Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1923, Page 25

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASH TON, D. O, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1923 SPORTS Bancroft Named Manager of Boston Nationals : Ba};lfrzf;r_gz'_lci Is Training Hard GIANTS GET SOUTHWORTH AND OESCHGER IN TRADE McGraw Sends Casey Stengel and Bill Cunningham to Braves in Addition to Shortstop in First Big Off-Season Deal. A Pictorial Highlight History of the Nat N College base ball plays a very important part in the early his- tory of base ball. Walter Camp is authority for the statement that as far back as 1787 the faculty of Princeton frowned upon ball (whatever the game was) as detrimental to the health of the students. Even as late as 1868 the Yale papers looked askance at base ball—probably the old feeling that it was not a gentleman’s game. For it must be remembered that there were opponents who deplored the fact that base ball was becoming the national sport. There were some who looked upon croquet as the possible rival of cricket. Harvard and Yale often played the cham- pions of the country, and it is on record that in 1830 Yale met pro- fessional teams in thirteen games and came out the victor in eleven. The first intercollegiate game took place at Pittsfield, Mass., July 1, 1859, and the score was: Amherst, 73; Williams, 32. Ac- cording to an account written by one of the players, there were thirteen men on each side, 65 runs were to be the game, you could spot a runner with the ball, there was no armor worn, there were no uniforms for Amherst except a blue badge. According to this account, Amherst is re- ported to have hired the village blacksmith to pitch for them. Williams came to the game looking their fittest; they were dressed alike and wore belts marked “Williams.” As showing the sedateness of the reporter's work of the time, it is worth while quoting an excerpt from the Franklin and Hampshire Gazette : “Ambherst certainly played the better, we think, in every depart- ment of the game. Indeed, so great a victory cannot be ac- counted for otherwise. In knock- ing, they had the advantage of d\ nocks and back strikes; in running, Williams certainly ex- celled as far as speed was con- cerned, but lost at least eight or EW YORK, November 13—On the eve of his departure today for N a month's stay in Europe, Manager John J. McGraw of the New York National League completed one of the biggest player deals of his career, which, among other moves, sends Davey Bancroft, his cap- tain and shortstop, to the managership of the Boston National League club. While the deal is as important to Boston as to New York, it is more the fruition of a declared policy here than in Boston, which lacks the Giant material for trading purposes. After his loss of the world series last month McGraw said he would rebuild his team. Christy Mathewson, president of the Braves, has been trying to rebuild his for a vear. For Bancroft the Giants receive Outfielder Billy Southworth, the \ captain of the Braves and one of the outstanding gardeners of the major leagues. It was officially announced that this deal was a man for man without money bonus, but the Giant manager made no secret of his pur- | pose to perform a service for his old pal and premier pitcher, Mathewson. | By the remainder of the deal Pitch- | ster the crities assert that Jackson or Joe Oeschger comes back to the gannot he expected to fll the ahoes of Htar b ¢t | Baneroft, whom they name as the ‘C‘::ml;\he&;w farried sor. & short| greqtest” shoristop the Glants ever | , ge for | had and the greatest in the game to- Charles Stengel, the immortal “Cas | + | day whose home runs won both the Giants' |, T#¢ &cquisition of Bancroft alone, wariR esibs Siotor P fi as a manager and a shortstop. rles victories this vear, and Bill | {5 sufficient. according to local Cunningham, Stengel's alternate in cen- | opinion. for Boston tg make up the ter fleld. loss of Oeschger and Southworth, as Fred Mitchell, the retiring mentor, | was & non-plaver McGraw, chief ed | & pa: or [ ton sailing for England and Germany. He intcnded to return In time for the meeting of the major| s to swing other deals, but Mr. Mrs. Jennings may remain road all winter. The majority of local experts be- | lieve that McGraw has strengthened his outfield in both hitting and field- Ing, as Southworth, a more consistent hitter than either of the two tr Giants, will go cither to center right fleld. 1 aw the tu Little THE TEAM OF 1865. will CAN TELL THAT BY LOOKING enty-y Roc use Travis Jackson, | D ld find picked f top, and w 2 in the you: TWO D. C. GOLF PAIRS . in pinenursT event | Inside Golf —By CHESTER HORTON | To ecounteract the perxistent pall, the right forearm and wrist must snap into the ball at the instant the club attains its greatest ve- locity and muxt go through after the ball In a straight line. Here ix an exercine that xhould enable the puller to forget his trouble. Grasp the club at the clubhead. in the right hand and with the left hand hold the right elbow lightly against the body. Now make the complete swing, using the full pivot, as if yom were making an ordinary golf stroke. Let the right shoulder swing as far out Into the stroke as you can reach while Ben W. Chiswell of Columbia went | DPOMIRE the arm against the right dewn to Pinehurst last week, with e. You will motice that whea only @ bag of kol clubs. ' When he | yon finixh thix stroke your right ::;"in\s;"ulk X o ot n”:)»tpdh;g ‘\:’lg..:s shoulder ix down. That i the w: in & trade competition. with a score | It xhiould be whem you actually of 92. | wstrike at the ball. Stiffen the left leg and be bent over In the follow- thirough exactly as you find your- self at the finish of thix exerelse, (Copyrright, John F. Dille Co.) ten minutes by premature efforts, while the Amherst players ran only at the word of their captain. The catching on the part of Am- herst was undoubtedly much su- perior; no balls were allowed to pass the catcher which were within his reach, and very few were allowed to drop which he touched. He missed but one ticked ball in the course of the whole game.” This was round ball in contra- distinction to league ball, which came in later. Harvard goes down in base ball history because of the name of Thay It was Fred W. Thayer of '75 o invented the mask; it was Ernest L. Thayer of who wrote the immortal “Casey at the Bat” According to rec- ords, Harvard played its first game with Yale, July 25, 1868; score, 25-17, in favor of Harvard. Long before that Harvard sopho- mores had played Williams. This STONEHAM RENAMED ], PRESIDENT OF GIANTSi NEW YORK, November 13—Re- | ports that Charles A. Stoneham, pres- ident of the New York National League Club was about to retire have ibeen set at rest by his unanimous re. | election by stockholders to head the F organization for another year. Seven Ow 00 a S aye directors, including John J. McGraw, manager and vice president, and EVISOL W G Francis X. McQuade, treasurer, also Any ex- were re-elected. perienced foot ball man can Election of other officers was de- y cite you numerous examples of ferred until the return from Europe| No club would be allowed more teams which were extremely pow- of McGraw, who with Hugh Jennings, [ than five players who are under con- erful on attack with a certain quar- Giant coach, is booked to sail today | tract for future service, and from terback running them and almost on the George Washington for Eng-|June 15 to August 31 of each year powerless when any other man ran them. Sound judgment—general- foot ball is mostly common sense, backed up by personality. land. | the number of players in active sorv- After business meeting the Giant |iC& could not exceed twenty-five. pilot confirmed the fact that negoti- Suggested changes in rules ¢ a player who has sound sense and judgment possesses person- ‘ality and the qualities which go to make up what we call leadership. We have seen teams play three- |have control of the situation, the type rning exchange of players an ations with St. Louls for Rogers|$ . Hornsby, SIERINE second sacker, had | dlstribution of proceeds ~of world quarters of a match with a second | 0f man who can sense the changcs string quarterback and fail to make | I the defense of the other team and series money aiso &re to be brought been abandoned, but intimated that | a deal with the Cardinals for Jeff | oorongsiimen coqoer Meeting, —the g | strike immediately. much ground. Then, with the regular | Most quarterbacks fail in one com- commissioner 3 Pfeffer, veteran pitcher, might be | issfoner sald. quarter in the line-up and the team |Mmon way. They think that a success- | Two former amateur champions the District of Columbia and the pres- | ent title holder left today for Fine- | hurst, N. C. where they will ¢ | Dpete in a best-ball match at 36 holes | on Thursday | Chris J. Dunphy. last year's ama- teur champion, will pair w Leo Diegel, the professional champlon, Wwhile Guy M. Standifer, the 1921 | mateur titleholder, will play with | Fred McLeod. The latter pair won the tourney two years ago. The Pinehurst competition will | mark Diegel's last appearance in competition from a local organiza- tion, as he leaves Friendship, where | he is now employed, on Deccmber. Washington golf and Country Club golfers will compete in « tourney on Ly ng day for two u’o;fl:icl! 2 by a golf magazine. and not the league presidents, disputes in which the major C taken their disputes or grievance to mitted by him for changes in rules tion that the forty-player-limit rule manager, coaches, players who have NQUESTIONABLY. THE QUESTIO! Is good féot ball depend- ent upon generaiship by the quarter? N PN When two or more clubs =eek completed. McGraw sald he would | s well worn from & long and unsuc. | ful attack must be a varied one. The ¢ | plaver who is about to receive h like to bolster his mound staff with |unconditional release, preference Pfeffer, who was in_disfavor for a' (cessful effort at advancing the ball, a | FIght sort of quarterbdck will find ‘change has taken place upon his ad- |# Weakness and play it, only varying vould go to the club lowest in league time last season with the Cardinal vent into the game. New life seems !the play enough to prevent the oppo- standing if more than thirty di management. after start of the playing season, and McGraw and Jennings expect to re- | to come to the men. They respona |Sition irom bolstering up this spot. and they often win games under suck | Such a quarter will watch a slignt if not, then in reverse order of turn m time for the midwinter base | standing at the close of the prior | ball sessions at Chicago, beginning | conditions. This is all due to the fact | change on defense, made for the pur- | that the team senses a real quarter- | Pose of strengthening this weak spot. season, according to another sugges- { Decernber 10 tion. - Regarding the world's series gam | the commissioner will ask that t] MAY WRESTLE HERE. Tules covering the gross recelpts b | changed. After the 15 per cent, e vack and will respond for him. He will remedy this by changing the | Johnny Mevers, claimant of the|Ghic o the secretary-trensurer, and | Few teams are able to play good attack just enough to compel the de- | middle-weikht champlonship of the the 60 per cent. which forms the | Root ball unless well run. They will, | fense to go back to its first formation. | world, will display his wares here!plavers' pool from the first four | of course, run rough shod over weak | Devine, Stevenson, Rockiwell, Bueil | his winter against several opponents. | games, is deducted. the commisslonsr | vpposition with any man at guarter, |and Dillon were quarters of this type. | according to Joe Freeman, local|desires that the clubs, instead of di- but in tight games a level head must | (Copyright, 1823.) wrestling promoter. viding the balance, shall receive an ——— (Copyright, 192 in U. S. and Great Britain by North American Newspaper Alliance. All r . 7—WHEN THE FIRST COLLEGE 'TEAMS MET. ional Game reserved.) HARVARD HAD A BASE BALL TEAM ALL HER OWN BY 1868, AND HERE IT IS. ACCORDING TO SOME AUTHORITIES, THIS 1S ANYHOW, IT'S PLENTY OLD; ANYBODY AT IT. was in 1864, just at the time the Harvard base ball club was formed. The picture of the team shown here as of 1868 is thought by some to be that of 1865. Here is Harvard’s record, on tour, in 1869: Defeat Athletics, Philadelphia, 5-21. l.os7e5 to Eckfords, Brooklyn, 1 Defeat Keystones, Philadelphia, De a;'.\'monale, Albany, N. Y., 58-1 Lose to Unions of Lansingburg, 22-10. Lose to Cincinnati, 30-11 Defeat Yale, 41-24. Defeat Williams, 45-8. Deifeat Dartmouth, 48-0. Defeat Fairmounts, 36-16; 40-14. Defeat Lowells, six consecutive games. Tomorrow: “Great Curves Fiom Little Clam Shells Grow.” NDIS SEEKS REFORMS IN MAJOR LEAGUE CODE HICAGO, November 13—A proposal that Commissioner K. M. 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THE STAR’S PANORAMA OF BASE BALL |NOT TO PILOT HERE, EDDIE COLLINS SAYS| [N PREPPING FOR NORFOLK PHILADELPHIA, November 13. —Reports that a deal was pend- ing which would send him to Washington as manager were denied today by Eddie Collins, captain and second baseman of the Chicago American League base ball club, upon his return from a hunting trip in the Maine woods. “I still want to concentrate on my playing and not bother about the cares of management,” said Collins. “There is time enough for that Mater. 1 will be back with the White Sox again_next season ready to do my best.” FIRPO’S INDIFFERENCE AROUSES BOLIVIANS NOS AIRES, November 13.—A BUE: {dtepatch to La Naclon from La Paz, Bolivia, savs that Luis Angel Firpo incurred the displeasure of the resi- dents of the city by his indifferent attitude toward the enthusiastio re- coption they accorded him. Firpo, the dispatch say suiky food when he arrived in the La Paz railway station. He was met by cheering crowds, who were dif- pleased when their ‘idol hastily fled in an automobile from thelr presence and they raised hostile cries when he refused to raise his hat in sc- knowledgment of their greetings. A great crowd gathered later at an athletic meeting in the expecta- tion of seeing the South American champion, but he did not appear. This was interpreted as another slight and the angry citizene, re- turning to the city, marched through the streets crying “Death to Firpo!” The rrespondent asserts that Firpo displeased when on_his way to the Bolivian capital he read a La Paz newspaper which protested agalnst his scheduled exhibition bout in the Municipal Theater. The match was not_held. According correspondent, Firpo leaves today for-Buenos Ai whero he has a motion pieture con tract calling for a weekly salary of $8,000. to the NILLES READY TO FIGHT CHILEAN HEAVYWEIGHT PARIS. November 18 —Marcel Nilles, the former French heavyweight champion, 18 ready to meet Quintin Romero-Rojag of Chile on the condi- tion that the fight be held within three weeks' time, as Nilles {s due to Ermino Spalla, the_ Itallan ywelght, in a bout at Milen In Negotiations were under way to bring the French and Chilean boxers together in Paris early next month. PORES, ONCE CHAMPION, WILL RESUME RUNNING NEW YORK, November 13.—Charles Pores. record holder for the five-mile run, who retired from active compe- tition last vear, plans a comeback this winter and if he is successful in his indoor campaign will become an tive candidate for the 1924 Ameri- Olympic team ~His first appearance will be in the Milrose A. A. Eames in January. i i RO il i A LEADING THE SIMPLE LIFE Senegalese, In Rustic New Jersey Camp, Demon- strates Earnestness and a Terrific Wallop, But Lacks Any Ring Science. BY FAIR PLAY. UMMIT, J., November 13—Here in a little hamlet among the S Jersey hills, in a real Thanksgiving-day setting, Battling Siki of Senegal—which is a long way from Summit—is preparing for hos- tilities against Kid Norfolk. Yellow pumpkins litter the sere fields, the blood-red leaves of the oaks glow upon the hills. The old farmhouse also is in the picture, but instead of grandma in the kitchen baking pies and grandfather giving his turkeys the once-over the! environment is filled with scribes, promoters, managers and bruisers. Never since he left Senegal has Siki been sequestered in an environ- ment so simple. He can hear the cows and the chickens—real chickens— any time he listens, and his alarin clock is a flotilla of Dorking roosters. CONBED, LISY home Thanksgiving day =set that would be dear to a movie director's Millions Use It - Few Cents Buys Jar at Drugstore heart—with & black cloud hovering over it. The cloud effcet is, of course, supplicd by Stki, Jack r and | other gentlemen of color who are! working with the Senegalese. And then Johnny Wilson is here, too. Johnny {sn't exactly a dark cloud, but | then he is no blond, either, ‘Well, anyway, Siki really has been working out on his stuff for the bene- fit of the wise guys who motored out from New York to see how he works. Jack Taylor, @ shifty young man, was his opponent, and it was quickly ap- | parent that had he been two degrees | more shifty he would have been alto- gether too shifty for the Battler. As | it was he showed the Senegal scrap- per for just what he Is, a strong. rough-and-ready walloper who will | take a punch to give one any time. | The customers are going to like| Siki. He is so very much in earnest | It is that sort of earnestness that Firpo displayed when he waded Into | Dempsey and flailed him out of the ' ring. Science is all very well, but the fans want action. 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