Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1923, Page 26

26+ < MORE THAN 1,200 LEADERS OF SPORT ARE ASSEMBLED Task of Shaping Affairs of Professional Game for 1924 Se son Is Undertaken at Windy City Convention to Last Six Days. for the 1924 season was under! C leaders of the sport, gathered game’s hisory. HICAGO, December 10.—The task of shaping proiessional base ball taken here today by more than 1,200 here for the biggest meecting in the Arrangements of schedules, settlement of disputes, exchange of play- ers and numerous minor matters co officials during thei six ddys of meeti nfront the major and minor league ting and bargaining. These matters have brought representatives from the smallest bush leagugs to the most important sport magnates. J Speculation amoug officials 7 Hornsby, second baseman of the St inted to possible de; involving Rogers Louis Cardinals; Eddie Colfjns, cap- tain of the Chicago White Sox: Urban Shocker, pitcher of the St. Louis Browns, and other stars. There was Ralk that Collins might | 20 to Washington as manager, while a_trade spoken of that would | bring Horr ¥ to the Chicago Cubs. | President Veeck is understood to have | oftered four players for Hornst rank Chance, new White Sox man ager, intends to make two’ or three deals in an attempt to strengthen the | Six Meetings on Today. Today's meetingd include a session | of the board of arbitration of the | National Association of Professional Rase Ball Leagues, meeting of the National League anll of the board of directors of the American League and three minor league meetings. First among the cases to he n- | sidered by the board of arbitration | was the McCarthy-Williams contro- | rsy over the presidency of the | Pacific Coast League. The board had | this matter before it when it met. ] Willlam H. McCarthy of San Fran- cisco, deposed president, and Harry A Williams, the new occupant of office, were both to appear bef tribunal McCarthy contends was lllegally elected the Seattle Club, whi w not entitled to claims that his clection was lezal by | a 5-to-3 vote. . A. A. Arranging 1924 Schedule, { The American Asso tion convened today to take up the task of arrang- | ing its 192 hedu and to nsider other proble President Hickey sald that two schedules, one calling for 154 games and the other for 168 isidered. The Sout Association and the also met. | Among questi the major leagues will their joint session Wednesday are seventeen pro- posals to amend the agreement un- der which base ball operates. Te | most important of thesc would give | Commissioner Landis appellate pow- | ers in disputes involving major league wumpires. Another co g the Inclusion of playing managers and the exclusion of coaches in the player limit of twenty-five allowed each club between June 15 and the | the | that b Williams the vote of . he_argues, | lot. Williams | August 31| PLAY FOR CUE PRIZE. Drew Thompson and William Par- sons will meet for the third prize in | the District pocket billiard champ. i hip g RIALTO QUINT LEADS HEBREW PIN LEAGUE | Rialto quint now is leading the| Hebrew Interclub Bowling League, achieving the top position when the Alpines knocked the Y Community team Into second place with a three- game wallop last Thursday. Young Friends, by winning two complete sets last week, climbed to within two games of second place. Coonin seems to have replaced Tlosenberg as chief pin smasher of | the Friends. He has erage of | 107 for. the p: dozen game, and | with a game of 149 now holds high | mark. Rosenberg had this honor with 148, League statistics follow: TEAM STANDING. ‘Won, Lost. Rialto ....... .o E [ ¥. Gommunity Young Friends' Club... Herzl ....... B Alpine SRRl | COMMUNITY. 3. Sp. St.Tot. 23 64 5 25 s 32 10 £101 ins. A7g, | i10- bers . Stein .. W x Jaffo ... 8. Rosenblat! 1 Gutaii Povich ... Hessinger ! YOUNG 23 .8 1850 FRIENDS' CLUB. Coonin . Rosén .’ Cohen Eanet M. Aein . Friedman Fraok ... 229eEE Kronman ... A. Goldberg Welsberg . C. Levy . RS2 8 geszeE 238 3 H ., g LEf B. Cohen ..... Silverberg. M, Goldstein . B. Levy . H. Blum H&oen © + ol £38282 EgREREE PREI ~ High team High team set—Rialto, X High individusl game—Coonin, 149, High Individual set—L. Jaffe, 367. High flat game—Miller, 95. Greatest number spares—Friend, 64. Greatost number strikes—S. Rosemblatt, 13, *BOWLER DOUBLE WINNER ON LAST DAY OF EVENT/ ST. LOUIS Mo., December 10.—The middle west bowling tournament <closed last night, with rolling-that changed the standings of leaders in Doth” the single and all-event matches. ! Jess Pritchett of Indianapolis rolled into the lead in the wll-events with @ score of 1972 and also won top | place in the singles with 726, which | score tied the midwest' record held | by @. Falkenbach of St. Jogeph, Mo., made in 1921, and within three p!nll 1 of the world record Held by - W. Lundgren of Chicago. e e Ll HARPER FERRY, W. Va., Decem- | ber30.—The Potomac river was mud- and the Shenandoah was clear thisgmeraingy | hurdies, Ltime hunters to be of | ford he went to the GIRLS’ TRACK MARKS GIVEN RECOGNITION | MAMARONECK, N. Y., December 10, —One new world record, one new ‘na- tional record and two new prepar- atory schagl records w officially cepted totiay at the an the National Women's Colleg d Schola e Trac ation mee held at Oaksmere o), it was g d by Mis nne Becker, secretary of the sociatie To abeth Stine of Leonia, N. J., hool is credited the npew record, a high jump mark of 101, inches, TV new ional 8 for the '60- Jor o of A new & of world 4 feet record, Ter the marks, S-pound shotput, the javelin throw recent Oaksmere ' School meet Helen Messiet of Oaksmere Scho F Katherine Flelds of,Briar Clif, cctively . Stewart of New Haven sted president. Other cers } rd Clev of Lon, > Miss sSchool the nd of 80 feet for were made at 20-POUND WILD TURKEY SHOT BY LIEUT. GUILER Lieut. Robert Guiler of the navy d_won't have to buy a turkey for his Christn dinner. He bagged a twenty-pound wild one while on a hunting trip in southern Virginia and has put in cold storage to keep for the proper day. He also is willing to let any doubting Thomases View the “bird.” prey is said by old- H : record size. CUE TITLE TO APPLEBY. NEWARK. N. J. December 10.— Francis Appleby of New York won the amateur 18.1 b line_ billiard hamplonship, John A def Pittsburgh. 214, in tin, 'BASE BALL MOURNS LOSS OF “WILD BILL” DONOVAN EW YORK, December 10.—"W N a train wreck west of Buffa known and best beloved men figures in the game he was on h meeting, which got under way toda a manager in both major and minor leagues. . % Donovan's nickname was fastened on him as the result of his lack of control as a pitcher when he first entered the ga came to be ranked high amoug hurle sandlots of his native Philadelphia an | the Hartford club of the stern Le; ew Haven club of the same league Between the times he served Hart- ford and Haven Donovan wrote his name most interesting chapters of ball. From Hart- Washington Club of the then twelve-team National Leaguc, and when that organization broke up he went to Brooklyn, where he first gained pitching fame. an League was formed Domovan awas one of the Na- tional League stars to jump to it playing with Detroit from 1802 unt 1913, when he was unconditionally re- leased. In the interim he had figured in Hugh Jennings' captures of threc pennants and had played in some of the most stirring world series games. After leaving Detroit Donovan went to Providence, R. I, managing that team to one pennant in two years. With the purchase of the New York Yankees by Cols. Ruppert and Huston he became & big league man- ager, but not a very successful one. He managed the Yanks in 19825, 1916, 1917 and 1918, going to the Jersey City Club when Miller Huggins succeeded him. Part of the next season he managed the Philadelphia National League Club, -In 1922 the New Haven club won the eastern league pennant under him. It was understood he was .to renew his contract with New Haven for 1924, his 1923 one-year agreement having expired. He was going with President: Welss ‘to Chicago in the interests of the club. Déetroit Mourns Donovan, DETROIT, December 10.—A cloud of gloom pervaded Detroit when the tragic death of “Wild Bill” Donovan became generally known. Smal gatherings congregated on the streéts w in the base Victim of Train Wreck i “WILD mL}g DOVOVAN. offi- | way to Chicago for the big base ball THE _EVENING Base ball fancy when the civil war wracked the country. was still in its in- But to show the vitality of the game, base ball fol- lowed the armies and was played as it has been ever since when- ever there was a war. Some years ago Will Irwin searched the records for historical traces of base ball on the battlefields north and south. Whenever the armies rested for an instant in Tennessee or Virginia, the mus- ket gave way to the bat. The | Army of the Potomac turned to dase ball as a mainstay while on, the peninsula. Mr. Irwin notes a game played at Fort Fisher, where in the midst of an { inning the soldiers had to take to | their guns. In Confederate pris- ons, fly bails were the only things to escape the guards and pop over the walls. On Roanoke | ST Base Ball Conclave Gets Under Way Today in Ch THE Island, so it is recorded, Haw- kins’ Zouaves made the welkin ring with their enthusiasm\for base ball. ¥ And with this insistence of base ball during war came also the spread of buse ball interest in other sections of the country through the Army. Men of Ohio, Indiana, 1llinois and Wisconsin looked on while the soldiers of the east taught them the game. In the federal prisons the Confed- erate soldiers from Georgia and South Carolina watched and learned. Thus, while professional base ball was hard hit, new areas were being opened up for a re- sumption of the game aiter the “war. < At the time of the Spanish- American war, the Porto Ricans and the natives of Manila watched the Army and the Navy at the game and learned. During STAR’S PANORAMA OF BASE BALL. A Pictorial Highlight History of the National Game (Copyright, 1923, in U. S. and Great Britain by North American Newspaper Alliance. All rights reserved) NO. 33—WAR AND BASE BALL. the world war, within range of the great guns., undaunted, the diamgnd flourished. There were crack games at the training camps. Base ball helped to main. tain the morale of the expedi- tionary forces, and the govern- ment recognized its value. It employed such men as Evers to help in the training activities; when the draft machine began reaching out for men, the gov- ernment did all it could not to cripple professional base ball. But the professional player en- listed. And he helped to give zest to the game in the battle zone. Over in France, it made men forget for the instant. One might well say: “It’s a wise gen= eral who will put a bat in battle. Tomorrow: “Base Ball and Presidents.” | | ild Bill” Donovan, who was killed in lo yesterday, was one of the widest| in base ball. With other prominent v. Donovan had been-a player and me. He subsequently ers of the old school after he left the d made his professional debut with | ague. It was as the manager of the that his career ended. | here and discussed the feats of the once premier pitcher of the major league, who assisted materially in; { bringing to Detroit the only pennants | the Tigers ever had won in the American Leugue. 1t was back in Bill” won his spurs I the Tigers and helped them capture its firs American League championship. In 1908 Donovan pitched the Tigers into another American’ League’ champlion- ship when beat the almost in- vincible “Dv White of the White Sox in.the final gume of the-season at Chicago. g When the Detroit team arrived home _practically ' the entire town turned out with a Jarge band and welcomed the. league:champlions. Bill was the center of attraction and he was given a great ovation when he stepped from the_train. The follow- ing year, his last successful one with the Tigers, Donovan's versatile mound work aided the Tigers in winning their third consecutive pennant. ~Al- though the Tigers lost the world se- ries to the Cubs im.1907 and 1908 and to Pittsburgh in 1909, Donovan’s work was one of the features of the three series. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 0.—Donovan's last words on the game he knew and loved, and at which he ' acquired deathless fame, were spoken to his former chief, William S. Baker, presi- dent of the Phillies, just a few hours before his death. The trouble with nowadays,” said the one pitcher of the majors, “is that they . {cannot curve the ball. They have al freak delivery of same kind, but the old inshoot and: quick outdrop, they do not take the trouble and pains to master. And yet the real curve ball artist is us great and successful as ever. Take Morrison of the Pirates. when “Wild 1 the . pitchers | ime premier | and Jimmy Ring of the Phillies, and Luque of the Reds. They had a won- depful year. It is strange to me that the youngsters do not seek to master the old-fashioned curve ball.” "Occupled Space With Welss. -NEW HAVEN, Conn., December 10, —George M. Welss, owner of the New Haven team, wha was with Willlam E. Donovan when the latter was | Killed in the wreck of the Twentleth Century Limited, telegraphed today from Erie, Pa., that he and Donovan occupled the same compartment in the last car of the train. . “I was forced out {nstantly through the roof of the car by the force of [the “collision,” said "the message. 1 “Bill apparently was pinned under the car and killed Instantly. I recovered consclousness on top of a plle of wreckage and wae picked up by rescuers and rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital. To Be Buried in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, December 10.— ‘The body of William E. Donovan (Wild Bill), will be brought here for burlel. He made his home with his isister, Mrs. Elizabeth Murtagh, and his father, Jeremiah Donovan, eighty years old, a veteran of the civil war. — e POLO TOURNEY STARTS. CLEVELAND, December 10.—The midwestern indoor polo champion- ship fournameit opened yesterday with prellminary games, which were won by the Troop A Blues of Cleve- land and “the Riding Club of New York. The Blues defeated the Kirt- 1and Club, also of Cleveland, 12'to and the Riding Club won a decisi yictory over the Fort Thomds gy ‘team,. 22-10 16y ALEXANDER OF THE 77TH DIVI | Tunn | battie derwood & Underwaod.) (ON UMPIRIN S PITCH (Copsright, U IDE TRIED OUT H GREB-TUNNEY_BOUT | IS “RUBBER” BATTLE — | N W YOF December 10.—Gene | of Greenwich Village and reb of Pittsburgh meet in a| e Harry | fitteen-round decision bout tonight at Madison Square Garden for the third time, with the light-heavyweight " bo: pionship of the l’nuud: States at stake | Greb took the title from Tunue on a decision in their first bout and | Gene re v a dec on at| their sec cting. Since then the | Pittsburgher’ has taken the world’s | middlewelght title from Johhiny Wil- | son of Boston. 1 Eoth men have trained d for the | bout. There 1s real rivalry between | them, because Greb's peculiar fi ing tactics, which h are le-| gltimate af all times. and which Tun- | ey has asserted were foul in the | he lost. Tunney is expected to | have a fifteen-pound vantage. i insists A GAME BETWEEN WAR-TIME TEAMS. RM WITH HAND GRENADES. BASKET BALL LURES DISTRICT SOLDIERY District National Guardsmen who for vears have fostered basket ball their principal athletic diversion are to bo represented on the courts this year by a quint drawn from Com- pany G of the 121st Engineers. Man- ager George Harbin has corralled a number of good players and plans to stage games at the armory every Thursday night during the season. The contes! will be followed by music and dan€ing. Contests already have been sched- uled with the Manhattans for Thurs- day of this week and the Quincys for the following Thursday. Other dates are open. Teams interested in pl. ing the guardsmen may telephone W. F. Jorgensen at Lincoin 346~ between » am, and 5:30 p.m. 3 Company G team talent in- men who starred with well as local basket All_games will be als of the approved - quints handled by offi board. ‘WASHINGTON, D..., MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1923. icago With Record Attendance APACHES NOW SEEK LAURELS ON COURT With the 150-pound foot ball title in their possession, the Apachwes now will turn their attention to basket ball. Washington Prep tossess, who recently downed Manassas High in a 19-to-18 tiit, will be the oppogents of the Apache five tomorrow might at 8:30 o'clock in the Congress Heights gym. K Washington Prep Juniors and tfe Apache Juniors will meet in'a pre- liminary match, starting at 0 oclock. Both contests should supply much entertainment. Firat practice of the Anacostia Ea- gle quint, last year's District cham- pion in the 140-145-pound class. will be held tonight in Hitchcock Hall. My- ers, E. Mader, L. Mader, Lusby, Clark Young, Kline, Blake, P. Myers, Mc- Catheran, Hamby, James, F. Myers and O'Donnell are asked to report. St. Teresan five had an easy time with the King Pins, winning, 49 to 19. Brazerol of the winners registered twelve floor goals and two free goals. A _ehallenge has been issued by the Cuthbert Mligets, according to Man- ager Myers at West 1497 after 6 o’clock. Capt. Jewell, 8. Corcoran, E. Dixon, C. Warren, H. Jones, J. Howard, P. Cook, T. Aaronson, P. Dixon and E. Myers compose the Cuthbert squad. Tossers of Company O, Maryland National Guard, at Hyattsville, are seeking games to be played on Mon- days, Thursdays and Saturdays. Con- tests can be arranged by calling the athletie officer, Hyattsville 378. Hi-Collegiates, newcomers. in local basket ball ranks, are seeking games tbrough Manager Majorsack at Franklin 7242. SFORTS. WESTERN CLUBS ANXIOUS TO END NEW YORK REIGN Affairs of Brooklyn Club May Be Probed by the National League—Kid Gleason and Johnny Evers Are Expected to Land Jobs. BY JOHN C New York, to Alaska and Australia. Usually the east has been loath timers to Chicago. The fear of th B. FOSTER. HICAGO, December 10.—More base ball men are sequestered in Chicago today than ever were corralled on one ranch since the game expanded from the pasture at Madison avenue and i street, to send many of its owners and old- e Indians has passed away with the lapse of time, but there has remained an impression that men walked the streets in Chicago ready to take b: unsuspecting easterners. Before some of the easterners get away from Chicago, they are likely - Clubs in all kinds of leagues west of Buffalo are to lose out, at that. all players right out of the hands of anxious to win base ball championships. It has become more than a de- sire to maul the east. It is a passion. Talk base ball with any one in the lobby of the C Hotel, where the base ball men are segregated, and the party of the wester part at once tasks the party of the the blankety blank New York clubs shoul and all the dough all the time.” The first session of any group of those here is that of the natlonal board of administration. This board has a task which is equaled only by that of the camel which goes thirty days with- out & drink. The natlonal board hears appeals and requests and prayers by the bushel measure from all sections of the United States and Canada. The most important matter scheduled for this meeting is adjudicating of the dispute in the Pacific Coast League as WILSON BETTER FIGHTER WHEN NOT HOLDING TITLE O’Dowd for the championship, and Fear f a beating has nothing to do with this shyness. It is fear of losing the titie and all the prestige and emoluments that go with it But now that Wilson is again a con- tender, those who know him well expect him to give Greb the hard- est sort of an argument when the two mingle in the garden ring. In the past before there were box- ing commissions champions resorted to all sorts of moves to get chal- lengers who looked dangerous out of the way. The various expedients of Jim Corbett to create back fires against Bob Fitzsimmons' pretensions will be recalled by all ring followers. He even shoved Steve O'Donnell to the fore in an effort to divert public opinion from himself. But Steve could not fill the bill now. Reports have it that George Car- pentier is _eagerly awaiting word from Tex Rickard to come to this country to fight some light-heavy- weight. Maybe he is. But it will be wiser to count on the French- man’s appearance here when le ac- tually steps on board a steamship bound for this country. He cabled Rickard some time ago he would leave France for here on November 11. And he did not. He can prom- se more things and do less of them than any fighter now before the public Mickey Walker i another ring-shy fighter. Before he won his titie you could not keep him out of the ring, but since the welter crown has been in his possession he has shown no desire other than to get in a dark corner and hang onto it. Just why he should fear any welter now before the public is a mystery. (Copyright, 1923.) SEEKS BICYCLE TITLE. PARIS, December 10.—Gabriel Pou- lain inventor of the “Aviette,” and one of France's foremost sprinters, has gone to Morocco to train in preparation for an attempt to take the cvele champlonship of Europe from Peter Moeskops. bicyele | BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, December 10—Johnny Wilson, as a champion, and Johnny Wilson with nothing to lose in the way of a championship title are two different fighters. when Greb defends his crown against the former title holder next month. The writer saw Wilson in action several times before he beat Mike No doubt this will be made clear he left nothing to de desired as a mixer. But when he won the championship he got ring shy, just as many another champion of the past and present has done. DEMPSEY IS PROTECTED BY INJUNCTION AT SHOW ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 10.—A temporary injunction, restraining po- lice from preventing the boxing pro- gram here Tuesday night, on which Champlon Jack Dempsey is scheduled for an exhibition bout, was issued by Circuit Judge Landwehr this after- noon. _The order {s not returnable until Thursday, and consequently any police interference on Tuesday night is prohibjted. The boxing program was ordered stopped today by Gov. Hyde, who stated that the law against boxing wz= directed at public contests and that Dempsey’s planned appearance came within this definition. VILLA MEETS WALLACE IN TITLE BOUT TONIGHT PHILADELPHIA, December 10.— Pancho Villa, world's flyweigth cham- pion, will defend his title here to- night_in a ten-round decision bout with Patsy Wallace of Philadelphia. It will be the first fight in this city involving a champjonship since the new state athletic commission staseed to_function December 1. Villa met Wallace In a no-decision bout here about a vear ago, and re- ceived the popular verdict by a nar- row margin. SEXTETS WILL PERFECT LEAGUE PLANS TOMORROW Representatives of girls' basket ball teams are to meet tomorrow night in the Y. W. C. A, to perfect plans for a league. Capitol Athletic Club, Metropolitan Athletic Club, Wilson Normal School, Marjorie Webster School, Walter Reed Hospital, Veterars' Bureau, Lucky Six and First Baptist Church sextet are prospective members. Other girls' teams interested a urged te get in touch with Miss Jac Martin, manager of the Princess Ath- letic Club, at Adams 177. eastern part, “What law there is that d have all the championships to whether McCarthy or Willlams ig president of ‘the league. Neither wi affirm that he was elected unanimou: but that is about the only point on which both agree. There is a great deal of sympathy for McCarthy, who, as president of the league, mads it a commanding figure in base ball, and about as much, sympathy for Wilifams, Who, as president, has yet been unable to_do anything. Meanwhile, John Farrell, ‘who is secs retary of the national association, hai temporarily assumed the dutles of presi- dent of the coast league, and says he 18 boss. Opinion seems to be that Wil liams fn the long run will get the job. while McCarthy will get the gate and the sympathy of the populace. So ‘many things are rumored as to what Commissioner Landis wishes tha: Chicago {s plastered with enough rumors to choke the traffic in Michigan boule- vard. However, among the little things that he has not wished is that the of- fice of tLe advisory commission bs moved from Chicago to New York. Most of the suggestions to comsa from him will have to do with mak- ing the commissioner's path less be- set with technicalities. It is ase- certained that the settlement of the last world serles was effected by two votes of the advisory council, one of its members not being present. Two of the members were absent when the commissioner arranged the world".serles. Evidently some one has paid one little count against that slight, if it was so intended. The affairs of the Brooklyn club will come before the National League. Unknown to most of the base ball folks, there have been €ome arbitrary actions by one of the prin- clpal owners which have zrought about a situation calling for adjust- ment. While little has reached the surface in regard to it, & sult whic has been brought in court may mak public a condition likely to be de- cldedly embarrassing, and the leaguo will take steps to avold it, so it is sald. K The matter of trading players a! ways brings forth unlimited conjec- ture at every national meeting, and mighty little fruit. Therg is oné fo: mer manager who may get a place with somebody. He is Gleason. Evers hopes to get a place with somebody. Casey Stengel may be offered the management of the Newark club and should be permitted to take it if he wants it The Newark club has passed into other hands. It will have & new field, which is sadly needed. The Syracuse club is likely to drift on to Montreal. Tough for Syracuse, which is @ clty of much base ball sentiment and once a_major league city. The taking on of Montreal, it is hoped, will stir in- terest in the league in Canada. The draft problem is as much a vex- ing situation as ever, especially when (the door opening on the lake is al- lowed to remain unclosed. One of jthe minor league presidents. perhaps, | summed up the situation neatly when he remarked that he was personally favorable to a draft when his league did not have a player that was worth a hoot, but was studiously opposed to anything suggesting a draft if his circuit_could develop players worth about $100,000 on the hoof. 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