Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1924, Page 25

SPORTS. Washington Fares Wellin D. C. PLAYERS GET ABOUT HALF OF THE 67 PLACES Col. Johnson, Who Shares Doubles Honors, Is Only Capitalite at Top—Others Are High Up in Men’s and Women’s Singles. BY W. H. W HOTTEL. ASHINGTON and Baltimore pretty well divided tennis honors in the middle Atlantic section during 1923, according to the rank- ing of the players announced today by the committee entrusted with the difficult and thankless task. The job was performed by Charles M. Buchanan of Baltimore, chairman; Louis W. Bates of Washington, J. ‘W. Eggleston of Norfolk and Bernard Robb of Baltimore. Although the sharing of one top position in the three classes was the best that Washington couid do. Col Wait C. Johnson of this city and C. M. Charest, who works here and lives in Baltimore, holding the leading position doubles, the Capital city has eight players among the twenty in men’s singles and a half dozen of those rated in the women's singles. Washington showed to best ad- vantage In the list of junior player: who are not officlally rated on a: count of the lack of data, but who arc listed In alphabetical order. Twenty are mentioned and thirteen aro Capital City lads. J. B. Howard of Baltimore Is placed &t th top in the men's singles, with John T. Graves, jr. who Is third, Eol'ng the first Washingtonian in the st Miss Winnifred Ellis, who is third, ranking woman player of Washington, but she ix preceded by *anelope_Anderson of Richmond and Eleanor Cottman of Baitimor All told sixty-seven piay palrs are rated and W credited with thirty-one The rankings follow MEN'S SINGLES. 31—J. E. Howard, Baltimore. 2Z—A. L. Hobelman, Baltimore. @—John T. Graves, jr. Washington 4—C. M. Charest, Baltimore. 5—T. J. gnn, Washington. ~ Goldsborough, Baltimore. Kunkel, Washington. S—L. ¥. Turnbull, Baltimore. $—J. W. Dudley, Waxhington. Rickel, Richmond. 11—A. J. Gore, Washingto 12—Dr. J, A. C. Colston, Baltimore. 13—Maj, W. Robertson, Wash- fngton. 14—J. W. Egsleston, Norfolk. 15—A. M. Harrix, Richmond. 16—Malcolm Oates, Baltimore. 17—R. . Voight, Norfolk. 38—L. A. Cox, Washington. 16—, A. Magee, Baltimore. 20—J. A. Purinton, Washington. MEN'S DOUBLES. 3—C. M. Charest. Baltimore, and Lt. Col. W. C. Johnson, Washington. 2—C. M, Charext and W. J. Sweeney, Baltimore. 3—J. A. Magee and J. A. ton, Haltimore. +—J. Howard and P. L. borough, Baltimore, 5—L. F. Turnbull and A. L. Hobel- man, Baltimore. - W. M. Robertnon and Capt, Jiugh Miller, Washington. T—T. J. places. Golds- . Whitehead and J. Eggleston, Norfoll 9—J. T. Graves, Jr, 3. Washington. 10—H. E. Bickel and W. E. Buford, Richmond. WOMEN’S SINGLES, 1—Penelope Anderson, Richmond. 2—Eleanor Cottman, Baltimore. 3—Mrs. Winifred Ellis, Washing- ton. 4—Mrs. 0. B. Gray, Baltimore., G—Marywill Wakeford, Washing- c. and A. Wharton Smit + Clos- | ngan and R. S. Burwell, | il { the Col '—Ellzabeth Warren, Richmond. $—Eduarda Gamble, Baltimore, S—Helen Sinclalr, Wushington. 10—Peggy McAvoy, Baitimore. 11—Corrine Frazier, Washington. 12—Mrx. K. Parrish, Richmond. 13—Lillian Jelenko, Baltimore. 14—Delphine Hoyl, Wasbington. 15—Mrs. James Nathan, Baltimore. 16—A. Deford, Richmond. 17—Miss Hall, Washington. JUNIOKS. It was Impossible to rank the junior players on account of insufficient data, but the leadin erformers are men- tioned in alphabetical order. as fol- lows: L. Bowen.. 2. Cardwell. 3. Callan. .. 4. Chatfield. Elliott Fercbee Hebner . Hedekin Hoffman King .. ynch. ... McDonald. Me6Ginty. Mitchell. .. Murphy. . Siekler. L. Steward. R. Stewurt. Swann Baltimore White. . Norfolk —— Washington ‘Washington Washington Washingion Baltimore Norfolk Baltimore Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington, Waxhington . Washington Washington . Washington Baltimore Baltimore {CAMP BENNINGS TO PLAY MARINE GRIDDERS HERE A game with the Camp Bennings (Ga.), Infantry School team has been added 1o the foot ball schedule of the Quantico Marines Tho Georglans are to oppose the Devil Dogs in Clark Griffith Stadium, November 22 Camp Bennings has had several strong elevens recentiy, and has been included in the schedules of a num- ber of southern colleges. It will be the first game north for the Doughe boys. MAT STARS TO APPEAR. Leading heavyweight wrestlers of the country will appeay in bouts at Joe Stecher, former champion, will ¥ here Wednesday. night, | THE EVENING CHAPTER 28. The Big Stars of the Infield. Honus' All-America Team Mae~ger—John J. McGraw of New York. Captain—Fred Clarke of Pitts- burgh. First base—George Sisler of = St. Einlx:ll Brr:m econd base—Napoleon jole of Philadelphia and él.levb land. Shortstop—Bobby Wallace of the old St. Louis Browns. Third base—Jimmy Collins of Boston. Extra_infielder—Eddie Collins of Philadelphia and Chicago. Left field—Fred Clarke of Center fd—T nter field—Tris Speaker of Cleveland. Right field—Ty Cobb of De- troit. Extra outfielder—Babe Ruth of New York. Catchers — Johnny Kiing of the Cubs, Roger Bresnahan of the Giants, Ray Schalk of the White Sox. Pitchers—Walter Johnson of Washington, Christy Math- ewson of the Giants, Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Cubs, Cy Young and Rube Waddell. Pinch hitters—Sammy Strang and Ham Hyatt. BY HANS WAGNER. E main distinguishing difference between the grand All-America infield that I have selected and that of others is that I have put Na- poleon Lajoie at second base instead of Eddie Collins. Also I have put Bobby Wallace at shortstop. I have not done that without good reason. 1 would be willing to bet on my infield just as it stands—Sis ler, Lajoie, Wallace and Jimmy Col- lins, with Eddie Collins as the extra man. I fail to see how any base ball man who has kept in touch with the game could name any man over George Sisler at first base. George Sisler, in many ways, is one of the most remarkable ball players that ever lived. Incidentally, he is one of the very few college boys who stepped in to take rank with the greatest the game ever produced— the “immortals,” as fancy writers call them. You will notice that the college men are very, very scarce on the teams grapple with Renalto Gardini, ‘while | S5 $0a 8y various authorities on t) Gus Kerveras, Greek matman, will tackle Ivan Wolkoff, hefty Russian. DURHA) . C., January ther B. Markham, president of the Durham base ball club, of the Pied- mont League, died suddenly at his home here yesterday. He was in the cellar of his home repairing a de- fective water pipe when he suffered a ni and died a few minut 7.—Lu- game. I never have quite understood why a college man shouldn't be as great a ball player as the man who got his schooling on the town lot. Probably the answer {s the same as that to the old gag: “Why do whi sheep eat more than black sheep? the answer being “Because there are more of them.” Most college men are advised by their friends not to go into prof sional base ball. That probably e: MA.Te STAR, WASHINGTON plains why they are in such minoriiy. They can do better at something el that they have been tralning studying for. Sialer is not only a great first base man, but he is just good a pitcher. A good hitter like him cannot wasted as & pitcher, as a pitcher out of the batting order too much. Sisler Is a wonderful natural hitter. \He walked up to the plate with as much _confidence the'first time I ever saw him as he has dond can hit any kind of pitchin, it so naturally that he really makes batting look easy. His greater value is that he can hit into any fleld. Out- fielders never know where to play for him. Sisler a Great Team Worker. Sisler Is not an Individual star, but a great team worker. He has studled base ball from every angle, and likes to play the game Just for the sport of it. He s very fast on the bases and, on top of that, knows when to start. It's pretty hard for a pitcher to out- guess Sisler. ticularly good In fielding bunted bail His great arm helps a lot. Then he is a bird on taking low throws to first. There arc many first basemen who are wonderful at getting them over their heads, but the boys who are sure shots in picking them out of the dirt are very rare. Sisler Is a real gentleman, always having consideration for his team mates as well as his opponents. Th: makes him easy to handle. He al ways keeps his head. Sisler i on umpires. I expect him to make a wonderful manager. He {s a natural e considered the other great ones—Jiggs Donohué, Fred Tenney, Tommy Tucker, George Kelley and all of them, but my choice must go to Sialer. Napoleon Lajole is my pick for second base without a moment's hesi- tation. I'd rather have him on my club than any man I ever saw. There was never such a hard and graceful hitter as Lajole. What's more, there never was any better ball player. La- jole was a man of powerful bulld and, though strong as an ox, he was as racoful in overy move as a dancer. e swung through on a hit with as much rhythm as a professional goifer. In flelding ground balls he made them look easy. It was the ease with which he handled his muscles that made him last 8o long. Very few of the critics seem to have picked out the one great point in Lajoie's hitting. He drove a ball 80 far as‘a rule that the outflelder played very deep for him. That made it & cinch to score from second base on a single. This also Is true of Babe Ruth and I have wondered why more experts have not pointed that out as & reason for his driving In so many runs. Lajole had a wonderful arm and re shot In relaying throw outfleld to the plate, His and grace made him a star ng or starting double plays. Lajole was not one of the star base runners, but he was fairly good one. At any rate he a ways knew what he was doing. He was steadily on the job, seldom get- ting injured. His 18-Year Average Is 351 Lajole had the same hard luck Walter Johnson in never having had a chance to play in a world series. Now when in addition to these things you recall that Lajole had a batting average of .351 for eighteen years you can well understand why 1 have picked him over all comers. I'll admit tht Eddie Collins runs the big Frenchmn a close second. That is why 1 have made Collins my utility inflelder. of the old St. Loul Bobby Wall; club is my p! for shortstop and D. nnis Rankings : U. S. List THE KING OF FANS But as a first baseman Sisler 1s par- | |* “Upcle” Bob Kennedy, well known lawyer of Uniontown, Pa., who, Wagner says, “was the king of fans and knew every player in.the United States.” the one thing Yhat always has puzzled me {s why Bobby never got more in the limelight. There was one of the greatest bal players In the world and the chances are that half the young fellows of today never heard of him. Ho was such a perfect machine I reckon they just sort of considered Wallace as belonging at short and never thought about giving him a boost. He was so generally good as not to be noticed. Wallace was as sure a flelder and peggor to first as ever lived. He never was regarded as a heavy hitter, but he was one of the surest men in & pinch that I ever have seen. To my mind Bobby Wallace was the best shortstop we ever had on making double plays and on_coming in for slow-hit grounders. He had studied svery batter 80 that he knew where they would hit certain pitches and he would be right on top of the ball. He was so perfect in this that a lot of folks thought him born under a lucky star, It wasn't luck at all. He had figured it out that way Wallace could cover as much ground either to his flfihl or left as any- body—and probably more. I used to wish that I_could do some of the tricks that Bobby did. He was a smart base runner and good team worker. Everybody from_the man- ager to the bat boy liked Bobby, and consequently, he was easy to handle. Even the umpires liked him. ‘Wallace Dreamed of Base Ball. Wallace was one of those fellows who talked and thought base ball all the time. It was his fun as well as his life work. Yes, I have taken into consideration his lack of hitting, and 0, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1924 tos 1983, in Usited by B atill I select him as the grand American: shortstop of all time. There Is not much use discussing Jimmy Collins. Bvery all-American team 1 have seen picked for the past few years had him on it They couldn't get away from it, that's all. There never has beén another Jimmy Collins. Others have come close, but he was and still (s the standard Jimmy_set the model in playing third base. He invented most of the pres- ent methods of third base play. Jimmy was playing third when the c1d Orioles started the bunting plays. In a month he had solved this new style. "Ho could beat any man in the world in starting with the bat and het on top of a bunt before it had gone thirty feet. He got to where Fe could scoop thesa bunts up with one hand and throw them to first with the same motion. On account of his deadly defense the old timers thought up the idea of bunting to- ward first base and drawing the first baseman off the bag. Collins coverad a ot of ground and with his wonderful arm could get & man from almost anywhers. As T say, he was the first player to dis- cover the /proper method of handling a bunt, and every third baseman to this day coples him. Not one ever has improved on his system. Collina was a hard hitter and a great base runner. Ho belongs to what I have called the aggressive type, though he attended strictly to business and lald off the umpires. { immy also was game. No base run- ner ever chased him away from the hag by coming spikes first. Ves. | Jimmy Collins was the model third ! baseman. They still ars tryine to icopy him, but few have succeeded. Tl stand pat on my all-America | tnfield, E(Tomorraw The Catchers Who Head the List). RANKING-OF RACKETERS MEN'S SINGLES. 1. William T. Tilden, 2d., Philadel- hia, Pr. P Wilitam M. Johnsem San Fran- einco, Callf. 3. R. Norris Williams, 2d, Philadel- phia, Pa. 4. Vincent Richnrds, Yonkers, N. Y. 5. Francis T. Hanter, New Rochelle, N. Y. 6. Howard O. Kinsey, San Franeis- co, Call! 7. Carl Fischer, Philadelphia, Pa. 8. B. I C. Norfon, South Africa (at residing in U. 8. A.). 9. Harvey Snodgrass, Los Angeles, 1 alo- Robert Kinsey, San Francisco, 12. Wallace F. Johnsom, Philadel- .‘l‘: ltl-l‘l‘!l@ J. Grifim, San Fras- . 15, Watson M. Washburn, New York N. Y. 16. George Kinf, New York, N. Y. 17. Hugh G. M. Kelleher, New York, N 8'S. Howard Veshell, Kew Gar- a L. I 10 Nathanfel W. Niles, Boston, M Walter Wesbrook, Los Angvles, Calif. MEN'S DOUBLES, William T. Tilden, 2d., and B. L nece J. Grifin. R Vatson Washburn and H. Nor- ris Williams. 2d. 'L Robert Kinsey and Howard Kin- % Hunter and Vimce SPORTS. Shows Many 25 Changes TILDEN IS PLACED AT TOP FOR FOURTH TIME IN ROW au- | Johnston Remains Second, But Williams Goes Third, In Van of Richards—Other Stars Are Shifted. AW first. ter is r'ued at number four on the Rochelle, who was ninth in the 1922 deserved. Previously Wallace F. Johnson of Philadelphia occupied fifth position in the list. This time, along with Wat- son M. Washburn of New York, who was ranked tenth in 1923, he is placed in the second ten. Zenzo Shimizu, the Japaness, who was rated seventh In the 1922 list and was {1l during the past season, 15 the third player whose name is missing from the “first ten.” Howard O. Kinsey of S8an Francisco rises from eighth place in the 1923 list to sixth position in the 1923 ranking. Carl Fischer of Cynwyd, Pa., is rank- cd seventh. The rise of Fischer. who is the Intorcollegiate ohamplon {s cne of the most noteworthy In tennis. On the last list he was nineteenth. Brian 1. C. Norton, formerly of South Africa and England. end now making his ———————————————————————————————————————————— IN THREE MAIN CLASSES | Richards. 6. Manuel Alonso and Wallace F. Johnson. 7. Arnold W. Jones and Willlam W. Snodgrass. 9. Louls Thalkeimer and Lewis N. White. 10. James Davies and Philip Neer, WOMEN’S SINGLES. 1. Miss Helen Wills, Berkeley, Calif. 2. Mrs. Molla B. Mallory, New York City, N. Y. S les Eleanor Geas, New York, . Y. 4. Miss Lillian Scharman, Brookiys, Mamaroneck, N. Y. E 6. Miss Mayme MacDomald, New York, N. Y. 7. Miss Edith Sigeurmey, Bostom, Mase. 8. Miss Leslie Bancroft, West New- ton, Mass. 9. Miss Martha Bayard, Short Hills, N. J. 10. Miss Helen Hooker, Greenwich, OO Mive Edna Hauselt, New York, N3 Misa Molly D. Thayer, Philadel- P Miss Anme B. Townseid, Over- St Mre F. H. Godfrey, Boston. !“m M. B. Huft, Philadelphia, Mrs. Edward Raymond, Harts- N. Y. Miss Hosamend Newton, Beston, 20, Mrs. A. F. Riess, Chicage, IlL Fischer Has Notable Rise. ITH the exception of William T. Tilden, 2d, of Philadelphia at the top of the list and William M. Johnston of San Francisco in second plate, the official selection of the ten leading players in the United States chosen by the ranking committee of the United States Tennis Association is very different from that issued a year ago. Three members of the 1922 list are missing and those who remain, with the exception of Tilden, the national champion, and Johnston, the world champion, whose selection for first and second places was a fore- gone conclusion, occupy different positions from those they were awarded in 1922. This is the fourth year in succession that Tilden is ranked In third place is R. Norris Williams, 2d, of Bryn Mawr, Pa, who comes up one notch to supersede Vincent Richards of Yonkers. The lat- new list. Francis T. Hunter of New ranking, is fifth, a rise that was well home in the United States, occupies elghth position. Harvey Snodgrass, unknown (o the east bsfore last year, but prominent in Pacific Coast tennis, is ranked ninth. Robert Kinsey sixth in 1922, rounds out the first ten Women's Ranking Changed. The women's ranking is marked by even more changes than s tho men's. For the first time since 1920 and the second time since 1915, the name of Mrs. Molla Bjutstedt Mallory is not found at the top. Miss Helen Wills. the eighteen - year -old _Berkeley (Calit,) girl, who defeated Mrs. Mal- lory for the national champlonship last summer, replaces the New York woman as the ranking player of her sex in the country, coming up from third place in the 1§22 list. Mrs. Mal- lory {8 secondind Miss Eleanor Goss of New York, who defeated Miss Wills at Seabright and Mrs. Mailory In the middle states champlonship at Phila- delphla, is third. In 1922 Miss Leslie Bancroft of West Newton, Mass., was second. This year, owing to pro- longed illness during the 1923 season, she has been dropped to » Fives names in the 1622 “first te: are absent from the 1923 list Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup of Wilming- ton, Dol No. 4 in 1922; Mrs. May Sut- ton Bundy of Los Angeles, No. 6; Miss Mollie D. Thayer of Philadelphia, No. 8; Miss Marie Wagner of Yonkers, No. 9,and Miss Florence Ballin of New York No. 10, are not honored on ths new list. [ 5] T.e iise of Miss Lilllan Scharman of Brookiyn and Miss fayme MacDonald, tormerly of Seattle, Wash., and now of New York, feature the list, outslde of the successi onof Miss Wills to Mra. Mal- lory’s place at the top. Miss Scharman, who played through her first season of continuous competition in the big tour- naments, {s ranked fourth, and Mies MacDonald, who has held a prominent position In tennis on the coast, ls-sixth. Biss Scharman has never been given & rating before. Mrs. Hel.e Gilleaudeau Lockhorn of Mamaroneck, who was ranked seventh in 1922, comes up to fifth place in the 1923 list. After Miss MacDonald the ranking committee piaces Miss Bdith Slgourney of Boston, twelfth In_the 19:2 rating, Miss Bancroft, Miss Mar- tha Bayard of Short Hills, N. J. sixth In 1822, and Miss Helen Hookgr of Greenwich, “wya, who comes up six places to No. 1u. WILL PLAY VOLLEY BALL. Volley bell players of the Alexandria Life-saving Guards will oppose tho Washington Corps, No. 1, Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock, at 606 E street There are sales and sales—and there are clothes - and clothes. But when a man can get Society Brand Suits and Overcoats, and other fine makes, for $25, $35 and $45, includih'g evening clothes, and save anywhere from twenty to thirty-five dollars—the word sale takes on its real meaning, and the event actually becomes a business oppo what is going on these days at The Hecht Co. . rtunity. That’s L]