Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1923, Page 27

THE EV,ENING STAR; ' WASHINGTO ¢., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, ‘1925, —_— . Dearth of Initial Sackers in Big Leagues : Carpentier to Sail for U. S Next Week FIRST BASE HOLE THE STAR’S P;\NORAMA OF BASE BALL |®F¥ & o seen moe FRENCH BOXER WILL LIVEN WURRYING P"_UTS A Pictorial Highli!ght History of the National Game e e e UP WINTER FIGHT SEASON the six winuers at the Maiwons Laffitte race track yesterday would (Copyright, 1923, in U. S. and Great Rritain by North American Newspaper Allinnce. AH rights reserved.) s _gtmfig:";m Georges Is to Be Pitted Against Tommy Gibbons, But of France in below 40.000,000,000. Problem Confronts Browns, NO. 1—THE FIRST¢ ORGANIZED BASE BALL CLUB: 1845. o R sl e s B First May Meet Gene Tunney—Youing Strib- - . . . the fivst race were 175 to 1, om the . . Cubs, Fhillies and the a0 e B : FE TR T L A e ling Needs Experience. Two Boston Teams. S r g i ; ‘ . . A;'.".-::..""‘,..«'.:"., T ] BY FAIR PLAY. N EW YORK, November 7—Tex Rickard has word that George Carpentier will sail for this country on or about November 1. The promoter said that until the Fregchman and his manager rived there would be little use ‘in discussing the future. ARE GIVEN MEDALS “Of course,” he said, “the idea is to put him against Tommy Git bons, and I think Carpentier wants t But whethrr he will induig lem that, probably is worrying as many big league managers just now in a fight preliminary to this or not I don’t know.” il Sy Seventeen Washington riffe shoot- Things sure will be popping when Carpentier gets here. Tt will put as any question about the comi : ] ( % v ld o ‘Il s S oming v ) § . ’ % ers, including five girls, have been | the right sort of buzz into the winter fight season. When a tonic of base ball season. he crop of All | 3 g { awarded medals for expert marks-!that sort happens good fights spring up all over like blossoms in the first sackers seems to be petering t ; |manship by the Winchester Junior|spring rain. out. ¥ | Rifle Cor;:. 'rhrelre are h:‘n; mn-‘r ’!'m:reyanyh meet Carpentler be- hling 1s a grand prospect, but : . s i | testants from all over the country|fore the Frencl es G . needs experience and should he The Louis Americans, for in- | who have recetvea awards thus far. | Them a not along slowly until he i3 right stance, like to think that Sisler will i ; o B 5 oDoreihy Vernon, Margaret Terion hing that secms. o in e able to play f s N - A H " : ane Pasiv, Diissbeth Dwen. Lotiss | ino ouy in oK o : - play for them nes vear. » 5 e =, X, ” | Fivans, George Brantley, Jack Duke, |jsa l\uf'x’f;ll&"g:u:} sfi?:\.l::zmpnfi 3 kly as possible. Many base ball fans of other cities Sl " 7 " . - Iir, Phillp Evans, = Benjamin Mac: |if Stribling's pa lots Shis Somng con | miracti e young fighters, hope the club is not faoling itself, ; ; : ? W sl P : ; AR hore, Fussell Detera, - | bo hurried agains: fighters he has o | often docs not : “that auick for Sisler 4s popular. { S B Fl o s S E B . 5 bert Sabin, Robert Spleich, Charles fpofa0%l 1o meet of this time He is s A . S atidala ke Yet it will be a recovery beyond the | G A 3 . < " ANt R R e it s, e it e d sverage if Sisler's evesight returns & 5l & ik 2 . | foanormal, and if it does not St Group of the Knickerbockers, the world's first organized base ball qub, and the Excelsiors, the first team to go on tour. In those days, seventy years ago, umpires ; iR e e e . coLr chawpionseaoy || GENE SARAZEN TELLS 0! at Is made in the team £ . p. " . N : S s Ak en Sis In 1851—and it was then twelve | way of making the ganie demo- | Spalding’s record with the For! | Excelsiors may have had on the | BEATEN IN MIXED MATCH| When Perspiring Hands Cost Hagen a World Title L ationals, in Bottom- : 5 : ; taiitine o the ~itys. Thei . s Al . : have ome of the few excellent| years since the first diamond was cratic, and, thus standing in the | est Citys. Their chances were | public increasing in its allegiance FGTIJIO‘\;P?‘:n:;:‘;m:;l;“;;“;‘lr"l;:"’ Fops o teme on captivity. 302 Per| hid ogt for a game—the Knicker- | 27 they had to y inthe | greatly strengthened by the ac- | {0 the game was suddenly |pion, ‘and Bobby Jones, American FTER my victories in America | He made a splendid effort from terested eve on him. But where s | end. & quisition of one of the star pitch- | checked by the outbreak of the open cimmplon. yesterday defeated and Hagen's in E: 3 his difficult lie, landing near the edg: ;”;‘fil };‘ix;rk el T A | On the horizon came the Ex- | ers of the time, James P. Creigh- | civil war. I i i s were brought together in a| oL e Breen in 2. But that wild shot ards Yet him go. " ; ; 5 ! vl ; d revived me wonderfy ati probably wit, sign Dau-| the field wearing blue trousers, ! celsiors, with Capt. J. B. Leggett, ton, who died at an early age | Margton, national amateur title 72-hole match tende: out of the trap with my niblick and aln, but if Ge s in as hard| white shirts and straw .hats. | who took them throught series | due to an accident on the dia- | Tomorrow: “Swagger Ball Parks of |7, 10 an elghtcon-hole exhibition fscttle the world title. e A R B physically Ll in 1923 match at the Braeburn Country Club In my opinion Walt, fail vi ve to s f victori ifties.™ . “ vy on Walter's fallure to | LOOK 2 falrly casy B A e f‘?fr:("f:fh‘-' ]'hi}vfl‘” set something | They played a game not cramped of victories omly equ¥led by | mond. Whatever good effect the the Fifties.’ wd—rfi' marstn of victory was 10|beat me can be attributed to the fact '”Tmf' e conced ,:Lr(!:x‘ngh i Pl gl DL s L S R P innings, but dependent points, best ball and aggregate, 2| that @t a critical juncture his club | end of the day I had rl‘duf,‘;:; his 1;3(.; Pirates to Stand Pat. points & hole. Jones excelled with a |slipped In his hands, which were [0 tWo holes. Something told me tha Tl side frstise enty- 74—38 out and 38 M. Marston, off s Pittsburgh will stand pat with| OF Which side first scored twenty Torms required 82, of which 43 was | 43P With perspiration Grimm, who is about as good as| one runs. This club had framed | 5 £ : xk g . for the 1;.-!:“nmgulilm11:; Miss ,C“‘"' noft the time l)wxrnsulz‘mi: shot may there is in the west, and the Chicago | tea £ _ t s P 2 vk ? mings an 55 e ere off game | have seemed so i{mportant to o he rules for what was then pop- 0 with approximately 92 each. v > Eaie 57y % Nationals have the heavy 'Grimes, | 3 pop < ¢ - g 5 : > 333 y Walter or the gallery, because, not who was lost to them much of 1923 | ularly known as the New York : " > S R Sl e Wbl s e | withstanding the error. he still he fd = by flluess. But the Cubs need a| . TE s ved of the e D o : o e 14 TEAMS OF HARRIERS |2 comtortavte lead over me. Dut i -uurkerL:md more :gflv~ Bint Banes | game. Txf'y disapproved of : e i " s th G L e % Pl 3 3 1 3 A E“TER B'G TE" CONTES ';‘e‘;\u‘fm—w !:rr-:‘!:d’\f ?nfh am SIOOOO BOW|E HANDICAP man if they expect to get highe soaking of base runners which R DR S e 2 5 % A ¥When we stopped on the thirte CAPTURED BY MY DEAR 2 the circuit, and are looking f c e ¢ . ; - W in the a Cl g S o v.| was allowed in the New England ¥ % § CHICAGO, November 7.—Every | ,., S0 ¢ a Bk cae " T—Frea h s "hh“‘ 42 5 ¢ S v AT . 3 . university in the western confertnee. | i gown and : 3 November o game, but | game—that hitting a runner ; - g7 : with the’ exception of R,“"?;‘.’;’-}',"L b . S ee 2 1 N 1 % E 5 L% 7 1d s 5 i 5 entere: 3 asinneed| with the ball. But they recog- 1y % S8 Rl | championahip crosscountry rum o | passivly 3 down wit iaed i a2 2R 3 e be held at Columbus, Ohio, November|of starting the final ro o tenlt iu betier o nized that a man was out on a : LG T % i el ; : (38 AN 35 I hay Bésh mawoumced N L first basema : ball caugk b ' $ e % A 3 ¢ Missouri, Kansas, Ames, Michigan | The thirteenth is & short hole, about the American £ CHAt oD & i T 2 ¥ ¥ - . Aggies and Ohlo Wesleyan also have | 13 yards in th, f: . 1 = ontered teams, bringing the entries|mashic tee shot. When m BY JOHN B. FOSTER. A e F e, : 5 Sl ol i : EW YORK, November 7.— Sl i oY e £ : v \ (D.C. H[FLESHOOTERS { N Where to get a good first SEAY ek - oWl e ? B R g : . e | baseman for 1924 is a prob- | : 3 ‘ : : l bockers of New York came upon 1 took a fairly easy 3. After his first T ‘handics ap for second, Hephaistos he eone and a halr t was the Knickerbockers wi : ‘ ¢ 4 = - & iachiie fault of almost all the 1 e o S SR T ! . up to fourteen. e ,.ym fi,.gghm the season | became the first organized hase | W 85 Y ; ' i VAR A g st SRR seemed justified. hia Natio ¢ Baft clab) i $he world, This haps : ‘ 2 T 3 Bartelmes and Thompson are t0 be | Hagen took his stance, aimed ca v 9 s 2 11 1d. s ¥ LYY 2 4 5 / opponents in one of the matches of | fully and played. To t rprise of £ = l»anrm.m one of these L, o pened in 1845, though they had ¥ E - ¢ 1 p the District pocket billiard champinn- | ev. Y his ball F cause Holke h: b 1 c nes since 3 ship tournament tonight at Grand |faire nd e vlrl:lpn;I FOR WINDSHIELDS OR BODIES. long time and, ! ICCHIPUS B prastice saties SRce | ! ¢ ; B : : Central parlors. No match was held 'rough, ful yard Tustalied Wikl SEews Jreit- thvely young, has passed the meridian | 1842 It was they also who in 3 ] 2 ‘ 3 8 last night, as one of the contestants His mashi m Turmgo\'&;xvz:;m;% 'he Athlet a auser, vho e | 3 bf ¥ 3 ha e 1 1017 NE' 0! . N.W. should be better than he was tn 1523, 1857 called the first convention of ; ol DEnfs Sue e Judge WIII Stay Here. existing clubs—the forerunner of p 1 2 3 - l‘;‘u;!g‘:—dr;‘.'"‘\}‘nzshié\i(nn is r:l-{_mr!r;!h;‘: the modern league. But, like all | . o § 5 y A i3 oSl ve wanted to get away from H : ; 5 i % k ' " 3 club more than once, but seems likely | poneers. they served their pur- his big league career there.| pose and then became a handicap hington ever made itself a o) ¥ division contender Judge | to the game. They soon gave vuld be a b:l(;r first baseman than | place to the Exeelsiors of Brook- yn, in Fournier, has a mm.r‘ lyn, the first team to go on tour, 00 slow for major league | ; »But he hit so hard in 1923 that| 0 1860. tin was a big help to a team slow inj The Knickerbockers were or- r ways = o = yBoth of the Boston clubs have first | ganized in the spirit of a cricket asemen who are not likely ever to - By Mbstter, e maither Yo whie | team. They were gentlemen play is as :zn; the modern first base- | ing ball; they did not watch the man,_should be. i Kelly and Plpp of the New York 5"""“"_‘“ "_'“ game with much L.;.lxlq. nnLe nimh ‘fi gnn;‘l( fls'lh(—y ever | enthusiasm; 'they were not eager s will be, but both fit well witlr combi- n - 5 A = & nations that have possibilities for| 1O Play ball with any one and | Gentlemen ericketers, from a rare olil English print. When base ball was new, some Americans thought croquet might 1924, so tkey are valuable men. every one. They stood in the become the American ‘game, and base ball was regarded as not sufficiently gentlemanly. (Copyright, 1923.) MISKE AND BRENNAN DUE $92,000 OF SERIESCASH | WALSH WINS ON FOUL. SISLER EXPECTS PRUETT | HAGEN-KIRKWO0OD WIN. TO ENTER RING TONIGHT! MAILED TO RUNNERS-UP | ety s oy e i voaten | TO STAR NEXT SEASON | wlit B Buoon. ¥ he Mowsmber, 1o B o 7 crocre|©f Cineinnati last night won on ‘a | | feated Jerome Travers and William e Syir - CHICAGO, NovembUer 7.——Checks | fou] from Dave Rosenberg of Brook-| ST. LOUIS, November A—GQQI'K“ ek 3 and 2, in an exhibition OMAHA, Neb. November 7—BIIY |gmounting to $92,195.74 of the world | lyn in the fifth round of their tea- |Sisler, manager of the St. Louls Ame: #o12 match om the Miske of St. Paul, Minn. and Billy . "0 oy have been mailed by |Tound fight. The referee charged | fcans, expresses the bellef that Hu— the Maplewood Country Club Brennan of Chicago, heavyweights, " & wrah Rosenberg with using the back of his | bert Pruett, one of the Browns’ s | yesterday. will meet in a ten-round boxing bout | Commissioner Landis to the members | gjoye. The:v are middleweights, ' |pitchers of 1922, whose arm m]pd H here tonight. r of the clubs which finished second ¢ |last season, vnllkrlnlme back next Vp:r] Gm—‘—“'——‘STAR SUSPENDED r\t appear- - i ——_- and lo remarkable w or the ance in the ring and third in the Ndtional and Amer-| pprporr, Mich, Navember Browns. Pruett is resting in Cali- | > ed out and s e )\fl*l"lml by fcan Leagues. | Pinkey Mitchell of Milwaukee dflffiav fornia. { DETROIT. Mich., November 7.— Lulla Angel Firpo, Argentinian, sev-| The Detroit and Cincinnati ctubs, | ed Sid Barbarian of Detroit in a ter. “When a pitcher ‘loses’ his arm hxt P:u-lmflosla:w:(;t;'fl‘??fléxg"Pm{l;:; eral months ag: ‘ c round out t n t in the {\runmzl eneral to the| o ol < Miske has recovered from u sev- | nrn AmEhed tn seeond Placos eachi}iy newspaper men; They fougnt at | shoulde : aid. ““Pruett's ball team, has been indefinitely sus. | 3 Of this amount pe: or rul eral months’ illness. e o welghing unddr | shoulder’ is as sound as ever. 1 b nded for infraction of training i eich Clneinnitl playes will get $1,07 vas ) L T the rest he is taking will fix|and insubordination, Germany Sehulz. and members of the Tygers $1,024.40 I\h,m np X Soich, Dis aanounced TIP FOR FISHERMEN. leashy = o vins edoh wis ar) T FERRY, W. Va, Novem- | vide $18.439.13. Of this amount -arh, g N Who Is the Oldest f Base Ball Fan In This Part of the Country? | | Y . O s i el S ! , : You Never Find Time When— - ' i Half a Girard Ballplayers woic straw hats and long 2 ” \tht;otuhs:;: were eleven men on a team? m the Ash Trav' Wheng2} runs constituted a game? Whi" ke °°“l"3hptl:fe b byt HAT fragrant last inch is the sign of a fine 1n; 1m wi " When gg]oves and masks were never g cigar. It’s the concentrated goodness of the used? i tobacco. In Girards, it’s the essence of selected When the catcher tried only to catch the i Havana, burning as cléan and cool as hand crafts- ball on the bounce ?- . . Base ball has a romantic istory. It had its manship can make it. You never find half heroes and its fans long before the names of | a Girard in the ash tray. Your first Babe Ruoth and John McGraw were ever = 7 h known. Read the highlight history of the &' - Girard will tell you why. great American game—from its crude begin- ning to its present perfection—an amusing, absorbing, unusual narrative; in 2 3 X ¥ R P Girard in the popular two for 25¢ The Panorama of s ASHING TON Brokes e (acxual ). AICO% hand- 3 o ‘whose unequalled taste TIBRCCO;C0. » T todua o1 yeus expert Base Ball | Wash., D. C. AR i ence in the manufacture of cigars and the use of the world’s finest tobaccds. A Pictorial Highlight History ] There's a Girard in the size and shape you like~from 10c straight t0 3 for 50. Better Collars for 20¢ _ | e Bt P Roll front, with a tab that locks it g ‘. Thers is mmlym::]mng today who can remember the first base ball games played in this country— , d B | - BUT_ ngwoo TUCEWOO, - ] Ticrs weo somn who rem fhe olt Eaister ¥ - 3 bockers ghy, who ;’uendag the nnr';':“ the LOWER| 3 b famous Elysian Fields fobolen. K 5 ) : . . remember “Ton. Thousend Deller Kelly, Harry Wright and A. G. Spalding. Write down your recollections aud It The Star print them for others to read. Appesring Exclusively in Reproduced from LIFE by Permission of Charles TR 5 X Dana Gibson. Drawa by Chajies Dana Gibson Every Day, Beginning With This Im