Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1923, Page 30

~ 30 SPORTS. Promising Mack Recruit. . BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, December 20.— the Athletics for 1924 by the medium of trade and purchase, comes back to big lea gue base ball with a minor league reputation as a swatter that must command attention. ast 1v4, because they play a rcal season in that p: t of the world, Strand v 2t bat 823 times, according to the figures that are given out on the Pacific and he made 325 hits. Ruth did not have a coast tho Ruth, in all his glory. was not lik chance to go to bat that many times, and if he one of had the home-run record might have been kited so high foward the zenith that it would float It Strand had been leagues 1923 and well in the in had batted as as bove earthly things like a turkey bu; major | he did in the Pacific ('nnfl‘ he might almost have made 230 hits| in the Natio do a thing serumptious heels of erage is put dow 1 Queer how for b v 200 than he played nur of games. batted forty-three home runs, wh must be chronicled to make the ste up to date ! plas ted on their aking ho and he th which is av good an that he did Prove Another Ruth. who can do all break back i away from out aitra kind is v s right fhat fact record & of In the br atting s 304 94" 7 4 games Almost .400. n in his system hit ju ber and more as batted < can after bein ery His the He ich ory are me han of 1€ he g aybe Con Ruth tl mor. arts to hit at the Salt Lake City ition of the Athletics next ve: irned in the early v staried off 100 N v s 81, M sought turn the att ' r th art erwa made t try of his rs wh Strand 1 oy City the and do 108t~ uth, If Strand g sa spead that h he coast he will of ba east by the much char Simmons And don’t ook Stramous. the outfielder the Athlatics in trading w kee, made 189 hits for Shrevepc with @ batting average of .360, ted u the munife ex in end o 1 Comer, Too. the fact acquired o Shreveport But wi Simmons was Athleties were never Scouts thought o Milwaukee to gnawed fiercely his mustache when he found t Mack had put the over. Con said heawhad been losing sleep for weeks, fi ing to beat him tc (Copyright, 192 FLETCHER HAS FAITH dropped him out Krow up. called the his trail was going back and many & on ets pace he will fans mor or Amerlcan, and to| | Hoppe played | more | the | block to th i poin han | with the ard fo of- worth hen me wn ked- the re's that that by h Milwau ort, in Milwaukee owned Simmons and to T off Simmons stay « hat nie six arful that some one was go- IN ABILITY OF SAND Br the NEW records 1 Associn YORE December mything Henry Philadelphia Nationals' shortst who was howsrht for Salt Lake City in the Pacific Coi L would the Jast man Teeted by manazer as a team h for 1924 Art Fletel an is building with ext Whe vrosnects. r de faith i ring and Nitting < ) of the m who will team to bet than the ax, where the finished ir Sand. dur t month of Teague ie to three errors almost daily, and weaker than the o g0 According to Fletcher, It was sim he t o hard. Flete to no avail, 20.—1f Sa v of the renewed PY laved ed the r Sand game iy ! layoff, he showed fielding and 1 ently. H learned and steadicd d T frequently s after he had had da id Fletch him was sent back to after a mont at improvem. to hit con his st atr neve the nd, op. nin | denly, when ard in Texas HOPPE AGAIN SITTIi{G ON BILLIARD THRONE CHICAGO, December 24 again familiar proc world champi ran, th has through the s of being acclaimed Tied by Welker Coch- Hollywood, Calif.. youth, the recent New York international tournament. Hoppe emerged victorious, 1,500 to 1,161, last night, after three t pl off in Orchestra Hall here for title Hoppe, still the master billiardist #ud match gamw strategist. lost the final young coast play by came through easiiy by of a lor d he had built nst just such an emergency by t the cpenifig night's block and the second installment zone, in by vir- up k- to tue Cochrar cold throug! from a head the contest, but sud- Hoppa slipped last nigh found his stroke and touch rowed the margin of defeat by hibition of sound billiard playing. In tie previous nights unable to get above £9 points in an inning, Cochran. in cor secutive innings, ran off 92 and and mixed runs of 81, 78, 44, 66 with misses caused by Hoppe's play, until the old master ended the game at midnight with a count of 16, Four hours were required for last an e | night's play, a total of 1,225 points be- ibe held large sum from | ast | hope asked about his weak- nen ter Philli his from one hit pitcher. ply her and t1 n ent t- lesson ke kindly to Sand | fous once | rinks i | | | | | the workmen at the top of the track, [ winning the first by | | | paratus | rooms | off track 1g scored In sixteen i Hoppe started as if he would make a runaway of it, but his cue suddenly lost its magic, and for the last twelve turns at the table was able to ow a_count of oni in_his best in- ning, although all during that time he was within 100 points of vietory score he hiad topped in each of sev inning: Hoppe's b 211, made best was 107, average was 44 4-34, record, and Cochran's wi Under the tournament rules Cochran will be regarded as having finished econd, and the champion must enter- tain a challenge from him within three months, The ngs. igh run Fuesday for the match was hran's well challenge contest probably will in Detroit next month, the same conditions as that here, points in three nights’ play SWISS ARE PREPARED 1,500 FOR OLYMPIC EVENTS By the Associated Press. CHAMONIX, France, December —The skating rink, ski-jumps, curl- ing rink and bobsleigh chutes for the winter Olympic sports opening Janu- ary are now practically finished The skating rink measures 227 meters in length and ninety wide. The track for speed skating possesses all the latest improvements in the way of drainage, water squirting ap- electric lights, dressing etc. It measures 400 me: and 16 meters wide, ex- cepting 2t the turns, where the width is increased to 25 meters. In the interior of the track a rink 70 by 30.meters is reserved for 3 Figure skating and curling are installed in each corner of the area outside the hockey rink proper. There is accommodation for 10,006 spectators The ski-jumps are situated on the slop: of Mont Blanc. near the village of Mont The taking i« 70 meters long to the actual jumping-off place. and the landing track measures 1 meters, which the jumper can check momentum reached in the jump. is the opinion of experts that records for ski-jumping will be broken here. A little truck on the narrow gauge railroad used in the building of the jumps. escaping from around is to of littie the Tt cleared 65 meters before landing The bobslelgh track is 1,760 meters long, nearly a -mile-and. a furlong, The downward grade averages meters to the hundred, but in certain spots it reached 14 per cent. Some of the turns, numbering eighteen in all, are nearly vertical, in two cases reaching an angle of seventy to cighty degrees. all | aul Strand, who has been acquired by | - in the games ‘of the Pacific Coast League, which numbered | Willie | under | | | | in | by | going was of the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Fans Will Watch Work of Paul Strand : Madden Would Be Fair Test for Wills SLUGGER FROM SALT LAKE HAS MADE BIG REPUTATION| ‘Athletics’ Acquisition Hit for .384 in 1922 and .394 This Year in Coast League—Simmons Another HANS WAGNER'S § CHAPTER 10—The Bug Enters Base Ball—at 2 AM. . BY HANS WAGNER. HE first big laugh I remember joined the was estab- uer was over having after | Louisville club and lished as a big le Rube Waddell. He know, along about the time I was surprised the other day to find that mos: fans and a lot of players did not know that Wad- did his first good work with came in, you I did. de! Louisville. I was a n, awkward kid, unused to big league ways and especially to the fne hotels. I kept my mouth shut, thoughsand went right along about my busi- ness. The one thing that saved me from a lot of extra joshing, I suppose, was because | could always slam the ball or in Stance, 1 joined the club in the middle of the season of 1897 and hit .344 my very first yea We were on an castern trip when Waddell joined us at Wash- ington. He was the first real bug, as we now call them, to get a lot of publicity over his ireak stunts. Up to that time the writers took base ball very seri- ously and wrote about it -just like the financial experts talk about the stock market 1 notice there has been a lot of discussion lately as to what started the idea that leit-handed pitchers are bugs. | don’t pre- tend to speak with authority, but 1 am sure that the idea started with Waddell. He was certainly entitled to the honor, if it be one, of putting the left-handers in that rating. 1 know 1 had never lieard of left-handers being sort of cuckoo until Waddell came along and was heard about ever afterward Waddell arrived at the hotyl about 2 o'clock in the morning. We were all in bed since 10 o'clock 'm the new star left-hander.” Waddell told the clerk. nd [ want to report to Manager Clark.” “Really.” protested “] dom't think you had bette awaken Mr. Clarke. He went to bed earl 1 doesn’s want tobe disturbed.” e fakes no differences.” Waddel ‘[ was instructed to report to him and unless I do he won't know what a great pitcher he's got ) “I'm afraid he wouldn't wel come you. My orders are not to awaken him. Why. I can fix you up with a nice room nad you can call on him the first thing in the morning.” Clerk Takes No Chances. hn the clerk nsisted Got to_see m now,” in- sisted the Rube. “Can’t wait.” “All right, his room is num- ber 312. 1 won't wake him. You can do it vou want to risk it.” So Waddell bounded up the stairs and in a minute was knoc ing on Clarke’s door. Fred finally woke up and wanted to know what darn fool was both- ering him. “It's me, Rube Waddell, your new pitcher,” +the southpaw shouted through the keyhole. “Oh, well, tell the clerk to give vou a room and I'll see you first thing in the morning.” SWEEPS ARE COMMON IN BQWLING MATCHES Four matches were rolled last night in the Masonic League, and three of them resulged in clean-ups La Fayette smothered King David, although the first game was decided only four pins. After that the Urban of the vic- ¢ 366 and Inge easy. tors had the high set the best game of 130. Potomac grabbed all three games from the George Whiting quint, one pin. Feser of the winners had a set of 326, and 3. Money of the losers a game of 127. M. M. Parker swept the boards with King Solomon. Artine of the losers did his part, as he had the best set match, 320. and high game of 12 { D. €, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923.° Copyright, 1923, in United States and Great Britain, Cuba, Jepan and South America, by North American Newspaper Al- liance, All rights reserved. TORY BASE BALL’ RUBE WADDELL. amous southpaw pitcher, who started idea that lefthanders are-“nuts." life,” came the the keyhole. I'll take the this man's t on your answer through “Must see you now ¢ first train out town.” Clarke knew that Rube was a good pitcher—didn't want to lose him. He got up, operied the door and listened to Waddell for a half bour. Rube told him what a great pitche he was and how he was going to win the pennant for Louisville. Fred began to think he'd have to sit up all night He was getting nervous, but Waddell wouldn o. bt “I'll tell you what you do,” Clarke finally suggested. I know the other fellows on the team wlil be disappointed if they don’t meet you tonight. So, you go around and wake them all up and introduce yourself.” Waddell thought that a great idea. He went away and let Clarke get to slegp again. Fred got in bed chuckling over what would happen to the other players. Two hours later—it was 4 o'clock by that time—Clarke was aroused again by another loud knocking on his door. « “It's Rube Waddell, your new pitcher, tap'n. “Well, you either get away from there and go to bed— either that or go back where you came from. I don't care how good a pitcher you are I've got 1o have some sleep.” Room 128 Didn't Wake. “Yes, Mr. Clarke, hu I'm airaid something has happened. I've met all the boys except the one in room 128, and I can’t wake him up. I thought maybe some- thing was wrong and you'd like to know it.” Clarke got up again and called up the clerk to find who was stopping in room 128. It was Dummy Hoy, the deaf- mute outfielder! I was very young and very green then. I didn't say much about it, but [ used to laugh every timé I looked at Waddell. I never could forget that night when he waked us all up. Dummy Hoy, a great outfielder, by the way, also enjoyed it. how FIRST REAL “BUG” IERRRRRR R = when he started to chase them was funny. Often 1 have wondered how it is that men with such afflictions as Dummy Hoy and Dummy Tay lor, the two prominent deaf mutes of the game, should have such wonderful dispositions. They were both the best humored, smiling men you ever saw. They could take a joke and would en- joy it just as'much as the others. On the other hand, you would sometimes see a big, healthy fel- low, who never had an affliction in his life, as grouchy as an old bear. The thing that impressed my voung and inexperienced mind in the big league was the way they ] traveled all the time, but never |about missed a game and nobody ever had an accident. Around World Fifteen ’ I was checking it up last we and 1 traveled 400,000 miles fre the time I joined the Louisville jers b club in 1897 uptil I v quit the |sh game, deciding to stay at home. |enges That' is about fifteen times around the world In all that time I never had an accident and never missed a tramn. On one occ did not arrive, just the same. Y seen our rigs. We horrowed uni- forms wherever cuold. but none of them matched and a lot of the players didn't even have a full outfit.” I played in long pants. While we that city, by the ! azer invited Mana Clarke and myseli to £0 to a show As we ere about to start some of the yvoungsters came along. A particularly fresh one asked Clarke how they'd go about secing a show “Oh,” said Chick Frazer, “just tell the man at the ticket win- dow that vou are a big league ball player and they'll feel aonored to pass you and yvour friends in All the theaters do that The fresh busher took it granted that he meant it We went to the theater and bought our tickets. Imagine our surprise when got and iound all the sitting hear a bell ail right, but not a | a prominent ! knock on the door. He used to The man tell us that the vibration would fallen for wake him, It used to be a favor- | thought we ite joke of ours to have the bell- Anid Berciwe boys page Mr. Hoy when we g our good into a strange city. After find- ing him the¢ would tell him he . K . e was wanted on the telephone. Tomorrow: Lajoie Thrown in The blank look on their for (iood Measure. « N ner. ( old tr whale | who i | have mes. | Bens until Wood fwon t | “wit | noped as the eona ion our uniforms but we played should have we fists i face « less jolts 1 comes for G round in his sushers L winne had No hu had joke. out | indow Frazer paving what be a ming useles winne faces milk fun {nent for Dempsey he will accept that ring partner. i In any power. Tunney Lacks ARgressiveness, SPORTS. HARRY THEN COULD PROVE FITNESS FOR TITLE BOUT Lack of Opponents Leaves Leonard Only Stage 1o Provide Income—New York r s Point Scoring System Is in Need of Revision. BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, December 20.—Bartley Madden says that ii Harry Wille will not sign to meet him in 1 : any heavyweight in the land is welcon urious about Bartley. For years cvery on Then when he ou, . ronto shortly after the new year to sit in the opposite cor regarded him as a gooc ial horse. ht to have been througth ie puts up a of a battle against Tommy Gibbons and then shows strongl 1 bout at the Yankee Stadium ust now he is one of few heavyweights 1i Harry Wills really wants tk the is who are being tall = public to believe he is a fit oppo ronto engagement with Bartle s a tough Guy, and if Harry stowed him away in jig time he would an ace in the hole as regards his pretensions to a meeting with the i champion that Kearns & Co. gould not ignore 1 Leonard, who not fight | decision flow- | fecling is t cause for t y was about the fight olasse Welil the birds are singing, the at and sun shining ; ente 1 r n s ement t the battle nd_a fe that d whole system of the burk FIRPO SEEKING FIGHT FOR NATIVE COUNTRY while tractive What urn s, a Scoteh who h: fight far nt f bail him he v emp ur ud, T only pective rd, and if Pal we with fans eager to see Leonard, then th could be sold out for n Ch We appo 1 fi as things put BUENOS AIRE n it is nd back hody tha in with the v blows do not mes out of ten h n't e s of pumm recent ma event as a me rin a bout iman being unt and D is mechanically perf s, What ought to det r are aggressiver skill Februar the United States hances stands read as mark a 1 zed for i Canad Dempsey or ess. pur t of critics are there should 'f opinion over the expressing su be such w_diff o After all, nothing satisfies like a good cigar. 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Noone of Rose- the ball involves a demonstration, |dale had a game of 124 and set of which you can make for yourself, |°°'- that s surprising. v Mariners wom all three games from 1 found that with my own wwing |tle Marines in the Navy Department gl e sl League, Parker being the star of thc match with a set of 337. Pippel help- | my clubhead travels practically in ed with a game of 1 | n straight line for some thirty Carry Iee Cream of the Commercial | j inches mx it goex through the ball. | League smothered the Young Men's ! 1 Shop. Wolfes of the victors had th. high set of 307, while he and Fer- guson of the losers, rolled games of 113, You may wonder waked him up when it w sary to catch a train they neces- He could lim for making chani This 1 learned from MeGrs ! made enough errors when I played short for the Giants, but “Mac’ never once zave me u call. He uged to say the man who did wot make er Wi not going after the ball Another thing Flot Sand was hig disposition. benched he took it gamely. eame back a better player. This fact decided the manager that in Sand he had material out of which to make a great shoristop. And, so, this lad, after a frightful start, has cund himself and has won his man- ager, one of the greatest shortstops ©f Nis day, to pick him as an aid ta 1ift the team next year, SKATERS WILL TOUR FOR OLYMPIC TESTS| found fault h Radiators and Fenders 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores installed in make WITTSTATT'S K. and F. WORKS 819 13th. F. €410. 1425 P. M. 7443, her liked about When Then he One of the best wi discovered ax a means of making clear to the golf student the action of the clubhead as it goes throuxh There's a La Palina shape and size for every fancy, at a price for every pocket- ok At Last® You Have It! A master lubricant for the transmission and differ- ential gears. 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FAMOUS BOXER’S SON DEFEATED IN DEBUT NEW YORK, December 20.—Casper Leon, seventeen-year-old sen of the boxer of the same name, who, a gen- eration ago, fought Jimmy Barry, then holder of the world bantam- weight championship, five times to a draw, made his amateur debut in a tournament® at Madison Square Gar- den fast night, but was outpointed by Bernie Boneti in three' rounds. Leon's debut was similar to that of Young Bob Fitzsimmons as a profes- sional. Both revealed marked boxing ability, but both lacked a . punch. Leon, flyweight, appeared like a du- Dlicate of his father as & novice. The elder Leon has been in #ll-health at his home here. NEW YORK. December 20.—After making their farewell exhibition ap- ance in New York tomorrow night gandidates for the American Olympic fancy and speed skating team will depart for a brief tour of New England prior to going to Sara- rac and Lake Placid for the elimi- nation trials. The speed skaters, including . Joe Moore, William Steinmetz, Harry Xasky, Duke Donovan and Valentine Bialis. whil engage in their first out- door contests at Pittsfield, Mass., on Friday. There they will be joined bv Charles Jewtraw, the international champion, and Charles Gorman of St. John, New Brunswick, who will rep- Tesent Canada In the Olympics. Proceeds of the Pittsfield meet will he_donated to the Olympic fund. The skaters will appear in_Boston Saturday and then go to Saranac lake, where on December 16 the semi-final elimination trials at 500, 1,500 and 5,000 meters will be held. The final Olympie trials ars sched- uled at Lake Placid Tecember 28 From there the team will go to New- ®argh to take part in the New Year Aoy middie Atlantic states champion- #hipe. They will sail on January 2 for France, where the Olymplc events will start Jamuary 25, MAGNOLIA Shape PALIN JAVA WRAPPED CIGAR Capital Cigar & Tobacco Co., Inc., Distributor 602 Pa. Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. prise, by, placing a ball some eight inches in advance of the spot on a mat, where it ordinarily would have been for a full xwing drive. Then I swung just ax if the ball were off my left heel, aiming at a apot out from my left heel, though the ball itselt I kad piaced in nd- vance of that. The down-swinging club snapped the ball away ex- netly as it would have hit it other- wise. Then I put the ball farther and farther forward, to test the distance which the clubhead trav- eled on a straight line through the ball. The maximum, with my awing, was about thirty inches. This indicates that the clubhead, going through the ball, keeps con- tact with the ball much longer than it ordinarily has been wup- powed to do so. (Coprright, Joba ¥. Dille Co.)