Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1923, Page 30

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 SPORTS. Big Changes Due in American Association : 1924 Dates for Majors Being A rrang(; i RUMORED CINCINNATI REDS || TWO BIG MINOR CIRCUITS TO BUY INDIANAPOLIS CLUB AGREE TO MODIFIED DRAFT Former Owners of Hoosier Franchise Will Take Over Toledo From Bresnahan, Revolution- izing Aspect of Affairs in Circuit. Copyright, 1023, in United States and Grest Britain, Cuba, Japan and Bouth rics, by North American Newspaper Al liance, All rights reserved. Hans Wagner's name ap. pears on every all-American * tar base ball team for al time, and what the old-time star doesn't know about base ball doesn’t amount to much. In this, the story of his career told b% himself, he tells you what he knows—the skill of Pacific Coast League and American Association Ac- cept Compromise Plan, But International Refuses to Even Consider Proposal. <STEUBENVILLE BASE BAl what e knows—the skill of _ NInter State League.z development of the American Soasen of 1395. . nal game, all the ins and Qeo, Seg. 2==This is to certify that 1. [/Ubwa"“ wd—?m paao o//?fd“ outs that the base ball fan of today wants_to Know about. have plag m the Steubenville Base Ball Club during the s + 35 EvbGayable on the first and Sifteenth of each mo” nho @0 200 oo b FOYAS v He gives pointers to the youngsters and the college player and he tells the old hand where he can k for as pussibile. Sec..2=In signing to play for the Sicubeaville team 1 agree 10 abide by all the /2 Sec. 31 also agree that should Ty segvices not be agreeable to the said club th WA4] 2 to release me. - \ f L, f“ filor @eel ) Hotut Sec. 6—The Managet of the Steubenville team to pay sl my expenses while away #W““ € Sec. 71 3l agree to always k:ep myself in good condition and should 1 fail t abode o £ ules, all agreements between myself and sald Steubenville Clubshall b ecle Wagner's First Written Contract With the Steubenville Ball Club Man- BY JOHN B. FOSTER. aged by George L. Moreland. h”“ AGO, December 14—It is very probable there will be a ange | N~ pres League, and B. Ban Johnson, the American Leaguc meet with Barney Dreyfus major league schedules for 1924, on identical opening dates. CHIC.—\GO. December 14—John Heydler, of Pittsburgh here t The leag: Last year the 1 of ownership in the American Association which will revolutionize the aspect of affairs in that organization and introduce a new element in the conduct of its business. The writer learned this today on highest authority The Indianapolis club, it is said, will be sold to the Cincinnati club of the National League, and the Toledo club, which has been managed and owned by Roger Bresnahan, will be taken up by the men who own the Indianapolis club. i i The Smiths, who own the Indianapolis club, purchased full control | of the outfit from McGill. who had been associated with them. The lat- | ter is a relative oi the Smiths, and when he offered his share for a sum in high figure, it was taken up. MeGitl v pproached to bu Toledo property, but when he arrive in the ecast, after being summoned from California, he found that he was too late, as an agreement of some kind had been entered into by which (he Indianaps men, formerly his partners, w do under their wing. Under the 3 1t now perfected 9 3 b will be n naged by Jack Hendricks, former of Indiunapolis club head gues i ation leaders also s for the big minor loop, and the board of arl business, too. ¥ . Those three meetings will wind up w sional base ball's greatest convention. More ing all stages of the professional end of th here for a week of business and palavering _ The Pacific Coast League and Ameri for restoration of the draft, slight refused to consider the proposal. BOXERS KNOWN HERE % SEEK NAVY HONORS :::' Four boxers well ington fistic fans will laurels in the Navy's Atlant championship tournament to be next Tuesday in Madison Squars den, New York. In all titles will be awarded in eight classes. Four title holders also will be dec smeet t new delights by ng for fine points that most of us overlook. Hans Wagner’s 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 h accomplished what many skilled writers fail to achieve; he has given a living, full-length portrait of a man —himself. CHAPT Sec. 4—1 agree 10 pay for my owsi uniform and shoes, the cost of same o be tak Sec. s—1agree to report on the date notified by the Manager in good condition # | Pittsburgh in exchange for Rawlings, | who helped the Pittsburgh nine much more than Tierney helped Philadel- phia. Powell was badly needed by Philadelph it Is feared that Wil- liams may not go well this year, ow- ing to the physical troubl aat he had last season. The team has been shy on outfielders, and Fletcher, the Philadelphia manager. believes that Lie has captured a good man. Mitchell Business Manager. Al ast b Fred P. Mitchell, who was manager fonal L ¢ will be De business manager of the team thi; Sateiant to the et s r. leaving the flannels for twee The Smiths g A edrichs | Mitchell was about declding to try | Sl CranErae thelr ® | going into base ball on his own ces to To- |8 1edo. idences 0 To- | ount when the position was offered | Reds Now The’ original document, much mutilated, has been reconstructed in its missing parts by Hans Wagner him- self. ‘The contract calls for $35 a month, payable “when pos- to be known to Wash- strive for > fleet held R 4—Al Wagner vs. Al Wagner. BY HANS WAGNER. LL during the night while May Branch Out. to him. He accepted it and now he has gone along the roll from pre Cincinnati never has been enthu siastic @bout taking up a club in a minor league, and the new venture will give that club & chance to place ts r< if the organization is de- termined upon a policy of branching out into a minor or This also will League a direct the Americ Toledo ng ally of the New b tar as exchanging concerned probably tinue to be under the new gement, as the Smith interests ways have been friendly with the New York clu ined \ahan w tinue in 4 manage capacity the American A ation is auestion not settled upon Th 1 con- with ther 10t made 3 clubs inter ested, but the Toledo property is val- | a 3 iture without base ball No Local Phlot Yet. ason hud bee Cubs was a false i lured that he Washington for a man- ween trying to dle Collin on vall hugs are it with thith. He notion who If Bill Don- ath The repc signed to co W baseman of the Nationals, has been r the Boston Nationals n exchange for Powell, an outfielder, rd. a second bas n, who has yed for Boston with somb success. Ford is fast and urate and his ability to cover ground has been his phia N 0 of exper T oy wa tionals decided nt Tierney after nt with him at incd from that they one sea YANKEE BASKETERS OPEN HOME SEASON TOMORROW OMPETITION of the first ord ] ‘ pendent basket ball circles during the next several weeks. Numer- eport their tossers well con ous meet re Washington ongest tea game with the cra ards, are expected to st. | compose the Wyman line-up. | ture great stars, will make their first local appearance in a| . five of Baltimore tomorrow night on Central { ey, forwards; O’ dent of a club to nearly every othe rositi The wiil Southern Association in 1924 the general admission 50 tax. A}l other ck to that basis, of handling | S why the | The sociation had and war tax extra, | © Wi u great source | Son on make shift was made. ‘harged 40 cent and the add pri of trouble throughout the s Buffalo did not lose meeting. George Whi cago to get two cat got_them by s~ who s Toronto the | Avoy of Rochester. That | -5 him two men with whom to| t the season, no matter what may | en. Blemilier, a pitcher of Port- land, Ore., will be with the Bisons Pittxburgh Payx Plenty. 7 the deal by which the Pitis- rghs gave Boehler, Kunz and Adams for Kramer, the OukKland piteher. the Pittsburghs_let »f three plavers who cost $30. year. On top of thut they pald $20.000 for Kramger in cash. Evidently there is money in sight in trying to win championships | in_Pittsburgh | Cobb went bi to Atlanta a disappointed manager. He bargained all over the hotel for so ne to fill | the gap at nd base and he was ' il the last minute be- | in pulled out. He talked | e Mack black and blue in thej trying to get Dykes, but ¢ e | vould hav ne of He wants | and Bishop too. Mack feels that Dykes Is a great second baseman, but he would like to be sure that he will not fall down on his infield next ar after he has made a start to is outfield by obtaining Strand the | of th his is other | sec his tr Ttson, once of the Giants | ned to be one of the fu-| was traded to At-| Richmond for Joe Guyon. It! way from the Giants to| Davy may not go. (Copyright. 1923.) when e s lanta b is a long Atlanta der should be forthcoming in inde- ioned and prepared to Yankees, regarded as one of the eill, center, and Gitlitz | for the Yankees. Several former awaiting an answer to my telegram demanding $40 a month for my first league job I repeated the words over and over again My courage in demanding much sort of scared me. * “I can’t come for less than forty a month,” I would repeat and wonder if I had done the right thing. The answer came i the morn- It was simple and direct. I can’t thirty- five,” it read better stay at home.” I went right upstairs, packed my little things and caught the first train. I'd take chances on losing that thirty-five a month. Gee, how mad I v at those fellows who had advised me to hold out! I wanted to get to Steubenville before the man- ager changed his mind Arriving at Steubeaville 1 looked up George Moreland and immediately signed the contract. I found it the other day hanging up in the library of the Elks’ Club. It was torn in hali, but here it is STEUBENVILLE BASE BALL CLUB Interstate League Geo. L. Moreland, Manager . Season of 1893. Section 1.—This is to certify that I, m Wagner, have agreed to in the Steubeny Base Club during the season of 1895 at ($35) thirty-five, payable on the first and fifteenth of each month or as soon as possible. 2.—In signing to play for the eubenville team 1 agree to abide by all the rules and regu- lations. Sec. 3—T also agres that should my services mot be agreeable to the sald club the management reserves the right to release me. Sec. 4—1 agree to pay for my own uniform and shoes, the cost of same to be taken out of myfirst pay. Sec. 5—I agree to report on the date notified by the manager in good condition to play ball. Sec. 6.-—The manager of the Steu- Lenville team to pay all my ex- es wiile away from home. 7.1 also agree to always keep myself in good condition, and should I fail to abide by ali so ing. you accept “you had no more Signed—WILLIAM WA Witness—Patrick (Patsy) Flaherty. You will notice .thjs .contract was not signed by the ball clubs ey didn’t bother about litt things like that in those days. It fact, I don’t know why a contract was necessar Théy could fire me whenever they wanted to ‘way. The part that alw gives me a langh is that pa the first ‘and fifteenth of month or as soon as possible But those boys knew what they were doing. It never did become possible. The league broke up in two months. Another- funny clause is that one about taking out the money for my uniform and shoes the first month. You may not know it, but that clause still sticks in base ball céntracts. Tt is ob lete, though. The big leaguc teams never make a ball player pay for his uniformi as a rule They have a right to, just the same. i Two Breakups in Three Days. My brother Al was also on that team. He played the infield. | was a pitcher. On that sam team were two great ball pl. ers who afterward played with me in the big league. They were Claude Ritchie, the secdnd base- man of the Pirates later, and Harry Smith, the old catcher. When the bredk-up came the Steubenville team moved to Akron, Ohio, where we played on the Butchel College grounds. There we lasted just three days when the club broke up again. It seemed like I never would get that thirty-five dollars coming régular. But there were big doings in the three days we ‘lasted. The Wagner brothers got two home runs each day. Still, Al was the ‘most famous. “Honus,” Al said to me-as the team Broke up, “I've.got a job offered me at Mansfield, Ohio I've just agreed to take one at Canton.” . “Which one you want me to take?” I asked, knowing what he meant. “As I am going to Canton, you'd better take that job down at Mansfield and play as Al. We They did all kinds of things like that then. So | went to stayed a month. b ball, too. All around town they were talk about that fe! low Al Wagner having a chance to be a great ball play Every thing would have been all right, at that, I reckon, if w adn’t forgot to figure om what we would do when Canton came dawn to play Mansfield Then They Both Showed Up. Tl Mansfield and 1 played good mix- Can Mansfield hooked Each team had what sup- posed to be the same Al Wagner Whe developed than Mans field and Canton both had one each crowd claimed their Wag: as the real one. We had to do all kinds of explaining. It so happened that we both played well and we were allowed to get away with the deception to say I played third Mansfield club i so hard I almost own the first basen All t time 1 was studying base ball hard. The platers used to wonder how a kid like n uld rermember the faults of afl different players. 1 also re- membered my own faults. Often I would go out in the morning and practice to overcome these faults and also to try and imitate some good player I had scen. The manager and ner that I was st ga seriously ber, I wa quite twenty-one ye At the end of the month—the time when I really got pay the owner sent me up to Adrian, Mich,, to manage a team. He had asked who would e to manage a ball club. and. of course, I figured it out t such a job would just suit me. The owner was Mr. Taylor, a hard- ware man. I understand he has been very: successful since. This Adrian team was in the Michigan State League. As a young manager | ted three weeks. 1 had all kinds of trouble. In the first place I found the pitchers were not so good, or rather that they did not have their heart in their work. We had a negro pitchier who was no- ticed was the only one who could win for me. The others all claimed to have sore arms and all such alibis as that. They were trying to run a sort of boycott A Cure for Sore Arms. I wanted to win those ball games, and as the colored boy s the only one to do the pitch- ing I sent him He won, too. In a few days the others grad- ually lost their sore arms and came back one at a time. I reckon 1 was a little too young to be a manager. I wor- a right smart about my re- sponsibilities. At the end of three weeks I got mighty home- sick. 1 just couldn’t stand to be away off there by myself. - I moped around and after awhile was really sick. If you've never been homesick you don't know how terrible the feeling is. Finally 1 decided I couldn't stand it any longer and went to join my brother Al He was to see me, of course. Gee, don’t know how I perked up. Right away Al got busy figured out a job. the Warren, Pa, Iron and Oil League. Again I signed contract for $35 ‘a month and my board while away from home. 5 I was’ getting to be a pretty good ball player by this time. It was really the beginning of my career. That Warren club turned out the greatest number of play- ers for the big league of any team in all base ball history. On that team with me were these, who vard played in the major league Joe Rickett, Boston: Harry iith, Pittsburgh; Al Wagner, Brooklyn; Claude Ritchie, Pitts- burgh; Carrick, New York There were one or two others whose names I can’t remember. That will illustrate what I meant when I said there were more great ball players in pro- portion to the number engaged than there are today. Just think of that many ball players jump- ing direct from a little bush team right into the big league—yes, and making good, every one o them! and He sent me to team of the | Ghio Yourig Dencio of the | lower will box Jose | weight _champio; former navy y of the U. S.S! Tagium from the U. S S the welterweight b In the lightweight o {ner of the U. S.°S. Wright is Billy star here and n around he Joe Moreno, knocked ou mer, meet Al Rappat nock for light-heavyweight honors For the bantam title, Malo of the U. S. S. Wyoming will fac Bautista of the Overton. Bob G and Baitling Dungay are to be h weight bout wil Gray, U. W posito, U. 8. ¢ to clash are Charlie Hoffman, U. 8. S Colorado, and Jack Fergusor Merey. The Navy bouts will be rounds with five-ounce gloves -event of a draw an extra ro be fought. A decisio; after a seventh roun; INJURY FORCES CRIQUI oming, a By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 14 qul's tities of French and featherweight champion will be given to lidouard Mascart should Masca defeat Henri Hebrans, the Bel fighter, in their bout day night. This announcement was made offl- cially by the International Federation after it had sonsidered a letter from Criqui's mana r say | Criqui would be unabie to meet Mas- cart to defend his title, ow Juries suffered recently tn & bout ‘Hebrans. The letter was considered by feeration as practical abandonn of his titles by Criqui. OFFERED SHOOTING SITE. teur Trapshooting Association The association voted to v: LOOKS TO 1924 GAME. COLUMBLUS, Ohio, December Athletic Director Yost of has written for a block of for Wolverine fans for tate game here the site. 0.000 seats er 15. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPER'S FERRY, W. Va will meet Bob | Seattle for | Monge Kid welght opponents, . the f er- Reid. Middlewelghts ere next Tues- | n | fights, the Boxing | CHICAGO, December 14—The Ama- has | been offered seventy acres at Dayton, Ohio, as a permanent shooting ground. Michigan, CHILEAN SCRAPPER GETS TEST TONIGHT TO FORFEIT RING TITLE| : Leona summi tinues h g | these Critics m SPALLA COMING TO NEWARK, N. J, De Nick Klein, A Ermenia_ Spail U. S EVELEDES A Complete Xmas Gift 24 got to hold both those jobs.” The thought of doing anything ong never entered our head c| W her 14—The Potoma slightly muddy and the Shenandoah | was slightly cloudy this morning. Tomorrow: Sizing Up the Players. rules, all agreements between myself and the Steubenville club 11 be declared vol CUBS GET TWO HURLERS IN TRADE WITH SEATTLE CHICAGO, December 14.—Elmer Ja- cobs, right-hand pitcher, one of the best twirlers in the Pacific Coast League, and Fred Blake, right-hand pitcher, have been traded by the Seattle club to the Chicago club of the Naticnal League for Percy Jones, left-hand pitcher; George Stueland, right-hand pitcher; Clff Brady, sec- ond baseman obtained from the Rochester International League club, and a catcher to be named later. In_ addition, the Chicago club will hand over a cash consideration. 5 nanifested St. Patrick quint won over the Im- | itch between | maculate Conception tossers, 11 to 8. K 4 the Apache | At the close of play the score stood Couck ntral, |9 to 9, but in the extra five-minute ess and Tech hope to get a line | period’ St. Patrick opened a drive that on Charley Guyon's Easterners, who | put it in the van. Taylor, O'Keefe inade such a record on the court last |and Pumpelly shone for St. Patrick. ar. Thi “due to start at 45 o'clock had a lot of stuff. The other s ed him fired, but he 1088 Bu: Washington Barracks five flashed into the limelight when it humbled Arlington Athletic Club, 27 to 20. Spless obtained seven goals for the Soldiers. Announcement that § turmer University of will organ team 1o be he 1 Company TeCeiv siderable iy basket ball follo Brewer in- | t ends to muster suc irs aliof the 1 known as five was attention start to finish National | In a battle from ers of Company F. Guard. of Hyattsville, Md., downed the Mount Pleasant quint, to 26. | Clever work by J. Vincent, Devlin and Crosthwaite in the extra period enabled the Marylanders to win. well known expected to cast Hrewer. their St. Andrew’s Juniors will strive to 1ake the measure of Riverside Ath- latic Club tonight in a game starting 3 o'clock on the iphany court. | St. Andrew’s players are to report at| 7 o'clock. Jack Mattingly, newly elected man- ager of the Navajos, is casting about for games with teams averaging.125 Dounds. Hs can ba phomed at. Lan- coln Games are wanted by Clover Ath- letic Club, which averages 120 to 125 pounds, according to James White, telephone Lincoln 3594. Girl tossers of Princess Athletic | ¢iub are to make the on's debut | igainst the Lexington Sextet on the! Wilson Normal school fluor Monday | waht at 8 o'clock. A challenge haw been issued by Trojan Athletic Club for games with teams averaging ninety-five pounds. Manager Feber may be telephoned at Lincoln 446! CASE COACH RESIGNS. CLEVELAND, December 14—H. F. (Pat) Pasini, for nine years athietic director of Case School of Applied Science, has presented his resignation, to become effective September 1, 192 BATTERY Apache tossers made it four in a CHARG'NG row when they took the measure of LLAVE YOUR CAR the Naval Recelving Station team, 24 1801 41 MORNNG 1018, The Apaches now are confident WOALATA) they can show the way to the cham- sy ol plon Eastern High quint Saturday CARTY'S 160814 night in the Coliseum. Washington Preps have booked a tough foe in the St. Paul team Tues- night at_the Congress Heights &y sium. In a preliminary tilt the W ington Prep Juniors are to meet the Navajos. Sflent Five basket ball team of Cal- vary Baptist Christian Endeavor So- ciety is on the lookout for strong 1eams in the unlimited class. Man- ager Allen can be reached at 718 11th street southeast. Harry Baynes, for- mer Gallaudet star, is coaching the Silent Five. He already has the Downes brothers in tow. 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Open S AM. to 9 PO %m%%m@%’g g IR BRSNS RARARGFIIRER Library team fell before the tossers representing the Service Company, ist Infantry, Maryland National Guard, in a 29 to 6 fray. Johnny Saunders played well for the winners. The cheapest transportation you can buy. Healthful and convenient. Open evenings to ® o'clock, Dec. 10 to 24, Payments if desired. Velocipedes, Scooters, ons and Pedal Skips. Harry F. Seamark N.W. Cor. 6th and G N.W. Cleveland Motor Cycle Ageney One of the best games of the sea- son was waged between the Manhat- tans and the Engineer quint, the lat- ter winning’ :7 o 26, after an extra period hae Jeen played. It was a real battle. Joanny Goetz's shot in the 1 few u.inutes of play tled the score, then Coanshock registered a woal ‘that put the Engineers in the front, Wag- }h"'auim«s AL TAT TATTATEAT-SAl Lol S A Al LAl T Al SalSal ol Salaal el Sal g el Sl s sl Sal£Al.¢ by Y special prices by the Columbia Athletic Club easily dis- D/ 2 Dposed of the Paramounts in a 40 to 74 game. K. Farrell performed cred- itably for the winners, while Swope and Hill played best for the Para- Tnouns. Phone Franklin 8399