Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1923, Page 30

_30 s PORTS. NEW DRAFT PLAN TO CUT SUPPLY OF GOOD TALENT Other Small Circuits Also Realize Coast League and | American Associatio! Majo BY JOHN W YORK, December 21.—D and the Pacific Coast Leag N league proposal for the modified drait did not bring any p: n Will Get Cream of ’ Farmed-Out Players. B. FOSTER. ecision of the American Association ue at Chicago to accept the major ns of joy from the Southern Association, which, with the Western Associa- tion and clubs of some of the smaller leagues, enjoyed in 1923 the services of man of the big leagues’ farmed-out pl yers. Indeed, some of the Southern Association owners were quite down- cast. They immediately jumped to would send their players to the League in preference to the of the modified draft plan, after al American Southern onclusion that the big leaguers Association and the Coast Association. So the acceptance I, did not appear to work universal the good to the men who build base ball and back it in the smaller cities Iven the minors are not agreed in t To put it another way, all of then which to be concerned From what some of the big league that the Southern Association made a _good xusss when It figured It would ‘lose large portion of the sent-out play- ers in 1924, The st their American Association Leag Likely Working Arrange The Chicago Natio directly with Los An, Brookiyn s 1+ to its old friendly Cailr owners say, it is likely the Coast business with and the a foregone con- likely to re- relations with an- avily send The one team which to Blrminghar es always have b with that club. for p h by wi Plttsburgh will be ma »l Ala send ers en of the Indianapolis c watl, the latter, of course Indianapolis as a player fa troit has worked with the QUINTS GAI outhern big leaguers will do | 1218 he good that the drait may do them. \ have their personal interests with Association in t 80 again he St have a handshal as many leagues interested “leveland and Milwaukee get along Pittsburgh team wiil not sas City, perhaps, because doing business with Assoclation champions Yankees tra t result in a player or two, tlanta_would like k with some cl past Louis with thi in which and_may Natio , there will 1 cnough to start the tified, th ed 1t with re gra i Majors Are G The big fellows afte meeting privately ion over th leagues and could put players in nizations, because, as they players objected to the h in midsummer because they not d to the h Which is thin way, after all, of announcing that the big leagues 1 wanted (o get next to class and did. Chicago tisfac- AA that the or so many a (Copyr 1 LIMELIGHT EARLY IN THE CAMPAIGN EVERAL Dis! e 1923-24 cour sket b: spiphany Midgets and ti:e Yos each having showed the way to many rivals these three teams, the Epiphany Midgets c 1, for they have downed twelve order. La it the Epiphany header gets. 31 to 20. and Shield of nteld put e on ice for Epiph- in the last half Andr J r aight w r strive to 4 aur pense of eriy tonight in Epiphany St. Andrew players are port at 7 o'clock. Cha receiv with elght eredit, will at the ex- Athletic Club gymnasium sked to r zes are be- er Holden 2 between 5:30 is Te v of five in a Apa in mites will t the floor Station tos o'clock night at 8§ a big f victory semites’ - Manager phattans ents to e C first of the ing games n is book- t Lincoln 680: Arlington Athletic Club has booked real foe in the Light Infantry five of Alexandria tomorrow night on the atter's court. Unlimited teams de- siring games with Arlington are urg- ¢d to get touch Manager William at West 81 Peck Memorinl tossers t measure of the Washingto quint, 45 to Johnny G red for the winners, tossi field goals & and passing of roved too < ors, the former winning Darley played well for the losers. Tmmaculnte Conception trou the Lafayette combination, 10 to 2 ced Aurora Athletic Club fell before the strong Tren Athietic Club, 24 1o 3. A superior defense told. Tousers representing the E team of Company C, District Natlonal info the limelight nosed out the Quinc Athletio Club, 1% to 16. Tt was a ba tle. Howard’s shots in the second half decided the issue zineer ded another victim eating the Petworth to 26. St. Paul quint to its list in d Athletic Club, 2 Columbin ver the F 2 to 17 performers ran roughshod rce Dbasketers, winning, ©’Connell of the National Midgets registered four fleld baskets, his team winning over the Atlantic Athletic Club, 14 7. He also made two to 7. out of three foul tries. Klifott Athletio Club that is secking 'pposition in the 125-130-pound class. all the manager at Lincoln 4049, Members of the Perry Athletic Club will hold a meetin Sunday at the home of Phil Sheridan, 1345 Monroe street Clifton Widgetx ar games with team courts, according t Ward, at Columb anxious to book ‘ing their own nager James 3 + Under th ner, the to put a eagle eve of R. V. ircle Athletic Club expects trong 130-pound team in the field this season. Terrett, Sor- rell, Baker, Keppel, Babbington, Prangley. Joe Mitchell and Simo are being counted eren by the Circles. ames can be arranged by calling Gardner at Matn 6000, branch 91. First and second teams of the Rail- road Y. M. C. A, which have made im- premsive records, are casting about for games. S. C. Wotton is schedul- ing contests at Main 7389, branch 56 Yankee Juniors will be the porents of th. Montour Junio morrow night on Congress Heights floor. Games with the Auroras and the St. Andrew Juniors are wanted by the Montour tossers. according to Manager James Artis, at Tincoln 7599, Artis, Bickle: son, Dove. McIntosh. Etchison, Good- win, Malloy, McCathran and Mosley are’ playing for the Montours this vear. 2 —_— HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, Decem- ber 2 he Potomac and Shenan- * doah rivers both were clear -this mornin on- to- ! teams have g casun is hardly fned distinction, although a month old. St. Andrew Juniors, tes have been setting a fast pa their respective class. en : of n claim the greatest distinc- formidable opponents in consecutive i soungsters took both ends of a double- Jefeating the Federal Midgets, 39 to 11, and the Meridian Mid- | | ’ Basket Ball Tips | I DON'T USE BACKBOARD UNLESS UNDERNEATH E BASKET, Q Naval Receiving | AT DISTANCE TRY TO SHOOT BASKET “CLEAN™ Is it good basket ball to use “Eng- lish" on the ball in shooting short bas- kets. especially from the side or under- | neath the basket? Answered by DANNY McNICHOL Former University of Pennaylvania captain and captain of the all-Ameri- | can basket ball team. Characterized |by many sporting writers ax “the greatest basket ball player of all | time. | £ % 5y Do not intentionally use English on the ball when shooting, no mat- ter from what position. Using this English, or spin, necessitates that | the ball hit one particular small | spot if it is to drop through the ring successfully. Of course, there | will always be some spin to the ball, | but let this be incidental rather | than designed. | (Copright BASKET BALL RULES WILL BE GIVEN TEST CLEVELAND, December 21.—The future of the basket ball playing code may depend on the cage pro- gram to be staged here December under the auspices of the Big Ten Club of Cleveland. Three games are on the program with University of Pennsylvania and Ohio State par- ticipating in the principal event. Members of the rules committee and representatives from the Inter- collegiate League, the Western Con- ference, the Southern Conference, Ohio Conference and other associations in- terested in the welfare of basket ball, will attend the carnival to gather data which may play an Important part in changing the code. Among those who will attend the arnival, it was said, are Ralph Mor- gan of Pennsylvania, member of the rules committee; Willlam M. Barber, president of the Eastern Collegiate League; Thomas Thorpe, dean of the eastern basket ball officials, and John: Schommer of the Western Con- ference. That an accurate estimats may be obtained, Thorpe will referee the opening haslf of the Ohto State-Penn game with Schommér acting as um- pire. They will reverse positions in the second half. Under that method, it was pointed out, the teams will play under Interpretations of the present rules as govern play, both in the east and middle west. The findings of the officlals will be reported to the point rules commit- tee. 1923.) BRAMELL TO TRAIN BROWNS. ST. LOUIS, December 21.—Tommy Bramell, trainer of Abe Attell and sparring partner and manager of Terry McGovern, has been signed by the St. Louis Americans as trainer. He succeeds William Bierhalter, who ! has gone to the Boston Red Sox. AJ to | ms | ave | the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923. Chapter XI. BY HANS WAGNER. Lajoie Thrown In for Good N telling of my sale to Louis- ville T was thinking so much Measure. l about myself that 1 forgot to mention another young ball play- er who made history when taken out of our league into fast com- pany. Billy Nash of the Philadelphia club had been over to Paterson to look me over. That was when George Stallings wouldn’t even pay Barrow my car fare as full purchase price to have me with the Phillies. That's how bad George didn’'t want me. Nash was very anxious to get another player named Phil Gier, then playing with Fall River in a different league than Paterson. He couldn’t come to terms with Fall River and was about to give up. “There's another young player with Fall River,” he was told, “who might turn out to be a pretty good ball player. Why not take him? “What's his name?" asked Nash, though he wasn't interest- ed much. “Lajoie—Napoleon Lajoie, they call im. He can hit pretty good and ought to be a good infielder when he gets a little experience.” 1 don’t care much about him, declared Nash. “The man I want i is Gier. | It finally wound up in Nash agreeing to pay $2,500 to get Gier, when the management promised to throw Lajoie in for good measure. When the season was over Nash went up to Woonsocket to locate the boy Lajoie and sign him to a contract, even if it didn't amount to much, as he thought. “The boy lives here,” a police- man told Nask He drives a cab, and if you'll go over to that cab stand you probably will find him." Lajoic was up on the box look- ing for a fare when Nash came up. The matter was explained to him, and he was ready in a min- te to sign. So Nash made out the paper right there and Lajoie signed the contract, using the top of his cab for a writing table. The old paper still shows the marks. That's how Lajoie, one of the greatest® ball players that ever lived. went to the Phillics. And let me tell you that was some team of hitters! Delehanty was on the club as well as Lajoie. When those ifellows lit into a pitcher it was tough going. Dele- hanty made four home runs in one game. I believe he could hit a ball harder than anybody I ever saw except Babe Ruth. Chewing Tobacco That Bit. I am trying not to ramble, but it seems as if I can't ever get away from my days in Paterson. As T was looking up the old dope on Lajoie I ran across a note from a fan asking me to mention some odd plays and accidents during my days. I reckon I am the only player in the world who ever had to play first base a half inning with my gloved hand only, because the other was locked in my hip pock ct. All of us in those days car- ried loose chewing tobacco in our hip pockets. Many ball players do now. That is what got me in trouble. Our Paterson team was playing MAY SUSPEND LUQUE FOR WINTER PLAYING HAVANA, December 21L.—Whether Adolfo Luque, premier pitcher in major league base ball. will be ren- dered Ineligible to play in the United States bv reason of the fact that he !s playing in the Cuban National League this winter, Is a question that is belng asked by followers of the game here. Twenty other professional | base ball plavers, some Americans and others Cubans, are playing on the |island this winter. Whether any of them have special permission to play | winter baseball is not known. Landis Is Investigating. CHICAGO, December 21.—Commis- sioner K. M. Landis today said re- ports that Adolfo Luque, Cincinnati National League pitcher, is plaving inter base ball in Cuba are being | investigated. The commissioner said that this year the players were allowed to play until November 10, and that if Luque played after that date it would be a violation of his contract. The com- missioner declined to state from what source he had received the report that Luque is playing, but said it did not come from the Cincinnati club, Neither did he state what form the 'investigation of the report is taking. The commissioner said he could not say ofthand whether playing or managing a club would result in a major league player being declared ineligible. Such a question, he sald, is one which would have to be decided when the question arose in its regu- lar way. BUSINESS HIGH FIVE * GETS LOTS OF WORK Business High's basket ball team was booked to appear in the only school game today, as Western and Eastern were forced to cancel their gsames with Georgetown University freshmen and Devitt. Preps, respec- tively. The Stenographers were to en- counter the Anacostia Eagles at the Central Coliseum. i A poor defense caused Business to lose its match against St. John's yes- terday. 'The Stenographers played well in the first half, but they weak- gned later, and St. John's won, 27 to 17. Joseph and Morris creditably for St. John was the outstanding pl ness. ‘WOULD TRIM NAVY FIVE. NEW YORK, December 21.—Colu- bia's basket ball five, which shattered Army’s winning_streak last Saturday at West Point, hopes to conquer the other branch of: the gervice tomorrow night, when the Naval Academy’s quint invades Morningside Helghts, \ performed while Moser er for Busi- Copyright, States and Jepan and Bouth America, North American Newspaper lixnce,” Al rights regerved. Next to base ball, Hans Hartford and Sam McMackin pitching. At the beginning of the inning L walked over to first base, picked up my glove and then reached in my hip pocket for a chew. 1 went to pull my hand out, and in some way the lining caught and I was locked. _ I couldn’t get my hand out to save my life I must have looked funny from the bench. The players say I did. I was struggling with one hand in my pocket and waving my other at McMackin trying to tell him not to pitch. 1 was help- less. Sam evidently * didn't under- stand. He shot the ball over and the batter hit it down to Goat “itch, at shortstop. I waved and waved, but that didn't stop Fitch. He picked up the ball and whipped it over to me like a bul- let. There was but one thing to do. So. holding my bare hand in m pocket I reached up with the free gloved hand and caught the ball. In the stands and on the bench they thought I was crazy. Finally Manager Barrow dis- covered there was something wrong and called to the umpire to stop the game. He came over to me, and, seeing the diffic led me back to the bench. Barrow couldn’t get my hand iree, and he had to cut the pock- et out with a knife so I could go | on with the game. The lining EASTERN LEAGUE VOTES FOR 154-GAME SCHEDULE | HARTFORD, Conn., December 21.— At a lengthy meeting of the Eastern | ‘Lengun it was voted to offer a 1924 | achedule of 154 games, from April 30 eptember 21, and a committee was eated of owners from Bridgeport, Whaterbury and Albany. The league directors sent a_tele- gram of sympathy to George Weis. New Haven owner, convalescing In hospital from injuries received in the New York Central wreck in Wild Bill” Donovan was killed. The league owners later joined in | sending Weiss a Christmas present of a watch, to replace one destroyed in | the wreck. The 1923 pennant was awarded to Hartford, with congratulations. | THIS ROOKIE IS TRAINING BOTH MIND AND MUSCLE NEW YORK, December 21.—Everett | Barnes, former Colgate athletic star, | Wwho has been purchased by the Pitts- burgh Pirates from the Peoria, Il club of the Three 1 League, has a novel sy of winter conditioning, Barnes belleves in mental as well as physical training for his ap- roaching National League trial. He s teaching English in a Brooklyn high school and gets his physical exercise by playing basket ball and hand ball. BOSTON RELEASES MENOSKY. BOSTON, December 21.—Outflelder Mike Menosky, the veteran in point of service on the Red Sox, and for- mer Washington player, has been turned over to the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast League. Menosky which le! ® chief love is hunting. had wound itself around my wrist like a rope. It was about that got my first injury I was hit on_the bruised in sliding got worse and wor It swelled up as big as your head. The doctor was called in a day or two, and they found I had water on the knee. In those days we played on the Polo Grounds in New York when the Giants were out of town. So 1 Barrow took me to a hospital in New York and had my knee tapped for the water. [ was told to stay in the hospital for a week I couldn’t stand it. though. I never got lonesome in my whole life. ['ll never forget the day I borrowed a pair of crutches and hobbled down to the ball P time that I in base ball. knee or got it nd the knee Mr. Barrow.” 1 pleaded. “I cah't stand it up to that hospital. Take me on the trip with you, please. Il go on my crutches. I've got to have these fellows to talk to.” It cert me. e inly was a tragedy to 1 must have had tears in my Al r Barrow finally agreed. “Get up your things and we'll take you." I made the entire trip of ten days or more on crutches and never missed a game. At the end of that time | was well. 1f I had stayed in that hospital I don’t be- FANS AWAIT PLANS OF M’GRAW FOR 1924 NEW YORK. December 21.—Base ball followers today expect to learn the plans for 1924 of Manager John J. McGraw of the New York Giants, who, with Mrs. McGraw, was on the incoming Leviathan from Europe i Diamond dopesters were mystified | when McGraw didn't return in time for the Chicago meeting. particu- Jarly as he had indicated he desired to make trades and purcheses that would enable him to strengthen the weak spots his team revealed when it lost the last world series. Reports have persisted that befor. sailing McGraw had concluded an ar. rangement to obtain Rogers Horns- by, the star second baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals, for whom Charles H. Ebbets, owner of the Brooklyn/ b, offered § 000 at Chicago. | McGraw was i ed to clear up that situation today It has been indlcated that some of | the Giant players have asked fl.rl Increased salaries for next vear. | Among these Frank Frisch, second baseman, has been listed. McGraw has labeled him one of the greatest | layers of all time and had sald e was one of the three players with whom he wouldn't part for next season. | had & poor season this year. Owing to the great response of The Star readers to our last Sun- B) lfflyaln until Ba Nt;. 1 Boys’ s regular price, X —our price, $10.50. No. 2 Boys’ Tricycle, regular price, $16.00 —our price, $12.50. No. 3 Boy#’ Tricycle, regular price, $18.00 —our pn‘cc, $15.50. Girls’ Tricycle, reg- ular _price, $21.00— our price, $16.00. All Standard Makes Bicycles from $28 up. The Dayton factory 5-year guaranteed bicycle Romm Bicycle Co. 1013 Sth St. N.W. “Juat Above Mount Vermon Place.” TERMS IF DESIRED Standard of the World For 46 Years F. L. LEISHEAR 812 9th St. NW. Open Until 10 P.XL lieve T ever would have got well. Now that jumps me right back to the Louisville club. Fred Clarke was teaching me a lot about base ball, but, gee, I had a lot to learn. He knew I could hit, but he couldn't find any place to put me when I wasn't batting. He tried me in the outfield. Out there I had a good chance to show off my arm, but some- times I showed it off too much. Many times I started a peg to the plate, but overplayed my hand and heaved the ball in the grandstand. Fred encouraged me all he could, but I know he was wor- ried to know what to do with me. In those days, you know, when a fellow was signed he was supposed to play. They didn't take on young fellows and let them s on the bench until they had a sorbed some knowledge of the game. - Had Nowhere to Go. As a matter of fact, I think managers in this day and time often make a mistake in keeping a young fellow on the bench too long. Often they keep a player for six months and then trade him . without knowing what he really can do. There have been many great players who never would have been heard of if they had been judged merely by the way they carried themselves and by their actions on the bench. In the old days we either played ball and made good or we were fired out. I didn’t know it at the time, but Clarke spoke to Barrow, my old manager, about me, saying he had not yet found the right spot for me; that I was too green and awkward in the positions I had don’t you try him at Barrow suggested. I played him there and he did pret- g fight be a good-idea,” agreed Clarke. “I've tried everything else. Can't do any harm in try- ing. Yes, I believe I'll experi- ment.” In a few days I was placed at shortstop, and that began my real major league career as an infield- er. I realized that I would have to learn a lot and make good, and 1 set about to learn it. [ was not a natural-born shortstop. I had to train myself to be a good mechanic, and I did it by watch- ing_ others and then practicing their tricks. There is a whole lot to playing shortstop besides merely stopping the ball and throwing to first. No team ever won a pennant without an ex- perienced. skilled mechanic at short. Make no mistake about that. T'll go into more details later. Tomorrow: An Answer to Some Inquiries from Youngsters. SPORTS. S — Southern Association Owners Downcast : Another Dempsey-Gibbons Bout Likely PROMOTER CAN BE FOUND, IS VIEW OF THEIR PILOTS Rickard’s Apparent Disinclination to Stage Return Battle Between Heavyweight Champion and Contender Leads to Speculation. BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, December 21.—If Tex Rickard does not want Dempsey N and Gibbons maybe there are other promoters who do. This is Eddie Kane's theory, and equally the theory of Jack Kearns. It is no secret that men who invest in boxing attractions lifted their heads like hound dogs on the scent when Tex Rickard’s waiver on the proposed affray between Dempsey and Gibbons was announced. Don't be sur. prised if some announcement is made shortly. Yet Dempsey’s presence in the east was not primarily due to a de- sire for matches next summer. Kearns can play closer to the thumb than that, and in this case he has. Dempsey is here, to be brief, in order to excite public interest in him and insure the success of his coming theatri cal engagement in this city. FIRPO-SPALLA BOUT NOW SEEMS CERTAIN BUENOS AIRES, December 21.—Luls Firpo, it is understood, will sign ar- ticles today for a fight with Erminio Spalla, the Italian heavyweight, the end of February. A local promoter has the fight in hand. Firpo will receive about pesos and Spalla 200,000 lire The same promoter has S der contract, so the fight is virtually assured. In the meantime the way is being d for the appearance in these parts of Ermino Spalla, the Italian champion of something or other in Europe. Spalla, unless the writer's critical powers are nil, camnot beat any American fighter of class, and should he go against Tunney, Gib- bons, Greb or, indeed, any good gec- ond-rate light-heavy this fact will be made plain. Nick Kline's talk of pit- ting him against Dempsey, Firpo or Wills sounds like the bunk. If Bartley Madden does not watch Harry Wliils may get mad and e up his defl just as he did that of Harry Renault—Renault, as will | be recalied, diving out of the picturs | as soon as he saw that Wills reaily | was bellicose. Madden can't beat Wills, and the fight probably would result in m aking scandal At all_events = ght of the sort will be pe ew York, wher might be possible to NEW ORLEA Luis Angel Firpo and Martin will fight in New Orleans some time next March, it fs understood in pugi- listic circle hot it Pete Latzo's broken jaw has mend ed. and thls game and proficient fighter shortly will be geen fn this vicinity in some good bouts. TO RULE ON “MIXED” BOUTS. NEW YORK, December 21.—A cision on whether “mixed” bouts, be- tween white and colored fignters. are permissible in thie state is expected today from the New York state box- ing commission. de- .. Ad Stone, who will attempt to hur [dle Bill Shade and Dan O'Dowd in hops of a chance to tackle Gene Tun- ney for the cruiser title, has won | date twenty-six straight victories | sixteen of them by knockouts. LE DOUX COMING TO U. S. PARIS, December 21.—Charl e | Doux, the Fren bantamwelg & representative of LiAuto meeting Edouard Mascart European featherweight cf planned to sail for the United States, probably about April, where he v several fights awaited him. Bobby Harrett of Philadelphia is o the upward path again. The other night in Philadelphla he was giving arley White a fine pasting w iched out a blow that miss so hard was the wallop th | Bobby threw his spine out of place. | No wonder Jimmy Dougherty's pet is {80 popular in Philly when he puts as much stuft as that into his ha | makers, STONE TO FIGHT SHADE. NEW YORK, December 21 | heavywelghts will feat | cara " at Madison Square | night, with Ad Stone of Philadel | matched against Billy Shade of Cali fornia in the main contest of twelve rounds, (Copyright, 1023.) Radiators and Fenders 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATO! ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores i lled in any make ATT'S R, and F. WORKS 1425 P. M. 7443, HOPKINS ELECTS MAGILL. BALTIMORE, Decembe -Tho P. 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