greatly benefited n the last he easily won | thereby. He urged every one present verdict over Becannon. to boom the organization and said According to the late Arthur Irwin, | that. he did not ubt for a minute rtstop and_captain of the Provi-|that next season'it would be larger team. T bourne could have!gnd better than ever. Wwon all of these games over the shut- arle D. Stocking, president of the cut route. Arthur said that in the lassociation, previously had welcomed 56 d game, Mutrie, manager of the bowlers before turning over the Mete, begged the Grays to let the |proceedings to Toastmaster Keiper. Mgts score a run, otherwise he sald | Assistant Secretary of Labor E. J. there would be no customers fo¥ the | He g spoke on “Playing the last game. and in laudatory words con- Sume Crane gratulated all the officials and mem- testn when he bers of the association on their sea- National League club, but he let thelgon's success. oung fellow go because Charley had | Attorney R. B. Dickey analyzed 4 sore arm. and there Tost one of j “Strikes and Spares” in a striking the greatest pitchers in b ball and humorous manner, creating many Charley could bat as well as pitch, | laughs. nd always occupied a good position| “Noble D. Larner, s batting order. On August 17, he won one of the most sensa- | tienal - pitching battles in base ball | up 1o that time, with a hom in| 118 seventeenth inning. breaking a | 0-0 deadlock. John Montgomery Ward | pitbther for Providence gainst ‘1lr'- trgii, while Radbourne was in right| flng". The *“Old Hos knocked the Tiadl under the feet of some carriage hétees standing in_ the outfield !n: Providence, and made the circuit be- | fore the ball could be relayed to the | plmte. ! and | had Radbourne on his { managed the Buffalo past master of congratulated the m_for winning the championship, and in repeating the names of the members thereof wanted to know “how could they los R. L. Williams, captain_of the Mount Pleasant team, consoled “The Losers” in a witty speech, and J. W. Wood, manager of the King Pin alleys, assured the bowlers present that Ire would do everything possible to make them feel at home next season, FREIGHT AUDITORS TP La Fayette Lodge, Scores a 26-to-0 Victory. on August 1883, Radbourne pleched the most one-sided shutout in the history of the National League, ng out the Phillies by a score to 0. On July 1883, he twirled 2 no-hit game against Cleve- to ¢ ¥ ipare Rad- at. 1923.) E 9 TEAM AVERAGES. HG. HS8. 578" 1, 548 Teams. Ereight _Auditors Engineering . Paymasters Auditors Law . Disbursing. Purchasing Freight Ave. 106-16 10446 9.2 97-15. 96-28 9134 w. 36 36 32 I 30 24 22 INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES. KEYBOARD. . G. He*Hs; Keyboard it ey Oagters . mblers t {18 interesting béurne's best three years with ‘lI\e r Deat three of Mathewson, Youns, John- | four teams are fh the hunt for the £oh and Alexander. ~Whil 4t | gonfalon in the Southern Railway ung and Alexander have ghtlY | Clerks' .Duckpin League, with Freight BEter percentages, in thelz coreS | Auditors holding the 'lead with 43 :::-'t whu :x l":nlou; ¥ wrll'lj'\";'{m\.\( on on, | games won and 20 lost. Another 94 tor each Johnson and .\lu:mdcrf;t“‘}.';Drecnl:gmfix:&."w o apgd 91 for Young. {back. Paymasters and Engineers are (Copy#: { close up. & S —— ! STANDING OF TEAMS. | _ Teams. Froight ~Auditors Auditors . Wt .U, 4 Paymasters T | Engineering | Law .. Purchasing Disbursing . | Freignt . gMonotype Keyboard team carried off the honors in the Government Printing Office Night Force Duckpin L¥ague, which has just brought a| . syecessful season to a close, gaining 1508 1438 29,887 the title over Miscellaneous on total RECORD PERFORMANCES. pfhs. Tn games won and lost these s’ii%‘.'.;"fl"{"}':.{..‘",‘"‘“ t@ms were tied With 36 and 24 each. ) Greatest aumber spares THgwever, the Monotype men had a | restest mumber strikes margin of 830 pins over the season High individual game, Surgy. of their rivals, ! High individusl set, Burguy. Averages for the season follow: { INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES. STANDING OF TEAMS. I Tabom annae 38" 341 357 359 330 338 302 A R 8388880 type Spencer, T. H. . Sole . o Harris Folger 9830 | Thean 1021 . 9924 9832 83.38 St. Sp. 20 87 18 82 o 3 82 1 81 23838 n 4 %) S REggRezg E Blaisdell . ] Campbell Kupfer Parker Fitzgerals Fegan Ramsey Grifith 102-34 827 13 1 37 96.7 9541 93.13 Surguy . Allen Hutchinson . Hill 33 95.61 Gloason .1 : 103-33 98-19 9714 94-24 9341 Baszas Spoan BE4ES S3RERE 25 3 Xges2 S 8 94-38 93-10, 9226 § H 3 se: £ § g 96-10 238 93-12 91.35 8814 94-1 9313 | Hoffman . 9046 m . 84 | Doy - 8541 | Burgess 83-21 | Hanson 839 | Watts = 822528 el J3BEEE Reessl B 3. 2 97-39 ll;;'fln or . 9651 983 988 217 89.28 854 19080 5 8 FEE I EHH ampionship in 1884 with 84] | annual banquet of the Masonic Bowl- | Jol- | master of | by i just two games | | AT Freak Delivery Baf- fles Clouters; Gives | Macks a Phenom. HERE are numerous avenues approaching the entrance gates of base ball's hall of fame and for* 1c. Babe Ruth car- ried more than 200 ipounds of swat and swing to get his diploma. Christy Mathewson . mastered a fadeaway that made him supreme. Tyrus Cobb sprinkled the aggressive stock of Georgia along the path. Tris Speaker, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, Mordecai Brown, Honus Wagner and many others knocked on the door and entered. And now three knuckles, apparently no dif- ferent from any other hand, have created a phenom. . Edwin Americus Rommel owns the knuckles. Hundreds—in fact, thou- sands—beforc have possessed the same number of knuckles, but none has applied the lower extremities of the pitching hand with the same suc- cess. 5 ‘or Rommel, by discovering and mas- tering a freak but legal knuckle ball shoot, not only won more games than any pitcher in the American League during the 1922 season, but caused another stampede in the direction of Connie Mack and gained extra dis- tinction during the past summer by rating next to George Sisler as the most valuable player. Three knuckles on the right hand turned the trick. By gripping the ball with the lower knuckles of the first three fingers, balanced by the thumb and the last finger, Rommel created such a mystifying assortment of benders o that rival American League own®rs are crowding the Athletice with offers in the neighbor- hood of $100,000 for the latest pitch- ing prize 3 With 1922 practically devoid of any { sensational individual records, Rom- mel's feat of registering twenty- | seven victories with a seventh-place club practicaily stamps his perform- ance us the most brilliant of the year. Surpasses Pennant Pitchers. It is natural for pitchers on a pen- I nant winner and a contender to come iup with a high percentage. It is the | support_of the team more than the miraculous work in the hill respon- sible for the string of victories There is Joe Bush. who had ! centage of .788, with twenty-si | tories and seven defeats for the Yar | kees. With this record Joe was 1 in the list. But consider the other actors in the Yankee cast! In a way it did not reauire much pitching stuff to maintain an average of three vic- tories and one defeat with those Yanks. Now turn over to_the page present- ing the Athletics. They had been the | tail-enders for seven consecutive sea- sons, and Connie Mack was becoming desperate. Evervbody knows the quality of the material Mack placed on the field each day. And with a seventh-place club Ed Rommell won more games than any { piteher in the American League dur- | ing the 1922 season. < | The knuckle ball tells the stor Jisn't a shoot of cannon-ball {1t does mot completely di from the view of the batter. are no tattoo marks on the seam. Tt leaves the palm and is on its mys- terious journey. It has been known to start in the gengral direction of | the waist line, drop to the right or he left, hop upward around the chin nd even change its pace from slow to fast and fast to slow. Isn't Strike-Out_ Ball. It is all through the manipulation of those knuckles on the three fin- gers. It isn't a strike-out ball. This fact is brought out in the records of the American League pitchers. Rommel, in 294 Innings, fanned but 54 batters. He walked 63. Base ball sharps in- sist that successful pitchers have a higher average of strike-outs than walks. Bush, Walter Johnson, Urban Faber, Urban Shocker, Bob Shawkey, Stan, Coveleskie, Waite Hoyt, Howard Ehmke, Hubert Pruett and others averaged more strike-outs than walks There was Guy Morton of the | Cleveland Indians, with the highest strike-out average last season, get- ting only: 102 in 203 innings—more than one to two innings. But where ! Morton had 48 more strike-outs, he | walked 22 more than Rommel and pitched in 91 fewer innings than the | Atnletics’ star. A close-up analysis { knuckle ball was given by George | Sisler recently. Sisler had an aver- | age of .420 during the past season. | therefore is qualified to speak on the subject of pitching and batting. Sisler Comments on Delivery. “The bat has to meet the ball | squarely for a clean wallop,” remark- ed Sisler. “I have found myself not | | | 80 | only topping Rommel’s knuckler, but getting under it. Which resulfs in grounders to the infleld or soft flies. | The ball does not seem to do its stuff until it is about six feet from the plate. “If it made a one-way hop the bat- ter' would be able to set himself and familiarize himself with the break. But that's just where Rommel's suc- cess comes in. It goes down one ward break. against Rommell than any other pitch- er in the league. With the golfer, who hooks and slices, it is: “What am I| doing? 1 know blame well what I'm doing against Rommel. I'm getting under it too much. I'm prepared to meet_that sharp drop the next time and Rommel is giving me that break which shoots from the belt to the sholders. “That isn't all. Rommel is a pitch- ing student. In a year or so he has studied his batters and you seldom get & good ball from him.” The knuckle-ball shoot is the re- {sult of Rommel's fancy as a kid to linvent something out of the ordinary. As a school boy, he says, he always was tinkering With a toy engine, making freak kites, building little wagons and bicycles and trying to make his dad's eight-day- clock-run | for life, \ Experiment a Kid, “Like most all kids, I played base ball,” “explained Rommel. ‘here wasn't enough to do in the game in the outfield or the infleld, so I went in for pitching. 1 wanted to make the ball 'do something_that the other fellows couldn't. The first time I pressed the three knuckles against the seam the ball dropped ‘more than two feet. 1 experimented with all sorts of deliveries. I pitcnad it with a side-arm motion, underhanded, over- handed, moved the thumb and little finger to different parts of the ball, and that’s all there is to it. “It is impossible to get much speed Wwith the knuckle-ball. The delicacy of the touch prevents it from getting the full power of the arm. It is this slow-motion speed which throws the batter off balance. “The successful pitcher must have a change of pace. If he is always fast those fellows up there at- the, plate are gomg to finish him in-a hurry. If it I8 always a_slow.ball hey're going to write out his release ticket in a burry. But mix ‘em up and you'll find out that you have the batter guessing. Keep him guessing and Yowll win more games . th; you'll Jose. ‘Slow Wall Ys Valuable. “The value of a slow- ball must not of Rommel's | time and the next will take an up- ' “T believe I hit more infleld files | There | be lost. The American League pitch- EDWIN AMERICUS ROMMEL And how be grips ball for his famous knuckle ball. ers resorted to it against Babe Ruth when it looked as if they would ...-v-! er be able to stop him During the last half of the season other pitch- ers told me that they believed they could strike out Ruth three out of five times on nothing but slow twist- ers. “I don’t throw the knuckle ball at all times. My system is to change | around on my batter. When I find | myself pinched, where three or fo hits have been bunched in an inni 1 call out the slow knuckle ball. And | if they continue to hit me, why then I must admit that they are better than my pitching for that day. “Frequently when 1 have been knocked off the hill early in the game 1 have gone back the next day and with @ snutout or a low Score. n, a teamn I have blanked 1 my knuckler knocked to all the fleld the next time T have them. >roving parts « T at a pitcher with the B E g is not LADIES’ DUCKPIN LEAGUE FINISHES SECOND SERIES BY H. H. FRY. ASHINGTON LADIES' LE )% last night, and this wgek w matches in order that the schedule will be up-to-date when the AGUE concluded its second series ill be devoted entirely to postponed third and final series opens, on the Recreation drives on March 19. Mem- bers of the leaguo have every reason to feel proud of the fine showing they have madc, and, with only two forfeited match the District can match. | set a record that few, if any, other Team captains deserve a_great deal of credit fo in three years, have circuits i ] - the way in which they have kept their quints going. They hustled to get the “subs” in line when several regulars were unable to bowl. Following is the schedule for this| week, to be rdlied on the Post Offce | alleys: Monday. Post Office Depart- ment 5. Registry; Tuesday, Colum- Internal Revenue; Wednes- ay, War_Department vs. Mount Plegsant; Thursday, Post Office De- artment Independents; Friday, SalesyTax vs. Internal Revenue | Several good scores were turned in | during the past week for the movie | theater tickets, the best performers | being BEsther Honkala, 119:; foraine | Gulli, 119; Gladys Lowd, 1i}: Cath- | erine Watts, 110; Bertha Martin, 108 | Mary Ganzhorn, 107; Rose Frenzel, | 107; Elfrieda Yaggie, 106; Jennic Malcolm, 106, and Catherine Furey, | 97, Loretta Sommerkamp. _ leading ' bowler of the City Post Office quint and a member of the Wryqua was operarted on for appendicitis recently. | Miss Sommerkemp's place in the Post Office lineup has been filled by Bertha Martin, a capable bowler. | ‘With the five weeks of the season remaining, the District League con- tinues to present a jam in the race ter the championship with Rathskel- ' lers and Terminal Ice tied for first | place with forty-three wins and twenty-three defeats. Manhattans are third with forty-two wins and twenty-four defeats. It should be easy for the Rathskellers, should they be in a tie for the title at the close of the campaign. Total pins then would decide, and they are now 594 to the good over the Icemen, their nearest rivals in this respect. 2 Regulars, who are practically outd of the race, threw-a monkey wrench q | Friday } slumps { seasnon Max into the running gear of the Man- hattans Friday night in winning two s out of three. which prevented atter from joining the Rathbkel- lers and Terminal Ice in a three-cor- nered tie. B A situation that makes the' Rath- skellers favorites for first place is that they have more postponed games than the other teams, a majority of which are with weaker quints. The match scheduled for next Wednesday night on the Rathskel- lers’ alleys between the home quint and \van*mn« may possibly make the race Ml more exciting. It goes without saying that the Rathekellers’ alleys will be crowded to capacity. This week’s schedule in the league brings forward several other good matches and there may be a change in leadership again. Mon- day, the Goodfellows and Regulars hook up: Tuesday, Terminal Ice should have easy picking with the lowly Shermans; Thursday, the Na- tionals and King Pins clash, and on the Royals and Colonials meet. There is no mecounting fbr the that overtake bowlers. It just happens. At the opening of the y Rosenberg astonished the local duckpin knights by his wonderful accuracy on the drives. ‘Then came his slump that held on for a month, but he is again back in his stride. The same applies to Al Works and Arthur Urban. Last Wed- nesday night, when The ‘Star-Times watch was on, “Bubbles” Cahoon, one of the veterans of the game, went like a house-a-fire in the first game, ;and he looked like the bowler of five vears ago, but suddenly “Old Man Slump” embraced him, and down he went to two ragged games. Emery one of the best on the drives; his arm tEllett five years ago appeared to be . went back on him and until this sea- T0 BOX WITH MARINES Fort Myer will send a sturdy box- ing team against the quintet of Quan- tico marines who are to irivade the riding hall ring_at. the -military post jugt across the Potomac.next Thurs- day night. Prominent among the Fort Myer entries for the five engagements of six .rounds each are Andy Carbon, who won the bantamweight cham- pionship of the Army district of ‘Washington last vear, and Al Ward, Troop F, 3d Cavalry, middleweight, who has 'scored knockouts in his last four fights. Tickets for the bouts are on sale at Spalding’s store, 613 14th street, and they may be procured at the riding hall the night of the fights. All re- ceipts go to the athletic associations of the contending posts. The com- plete card for the entertainment fol- lows: Bantam class—Oarbon (Fort Myer) vs, Far- rrelia_(Quantico). ;_r-m-r asse Placitelli (Port Myer) va. mhu-é%:‘i:fi’)—'lnuu (Fort Myer) vs. “xknm" :: fomey (Fort Mysr) vs. Shol zuu&--gnc class—Wand (Fort Myer) vs. McCarty (Quantioo). “AIN'T-GOT NO MO’ WIND,” ‘SO RING VETERAN QUITS OAKLAND, Calif., March: 10— Jack Blackburs, negro veteran of more than 150 batties of the prive ring, han admitted that old age, the memewin of every Wghter, ha dug into his 1 and taken the most essential of all things—wind: Jack was battling with Ra: Pelkey here yesterday, when denly Jack dropped to kneen, looked at the referee and said: “Mistaly, I'se through; I ain't got no me’ wind.” . A chorus of boos arose from the. younger fans, but the old-timers, ‘whe, remembered when Jack de- feated Sam fifteen years age, utiered not'n vound, . _ - . son his work has been very erratic. Last Wednesday night Eilett had the best set of the Star-Times match. Dozens of other instances could be cited. Typothetae League has interesting matches scheduled, as follows: Mon- day, Washington 'Monotype Co. vs. Gibson Brothers; Tuesday, Joyce En- graving Co. vs.' National Publishing Co.; Wednesday, Judd & Detweller vs. Standard Engraving Co.; Thursday (double-header), Andrews Paper Co. vd. Natigpal Capital Press, Doing Printing k“' J. D, Milans; Friday, Columbia®Printing Co. vs. Ransdell Company. 5 This week's schedule of the Na- National Capital League is as follow: Monday, Corby Bakery v Tuesday, Washington Gas Co. vs. Co- lumbia;’ Wednesday, Nationals vs. Curb Cate; Thursday, Georgetown "A. C. vs. Rathskeller; Friday, Notor Co. vs. Potomac Bank. Athletic Club_League’s clashes for the week are: Monday, Excelsior vs. Hilltop; Tuegday, Keokuk vs. Lexing- ton; Wednesday (double-header), Irish American vs. Waverly, Argonne vs. Linworth; Thursday, Aloysius v Rosedale; Friday - (double-header)— Arlington vs. Anacostia, Dominican Lyceum vs. Georgetown. Several close matches should de- velop this week in the Knights of Pythias League, as several of the Etroni quints meet, as follows: Mon- day. Hermions vs.'Capital; Tuesday, Rathbone-Superior V8, Calanthe; Wednesday, Webster vs. Amaranth; Thursday, Century-Decatur vs, Syra- cuslns; Friday, Columbla v, Excel- sior. Three matches, as usual, will be rolled this week by the Bureau of Standards Association, as follow: Tuesday, Industrials and _Aeros; Wednesday, ~Midgets and _Union Thursday, Sharpshooters and Gump: This week’s schedule of the Odd Fellows® League is as follows: Mon- day, Washington vs. Covenant; Tues. day, Federal City vs. Fred D. Stua Wednesday, Golden Rule vs. Central Thursday, Amity vs. Harmony; Fri- day, Brightwood ‘vs. Salém; Saturday, Eastern vs. Mount. Pleasant. ROMMEL WAS DISCARDED AS NO GOOD BY M’GRAW Base ball rookies who have been turmed adrift by majer league managers should not feel discour- aged. The judgment of one is mot official, s John J. McGraw, regarded as base bal Napoleon, discarded Ed Hommel as a pitching prospeet. Finishing his first professioual ) year in 1918 with the Newark club of the International League, Rom- mel was phrchased by the Giants optional deal, re the 1919 meason opened McGraw canceled the claim and Rommel remained with Newark. Earl Mack, son of ost promising ki t, and Comnie, on the ree- tion of his msom, bought Rommel won sevem games and lost xeven for the Athleties in 1020. In 1921, he won sixteen and lost twenty-three, but as the Macks finished last with Sfty-three vie- tories and 100 defeats, they did mot have a pitcher who was above the 500 ma > Rommel was born at Baltimore, October 13, 1897, stands six two inches and weighs 180 on the South American. Dmpsey battle is on the haps, in Argentina, after ROD AND REEL By Perry Miller EPORTS from the lower end of Chesapeake bay state that shad R have made their appearance. Some were caught a few days ago, and the spring run is looked for this week. The spring order of fiish is served to anglers as follows: Perch, herring, shad and rock or striped bass. With the shad being caught in the lower bay, the perch must be well on their way upstream. Predic- tion is made by river men that, provided we have no more cold weather, fishing for perch will be worth while within ten days. They say all that District | is needed is a short warm spell. Reports about hardheads being caught in the lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay are true. In the { majority of cases the fish were small, ibut a late report from Chesapeake { Bay gives the encouraging news that { oystermen fishing in rather deep wa- ter landed a good string, ranging from one to two pounds. v While awalting the run of perch, some of the local anglers, taking ad- vantage of the fine weather recently were very successful in fishing for big catfish. One party, which visited the river ‘near Chain Bridge, was re- warded with a catch of eighty-five pounds. the largest fish weighing six- teen pounds. D. Simonds, fishing at Stubble- Falls, landed nine catfish, three weighing eleven pounds and six av- eraging about three pounds each. Joe Perron, well known local angier, caught cight averaging four pounds cach. Another sign of an early fishing sea- son was furnished when five dozen hardshell craps were sent to the ang- lers of The Star pre¥sroom. The crabs were the gift of Capt. Andy Manifold of Herring Bay. It is thought that the oystermen in dredging dug up the crabs. This is very unusual at this time of the year. During the winter month the crab busies it- self in the mud, in pretty deep water, and remalns until nature notifies it that it is time to come out. The crabs were u medium size and very light in color, almost a yellow, in- stead of the dark brown that most of us are familfar with during the sum- mer months. The Izank Walton League of Amer- ica this summer -will conduct an angling contest, open to all fisher- men “who feel like gentlemen and | fact like sportsmen.” The fish must be | { caught with an artificial lure contain- ing but one hook and with rod und reel. Fish entered in this contest must be weighed and measured with a tape, NORTH RANDALL LANDS $10,000 TROTTING RACE CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 10.—The champlonship stallion stake, for three- vear-old trotters, carrying an esti- mated value of $10,000, promoted by the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, has been awarded t0 the Forest City Live Stock and Fair Company to be raced at its second grand circuit meeting of the season at North Randall track here August The list of eligibles numbers nearly sixty and includes all of the crack two-year-old trotters of last year, James Clark, assistant secretary of the assoclation, announced today. The matron stake, for three-year- old trotters, companion stake to the championship stallion event, has been awarded to the Toledo Driving Club, Toledo, Ohio, and will be contested during its grand circuit meeting, August 11-18, Mr. Clark announced. The value of the matron stake this season is $7,500 and the field will be made up of practically the same en- trants as in the champlonship stake. These two ‘futurity” events are recognized by horsemen as two of the most important_events for juvenile trotters in harness horse racing. KENNEL AND FIELD |__BY GEO. H. KERNOD! Collie fanciers will delight in the news that J. E. Walter of the Breal Kennels has just purchased an ex- ceptional bitch .from the Sterling Kennels. This_bitch is sired by Ch, Laund Limit, admitted to be the best of the Laund House collies, and is in whelp to Ch. Laund Laird. This is the last word in collie breeding, and the produce from this mating should g0 far toward bettering the quality of the show collies in this section, No less authority than Frank Dole recently stated that the bull terrier bitch_ Victoria Patricia, bred and owned by A. M. Hyler of this city, is one possessing combined qualities which show up about once in fifty This bitch, barely out of. the class, had the distinction at the more show of going over Ch. Cooleridge_Grit of Blighty of breed. She is sired by C. H. Chlld's noted stud dog, One UD,-which was I killed late this’fall i Among the local dogs which will compete in the coming spring trials at Medford, N. J., are Twin Pine Kennels' Mister Jim, Frank Burrows' Master Ben and Dr. Paine’s Admin- istrator. These three dogs have all placed well in the trials of the last season, and should come within the money at this, the opening event of the spring meets. J. Allan Hoffar has just obtained Kenley Jewel, a remarkably _fine wire-haired terrier bitch, by Twin Pine Felix, out of imported Briargate Wise Command. Both the sire and ;dam are by the noted Control Leader, jand this bitch should be heard from !bom in the show ring and as = | H HOPP breeder. E HAS NO INTENTION OF QUITTING, HE ASSERTS NEW _YORK, March 10.—Willie Hoppe, who will ‘defend his world's 18.2 balkiine billiard Shampionshlp in a acstay wnd Wodneaday, tosight deated reports that he intended to retire from the game if successful in retaining lils crown. BES “I have no intantion of quitting the garne, Topardiess of the_outéome of the contest,” the titleholder declabed. . i giving girth of fish (length to be taken from end of Jower jaw, mouth closed, to top of tail). The catch must be certified to by an affidavit of two reputable witnesses, and must be registered within two weeks from the date of the capture. Tmplementy and bait used must be described. A draw- ing of the fish by placing it on paper and tracing the outline will be help- ful to the judges. No fish taken from private estate, or state or federal hatchery will' be considered. . With two or more fish welghing and meas- uring exactly the same the prize will be awarded by the judges to the angler using tackle which gave the fish the fairest fighting chance for its ife. 2 The first prize (with the exception of the salt water division) will be the choice of any bait or fly casting rod made in the United States. The second prize in each class will be the Ctholce of any reel (fly or bait casting) made in the United States. The third prize will be a $20 camera, choice of manufacture to be deter- mined by the winner. There will be a first prize of & silver cup for each of the six classes of the sea-angling divisions. In addition the I. W. L.°A. will give the winners of each of the six sea- angling divisions, Other prizes include wading boots, rod cases, reel cases, sweaters, pipes. field glasses and fly hooks, etc. List of classes in contest follows: Brook trout, brown trout, steelhead trout. eastern division; rainbow trout, western division: emall-mouth black bass, large-mouth black bass, north- ern division; largemouth black bass, intermediate division, large-mouth black bass, southern division, Muskal- | lunge, great northern pike, wall-eved pike, weakfish, striped. bass, channel bass, tarpon and tuna, salt water di- vision. It is not necessary for contestunts to belong to the I. W. L ' scribe to the magazi RACING MARK FOR MILE AND 40 YARDS SMASHED | SAN DIEGO, Callf., March 10.— Abadane, the gelding recently clalmed by C. B. Irwin, teday broke the world record for a mile and forty yards, going the dix- tance in a private sweepstakes at the Tyuana track in 1.398. The best previows record was 1. Abadame covered the milé in 1.39%, breaking the track record for that distamce. Rebuke, his opponent, owned by Commander J. K. L. Ross, was three and a half lengths behind at the finish. STAKE RACE CAPTURED BY SADDLE AND BOOTS NEW ORLEANS, La., March 10.— Saddle and Boots, that game gelding who races for L. Leibling of Boston, turned in another brilliant effort by taking the Gretna Memorial Arch handicap at Jefferson Park today, under McCoy's hard urging. Barracuda finished a game second and was put to the lust ounce to withstand a determined stretch rush by the three-year-old Calcutta, one of the most formidable contenders for next week’s Jefferson derby. Wolf's Cry And Comic Song were most highly considered by the holi- day throng, but fafled to supply much of the contention after the first half mile of the six-furlong journey, which was run in 1.13 2-5 over a fast track. Wolf's Cry. attempted to take the lead, but was quickly joined by L’Effaire, while Barracuda raced in close company rounding the turn. McCoy found himself unable to swing Saddle and Boots over to that prefer- able position along the rail and was compelled to accept the overland route, rounding into the straight- away. Passing the final quarter Bar- racuda was the only one left with any courage and the Holman gelding fought to the final sixteenth, where he, too, surrendered, and Saddle and Boots went off to a length’s ad- ranuge. Comic Song was a dismal ast. Calcutta’s race caused his derby stock to ascend, because he was going fastest in the end. T ‘WAYLAND, TRAINER, DIES. HAVRE DE GRACE, March 10.— Gene Wayland, one of the best known trainers of race horses in the country, died last night of acute dilation of the heart. Wayland, who arrived here on March 3, was trainer for Willls Sharpe Kilmer and had brought the Kilmer string to the Susquehanna river_track. Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS $4.65 ——— Save the price of am entire mew suit. All colors, sises, pat- terns. y 605-607 7th St. NW. medals of gold, sflver and bronze to | BY SPARROW McGAN EW YORK, March 10.—Never have the wisest followers of the ring game been so utterly at loss over the outcome of a ring battle a- in the case of Bill Brennan and Luis Firpo, who meet at Madiso Square Garden on Monday night. On form, Brennan ought to take the Argentine behemoth without too much trouble. All he would have to do is to keep his jaw out of way of Firpo's right and pile up a million points i —Dark Hill won; Critics FIRPO-BRENNAN CONTEST IS “MYSTERIOUS” AFFAIR {American Would Be Choice, But Impression Has Gone Rounds That It Is Not on Books for Him to Win Tomorrow Night’s Bout. The impression has got abroad, however, that Brennan is not going to win, that he will fall upon the ring floor sometime early in the bout and take the required ten-second snooze. to back up this report, but there has been a lot of talk that a Firpo ays and that the affair will be launched, per- irpo has prevailed over Knockout Bill. No facts have been produced Again there has been the feeling that Brennan hasn’'t been breakin his back training. Of course, this m be because he holds Frrpo lghtly And it may fot. No one can tell As the situation Stands Firpo hax pulled Carpent| 's stuff by going into retirement for his finishing touches. That was a good move. For the more he showed " his stuff against thc Jamaica Kid and Jack Johnson, the more convinced became the fans that he hasn't improved any since the day- when he was out in Newark meet third-raters. Firpo's footwork has been about neat and shifty as a safe mover's. H. has no speed in hitting, and his dc fense is equally slow. In the secre practice of the past few days he may have picked up a lot. but it woull have to be a lot to fill any ordinar: observer of pugilistic form with the idea that he would have a chanc. against Dempsey, Tommy Glbbons o Harry Wills, In fact, if he doesn't show more speed Monday night than he ha shown Bill Brennan would have t make a joke of the bout before Wirpo could be turned in a winner. He can hit, can Firpo, there is no doubt about that, but’that lets him_out. 1 certainly iooks as though Dempses und Kearns are lurking the back - ground waiting for the result of Mor day night's fight. Dempsey has fought three times since he ‘won the champlonship, and he has developed an exalted idea of the sum of money he should be paid for uppearing in the ring. Iis brie’ and snooty reply of “not interested to a wesiern promoter who offerci him a hundred thousand dollars to meet Gibbons would indicate that he and his_manager have other plans. the chief one, perhaps, being a battle against Firpo in the Argentine for « purse that will put him beyond the ty of cver fighting again. 1sn’t to say he won't fight In fact. it is a cinch he wil up against Willard next sum- mer, provided Jess makes a satmfac tory showing against Floyd Johnsor But be that as i where he h; bids of small-time promoters (Copyright. 1923.) Havana Results FIRST RACE. three and one-alf furlongs— Ghopstick won: Sleighbells. second: Norselun third. Time. 0.2, Scratched—Dixon's Prids x furlongs—Quaneh won American Eagle. third . 115, Scratched—Golossus, _Mountjov Whipporwhill, Frascuelo and ~Harry =X Stevens. THIED RACE. five and one-lulf furlongs— Advance. won; Red Mon, second; Salamander third. Time, 1.08. All started. FOURTH 'RACE, five furlongs—Mountein Lussie won: Busiana, second: Taithful Girl 1.00 4-5. Scratched—Clsqua. H RACE, one mile and fifty vards Hill won:’ Afternight, second: Gupton third, ~ Tinte, 147. ~Scratohed—Leblugt, Who Can Tell and Adelante. SIXTH RACE. one mile and seventy vard: —Herron won: Lank. second: Johnny O°Con pell, third. Time. 1.451.5. Scratched—Daint: Lady, Gratian, Mary Maxim, Nig and Miser! corde. SEVENTH BACE. one mile—W, rige won: Scratched—Barretta, Drapery and. Kentmer ‘New Orleans Results FIRST RACE, one mile and three-sixteentl:s The Wit second: Little Ams third. Time, 2.02. Scratched— BT Linar Transiont. Porich Doep ias itish 'Li; ransient, Yorick, Deep Sinker and Reel Foot. » SECOND RACE, five and one-half f, Canyon won; Sewell Combs, second; Avispa third. Time, 1.07 3-5, 'Soratched—Louls Li tenheim, Elmer K., Archie Alexander, Relia bility and Fiip, THIRD RACE, one mile and seventy vards - Maveurneen won; Uncle Velo, second; Tody. third. Time, 1.45. All started. FOURTH RACE, six furlongs—Suddle and Boots won: Barracuda, second; Calcutts, third Time, 1.833.5. "All started. FIFTH RACE, ome mile and one-sighth— cond; Ralso, third Duke John won; Neddam, starte mile and three-sixteenths Time, 1.55 3-! All SIXTH RACE, one ~—Bravo_won; fl!‘nfl, second; Tom Cassidy. Third, Time, 2.014-5, Scratched—Pit, Bu oyme. Exhiorter, Not Yet, Jack Fairman and ittorney Muir, l Tia Juana Results, | FIRST RACE, ons-half mile—Stargo won: 0dd Seth, second; Rock Heather, third, Time, 0.48 4-5. Bcratched—Sandimas. SECOND RACE, five and one-half furlongs —Ted Breckenridge won; Bon Sante. secon Piglis K. third." Time, 1.0815. Al started. 'HIRD RACE, five and one-half furlongs— Pud won: Faber, second; Peter Plerson, d. Time, 1,07 4-5. Scratohed—Norford Honey. FOURTH RACE, ‘one mile and seventy yards —McGee's Pink wyn: Fannie Nail. second: Mannikin 11 " Time, 145, All started FIFTH RACE, one mile and seventy yards r won; Romany, second; Spanish” Maize, third, _ Time, 14225, Scratched—Ten_But- tons, Bastille, Sootland Yet and Black Betty SIXTH RACE, one mile and forty yards— Abadene won; Rebuke, second. Time, 1.39 2.5 (world's record). Only two starters. SEVENTH RACE, five and one-half furlongs —Feylance won; Dolores, sacond; Ten Buttons. third. Time, 1.05. Scratched—Krewer, Dick Te and Jack Baue: o EIGHTH BACE, one mile—Breeze won: Boy, second; Theress, third. Time ‘Boratohed—Oocidents, Peace Flng 38, i funongs—Pay o 3 urlor sy Off won: oond; Sister Susle, - third S o Boratched—Lochleven and Kirk- FOR LUMBER I. S. TUROVER 13th and Water Sts. S.W. 11 line of framing, siding, flooring, Singles, ‘laths, white. pise and hardwoods. 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