Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1923, Page 29

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNFESDAY, OCPOBER 31, 1923. i SPORTS. Draft Question Again Looms in Base Ball : Boxing Game in New York Benefited CONTROVERSY TO OCCUPY IS5 10 e SAFETY-FIRST CHAMPIONS . CLUB HEADS THIS WINTER| & | ) B | Ereens WILL SUFFER FINANCIALLY . for the 1934 Olympic games and . . . - ¢ . x: has 5o advised the French Olymple Old Point of Contention Between Major and Minor : iy S conmittee. The financial consld- eration invoived ix the reason for ¥ iAclion of Commission in Abardoning Its Old Prac- Leaguers to Be Dealt With During Sessions | ; N/ 7 [ the Greek mbutention. Shaly 'Thus the country which was the tice of Arbitrarily Naming Titleholders at Chicago Next December. ortrt T T orliantor 7 the marachon | Hailed 4 € ¢ race will not be represented at the | aile elghth revival of the gamen. Progressive Step. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. N EW YORK, October 31.—The next session of base ball, which be- s 1 1. ; ; i YANKEES SET PACE gins at Chicago December 5, might be called a sort of congress of the leagues. The minor organizations were induced last year by o \ 13/ ¢ e = S ’ ‘A | IN B".I.IABD EVENT BY FAIR PLAY. N 2\ YORK, October 3L—In changing its rule about the arbitrary naming of champions, the New York athletic commission has E ) 5 of it = o f done a mighty good thing. Hereafter, when a champion does not ;hilp;rsuasnc and _du(tht tones o “=h Lomm{ssmn(erho basc]hall to fight with sufficient frequency to satisfy the Muldoon people, he will be 10ld their pow-wow in Chicago prior to the meeting of the major leagues. - 2 us| i ix s 9 i 3 de is tif 2 £ S q T e " . suspended for six months. But no move will be made to turn his title But almost as soon as they had made their decision, the minors 4 / 7 . 4 | NEW YORK, October 31.—The three| s ende Che hesf s 3 Begann to Feeret.it andl to. wonder their innocent: way, whether their B 20 o i 3 : v American contestants in the world's| OVET 10 some other contende he man best fitted to mix with the chanr ; ion wil ined series of bouts &k 3 fate would not_be similar to that of the milk-fed lamb chop that fell IR \ : ¥ 152 balkline billiard cha jpion will be determined by a serics of bouts and the champion will haye 3 ! . 3 } f ; mpionship | 45 niect the man who thus comes through or remain suspended—that is, into the jaws of the ravenous wolf. g 5 ¢ o8 " 7o tournament swept through the first| N N he will hold his title, but it will not do him any good, financially speaking. It should not be that bad, because if the minors would stand to- three matches without a defeat, each | o " Hakr s e gether they could pretty nearly control the base ball situation. But there PR 9 PRI . - o . A American galning victory at the ex- fwho has been in retirement lo these 15 no doubt as to the accuracy of their fcars that beneath the kind in- ? ; o 2 T R S ; b vanse of an invader from Europe. | JITLE BOXERS MUST |many monihs, wiil ‘surprise che fana vitation to go to Chicago and talk base ball with the major folks hang- : 3 > . g 4 |, Today, however, will bring wlv?_cn }hl'; r\:;;‘ln‘u ;l;!‘l;:gr(h;gu'(l;lsb:ltl(:; i nd te 2 y say k i R bl B2 ¢ A . 8 to one Ameri th S ’ . aos B . !F}fa?ri(-‘“wfl t:h}f(t :\ e“—:-‘a; lx\')(:?h:mve to say lurks the old draft question. 3 P ‘ N g | &0 ome American _mm 16 Hopp = FIGHT TWICE YEARLY et savs l‘mmn“‘ o ';":M_;:A. S > = 1 P : § % b - | will be gained by one of th v tic retiring place , says his mana- The other day a plan was announcec | — | : W g : , o In the Hagenlacher-Conti contost this | : Bas beenidevoting himself to the draft system with a $10,000 bai ) s i ) 4 2 : o of getting into grea: shape and - i T e DEFEAT OF FRENCH | -y Y 7 AN e el R 1 " Welkor Cocbran of San Franei NEW YORK, October 31—Boxing |1ight now is iy better condition than are ©0ld price of $2.- 2 > P d ved good billiards cha 4 Favet Aers Soie tebias ears P e will belleve But it does not alter the ques ! liards y hamplons must defend thelr title 7 4 2 i : g noon when he turned ba er | ° tion of the advisability of the draft, HORSE sPo'Ls couP‘ o P £ ) 2 | Contl of France, 500 to 467 in bona fide championship bouts at| Brennan is shortly to meet Biily nor of it's principies, one fota. It s Iy g ; ST ] ok hard struggle. Both players least once eyery six monthe under a | Miske In ten rounds to a decision ply means that the major league —_— 5 i : $ e 7 3~ ) brilliant_at times, but neither could| new ruling adopted by the New York | This Wil give something of a liae b will have the privilege of “bust- | \ e . ; 1 Sustain his beilliancy X lupon nim. But whatever line it gives & up” the minor for the sum Of | By the Associated Fress. i 8 Kb ot 4 EEWag. | Jake Schaefer of Chicago last|5tate athletio commiasion _|the fact remains that smpion- $10.000 instead of for $2.500. NEWMARKET, England, October ; 4 AR . Gt c | night won the slowest game played in| Failure to do so wiil result in in- | ship contended Willlam shed in. If & minor leasue s in ablriattd e ol Y § X o, g > 1 | the history of 18.2 balkline champion- | definite suspension for the champion| Brennan Profited Financlally. and Jovelons ;‘\}"\:‘”“l {"p r'd‘»uls'r':»‘; SonIthe CarbriNersiie winies X 3 4 5 b ) i ’;:"‘.‘l“?l-“u:l e D defeated Edouard| and possibly the forfelture of his| In fact, when he began to let new- T e ot oot bt enear s 2 7 i i ol c 3 Ths: Tiinetess i D00 es? poli! title, while any boxer who engages u |1v arrived white hopes plaster Bt D tes not & piayer whe inl o 0% Witn cxtras. kum bere tollas, ,'(A.MS'QY"\\‘D{ ' 3 % i ; s\ | hours and fiv g he Belsian | suspended champion, in New York or | N confessed ho was through § i S Ot % tor | Plerre Wertheimer's Epinard was | Vs b \ . @ ' g ‘ H Lo ¥t e | idea was that in being plastered Bill wan by draft, it do bt matter ! i . 5 took the ad in the second inning where, will suffer, in turn, indefi- | o i e g e whethier ‘the price i 310,000 or 10| second and G. Hardy's Dumas was norseman — E © < . T €ld it until the eleventh, Hor ' suspension or the refusal of a| »ould hiie uip the mepuiations of che genta. This is beginning 10 pe goln‘:e“mra_ Twenty-three horses ran. HAS WoN MORE Nl R . \ & ; 3 H Jfnns hacame marvous aftee Schaptery Hcanss oo New ¥ork - o wiil i BUL es 5o ool Into the noodlis of some of the| Yerdict (by Shogun. out of Finale) g 3 Ty \ s ¥ , o be made retconitive by the: cormus:) s worth . 1ot in the way of e “ {Won by a neck. A length separated 9 . ) 4 sion, in which case Joe Lynch and| tige to any oxe who could wallop Majors Have “the Edge. the second and third horses. The d ., NS 4 ! > i s | Mickey' Walker, bantamwelght and | Nm thTough twelve or fitftcen rounds I guess they're still after us” said | betting was: Verdiet, 100 to 7 against: N O 4 Neninve | welterweight titienolders, will be re- | While to Bill it was worth a lot i the head of one class A A, league. | Epinard, 3 to 1 against, and Dumas, ¢ b e tefor has played Im.| stored to title recogmition, though |terms of mone: is quite Tigh The | to 1 against. e - ! 3 3 Sy N . | pressive billiards in the victories| re ing under suspension until| Yet histo o conceived the famous| The victory of Verdict over Epinard T | ever Hagenlacher and Horen | ; the requirements of the (3% & real was 1o lift base bail trom |spoiled a betting coup, for which the | o & b JACK | { commission what he is—was. He was about as ¢h that existed prior to Com- | owner of the latter had carefully laid | coforth. in cash ted | Pe€ar a champion as a man could be 5 P of a forfeited dis’ time still is walk- [hi8 plans. Wertheimer stood to win . ) / 2 Coomgs } hie' Commnitssia ! “t| without getting there. Had it not g tihe L ite wall |18 DIARS Mot le ateadico n A | co0MBS | INDIANS WERE LEADERS lo the commission will conduct|without getting there, Had it not niin Shines on the big | without havin 3 s cemb orn Y A CHED IN i 4 award e o th i 3 fmig havy e worl onors. ool | "IN SHUT-OUTS THIS YEAR | Sn Smarieia B, &, Sheranienders) Ridhe ive’$tha Wom Yone . . i Copyright, 1923.) ors don’t stand | Prince in the Cesarewitch stakes Oc- 4 4 o Wo | CLEVELAND, October 31.—. - | : R e R s A o i, fres |l o0 Qi "t CUBS GIVE UP EFFORTS | \NnEpENDENT A, C. WILL m A \ A | League team's 1923 record shows the | o race. | A i | Indians took part in forty-tour games| 10 LAND ROG HORNSBY | ; 3 . that' were decidad In the final inning | HAVE FOR Be igh enenident ot . ZEV TO RUN TODAY i t‘. = & b ;\'Ix:vri\;v_gr twenty and 168ing uclr:[xf,.fi CHICAGO, October 31—The Chica-| , o o mo“yulDABlLE 'FWE e Righ-ci 3 3 o Tt Th %0 lo8i twenty.|&o Cubs will make no further at-| ependent Athletic Club’s bashe iind ¥ ball ciubs 1 CART. FRANK E. FITCH and CaeT J.M.HubsoN 2 \ ! e ey ‘“\““l;.-mm« o arrange & deal for Rogers | ball team intends to pla e ne S } | , 4 ] lornshy, star second basem the quint_on the > e inters] SAILED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC 4N A |6 FOOT BOR JiEnsnis-anc Mt samic matgln S Tonts Casatasie. ond 1555 bottine nager Charles Al b oand al IN AUTUMN STAKES NewYork to Gravesend, €ng., ... 4-0days, Jul -kg‘—lsu three Ban S Ut out fn 9n1Y | champlon of the National League. . | Is Looking ga 2 ¢ Zer cookic » JUy-AUg,y { qetphis, St Touls and T Fresident Veeck of the Cubs made | & the all town ou when the = P Ao A announcement a confer- | Games with the Peck Memorit big club necd | ~Ew v > 4 \ b g o A ch i t. Louls w Pr Club team can be arranged by callin® i!l;; (‘1:_‘: § . b N ton cach twice and W ger Brsucli le : . : B : 2 L W enberger. _thirty- tumn champion- was the only Americ 'S P £ = n ) | to get six hits in six e ToSrensiin 1o Vaeoi . weaithy lumbermin of Roche e At I,r‘a'(“ ve PAGING THE MAN . during the seacon. Tris Speaker got | C: e ‘ S of XY and former all-America- 3 added attraction to five hits a game three time fe- | ca y all tackie, died here yesterds VE e C s e oni I | N D2 e WITH TRE < son made four hits in cach of six ident Veeck declined to name | from peritonitis. He came here ric ¥ ¢ = @ - while Homer & g0t four|the players offered in the proposed Open up a e was struc 3 o ! trial, coming on the eve '3 ah e A D D s an s aticn BALTIMORE, 3 ietober 51 ? mee inw with Admiral Cary | LONEEST A 2R Saeh et 0ve &S Jdea LU s el S With seve ries op-| T. son's ar three-year-old, | DEREING) i the By e e Tploustip) AtANSS over the muddy track prevailing at meet; compatition is expe 3 ] ndicap figures, Zev Gellent torm. The western colt 1 not | high for the top Honors. ‘at 120 pounds, scheduled to meat hi NIA RAcE e e aiis i fian | Nell's Ozark: Lady. oxned by Thomas | fhPCHERtS at scale welght, apparently % hava herse to frita over thel 19 Baay s cuteped ig pace Mo ; PREIAEE | distance of a mile and six furlongs. | ; while urrows’ Mastel FoTaorraw. Zev. will e i The track is heavy in mud as the Tho wor i1 [ Kentuely €v Wil e shipped 105 INNATI, Ohio, October 31.—In- | result of recent rains, but wglm falr | at the ; s « today were that a fleld of | weather promized and a small army Club-meet recently dications today were that a |of men at work on it continuously | Y0, /8. 8 Shoot, o v four of the country’s speediest three-{ {f LA 2 nuousty Hume, and’ nanaica be - winiarm| MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE | car Gian would face the barrier in | sl coriain that the oval wonld be | Fooh Deun, ovnad by Newner | PLACED AGAINST JOCKEY |the Latonia championship, to be runin oo condition for the bie race, | g {at Latonia, Ky.. on Sature | is in brace No. 8, with Master Ben. 3 v S 1 *'\% Own; Admiral €3 Srayson Sencion Rk, owhod by De. Carttn] NEW Octover 3L—an in-| DN 200U W hrrive ut ah : Stickney of Atantic won his; dictment gecond degree ) filjdale course todmy. ace s to| i sceond stake for dogs|mans been | returned | worg fved from Mary i under two years esterd He | 854 eSte tor. well known ; mpe Rialto was expected in Lomorrow Friday, Nevember 2nd wom in Wa " ] r[(l|||u Harry F ,ull'hflr.\'“ carry the tree colo William J. Vanous trophy was w after several witnesses before ‘the star, Hownd s Wilbetforce by Blooastona Caesar's Ghost, Ir R ceciured he was the v 2 1s in | (Wastinzton, D. ) (Wilberforee, Ohio) | this event. He is a setter owned by | M IS York another day to run in the 1 Rohert ‘S Thomaus: and handiod by Bt i e duy Fator v suen | Somh ChAmBIonSHID 2t Empir: American League Park Yiliam Riggs, Jack Dunns Daniby Mrs. Margarct Keon, widow ¢ nd may not reach Latonia unt | _Game_Called at 3 P.M. oolton intless took third placy > A Aa ission: winning the Louis C. Wessel cup, e ot . viam, Carl Weidemann's Admission: Boxes, $1.50 Nicholas vashington dog. Z i | Iitinois Derby winner, which is the owned by >/ an, comveted ] 4 only hope of the western continge AN DN N GRIDIRON BATTLE aainst s pot ome of the was gives |V bEiw 'O UNBEATEN ELEVENS dogs ente, i A, Brehm’ Jack Fr kittel's Oriols Nick, Woolton Dauntless » ney's Seaview Sport and Sergy. LANDIS CALLS A JOINT MEETING DECEMBER 12 CHICAGO. October. 31.—Basa Ball Commissioner Landis has issued a call for a joint meeting of the club own- ers of the American and National held here December 12, se of setting their house 1924 season. As this alco iy the date for the an- nual meeting of the American League. President Johnson may advance the meeting of his club owners as to prepare themselves for the joint ses- slon. TOWN HONORS SAM JONES. WOODSFIELD, Ohio. October 31.— Sam Jones, famous pitcher of the New York Yankees, was a guest of honor here last night , when the | “home town folks” tendered him and Mrs. Jones a_banquet, at the close of which “Sad Sam” was.presented with a silver loving cup by his admiring fellow townspeople. Uhe FLORSHEIM. SHOE iyl o e e1% 44 these sanee ELORSEERS - , : oo v _ “I named him ‘Chesterfield’ . styles so popular with men who ® dress in keeping with the times Most Styles, $10 t Cor. 7th & K Sts. : - @ 414 9th St. “City Club Shop® 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 1318 G St. 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. : CIGARETTES e after the fastest-stepping cigarette in the country.”