Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1923, Page 30

3 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, _THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1923. SPORTS. Griffith Drops All Negotiations for Eddie Collins as Manager of the Nationals So e R R e e L R R e S e S R Y R R D D S SN e e D DR e REFUSAL T0 TRADE HARRIS KILLS DEAL Nationals’ Boss Now Must Cast Around Elsewhere for a 1924 Pilot. Dy the Associated Pross. CHICAGO, December 13.— The “Kid” (ileason transfer to the Chicago Nationals, first announced and later modified, still is unsettled. It was widely reported today that Clark Griffith of the Washington Americans had entered into negotiations with the former White Sox pilot to manage the Nationals, since the deal for Eddie Collins seems to be ofi. Ty Cobb said he found Gleason's terms were too high, or he would HANS WAGNER'S STORY s CHAPTER 3—1 Ask $40 a Month—and Change My Mind. BY HANS WAGNER. My base ball carcer really be- gan at the age of fourteen. Even at that age I could hit the ball For that reason 1 was allowed to play on the town team with boys of eightecen and ninetcen. My natural love for the game prob- ably kept me from being a very good barber. I belonged to one of t ilies where the boys are supposed to learn a trade and make their living. My brother had a barber shop in Mansfield, which later became Carnegie, and I went to work for him as an ap- prentice. My job was to keep things straighteaed up, dust off the customers and run errands On Saturday aiternoon and night 1 was allowed to do a little shav- ing. Many a big miner has suf- fered at my hands. There weren't many tips in those days The only thing in the way of a ise fam- own Hans Wagner's name ap. pears on every all-American all-star base ball team for all time, and what the old-time r doesn’t know about base doesn't amount to much. In this, the story of his career told by himself, he tells you what he knows—the skill of men and teams and plays, the development of the American national game, all the ins and outs that the base ball fan of today wants to know about. He gives pointers to the youngsters and the college player and he teils the old hand where he can look for new delights by watching for fine points that most of us overlook. Wagner’: story is more than this, how- ever; to it he has brought his sound philosophy and knowl- edge of men, so that the di mond, as he talks of it, be- comes as broad as the whole world. And with a simplicity that makes absorbing reading, he has accom many skilled w achieve; he has en a living, full-length portrait of a man —himseif. IR R YRR RO R AR R ERRERS oz, in United at Britain, Cnbl Copyright, liance. All rights reserved. | | | 'WASHINGTON SENDS %1 THREE TO MEMPHIS Wade sociation were to be glv change for Third Basemian Prothro, President Grifith said that Mitchell, also obtained from Memphis, was be. ing 3 1 dent | been asi CHICAGO, December 13.—Outflelder and Pitcher Warmoth of lhe‘ tngton club have been transfer- d to Memphis of the Southern As- They are the two men who n to Memphis in ex- etur Griftith and Barney Dreyfuss, presi- | of ‘the Pittsburgh’ club, have to m | rifie HATCHETITE RIFLEMEN IN MATCH WITH HOPKINS | Men of George Washington Uni- versity are competing in their first match of the season, a tel graphic match with the Johns Hop- kins University team. Stokes, the world, ite team, racks range. The conditions call for the firing of | five shots in each of four positions— is captain of the Hatchet- | standing, kneeling, sitting and prvvlnPl‘uymmg out tt —under the supervision of faculty representatives, WASHINGTON TRAPSHOTS |or cuicaxo, Walter R. | twiee free riflé champion of | Ball Writer firing on the Marine bmrwyg a {MEDAL IS OFFERED BY WRITERS’ BODY —The ¥ Agsoclation of Ame here, voted w a medal to the major league ball writer ilar medal to minor lea all w best base ball s December 1 session bLasa next vear. Th the stories c committes that will pass en committee from the t ‘n,.,.u mx draft y ommitt will hold its reached o the ajor le rescntati until the two 1 nothing chedule meeting oner should all e for the purpose of hearin league representatives “Both with A have | kA club_trapshoot, s among the “bridge WILL GUN FOR TURKEYS‘J,"E.'L N many will be held | Club a \'.t(kl,l,m.,, n_the grounds e and Josep The 3 ¥ Ring La tur- ‘ coh - Th «d to strive‘for the birds afternoon ¥ teams of the club yre for the third match of the majors the shoots held, of shoots with Oriole Gun Ciub. hington team won the sin- |3 the minor ! gles but lost the doubles In both of [« le R R RN RN L RN EEETE Keep to the Right and Buy Right . Here Suggestions from the| Xmas Toy Store OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL XMAS have been delighted to have him as coach of the Tygers. Special Dispateh to | HICAGO, December 13.—"The ! C deal for Eddie Collins is ofi,” | such was the announcement by CI Griffith, owner of the} Washington club, last night, aiter he had made aunother attempt to talk| Manager Chance swap that 1d bring the second- sacker to the Nation great er future for me was Hi desice o léy base bl T playved on the town team and you ) can bet I never allowed plain or 1 that 1 had been a pitcher fancy barbering to interfere catcher before I was sixteen much with my pitching. Yes, I There are just as started out as a_pitcher. ,Most | Players now as there ball players do, I find. Mike Don- I don't belicve. though, lin and Cy ymour, you know, there are as many rmml ones in Startedb are ds siichers proportion to the number g Saturday afternoon the boys used g The reason “"' that i d in front of the ving has i tip me off that a would immedi- Ives and Bing Mechanical Train Sets 98c to $12.50 Mee. Track; O-Gauge . Crossovers; O-gauge Switches; O-gauge ... 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Th 1 break -hander he pinch hitt as not ke i the man whose time ; just like 1 bat couldn’t deliver t e One afternoon 1 was given the | Pinch hit we simply Ie job of shav an old miner who Y-- We had no sub had a beard like a shoe brush. He | utility men. If a ma didn't care who shaved him. I bench to be used i went to work on and got ”“P‘VK‘“C.\' it was simply becau him all Jathered up and ready. I we liked him or he had a glove. had just shaved down one side a bat or we knew and around to his chin when one wanted to v . vasn't ver of the gang whistled outside. 1 | My brother ! He Dodged the Banquets. sneaked out home and e would h second would not that invelved a der. now ast around else- s for a pilot, but he is as tight s a clam when it comes to divulging Wh e of Walter had board whi lsten m‘ to _com only career to ade bl hole sport who did it my 14-Volt Mazda Bulbs, for series outfits; each 14-Volt Carbon Colored Bulbs. Fancy 14-Volt Decorated Bulbs; each 10c * 15¢ | Fancy 14-Volt Mazda Bulbl; n the na each .... Row- | Tece! s for - is nothink to say the veteran who Sox through [ [ b ¥ much $10.50 Lionel 0-Gauge Traln Set; electric locomotive, 2 c track nnd rheostat as opal back: might piloted the Electric LANDIS STILL RULES; FEW DEALS DEVELOP CHICAGO, December 13.—The re- | w Mountain Landis as | ier of base ball contlnues sway, strengthened by the ing of major league clubs o meetng those who looked for z attempt to question the actions of the commissioner, but when all was over | his powers had been 1 Out of the joint meeting came four- | toen amend to the le: two of which portant. On authority in cl 3 puts & umpires. The coaches shall not be co d_in the player-limit for clubs, : pring between June when it was fixed Ban Johnson Opposed Rule. President Johnson of the American opposed to the adoption ining a_dispute over a right to services, but gives him no authority {n Vvho Shaved the Other Hali? "ou got to pitch a great game one of the boys told me. ng to get ith letters on ‘em.” iever went back. career as a barber was ended. “I can stand for just so much,” my brother told me that night, “and no more. You are through as a barber.” I was tickled over that. I knew T could get a job in the mines on the trap door for my . This is no place to explain mining, but any man in the hard or soft coal fields knows \u’ trap-door boy is worked at that awhile, base ball in between times. John S b, jr.. now a promi- Pmmurm was a rrgu!ar b. \\c in what was Alle- gheny inty League, made up of Mansfield, Bridgeville, 1 tum and the Our Bo: Pittsburgh. The players mostly amateurs. Shad Gwilliam was manager. I started playing shortstop then and got $5 a week for two games. 1 played around that way, doing the best I could between work- ing in the mines and playing base ball, for two or three \LAX‘;vJLIS! like other boys might do. And right here is a good chance for me to answer a question as to my opinion on the relative i Brooklyn. » the past dope days seemed to be a That is because I ed under the name of ! William, my When he had a job and couldn’t fill it I was frequently sent as a substitute. That mixing up_of names is to blame for there being doubt about the very early records. In my next article I am going to give a copy of my first con- tract and yi v be puzzled to know why’ N vy name. I sig because he was suppose 'llc man they n ‘s was quite a big event, »u can bet we worked all kinds of schemes to lun-mu;, f'um one club to the name of \\ run. The same day I plaved a great game at shortstop. A fel- low saw me and began talking among the boys about getting “that fellow Wililam Wagner” to play in a little league. Up to that time I had never thought about league base ball We didn’t read the papers then like the boys do now. Even if we had we couldn’t have got all the dope that we do now. 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