Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1923, Page 27

ACTION DISRUPTS A TEAM, SAYS BOSS OF THE CUBS President Veeck, Discussing Offer Made for Roges Hornsby, Says Club Is Bettér Off Without Any Hero Worship. BY JOHN N cost the Cubs the pepnant n 2 lot of trouble with its old players. President William Veeck told th. ot pay a $100000 bonus to some ot B. FOSTER. EW YQRK, December 28—Failure of the C icago Cubs to acquire Rogers Hornsby, champion batsman of the National League, may ext season, but it may save the club e writer recently that the Cubs would her club for a player who might put fhem on the pennant ma 1 p, although he added that the ornsby was not incousistent with that poli oy e “What happens-to the other pl: money for a star?” asked Veeck. whom you are paying in proportion him. His salary is so much more there are heartburnings all the year, the $3.000-a-year man happens to sa of base ba ny hero w We'll tradd to better our team, but Won't put up n fortune for one vlll-l)lpr und then pet him to the ex- clusjon o e other players i cluslo; the other players. That's How about the offer o e e offer for Hornshy? ‘We made jus sition in which Veeck. “We uff but we don't off rice ‘that iocked club.” ship. t the kind of a propo- we believe,” replied :d players ‘and cash, to buy one man at a like buying a ball Selee Had Same Idea. Trank Selee, whose genius put the leam into Chicago with which Chance on a pennant more than once, had e ame purpose in his mind. *1'don't ny Selee said repeatedly 1 want ball pl Yet he got stars Y ul selection among younger playe 1d Johnny Evers owes all that ® ‘has in base ball to the fact that elee took him and kept him when, the jlanager was told that, Evers was too ail. Between the Cubs and the cham- pionship of their circuit there uare ibout twenty victories. This is esti mated on the record made by the am in 1922 and 1923. If the Cubs buld win about one more game Kl¥ next season, other things be- & equal, they would have a good 'hanr'-. to win the pennant. But Veeck insists #hat the club won't pay v fancy p = for one player e 0 attain that happy end.. o o0 0 e B @b had been able to make St separate itself from Hornshy thg Tatter would have gone © second, Base, Johnston back to third nd the new Johnny Jones to short Nol With Fournier on first base the Jscooklyns might not have hadg so | much s . but they wouid have had | i infleld that could hammer the ball. It would have been the e Ung Infleld In the game. oot Mt It the Brooklyn Louss here s another rumor 0 oin, th fids that the Brooklyn A'lgul) E f':: sale. but it isn't unless the McKsever brothers are satisfied that they hav had all the base bail they wish, To'° (Copyright, UQUE IS SLAB KING OF MAJOR LEAGUES | Adolfo Luque, the h little curve | bell artist of the Cincinnati Reds, was the champion pitcher of the 16 f%on in the major leagues. Not alone did the Cuban lead the National League in games won, per- centage of games won and percentage f hits per nine-inning game, but his "eoord in the official averages shows fhat he outdid every American Le | tcher also. igesae He won { lost eight His twenty t ty-seven games and for & Dercentage of .771. iis t en victorles top George Uhle's best in sthe American Leasue by one. His winning percentage tops Herb Peanock’s. He allowed only 1.93 earned runs per nine-inning. e, while the best any American League pitcher could do was 2.96, by Staniey d_m(veu»ekaJ The second man in the atio; League was Eppa Rixey, With 2.80. e o Also, Luque counters by nents. Pitc won six of his en- shutting out his oppo- ing for a weak-hitting team, tle littla Cuban probably fig- ired that the only way to be abso- lutely sure of not losing was to give the other side no runs at all. Luque’s 1.93 percentage on earned s the lowest in the National 1ce 1920, when Grover Cleve- iand Alexnlml-r ot the Chicago Cubs “Dazzy’ Vance of the Brooklyn Robbins leads the National League pitchers in strikeouts, with 197. His mrade, Burleigh Grimes, had a bus: ear, pitching the most complet kames, thirty-three, and the most innings, 327. Grover Alexander had the best con- trol, He allowed only thirty bases on balls in 305 innings. Quite a far cry from Alex to Jimmy Ring, who allow- ed 115 free p: in 413 inning: Two young' A0 D hers, V Keen and Tony Kaufmann. ra and fourth in effectiveness, and Vie Aldridge is tenth. Witn Alexander standing sixth, all the signs point to 2 growiug effectiveness in the Chi- cago pitching Staff. They will have \io be watched next vear. This quar- t was almost as good as the Cin- nnati Reds’ big trio of Lucue, Rixey and Donohue. . v. agen when you go out and pay big “You've got a man on your team to the amount that you put out for than that of the other players that especially when he spills a game and ve it. We:don't believe in that kind We want a team that will co-operate and we don't want JOHN W'GRAW ADMITS - than M Berg, former Princeton atar, whe . hortstop for the Brook« T odaere 1e5e pum ed on M “Whoever 'ard of a ball player spending his “;- tion studying Letin—and in Parist But times do change.” S SCHOOL BASKETERS IN CONTESTS TODAY Much good basket ball is antiei Ppated In a pair of high school games today. Eastern was booked to op- pose the All-Alumni quint on the Y. M. C. A court at 3 o'clock, while Gonzaga High is scheduled to meet the St. Joseph Prep team of Phila- delphia tonight in Ryan gymnasium at Georgtown. The Easterners probably will find the going rough, for the All-Alumni tossers took ‘lh? measure of Tech this week. Coach Gu probab will use two teams today. Roudabush, Smith and Bennie bear’ watching. Filllus and Mitchell, forwards; Pepper, center, and Genau and Sul- liva probably will start for The Eye Streeters have rounded out a five well versed in teamwork. Kossler, should C View Athletic Club teams. setting a rapid pace in senior court * The main attzaction, by the w considergble bearing on the District Washifgton Yankees have been training hard for the fray. Catlin, Goetz, Sauber, Ingley and Evans wili display their’ wares for the Yanks. Catlin’ should bear watching, for it was he who eflabled his team to win over the Wyman team of Baltimore play. 'He is considered one of the best shots herecabout. Krum, Harris, Baldwin, Little and Boetler, forme George Washington captain, will be seen in action for City Club. | Winton Athletic Club will open its season tonight, mecting the Moline tossers, Actlon will start at 7 o'clock in the old Eastern High gymnasium. Here's a ehance for some local un- limited team to meet a formidable . The Allied Basket Ball Club, South Atlantic Association champion, has several open dates in January. Send challenges to Manager Isaac M. Renbaum, 1405 Gough street, Balti- more, Md. The Yankees fell before the Allied tossers last year. O'Keete and Lynch of the Powhatan Midgets each registered a dozen basketg in the fray with the Emer- sons, {heir team, winning, 87 to 19. Simmons played best for the losers. Boys' Club quint easily disposed of Ingram Athletic Club in a 39-to-20 en- gagement. Manager Rothrey, Frank- lin 132, is booking games for the win- ning team. ’ Epiphany Midgets added another vietim to their list when they . took the measure of the Thomas Circle team, 48 to 33. The winn scored thirteon baskets in the last quarter o win, Columbia Athletic Club was offered LEM OWEN TO GET TRIAL WITH YANKEES NEW YORK, December 23—The ew York Yankees have announced a list ef twenty-three players added to the roster of the world champions from varidus sources for spring training tryouts. Ten have been Ye- called from minor league clubs, six purghased and one has been drafted, while seven free agents wero signed. our were shifted to ether clubs in “deals ‘for threé of the players pur- Conn.; Infielder John Wight, Shreve- ort, La.: |the Premiers ahead. little opposition by the Aetna team and won, 31 to 9. " A rugged defense proved too much for the losers. Well exccuted passing enabled the Live Wire tossers to dowm the Ar- gonne quint, 28 to | _Milan Athletie Club fell befors Com. pany F m of the H: Ni tional Guards in aazs-ly“ttlvfm. 2 was a battle from etart to fnish. Displaying = fast running attack. Park View Juniors defeated Atlantié Athletic Club, 24 to 13. Luckett of Park View and Bauer of the At- lantics played creditably. avajo Athletic Club presented a sturdy defense when it vanquished the Clarendon Baptist team, 31 to 14, Capt. Il((ll-ln _:tldrrfid for, the winners, while King and Hart did ex - allywwell for Clarendon. fAEson Tossers of Premier Athletic Club and the Mount Pleasant Midgets were forced to play an extra period, with the former winning, 17 to 15. Two free tosses by L. Keren pushed Atchison also t Outnelder O.°D. Tucker, Plaved well for the winners. n ord and Bernie Acton, ‘Htfl.}der Henry Lavallie, port. Those _purchased were | eorge_Dumont and Van Ki lanta; Pitcher Fred Newberr: ! Pitcher Charles Olsen, D Pitcher Nig Cullop, Omaha; Catgher Martin Autrey, Austin, Texas. Pitcher Adoifo Ar‘nllfl of Corsicana, Tex,, was drafted, while free agents signed included Pitcher Ben Shields, idge College, N. C.; Pitcher Mil- ton Gaston, Paterson, N. J.. Silk Sox; teher Henry Swenson, Cedarhurst, N. ¥.: Pitcher Lem Owén, Washing- tom, D. C.; Catcher Bernard Starr, Barre, Vi; Shortstop George Reds orn, North Carolina State College; teher William Mahoney, former col- ge plaver. Pitchers Wilson and Langford were shifted to Des Moines in the deal by which the Yankees obtained Pitcher ol while Pitcher Spats and In- ] Wn -transferred to At. X % for Pitohers Dumont. N | teams in b:en issued ‘b or games wit| the 120-125-pound class, ac- cording to Manager Heinle Trilli at lWel:t 3711, Phone him befors 5:¢5 o'clock. Challenges to Quimey Athletic Club are being recelved by Manager W. H. Smith, 64 Rhode Island avenue. Teams & 140 unds de- siring games with the Rialto five, ?“ telephone Manager Leo Juffe at ranklin $058. ‘ A mevere task awaits Circle Ath- letic Club that has booked a double- header tonight on the Immaculate Gonception court. Les Amis and the Endeavors will be met. Circle play- ers are urged to report at 6:45 o'clock. A challenge has Trinity Athletic Club Caach stnn' of Chi, , on sago, one of of the Universit: the .fly re RO two vearsold, ©: . recently in the last few minutes o;l | | H Chl"ur 18—Some Tips for i i z Amateur Teams. BY HANS WAGNER. S this appears colleges all over the country will have 1 s‘ begun their preliminary work toward turning out good ball teams. Some of the colleges have provided themselves with experi- enced professional coaches, but most of them have naot. Coliege base ball is quite differ~ ent from that of the major leagues, because the professional teams can buy men to fill certain gaps. 1f the position is weak they can get a capable man to fill it. At any rate, they have a chance of doing it by trade or purchase. The colleges cannot do that. They must get the best out of whatr they have, The colleges, for instance, may have an excellent fielding short. stop who cannot hit. Or they might have a good hitter who is a poor infielder. "It is sometimes mmpossible to get a combination of both. As a rule the college players do ot hit well, 1 guess that is be- cause hitters are scarcer than good fielders and throwers. In the minor leagues, even, there are any number of marvelous fielders and throwers who cannot make the big leagues simply because nW are weak hitters. hile 1 was playing with Pitts- burgh I was employed as coach at Carnegie Tech. .I found the college boys eager to learn and . wiliing to attempt anything that I suggested. It .was evident, | though—and naturaly = so—that they did not appreciate the finer points of the game. Even if they did, they did not have the skill to execute plays that would be everyday affairs for the majors. It, therefore, occurred to me to teach them fundamentals. I pre- pared regular examination papers I for the boys to study. It was ot great help. They forget so many little things in putting together a team. 0 In the hope that it may help some college which is unable to engage a big league coach I-want to present the first block of five questions that I gave my class at Carnegie Tech. The answers to these questions’ are apparent in most cases, but they are good * | points to remember. Some of them are open to discussion. By FAST FIVES IN DUAL BILL AT CENTRAL COLISEUM ITY CLUB and Washington Yankee tossers are expected to provide much entertainment in the feature basket ball attxaction tonight at Central Coliseum, but there should be equally as good a brand of the sport in the preliminary tilt involving the Mount Vernon and Park These iast two mentioned quints have been circles this season. is the first local engagement having title. Basket Ball Tips BASKETBALL= W hat particulay advantages does basket ball possess over other games? Answered by DR. JAMES NAISMITH The inventor of the game, who has done more rther it than other ome man alive. University of Kansas. ¥ ok ok K Games are played at night so that men do not peed to mneglect their work through the day, or get special benefits or privileges from their em- ployers. It is played in the winter season when there are fewer oppor- tunities for needed athletic recrea- tion, 4 ow dangerous he is. The next s ginch. it depends entirely upon b atter also has to be considered. It is never advisable to put a man on base who might bring in- the winning. run unless the succeed- ing batter is the weakest man on the club. Those chances have to be weighed. Remember, that the chances IVJIyl are against any batter getting a hit. If, for ex- ample,i he is a 300 hitter the chances are that he will get-a safe hit one time in three. But if there is a man on third, ready to score on a long fly, a hit is not necessary. i As to the third question, cer- tainly “the pitcher should do as much fielding as possible, A pitcher who can field his position perfectly often is more valuable to a team than a great star who cannot field at all. The answers to the others are rather obvious. It is well to keep those pointers in min'd, though— to be sure that they are not forgotten in the heat of the game. The amateur, above all things, must learn to keep pimself from getting excited. A common fault:among ama- * teur outfielders is the running AL WAGNER. * Brother of Honus, who got the “Flying diamond career first started. the discussion of them I think the college players will arrive at many good conclusions. They are intended as a defense against straight-away hitting. Five Points for Amateurs. Now, look these over: 1. Do you use a signal on the defense to let your infielders and outfielders know what kind of a ‘ball is to be delivercd te the bat- ter? 2. Do you intentionally pass a dangerous batter when men are in_scoring positions? 3. Do you i i SANDLOT MERGER PLAN CONSIDERED CLEVELAND, December 28.—John H. Gourley. assistant secretary of the ational Base Ball Federation, will leave here tonight for New York, where he will study the National Playground Association's plans for afiliation with the federation at the latter's annual meeting in Baltimore in January. Gourley. who .also is secretary of the Cleveland Amateur Base Ball and Athletic Association, will go te Washington to attend the convention | of the National American Athletic | Federation, an offspring of the Ama- teur Athletic Unfon. He declared that it is not unlikely that the Ohio di- vislon will withdraw from the A. A. U. and afiliate with the N. A. A. F, it is disgusted with the treatment it received at the last annual meet- ing of the A. A. U. all the national swimming champion- ip races were awarded to the Illi- nois Athletic Club, Chicago. That the National Base Ball Feder- ation, the governing sandlot or- ganisation, will have many more members in 1924 is indicated in let- ters recolved during the last few weeks, Gourley said. Washington, D. C., is to be represented at the annual meeting for the first time in several years, he sald; Montreal and Toronto want to be taken in and a letter from Fresno says that Pacific coast teams are anxious to form a division. Gourley said he will submit plans for the expansion of the N. ' which will divide the country into the following divisions: Michigan and Wisconsin; Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky; New York, Pennsylvania, Ohfo and West Virginia; St. Law- rence Valley; New England; Middle Atlantic; Southeastern; Pacific Coast; Rocky Mountain; Mississippl Valley and Southwestern. WIN FOR GARFIELD MEANS COURT TITLE With a 20-to-15 victory over the Twin Oaks tossers tucked away, the Garfleld quint hoped to repeat today to cop the,city playground basket ball title. The teams were to meet at 11 e'clock this morning on the Plasa playground court. Clever shots from midcourt was the outstanding feature of Garfleld's ay yesterday. Canavin three fleld goals. ‘Twin Oaks represents the western section of the playground series It develops many of the best at-jand Garfleld the eastern section. | tributes, such as grace, agility, phy- sical judgment, accuracy, skill, speed and coeoperation. It is vigorqus enough $o that thy needed ‘exercise can be obtained in a comparatively short time. It is fascinating from the start, so that little urging is needed to get players interested. o here is personal contest without personal contact. It is inexpensive both as to permanent and personal equipment. * ) Games can be played on successive days, so that.a trip can-be planned or a tournament can be cirried out. The spectators are so close to the play that.it is interesting to them; every pl_aly can be seen and appre- ciated. This factor tends to keep the game clean and free from ob- jectionable features. J Clearaway Our Entire Dutchman” many of his jobs when his to ficld as many ground balls as possible and not depend entirely upon the infielders? 4. Does your catcher always give the sign for the kind of ball to be delivered? 5. Do you have your catcher backing up first on an infield ball with no outs? *Those five questicns I think worthy of study. If the amateur, coach and the amateur captain will see that the men keep those things in mind it will make a Yreat difference in defensive play. would not give more questions at one time. Too many would tend to confuse rather than help. Later I will present some others, The use of a signal to let in- fielders and outfielders know what kind of a ball is to be pitched is very essential. It gives them a definite cue as to where to place themselves for batted balls. Also it lets the shortstop or second baseman know who will cover second after a man gets on first. _If, for instance, a ball is curved in to a left-handed batter the chances are nine out of ten that he will pull it between first and second or into right field. If this is known in advance the second baseman and right fielder bdth can shift so as to get in front of the ball. An expert outfielder, liki Tris Speaker, can tell almost ex- actly where a cerfain batter will ordinarily hit a certain kindvcf pitch. On the other hand, if the pitch- er intends to pitch a fast ball out- side the plate to a left-handed batter, he will cut it toward left field. It is very difficult for a “~batter to get hold of that kind of a bdll, espkcially an amateur. The shortstop and second base- man always are in position to sece what kind of a sign the catcher . gives the pitcher. One of them should tip off the others, In case of doubt the catcher can often .move the outfield around by merely waving his hand. 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Some .of our best fl\:)or league outfielders make That mistake sometimes. 1 have seen impor- tant games lost by it. 1 know that some of the old- timers will Iaush at these simple suggestions. ut they should remember that these boys are not playing ball for a living and that they are liable to be carried away in the excitement of their game. All of us had to learn our first reader at some time. Atany rate, we have to remember what we did learn. What a Big Leaguer Did. To show you that a ball player often forgets, there have been swo or three instances in base ball where an outfielder ran to the clubhouse after making a catch with men or bases, think- ing that there were two out. In one game at the Polo Grounds, in New York, an out- fielder—Ball, 1 think it was— caught a long fly when the bases were full and one out. > 5 Something got crossed in his bean and he started straight for the clubhouse. The players start- ed chasing him, trying to tell him that there were not two out. He, thinking they were chasing him to get the ball, waved his hand gayly and dashed through the exit gate leading to the club-’ house. They finally chased him right up into the locker room and had to wrestle him down to get the ball. In the meantime all three runners had scored! Even as clever an outfielder as Red Murray once did a similar trick. He caught a ball with one out and started away with it, al- lowing a man to score. They caught Murray, though, before he could get out of the park. I was playing in a game against Cincinnati once and was on first base. The pitcher ‘and catcher seemed to have a misunderstand- ing as to what to pitch. While the pitcher was peering at the catcher’s glove and shaking his head I deliberately walked down to second base—didn’t eyen runm. In his worry over the signal he had forgotten all about a runner being on first. 3 1 really feel that I wouldn't be doing any good for myself or for base ball if I didn't try to help out the college and other amateur players. As 1 go along I will give them some more little points to think over. I Tomorruw’: Do You Know a Bone- head When You See One? YOUNGSTER NOW TRAINING FRED WELSH’S FARM Dempsey Is Expected !6» Help Georgian by Giving AT, Him a Workout—Mike McTigue to Serve as Second in Corner of Opponent. BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, December 28—William Lawrence Stribling and Py _* and Ma Stribling now are installed at Freddic Welsh's farm, just outside of Summit, N. J. They arrived by motor car from Newark Thursday afternoon and at once found themselves at home. Welsh's place is among the rolling Jersey hills, and with its stone walls and quaint farmhouses suggests a bit of English country. Welsh’s house is a large mansion, once owned by a gentleman farmer, and in the house and about the grounds are all facili es for training, while opportunities for outdoor sports, skating, golf, tennis, cross-country walking and horses back riding are unexcelled. Ma Stribling at once fell in love with the hominess of everything, and the chances are that Welsh and the fighters who are training here will know the taste of southern home cooking. RICKARD HITS A SNAG IN RACE TRACK PLANS TRENTON, N. J, December 28— Taking cognizance of reports that a syndicate headed by Tex Rickard, internationally ~ known promoter, planned to construct and operate two thoroughbred racing plants in New Jersey, with pari mutuel Dbetting, Attorney General McCran' pointed out that amendment to the state con- stitution would be necessary to legalize such a wagering system. This, he sald, would involve eon- sideration of an amendment by two successive legislatures, after *which, if approved, it would have to be sub- mitted to the people at a referen. dum election. According to reports of the pro- posal to revive racing on a large scale in this state, detailed plans have been submitted to Gov. Silzer by Rickard calling for construction of one plant in Hugson county. easily accessible to New York and the other near Atlantic City. The legislature of 1893 legalized race track betting. but repealed its action a year later as a result of popular protest. Three years later the constitution was amended to pro- hibit any kind of gambling and this still is in force RUSH OF HOCKEYISTS TOU.S. STIRS CANADA TORONTO, December 28.—The On- tario Hockey Association has expres: ed disapproval of “the growing mi- gration” of its players to the United States and forbade clubs under its jurisdiction to accept any further in- vitations to play exhibition gam with clubs of the United tes Amateur Hockey Association. The secretary of the Canadian asso- siation was instructed to invite the president and secretary of the Amer- fcan association to meet with Do- minion_ representatives at Niagara Falls, Ont., January 3, 1924, to discuss international hockey affairs Games with American geams, already arranged and approved by the Do- minion body, if scheduled for dates up until the Niagara Falle conference, may be played, it was stated. EASY FOR CONCANNON. Joe Concannon easily disposed of George McNally, 125 "to 63, in a pocket billiard contest last night at the Academy. Concannon’s best run was 20, G. W. RIFLEMEN SCORE. Riflemen of George Washington niversity registered a perfect score in defeating Boston University's team, 500 to 495, in a telegraphic match just completed. McGUIRE ON MAT CARD. Pat MoGuire, a wandering wrestler from the Pacific coast, is to appear in a preliminary to the Chris Jordan- Joe Turner mat bout at Central Coliseum Tuesday night. The west- erner will tackle Young Hassan, a local product. WILL SHOOT 0XFORD. BOSTON, December 28.—Arrange- ments have been completed for a telegraphic rifle match between Bo: ton University .and Oxford in March next. English targets and English rules will be used. H | i ‘Welsh broke the bad news to the youns southern fighter that Jack Dempsey had pulled hiz freight in favor of a holiday dip into the gay- eties of the metropolis. But all the chances are that the champlen will motor out to Symmit one day before 8tribling goes into action against Dave Rosenberg and give the young- ster a workout. Rosenberg, in the 'meantime, is oing his training at the Madison quare Garden gym, and today ap- peared to be in the pink of condi- tion. Friends say that right now he is in such shape as when he beat Sol- dier Bartfleld by the knockout route and handed Philly Krug a rugsed beating. Watching him work out today, the writer got the Impression that his chief advantage over Stribling will be his experience, He is a knowing hir throw in punches with either his left or bis right that come in like 2 mule's kick. His showing, it is pre- dicted. will be a great improvement over unsatisfactory bout agsinst Mike h O'Dowd last. spring. Mike McTigue will attempt to get even with Young Stribling for the laeing the southerner gave him down south awhile ago, by serving a8 a second_in Dave Rosenberg’s corner when he meets the Georgian. Mike became well acquainted with the youngster's style upon that ocoaston, and thinks he can help Dave not a little. Pat MeCarthy is improving, accord- ing to Bostonians. Had he not been blinded by blood issuing from a cut over his eye in his recent battle against Johnny Wilson, he would have gone through the bout evem up at least, according to those who saw the battle. He probably will meet Wilson again after Johnny tackles Greb at the Garden. and he can With respect to this approsching battle for the middleweight title the: is & growing number of wis guys who are picking Johnny to draw down_the decision, the dope being that Harry Greb will be weak at tho middleweight limit. Tommy Loughran lost on & decisior to Harry Greb, but made such a good showing that he is being talked of by Beston promoters as an opponent for Johnny Wilson. Wilson, by tie way, says that he never knew what was until after he stopped champion. (Copyright, 1923.) CUBAN BARNSTORMING CHARGES EXAGGERATED CHICAGO, Neeember 28. reports that Wilfred “Rosy” Ryan, New York Giants pitcher, Adolpho Luque, Cincinnati Reds hurler, and a number of other major leaguers were playing exhibition matches in Cuba, Commissioner K. M. dis conducted an investigation and yesterday re- ported the resuits. i He received word from the New York club that Ryan has not been away from his New England home since the world ser he said, and learned that Luque's only sgainst the rule prohibiting barn money being a s storming after a oertain date con- *. sisted in playing two games as an outflelder. He has not received re- ports en other players reported (o be playing ball in Cuba, he safd. - FREEDMAN HAS CHANCE FOR RING COME-BACK NEW YORK. December 25—8ailor Freedman of Chicago tonight has his i tablish ~himselt as the lightweight division when he meets Johnny Clin- ton at Madison Square Garden. 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