Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1924, Page 18

i SPORTS. 8 U.S. Open Golf Event Precedes British Classic : Top Price FIRST TIME IN HISTORY YANKEES HAVE SET PACE American Competition on June 5 and 6, With Eng- lish Tourney Late in Month—Four Model Courses for National Title Play Urged. EW YORK, January 5—For the first time in history, the Americah open golf championship this year will be held in advance of the British open in the event that the P. G. A. gives its approval to the action taken by the executive committee of the U, S. G. A, yesterday. The latter organization, at its meeting held at the Links Club prior o the annual meeting which will be held today at the Hotel Astor, fixed the dates for the 1924 fixtures to he held under its jurisdiction. election of June 5 and 6 for the American open will doubtless satisiy the professionals who have, for many years, entered complaints over the holding of the national in the first part of July, as has been the practice. For several years the pros have been secking an agreement with the British goliers whereby the latter would advanc the British open championship to a late date in May or an early date in June so as to enable goliers desiring to compete in both events to do so and at the }amv time cnable the American championship to be played earlier than uly. At this time of the year the ma- Jority of American courses are badly baked and the result has been that the conditions under which the Amer- iean c have been poor. | Little or no heed, however, was paid to the wishes of the American golfers by the British, who this year went ahead and fixed their championship dates even later than usual, June 26 and 27 being decided on for the event which will be played at Hoylake. The shifting of the American date up one month will enable the Amer- ican pros to compete in thelr own national event and make the journey ngland in time for the British pionship. The metion, however, may prove disturbing to the plans of some of wayfarers who had planned their trip to England early enough to give them plenty of time for practice in advance of the British champlonship. The number of those so affected. however, is 5o slight as to be more than offset by the improved conditions that will he met through the holding of the championship in June. Suggests Title Courses. Goliers looked into the future to- day and saw four model courses, one in the east, one in the middle west, 2 third in the far west and the other in the south, upon which national <hampionship tournaments would be vlayed. The courses would be pub- Jic and self-supporting and clubs planning to build private links would come from far and wide to see and pattern their swards after them. This vision was outlined by Findlay Touglas. president of the Metropoli- tan Golf Association. who welcomed members of section the U. S. G. 2 That such is n visionary, said Douglas, is shown by th that it is becom- ing more and more difficult to get private )s to offer their courses jnships because of the done and because of the ob- Jections made by members who are thus deprive their playing priv- ilege for a week. In his address of welcom Byers, president of the U. S. G. A.. Praised the unseifish services of three Professors of the Department of Agri- <culture, who have edited the Golf Bul- letin, made hundreds of inspections of golf courses, solved many problems and have given much advice. The men who the golfe Piper, R. rier. Speaking _on “The Vegeta Planting of Putting Greens” Carrier, aided by illustrated views, said thaf the bigi m was in getting turf that and a lot of punish- ment. He told the golfers the best way of planting new turf and how both new and old turf should be cared for to get the best results. He advised all the clubs to have a turf bed of creeping bent and to use the clippings to plant again in other places. He described the in- termingling of creeping bent and red top turf and told of many experl- ments now being made by his depart- ment. courses 3 P tive Dr. Harban to Speak. Dr. Walter &. Harban of Washing- ton will speak before the United States Golf Association today. , Sub- to come up for di the much rumore ion of the U. 8. G. A. with n Goif . ation, rulings size and w of the ball, and possibly a retraction or modifica- tion of the rule barring the use of punched or ribbed clubs. The it was pointed out, there scarcely could be a golf meeting without some talk of the stymie. Election of officers also will occupy the delegates’ attention today. The ticket is headed by the followin For president, Wynant D. Vandei pool, Morris county C. C.; vice pre: idents, Robert A. Gardner, Onwents! Club, and William C. Fown ©Oakmont Country Club; Cornelius S. Lee, Tuxedo G. C.; trea urer, Edward S. Moore, National Golt Links. DIEGEL SETS RECORDS. PALM BEACH, Fla, Jahuary 5.— Leo Diegel, the golf professional from Washington, who on Thursday broks tho IKverglades Golf Club record, held by Alec Ttit, with a 67, yesterdey shattered the mark of the Palm Beach Golf Club held by that veteran golfer and professional of the club, Alec L. Fenn, with a 66, three strokes below par. ANNUAL BATTLE NEARS. CINCINNATI, January 5.—Outfislder %4 Roush will be {n the city next Tyesday to confer with President August Herrmann and direotors of the Cincinnati club regarding his playing contract for the coming sea- son. Rousch a hold-out for more salary last year and the year before. —_—— ROWING LEADER RESIGNS. By the Amociated Prees. NEW YORK, January 5—Morton G. Bogue of Columbia, chairman of the board of stewards of the Intercol- legiate Rowing Assoclation for the past two years, has resigned. He will attend his last meeting when the stewards hold their annusl ses- slon here next week. MACK’S SON TO COACH A'S. PHILADELPHIA, January 5.—Earl Mack, son of Connie Maok, manager of tho Philadelphia American League base ball team, has signed as a coach for the Athletics. He succeeds Harry Davis who will continue with the team as & scout. ———————— NO DEAL ON FOR WAMBY. CLEVELAND, January 5.—Reports that William Wambsganss has been traded to the Boston Red Sox for First Baseman George Burns are de- nied by E. S. Barnard, president of the Indian —_—— MAYS SIGNS WITH REDS. NCINNATI, _ January G.~—Carl uf;:mmmr Yankee _pitcher, has signed a contract to play with the Cincinnat! Nationals this year. BASEET BALL RESULTS. At Rickmond—Mereer U., 28; Rick- mond Blues, 25. S; yracuse, 18; Dart- At At New York—C. C. N. Y, 33: Me= G, 15. Joe Concannon stra of t mpionships have been played ot! secretary, | ary U. S. AND BRITISH DATES FOR TITLE GOLF EVENTS American golf dates set by the exocutive committcs of the U. S. G yesterdny, together with dates’ for Hritish dates already decided on, follow: AMERICAN. Amnteur champiomahips ub, Phil Cl [ | ¢ Mer- elphin, © champlonship at Oakland Hills Go! THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON CHAPTER 26— My Grand All-American Team. BY. HANS 'WAGNER. THIS fo my sclection of a grend al-Americgn: team to represent the best there bas been in base baM for the past thirty Years: | Nesnages, Johm J. McGraw of le:it. Fred. C. Clarke of First base, deorge Sisler of St. I o . I of Piiade ps e gon ; Lajoie i Shortstop, ‘Waliace of T o ‘:"- bllc.lnn immy Collins of xtra lelder, Eddie Collins of Philadelphia and Chicago. & Left field, Fred Chrke‘:’ Pitts- urgh. ‘Cellterd field, Tris Speaker of e . Right field, Ty Cobb of Detroit. Extra outfielder, Babe Ruth of New York. Catchers, Johnny Kling of the Cubs, Roger Bresnahan of the gnls Ray Schalk of the White X, Pitchers, Walter Johnson of Washington, Christy Mathewson of the Giants, Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Cubs, Cy Young and Rube Waddell. it Club, Detroit, June 0 and 6. ‘omen’s ch: lonship at Rhode Island Country Club, Providence, R. 1., September 1-5, Public links champlonshdp at Community Golf Olub, Deyton, Ohio, June 4-3N, Professionnl Golfers’ Assecia- tion of America champlonship at French Lick Springe, French Lick, Ind,, September 14-30. BRITISH. Open_champlonship at Hoylake, 23-34 and June 3-37. Ladies' open chamgpdomah: Portruah, May 19-24. Amateur championship at Andrews, May 38-31. Thousand guineas to it at Gleneaglen, June 9-14. (The tour- ney corresponds to the P. G. A. in America.) YANKEES MAY BUY A PAIR FOR $150,000 | i | | at I | | | LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 5.—That | the New York Yankees would close a deal with the Louisville club of |the American Assoclation for Earl | Combs and Wayland Dean some time |today at a figure made Monday by the Colonels’ management, or with- draw definitely from the bidding con- test for the minor stars was the con- fident assertion of observers here. _A possibility that Robert Connery, Yanke scout, or Edward Barrow, business manager. would arrive to close the deal was intimated. | “I'am glad that th lact one w; Wiltiam N ., ager, is quoied as b night, “although e will pot be at; all worried if they do not accept our proposition to them because of the interest of other major league clubs in_these boy: The price tag on Dean. Combs, outflelder, by the Colonels is reputed to have carried figures of $150,000. However, opinlon is held generally that Capt. Neal is prepared * to make “conccssions’ in the (nter- | est of a trade, {WRESTLING IS WINTER ! TRAINING FOR GRIDMEN COLUMBUS, Ohto, Promising linemen fr foot vill be preliminary to | spring practice. pitcher, and January om last fa. squ At Ohio | given wrestling as a, their reporting for A dozen or ftifteen, tof the most likely linemen will be| (&iven careful training this winter, | under the watchful eye of Coach Al | Haft, varsity mat director. Real ibilities are seen in the & means of increasing the efficiency of the foot ball player by Dr. J. W. Wilee, director of foot ball. Wrestling, he believes, not only to bulld up the muscular strength of the men but Increases thelr spe Firat 1 for the annual sprin, (nlnli:l “Ill ocome about F‘ebruf HAYWARD AGAIN TO AID | YANK OLYMPIC TEAM EUGENE, Ore., January 5.-Willlam L. (Bill) Hayward, for more than twenty vears track comch and trainer for the University of Oregon. has ac- cepted an invitation to become a ber of the coaching staff for the United States Olympic team. In 1912 Hayward accompanied the team to Stockholm and 1920 to Antwerp. In 1920 he had charge of all athletes from west of the Missis- &ippi river. MILLER DUE TO COACH NORTH CAROLINA STATE RALEIGH, N. C.,, January 5.—John ¥, Miller, former coach at the University of Missouri and at Alblon College, Michigan, is slated to become foot ball coach and athletic director of North Carolina State College next season. Miller, it became known here, will meet in a conference with State College athletic officials today. TUXEDOS TO GIVE PLAY. Members of the Tuxedo Athletic Association will give a three-ac drama, entitled “The Kentucky Bell tonight, at 8 o'clock, schoolhouse at Tuxedo. STUDY OF GOLF GREEN FOE HALTED BY QUAKE NEW YORK, Jasuary S.—That the Japanese earthquake inter- rupted the sclentific investigation whereby it was hoped to prevent further damage to golf courses in this country by the Japamese beetle was made lr';fn. Laech of the United States ment of Agricul iment that {s sure to come, I will ex- | selections of others, but in no way . {have I allowed them to_influence me s | Central Coliseum. The Marylanders have one of the strongest combina- | Pinch hitters, Sammy Strang and Ham Hyatt, | That team, I realize, does not agres | With any of those 1 have Seen pub- | lished as the choice of such men as| John McGraw, Connle Mack and Babe Ruth. Neither does it agree with the team given In the guide-book. The latter, of course, i= mnade in exact a cordance with records, the human element not belng taken into account. | All of those base ball men and the | guide-book have been good enough to place me at shortstop, a fact that is my greatest pride fn lite. It is not | for me to pass judgment on myself, | naturally. "I am limiting myself to| a studyt of the players I have ob- served in action. —They‘re Honus’' Own Dets. To be prepared for a lot of argu- il i Already T have a feellng that some of the critlcs will say that I have selected too many left-handed hit- ters. They may have an Idea that 1his team would be weak on left- handed pitching. But I have taken that into consideration. Every man 1 have selected can hit left handers as well as right handers. 1 have purposely left out those left handed hitters who have to be taken out| against southpaws in a pinch. 1| never thought much of & ball player | as a star hitter, who was weak | against left or right handed pitehing. | A good hitter can hit any kind. Fred Clarke, for example, was the best left | | banded hitter .against left handed | pitching that I ever saw. Basis for the Choice. because of his great record and also, I have taken several qualities into because of his knowledge of consideration—batting, fielding, by angle of the gama as a plaver us well | running and love of the game. More as o manager. He knows his busi- |} = ness. MceGraw also knows how ot‘mponan" however, are brains, handle men. He is a great executlve | @ressiveness, length of service, and au well as a field manager. At no|team work. time in his life did McGraw ever| Now, when you consider length of sllow club owners to Influence him|gervice, which probably Is the mest «n the signing or purchase of play-lymportant of all, you will see that ers. His strong will power nade|ihig club could be kept on the field for many vears without falling a that possible. With the team I have selected.|mhere would be no worry about fil however, very little managing would iyg up weak places every vear. Every ba necessary. All my manager would gne of those not playing now lasted have to do would be to make out &/ fifteen years or more. scheduls and then come around on | I have limited myself to five pitch= wy da Incidentally, it would be ' erg because 1 consider that enough, chers do better with plenty of plain in detail why I have made these selections. 1 have looked over the in making my own. Whether you agree with me or not, these are my selections, and, like the fellow who w ome to his wife with a poor X to them. c v as manager | uterestmg to speculate on just how | All piu much & manzger would pay each of | vork. hose men according to present day| My reason for selecting three rates of salary. Who would get the catchers is that I could use Bresna- | most money? han, in a pinch, as a pitcher, an in-~ INTERCITY COURT CLASH SHOULD PROVIDE THRILLS| ASHINGTON basket ball fans will have the opportunity to watch { W the Palace Laundry five encounter a real foe next Friday night when it meets the Hendley Velvet Boys of Baltimore at the | tions in the Oriole city. They will have to step lively to down the local | quint, however, for the Palace tossers last night took the measure of the Frederick, Md,, team, 40 to 15, Basket Ball Tips Harvey Ingley set the pace for the winners. His guarding and passing #tood out and he led In scoring by counting six court goals and three fouls. Gitlitz and Goetz also per- formed well for the locals, Kreh and Roelky played best for the Mary- THIS SHOWS HANS AND HIS RAKIS] D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY. 5, 1924 i H NEW MODEL CAR IN 1907. : ARDENT MOTORIST. | flelder or an outfielder. | true of MeGra That also is Even though Me- | Graw is my manager he could be 1d, as a pinch hitter or a base runner. He is the best I ever saw to get on base either by walking, being hit by the pitcher or hitting the ball. I am assuming, of course, that all these players would be In their prime when I started my club on the fiald the first season. As & matter of fact some of those had retired before the others were born, 1 guess old Cy Young was through when George Sisler was & baby. It's #ort of funny. at that, to think of old Jimmy Collins and Babe Ruth o the same te hey were puttin Jimmy on the all-American teams o il time when Babe Ryth was born To my club I have added pinch hii- ters because they are a very im portant part of any team nowadays. 1 have selected Sammy Strang and Ham Hyatt. They were the best 1 ever saw. Sammy made eleven pinch hits in a row one season, - To be a good pinch hitter requires & peculiar sort of temperament, an easy-going, unexcitable disposition, Both Hyatt and Strang had that. Either of them could go into & game without warming up. Mighty few ball players can do thet, Nothing seemed to bother them, however. The wtatus of the game meant nothing to those boys, w! there were three on bases and nant depending on a hit, or not. They would simply amble up there to the old pan as if they had not even heard about what was going o, 1 have eliminated several wonderful players because of faulty dispositions. Inside Golf By CHESTER HORTON: The cut shot in ome of gelf’s mowt satisfying accomplishments, and the best part of it ia that any golfer who oan handie & mashie at all can experiment more or le sucoesatully with ft. The cut whot applies & spin to the ball that is commonly sup- posed to be such that it makes the hall fall dead om the green. W, | used In the infi VITAL POINTS IN DEVELOPING ATIACK NAVE MORE MEN IN ATTACK THAN N OEFENSE . lande ite Cq ers. Immaculate Conception Juniors will {Journey to Baltimors tonight for & |game with the Sacred Heart Jumiors of that city. Players of the local team are to report at the clubhouse at § o'clock. Metropelitan sextet presented an array of clever tossers when it downed the Lexington Athletic Club {in a 22-to-9 fray, USE STRATEGY. mmermc a x two-pointers and a trio of free tosses. Apache Preps turmed in 10-to-2 victory over the Congre Helghts Cyclones. Ady was adept at passing and shooting. Ono of the most warmly contested games of the season was waged be- tween the Boys' Club Glants end the Park View Midgets, the former win- ning 24 to 22. Rothery of the winners was the high scorer with seven court goals. Ephiphany Midgets teen in a row by downis Vernon Midgets, 37 |onf1 Shlelds, Thels and Schloss of the winners were the outstanding players. ‘With Shalis, Walker and Jafte of the Rialtos displaying their wares to 8004 effect, thelr team eked out & 2! 10-26 victory over the Roamers. Pren- der played well for the losers. Pullman Company tossers easily dispoged of the Government Printini Office team, 23 to 10. Ber; ‘win of the winners and Brust of the Governmeni starred. | made {t six- the Mount What. vital points must be con- sidered in developing an attack? AnsSwered by DR. JAMES NAISMITH. The inventor of the game, who has mere further it than any i s man alive. University ot Kansas, When in possession of the ball have more men in the attack than there are in the defense. Two play- ers can outwit one; three, t_Wf:, etc. The five-men offense was originated to get five men going against four. This led to the five-men defense in order to meet this development. Open up a point from which you. can score by drawing the defense away by threats at other points. Pass the ball-into the open in such a way that your player can reach it first, eitllur by automatic action or by signals. yPIM the ball in such a way that your player can reach';t morgbleuily than the nent; if possible, so that he is berween the ball and his opponent. ass the ball in such a way that if your player is in motion he does not need to slow up to catch the ball. Pass it in such-a way that he will be in the best possible position to make his next move, whether it be to throw = goal or to make another pass. - Practice the men in passing and catching tha ball go that it may passed so zapidly that the oppo- nents cannot intércept it. " (Copyright, 12y, Aseceinte) Editors.) quint Olrcles defeated the Arabs, 24 to 3. Baker and Goodwin set the pace. Park View Juniors were offered 1it- tle opposition when they gave the Endeavor Athletio Club a 23-to-3 beating. Superior teamwork told. Twin Oak Jumiors will be the op- ponents of the St. Andrew Juniors tonight on the St. Stephen's floor. These St. Andrew players are asked P g e treot: 5 Thiss, McGann and Oursnd tiantte Comst Rallroad team, which has dofeated some of the Tead ing southern uniirited quints, is anz- o e 1oy treieht eioe Tot to C. T, e, » Iantio Coast Line Railroad Company, Wilmington, N. C. Games with teams in the 135-pound clags are wanted by the De Molay quint, according to Manager Felkner, at Main 5786. HOCKEY RESULTS. At Bestom—Princeton.’ 31 Darte e Clavelend—Cloveland, '3y Du- Tuth, O, At Flttsburgh—Tithburgh, 6; Wine ), P Havem—New Tves, Queenn U, 0, The player whe wpon the cut shet to do this, however, will deceive himself, for the greatest of the cut whot bringing the blade forward in fhat path, se that it cuts across the (Copyright, Joha F. Dille Co.) QUAKER SOCCERISTS TO VISIT TOMORROW Soccer players of the Washington professiondl team are to encounter the Autocar Athletic Assoclation of Ardmore, Pa., tomorrow at 2 o'clock on the Monument Lot. ‘Washington players are to report at 1:15 o'clock for & preliminary practice. McLean, Malloch, R. Bui ton, J. Barton, Molley. McLeod, Hampton, Creste, Green, Blakey and ‘Whitshead compose the local squad. An enviable record has been made by the Autocar boosters this year. They won the champlionship of ti first division of the West Phila~ delphia Le: e, with seventeen vic- torles out of twenty-three games. BIG GOLF MATCH TODAY. NEW Arthur Gladstone Havers, British open golf champion, and his taur- ing partner, Jimmie Ockenden, French n champlon, teamed up 'against ‘alter Hagen, former British cham- pion and runner-up to Havers last year in the British play, and Wil- iiam Mehlhorn of 8t. Louis in a thirty- six hole exhibition match at the Weat' Bud Country Club course taday, g “COLLEGE CAKE-EATERS” ARE SCORED BY ROCKNE ROCKFORD, I, Jamuary 5— will be < |meter croi WAGNER ALWAYS HAS B ORLEANS, La., January 0.—| o S 2 o EEN AN Also I have not even considered men who ever had dene anything ques- tionable in base ball. A°man who does not give his best to a club is no B0od on @ team even if he is the best mechanical player An the world. won't mention one or two that 1 have in mind, but I guess you can guess. They are better forgotten. The hard part about this job was the elimination of certain players rather than the selection of others. I1t's awful hard, for instance, to lea off a man like Willle Keeler. I would like to glve my reasons for leaving these old friends out, but naturally, there isn’t room here, 1 want you to remember, though, that I have con- sidered all of them as carefully and sincerely as I could. For every one left oft T have & very good reason. There is no doubt in my mind as to' the superiority of my pitching staff, even thougi it doésn't agree with many others. ‘I'd like for somebody, though, to show me where they could dig u five better winning pitchers Johnson, Mathews: Alexander, Cy Young and Ruth Waddell. In my next article I will go inte detall and try to make clear by rea- sons for picking these men. My firsg shot will be at the pitcher. Picking this team has given me many u laukh. I get a smile every time 1 think of what-the opposing tchers would be up against with ohn_MeGraw on one couching line and Fred Clarke on_the gther. than (Tomorrow—My Five Greatest Pitchers,) \CENTRAL FIVE TAKES . ON CHARLOTTE HALL —_— Central High's tossers, who oppose | Western _Tuesday In the opening | 8ame of the basket ball championship series, were to make final prepara- tions today in & game with Charlotte Hall. Action was to start at 3:30 jo'clock on the Blue and White's floor. Business showed yesterday that it needs. considerable improvement be- fore it can hope to figure in the run- {ning. The Anacostia Fagles took the measure of the Stenographers in a |23-to-16 engagement. Mader of the | winners registered seven field |and the teamwork display. |quint pre 4 too much foi | pelhtholic University Sreshmen i & opponent of usiness 18 at Brookland. b ad |, Emerson Institute tossers {fully opened their Y oweing season by down; the Alexandria HY qlllnt.yl:‘!': ;‘ . lvn:l"f{ goanlon l“AlK'"ydo' Emerson ston oxa | creditably. 2 i) |, Wewtern Hixh reserves fell before the Teresa tossers, 43 to 27. The win- |ners are confident they can show the | way to the Fairmont Athletic Club of | Baltimore tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Anacostia court. Columbia Pre| of Washington |humbled Hyattsville High, 24 to 16 | Wood of the Columbias and Carr of Hyattsville starred. AMERICANS MAKE PLANS TO ENTER IRISH GAMES NEW YORK, January 5.—Means of assuring American participation on a large scale in the Irish race games at Dublin next August, were discussed at a meeting of the American committee |1ast night, at which Acting Mayor Mur- ray Hulbert presided. It was agreed $100,000 or more would have to be raised to cover the expenses of the American teams. The games, originally est: €32 B.C., were to have be 1922, but were postponed to take place after the Olympiad in Paris and the British empire games in London. SWEDISH YACHTSMEN TO PASS UP OLYMPICS STOCKHOLM, January 5 — The Swedish Yachting Association has de- clded mnot to participate in the Olympic yacht races on the Seine at Meulan. Frarice, because it considers the locality unsatisfactory from & sporting viewpoint. Recent advices from London “said that British and American yachtmen, 2 well as Swediah, were issatisted at the selection of the Meulan course for the Olympic vacht races for the reason that the river at that point is narrow, that It is smooth and shel- tered and that It is difficult of access for six and eight meter yachts. 350 IN WINTER EVENTS. PARIS, J&:’iu"’ SFThr!:l.hur:fl;z athletes, represen ::I:n "fifuo will compete %n OQlymple " winter s, Chamonix on.the V. S. SKIERS IN TESTS. ablished in en held in MINNDAPOLIS, Minn., J Thirty-five o it eompete. In !hor%lmpla lfi;ol&l’ :;flch B k'mél: t"a"ye.o:!lll‘y sk.l race and end 85 tomorrow - with the jumping events. for Ro Iy 3 the jports beginning at 5th. anuary 5.~ __SPORTS. okies Unfixed BIG LEAGUERS IN NO PACT TO LIMIT PURCHASE SUMS Era of Record Figures for Phenoms Waning, How- ever, With Playing Talent Likely to Be Used Hore in Deals of the Future. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, January 5~No tacit agreement, or any N been entered. into by the.major Icagues binding themselves not to pay more than a certain sum for a ball player in a minor leaguc’ It had been reported that club owners had consulted at Chicago and had put ‘the top figure at $25,000. No club, it goes without saying, will pay more than the drait pricc for @ ball player if the player is obtained through the process of a drait on any league. But if a player is good enough to bring out competitio { the clubs that can afford to bid high will not enter into any compact b which they must stop bidding at a fixed point. This will be good new- to the minor leagues, which have suspected some sort of a dark plot ta keep them from realizing on promising freight BOUT BARRED AFTER 4,000 | TRAVEL 30 MILES IN COLD CHICAGO, January 5.—A sched- uled ten-round baxing match be- tween Stanley MeBride, Chicago feathermeight, and Mike Dundee of Roek Island, I, was callied oft Inst might when a squad from the sinto's ntfeiney’s office appeared Island Athletie Asso- ve 1t was to have heen complaint had heen Meialn of the Chicago w der League. Nearly 4,000 spectators whe had traveled rhout_thirty miles through near- zero westher were disappointed. other kind, has Big leaguers are willing to concedr that the prices paid for inexperienc: players are high, and seme them never will be paid again In the future it is probable that more effort will be mads to trade i ball players who are not quite ready for the big leagues us vart considera tion in all player de 1f the miners are ready to & back the mino players who have gone up, the big agues will not ob, , because they are relieved of the necessity of pay irg their aries during the season If any minor league owner cai produce a second Babe Ruth it is jusi s Iikely that he will sell for $106,00( a8 the original wother Babe would win_ back his salary and feed vear. Present indlcations Ruths are infrequent as blossoms of the tury plant. Matter of fact and prosaie bas. ! ball men, who gather and consult tween seasons, still are wondering why the St. Louis Nationals declined to take 000 for Hornsby whe Brooklyn offered it. They figure Louis had all the better of it. (Copyright, 1924.) {BENEFIT FOR MISKE FAMILY IF NEEDED BY FAIRPLAY. YORK, January 5—Pro fight managers, pugiMists, & every one connected with the game, are perfectly willing ito ju into a benefit for Billy Miske's family, if the late fighters ! family needs help. 5 But no one here is certaip that they do. In the last two years of lLis life Billy was quite active and must have earned quite a bit of money. As fighters =0, his career was shor! {In 1916 ha came here from St. Pau practically an unknown, although he had s in the west. His first battle here was with the late Jin whom he knocked out in ter Then he leaped into fam. ng Battling Levinsky, Johnr and Jack Hubbard. ‘Then h gained another decision over Levin i too probably BERNSTEIN VS. MANDELL. NEW YORK. Januavy b.—sJuck Bern- ~ein of Yonkers, who last week lost a | decision to Johnny Dundec. has been | matched with Sammy Mandell of Rock- | iford, 0, for a fifteen-round bout on | {Janvary 11. The match will be held | !at Madison Sauare Garden. ;GEORGETOWN IS PLACED | ON PENN GRID SCHEDULE I Georgetown University has been e November & date on the ule of the Univer- vanta. The contest ed on Franklin Field egotintions for he mateh were closed yesterday. The Hilltoppers now have fhree big % _booked definitely for next The Marines are to viglt here October 18, while Georgetown will g0 to Greenville, 8. C., to meet November 1. ' ! NEW moter: fact boxin {D. C. VARSITY QUINT. IN THREE CONTESTS ! Although Catholic University's !quint was in action last month, the | | collegs hasket ball season heve will | be tormally ushered in tonight when | a trio o flocal varsity teams will get | into contests. Fives of tieorge Wash- /ington University and Gallaudet are l(o make their debuts. George Washington is to visft the {City Club to tackle the home out- {8t while Gallaudet will be host (o His best fight in 1917 was agains: Carl Morris. Weighing 180 pounds ha outroughed the glant when Car began to pull hi# stuff, and wom & thrilling battle. The next year, afte { the Old Deminion Boat Club of Alex- ' several victories, he met Jack Demp {andria at XKendal? Green. Both/sey in Milwaukee, when Jadk was { games are to begin at 8:30 o'clock. in” the flush of his _ kneckout A 'preliminary tilt between the career, and stayed ten rounds. Som: George Washington girls' team ‘and months later he boxed six rounds { Wilson Normal sextet, beginning at|iith Jack in Philadelphia, outpeini l-:::s will be played at' the City Club. [ing the champion in four of the Cathdlic University's guintet is to | frames. I go to Baltimere for a return’ match | 1In 1819 Miske beeame fl1,“But afte With Loyola. Last month the Brook- |a year's absence -from the ring h.. Janders took the measure of the |needed mony and decided he migh: o was knock Baltimoreans hera in an engagement |as well die fighting. {remarkable for its low score. ed out by Dempsey in three motind: ! {$tar Gaime pask and made & Fecors 'MORAN NEARS AIM, 53 H WHIPPING SHUGRUE| ished him as the second: best white NEW YORK, January 5.—Pal Mo- heavyweight mpext :a Dempsey. { ran, New Orleans lightweight, moved SPALLA-FIRPO VICTOR WILL TRAIL DEMPSEY lanother step closer to his goal—a match fer Benny Leonard's world t1- MARSEILLE, January 6.—Erminio | Spalla, champion heavyweight boxer, tle—by defeating Johnny Shugrue of ‘Waterbury, Conn., in less than five {of Europe, plans to sall January 11 | for Buenos Aires, there to meet Luis rounds last night in Madison Square Garden. | Angel Firpe in a bout in February. | " "Spalla told the correspondent tha shape, bavin ning_since hix Moran punished the game Water- = o cr e bury star so severely that the referse | UOUL With the Reman chawplon, Mari stoppad the contest in the fifth round %o save Shugrue from further punish- m foran thus won the match | ano Barparest, December 1 in Rome. ont. - M Technieally by & knockout. Shugrue's | Spalla sa he had signed articles | for a bout with Georges Carpenti face was covered with biood and he could hardly see from swollen eyes April. He thought Carpentier a when the bout was ended. would sig In any case, he added, the winner Moran emploved 2 right mppercut effectively, also a straight right and of the bout in Buenos Aires would challenge Jack Dempsey for tha championship title. a left hook, and although he punched Shugrue at will, he could not floor him. It was evident, however, that Shugrue could not stand much longer when the referee stepped between them and pronounced Moran the vie- tor. | | { 1 1 :i “Champions X % which will run daily in : The Star ¥ e —_— LYNCH GIVES MEARTHUR TEN-ROUND TROUNCING OMAHA, Neb., January 5.—Joe Lynch, ght champion “of the world, s was awarded the decision over MeArthur of Sloux City, low ten-round fight here last night. McArthur took a_ severe beating, al-! BIGTEN BASKETERS % IN ACTION TONIGHT x during the greater part.of the fight. | * ——— l CHICAGO, January 5.—Six western conterence basket ball teams open the season tonight in three contests | ttat will indicate the strength of some of the leading title contenders. l ‘Wisconsin meets Indiana with three | mew men in the line-up, but is report- }¢d to have a fast and strong aggre- , Bation, while the Hoosiers likewise preport that they possess a formidable i quintet. { | d g —will give you an in- sight into the method he pursues in “pick- ing a winner.” Rickard’s own life has been a succession of thrills—the inci- dents of which he weaves into the story Aéfh “Ch#mpimu and Everybody wants to know the facts of the big fights of the last years — nobody can write more ac- curately and entertain- ingly of them than Tex Rickard — ‘“the man on the inside.” . Watch for The Star of Jan. 20—when the Rickard story begins. Chicago is expected to have littic difficulty in winning its first game from the less experienced Purdue five. | The victor; ‘ale has given the | Maroons added confidence. Illinols will ‘meet a team of | eruits in Minnesota ana looks for ‘vlcun?r ‘without difficulty: - ‘While these conference teams arc 1 battling, Yale will 'be winding up its western _invasion with a contest against Northwestern at Evanston. Yale has suffered two defeats at the hands of Big Ten teams. FTTTTETE TR TR PR SRR A NEW YORK. A Ritola of the Finnish American A. one of the gfeatest distance runm-n;“ ever developed in this country, sailed for Finland, the land of his bir Hé will. join the 132 A ek A kA A A Ak Aok ok kA Kok