Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1924, Page 29

S R ASSOCIATION PORTS. ¢ AND COAST LEAGUE FEEL BENEFITS Clubs of Both Wheels Have Disposed of Stars to Majors at Lucrative P Receipts of Soi BY JOHN rices—New Plan Cuts uthern Circuit. B. FOSTER. EW YORK, January 9.—Bringing the Pacific Coast League aifd the American Association into closer relationship with the major ! leagues by adoption of the modified draft, has been a ten strike for those minor organizations, some of the clubs of which have trans- ferred their best players to the maj The Southern Association was that its two rivals had taken up the _ “That puts an end to trading to of the big me: know base_ball “Why?” was asked “Because the majors will give drs. not a bit cheerful when it learned modified drait. and from the majors to us,” said one of the Southern, who bails irom Birmingham, where they the American Association and the Coast League preference, because they have more good players in sight than we have right now. And we al s hear that players would rather 80 there than come to us, because they think of the heat too much.” It looks as if the Birmingham man | had a keen he need not turning o insight into things, but despair. The south is more and better ball players every vear and it needs only a glance through the club rosters to discover that. The athletic skill broad and the recruits are & notchers. Note. for inst nd got in Alabama Southern Association v to get the of the comers to have the ma trotting after them. Some Sewells and Stephensons would come in mighty handy for about eight major league clubs. More stars are likely to come out south in the mnext ten from the north Here is how affected the P: Seattle cobs and Blake, to Chicago; Qakland, its best pitcher, Kermer, to Pittsburgh: Portland, its shortstop, Jones. and leading pitcher, Yarrison, 1o Brooklyn, and probably profited 1; Salt Lake, its star trand, to Philadelphia -—that deal probably would have been made anyway—and Vernon, its gre pitcher, “Jakie May, to Cf Sacramento and Los Ange nothing, and San Francisco. another pennant, wouldn't In the American Assoc ville has sent Dea club and Com has put otber deal t been put it fielder, sas is the stly south top- what needs best ors rs than the cil modified oast ft has League al- had seeking York an in Cinct at probably would h ie any Milwauk most Dromising younsg Simmons, with Mack delivered W hut- field for fine | of the | sent its star pitch- | cinnati. | |GRIFFS TO MEET GIANTS | IN TWO FLORIDA GAMES Grifimen and Giants will meet twice on Florida dinmonds next spring, ae- cording to an | at loeal base hendquarters, fol- 1owing negotiations with Jim Tierney, secretary of New York club. The first of these contexts will be | held at Sarasotn, training base of the National Lengue champlons. o | Thursday, March 20, and the other | Tam amp of the Griffmen, Wednexday, March 26, Including hattiex already arranged with the St. Louis, Boston, Cinein and Brookiyn clubs of the Natio Len, aukee of the American Awsociation and Rochester of the In- ternntionnl League, eleven gnmen now have been booked in nddition to some | half a dozen that are being framed with the Bravex on their joint tour northward with the Griffmen. an additional meeting with the Reds at Orlando. In arranxed for, seventeen gnmes will _constitute the spring | nchedule of the Nationals. | Pittsburgh, completing a_deal that had been under way since 1922 ruls ot more out of Combs and an than most American Asaciation bs have recelved in years, because | Loaisville developed something, and that is the secret of success as a minor leaguer if you want the draft and are willing to send players along when they show anything 1024.) CANINE KINGS TO BE SEEN AT DISTRICT BENCH SHOW HEN W the Washington Kennel C bulldogs in the history of the breed. James Carrol Frazer, who is at the in France. Nanouck cleaned up the last t at the Coliseum, it will see one of the most the public is admitted to the tenth annual bench show of lub, to be staged January 25 and 26 famous French It will be Nanouck, owned by Mrs. head of the Belleau Wood memorial | wo _Paris shows and was presented | to Mrs. Frazer on her last visit to the French capital. Nanouck makes its American debut at the Washington attention “Entries will be accepted up to 10| Secretary |minster Kennel club show. the | o'clock tonight,” Charles A. Watson, bench show committee, today. “The offices are at 2130 P street and perts are on hand to as he exhibitors to fill out the papers. Every mail is bringing in choice en- tries and hardly a moment passes without some local owner coming in to fill out the official entry blanks Really, prospects are far the be: show we've ever staged. Judging from the large number of German 2 «nd_Doberman | w said chairman of &n Americ vier, Usually Washin marked for large entries ¢ Boston terriers and bulldogs, beautiful specimens of the being owned here in the E However, in recent months there has been a heavy invasion ot police d and Pinschers with the ult t these German canines threaten to run | away with the show. Professional handlers are sending winners to Washing | of Ardsley, N. Y the dogs owned by many of the wealthiest New York aociety folk, has entered nineteen Seventeen will be shown by Alf Del- mont of Wynnewood, Pa., and twent three by that old campaigner, B Lewis, jr. of Lansdowne, Pa. S. J. ileld’s champion, District Boss, been entered together with his Atta Boy, owned by Rober Nor District Boss was a sensation a year ago, racing to his champion WASHINGTON ldym cares _for n show and is sure to attract much ship after winning at the West- J. Rulon Miller, jr., of Baltimore, a former foot ball star at Princeton University, has entered some of the | finest cocker spaniels ever benched all would- |in_this country. Stuart H. Giimore has entered his wonderful winning alrdale, Margill's Mr. Jiggs, recent winner at the Scranton, Pa., show. | " Local entries have been received among others, from Mrs. R. C. Birney, George Kernodle, Mis Gretchen Wahl, Mrs. Richard H. Johnston, George_Elliott, Mrs. Marion Durphy, i. B. Bell, Thomas Bamford, H. R. Stutsman, 'Gus Buchholz, Gus Diers and Dr. D. E. Buckingham. WHITE SOX WILL START CHICAGO, January 9. — Frank Chance, newly appointed manager of the Chicago White Sox, expects to | start the 1924 season with the 1923 line-up in the field, White Sox off- cials have announced. A contract has been sent to Capt. Eddie Collins, star second baseman, who has given no indications of becoming a holdout. —_—— TWO GIANT VETERANS SIGN. | NEW YORK, January 9.—The New York Giants have signed two veterans of the pitching staff to 1924 contracts. They are Wilfred (Rosy) Ryan aad Bentley, Southpaw star, pure ed for $65,000 a year ago from U. AND NAVY Jack DEVELOP A REAL RIVALRY BY LAWRE W YORK, Januhry 9.—Tradit cational institutions cannot N NCE PERRY. ional athletic rivalry as between edu- be brought about by merely taking thought. Some essence difficult to define, but very palpable, in the sporting relation between two institutions must exist. When this is in- dicated the rest is merely a question of time. There seems to be sort of a feeling that the germ of an amiable association of the sort has been planted by the Navy and the University of Washington. Two great crews representing the Middies and the Huskics have met on the water, each winning one race. And on New Year day foot ball elevens of the two institutions played sadena. Now there is talk of the two eights meeting on June 13-14 next for the Olympic try- outs. Should Washington defeat Califor- nia in the annual Pacific coast cham- plonship regatta she would undoubt- edly come east of the big Pough- keepsie classic which she won last vear, and since this regatta is set for June 17 next it would be a simple matter for the Husky sweep swingers to compete for tne honor of repre- senting the United States at the Olympics. it is practically certain that the Navy will enter the trials, but as matters stand now we could not be certain of belng represented in France by the best elght in the coun- try unless Washington were also to participate iu the preliminary test. Annual rela‘ions in foot ball, row- ing and other sports between the Navy and Washington would be a xignal accomplishment in the interest of sport, inasmuch as an intersectional binder, so to speak, between the far northwest and the east and middle west would mean much for our na- tional collegiate athletic system. Annapolis hears that Knute Rockne, foot ball coach at Notre Dame, will have charge of foot ball at West Point beginning next fall. Doubtful. Even granting that the report is much more credible than that Rockne will eventually land at Princeton, all the chances are that Knute's attachment at the South Bend institution is too strong to be broken. He turned down the offer of @ small fortune to go to Columbia and the Army athletic authoritles could not begin to approach the sum which the Morningside crowd was willing to pay him. Copyright, 1024, EDDIE FOSTER QUITS GAME TO STUDY FOR MINISTRY NEW YORK, January 9.—Eddle Foster, veteran 'inflelder, released by the St. Louls Browns, declares he in- tends to give up the diamond and study for the ministry, thus follow- ing in the footsteps of another star of_former days, Billy Sunday. Foster has 'devoted considerable time to religlous work for several years belng one of the few active major leaguers who taught a School class, He started his arcar kees In 1909 and also played with ‘Washington and Boston club: American League, i DUTCH STILL UNDER BAN. CHICAGO, January $.—Dut - ard, former tar pitcher of she . troit Americans, has been denied re. instatment by Commissioner Landi: Leonard refused to report to the Tigers in 1922, and Jumped to the San Jusquin Valley League on the 'acific coast, in wi numerous - eligibles played. i —_— MAT STARS HERE TONIGHT. Joe Stecher is to take the mat against Ivan Wolkoff, and Renalto Gardini is to meet Gus Kervaris in the twin wrestling attraction at the Central Coliseum tonight. Action will start at 8:16 o'clock, ncement made today | Unless | YEAR WITH 1923 LINE-UP| | i ) out in the open in saying the {had béen taken THE EVENING STAR,- WASHINGTON, 'COMING EVENTS, &> SARAZEN DEMPSEY vs FIRRO MOORE - JewTand OLymeic. GAMES Ll Rspld R R N R R YRR N R R ol e HA CHAPTER 30—The Best Team | Ever Saw. BY HANS NE of the odd things in what y ball is that the Pittsburgh club writers in discussing the great 1 have been asked for my opin Pira: years, were about the best ball club I know that the Orioles were the Giants also were great I do think the writing fellows—and too—have overlooked the one best That team not only was good enough to win three pennants, but it did it after a big slice of the st away by the Ameri- can League, just then gettin its tart. The Pirates of 1901 were made up of a lot of young llows who played for the team as a whole and never thought of t personal records. It's the only ball club I ever have seen where every man could be depended upon to do his part whe called on. Nobody on the club ever thought “Now, if we only had some- body in that fellow's place.” No. they thought every man on the club the right man for his job, That means a lot On that team (it was of follow the leader. Fred the leader, was playing such wind game then that he carry all the players alo same style. Why, on that 1801 enough good players to mak up a pretty fair club in any league. , We had the spirit and went righ winning just the same. Just by acc dent 1 have the box score of the game which decided the pennant. You might SIX DEALS IN MONTH MOUNT T0 $250,000 a a_ case Clar whir emed to & in the club we lost NEW YORK, January U—Base ball's buying market, after a some- what protracfed period of inactivity. has boomed to an' almest unprec- edented extent during the past month. Within this period six outstand- ing deals, bringing minor league stars to the majors, have been con- Summated, Invoiving altogether the equivalent of at least a auarter of a millfon dollars, according to con- servative estimates. These transac- tions have been in addition to a series of minor deals by which American and National League out- fits have bolstered their rosters for spring try-outs and may presage even greater buying activity before the season starts. The Philadelphia Athletics fig- ured in three of the important deal Wwhile the New York Giants, Yankees and Cincinnati Reds engineered the others. The climax of the month's barter- ing in diamond material came with the purchare of two Louisville stars, one each by the champion New Yor! clubs. The Yankees acquired Out fleldey Farle Combs_and the Giants obtained Pitcher Wayland Dean. their total cost amounting to the oquivalent of no less than $100,000 in cash and players, according to re- liable reports. Loulsville had put a price tag of $150,000 on these two stars, for whom a half dozen clubs were bidding, and it is possible the amount Involved was closer to this figure. Jackie May, star southpaw of the Vernon, Calif, olub of the Pacific Coast League, was bought by the Reds for $30,000 and two players, while Connie.Mack was reputed to have parted with approximately $100,000 in cash and plavers for three .minor league_ sensations—Paul Strand, Salt Lake City outfielder; Al Simmons, Milwaukee outfiejder, and Max Bishop, Baltimore infielder. RAY IN BOSTON GAMES. BOSTON, January 9.—Jole W. Ray of Chicago, champion mile runner, will compete in the American Legion tracik sames to be held here February 22. ball teams of past years. reat, that the Cubs I'm taking nothing away from them, but NS WAGNER'S STORY D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1924 SPORTS. odified Draft Proves Boon to Minors : McTigue Displaying Financial Acumen —By RIPLEY o S% = TITIRIIIE vs. e Linalen Copyright, 1923, States and Great Brit Jepen and Bouth Ami Horth American News lance. All rights WAGNER. ou might call the literature of base of 1901-02-03 is seldom mentioned by ion on the subject and | come right tes, who won the pennants in those I ever have sten before or afterward. the Athletics and that goes for famous base ball men, bet be interested in looking at it yis | Here it Hixtorlc Box Score From 1901. Vittsburgh. AB. R. H. 0. A. E. Daviy, rf 30 1 3 1 Clarke, If 3 1 0 Beaumont, 1 Wazne 2 | Bra o o Brookliym. Keeler, rf Sheckard, If | Dolan, cf... Kelley, 1b. Daly.” 2b Dahlen, s, | trwin, “an. | Farrenl, ¢ Fluus-naunsse 2| puwmnans | muuan~sss [Plttaburgh . 0 1 1 0 0 3 | Brooklyn 01000 o Two-base hits—Dolan. Daly. THree- |Iil-e hit—Davix. Sacrifice hits—Ph 1ippl. Irwin. Stolen hases—Benumont, Wagner, Keiley. Double plays—Burke und Branstield: Dahlen < Daley, Dahlen and balls—0f Kitson, Phillippl, 2; by Kitson, 2. Time of game—1 hour and 55 minutex. Um- pire—Emslie. Attendance—3,500, . Now, don’t those names bring back memories to you old fans? The Brooklyn club was a mighty strong outfit then and this game put }them out of the running. They had previously been the champlons. We b Brooklyn out by simply running away with the game. We 1had the g test base-running out- fit I ever saw. Our system was to | take an extra base on every hit when there was even a half a chance. We ran bases all the time and if a run- er got on first you could be sure he was going to pull something. As a result we had the othér clubs up in the air. Six Shut-Outs in a Row. That. same team, which won the pennant again in 1903 as well as 1902, established a world fecord for shut- outs. We shut out our opponents six times in succession. I happen to have the record in my scrap book Look: June 2—Pittsburgh, 7: New York, 0. Pitchers—Leever va. MeGinnls June 3—Pittuburgh, 5; New York, 0. Pltehers—Will m ve. Platf. J —Pittuburgh, 5: Bostonm, O.| Pitchers—Doheny va. Pittenger, June 3—Pittsburgh, 9: Bostom, 0. Pitchers—Philippi vs. Willix, June G—Pittsburgh, 4; Bostom, 0. Pitchers—Leever ve. Sparks. June —Pittsburgh, 1 Philadel- phia, 0. Pitchers—Phillippi vs. ———= We were on the way to a seventh shut-out in the next game. Tt went to the seventh inning when Roy Thomas scored on an outfield fly. Now, if that wasn't a great ball club I'd like to see one. No other club ever had pitchers work like that {or_ever made any such record. Mind you, we had lost some of our | bost men when we did that. In 1902 | several players went to the American | League and made great records there. Among them was Harry Smith, a great catcher——one of the best in the world at holding runners on base. Another great man we lost was Jack Chesbro, who went to the New York Americans, then just starting, and made a wonderful record. Ches- bro was called Happy Jack, and rightly so. He had a wonderful dls- position, and_always was ready to pitch. He had wonderful speed, with 10 ° 1 e Liulesareesses sle-ussesves “Hlaevananan SO B gumnuSuen | | Struek out—iy | EERREEAPRERE RN known as a he; n the glove like Others throw one as light as a feath- er. Just why that is I don't lknow and I never knew anybody else knew e have been some third stops who threw th his fast ball. Late vicked up the spitbail and got T with it He s supposed to be the first pifcher to develop the spitball perfect] There were some men on that team who made my grand all-Ame team and several others who pretty near it. Take Tommy for ' instan There w third bLaseman, despite stature. Then Claude Ritchey w at second. He was the best man ever saw in picking up ground balls between the bounces. Nothing seem- ed to fool him. Claude never was a great hitter except in a pinch. But| then is when you could bet on )\HI\.‘ That is why the fans gave him the name of Little All Right Chief Zimmer also was on that | team, leaving in 1902. The Chier | threw the lightest ball to second 1 ever handled. You could catch it without a glove. The man who is + Jump on wha drops he vy ball 4 ton of lead. baseman couid hard] The other stars were Leever, Deacon Phillipp! Doheny, Jesse Tannehill and Bill Kennedy, pitchers; Jimmy Sebring, Ed_ Phelps (he caught every game in the 1903 world series), Jimmy Willlams. in- flelder (went 1o the American League in 1902); Jack O'Connor, Kitty Brande fleld and others. We had another great player named Davis, who did beca broke a le 0 on record the ball ciub it hoolmaster i best saying that's ever saw In my next chapter | will give what 1 conside: | National League team thirty yvears tomo! the the A past not a base byll player probably does tfat some players The NewESSEX not know throw 1 BY FA financial thinker, after all. N Jacobs, his ‘manager. not. He is saving his stuff for the big money lies. McTigue meets Joe Beckeett i is going to make a lot of coin out f he does nothing else. With this here for the outdoor season. Opponents who would be dra and Gene Tunney. An chance of beating him. and at the same time But cven VETS DEMANDA.A. U. CHICAGO, calling world r veterans withhold encouragement of the | Olympic games until the officials ol | the Amateur Athletic Union have pub licly apologized to Charles Paddoc | world sprint Army officer tributed to them calling {“not a American geftleman” | were adopted last night by Walter Poague Post of the American Leglo January on w any for statements at | former lieutenant governor of Il nois, extend “a vote of extreme con tion to the officials of the A 1 victory in ierits no patriotic d with an unrec 1\ war veteran ted the Olympi: appeal i fied slur or Ame the resolu tions that | {BRITISH-AMERICA CUP RACES IN SEPTEMBER | YORK, January —Annual for the British-America {will be held between teams of ! meter yachts representing the | nations off Oyster Bay, early in Sep tember, according to announcemen tat the ‘annual meeting of the Sea wanhuka-Cor! hian Yacht Club. Ce modore W. A. W. Stewart wa re-elected and the entire ticke | nominatea by the board of trustee placed in office. Commodore Stewart annoynced h would builld a new six-meter yach and a syndicate is to bulld another NEW | races six APOLOGY TO PADDOCK 9.—Resolutions to champion and former | Paddock The resolutions, introduced by Maj. | Barratt O'Hara, post commander, and cup MIKE SPURNS ALL OFFERS TO AWAIT OUTDOOR BOUTS | Will Meet Beckett in Dublin Next Month and Then Lay Off for Big Money Obtainable Only From Clashes in Warm Weather. IR PLAY. EW YORK, January 9—Michael McTigue may not be such a slow He has, to be sure, turned down some indoor offers, the excuse being the row he is having with Joe But is that a genuine reason? hinks summer open-air. season, wherein th The writer n Dublin on St. Patrick’s day, and I of th: _He expects to outpoint Joe victory in his pocket he will return wing cards would be Greb, Stribling v one of these fighters stands better than an e so, he will clean up big on the af ave in his pocket a lot of good Dublin money. In the meantime, 8o far as Stribling is concerned, the chances are he will [ en in_action probably in Ni Jersey on Februa is reported to be the prospect 1 ponent, but if Pa Stribling is serious ly fntent upon making such a match he had better change his mind. Greb is too experienced, sourceful for a youngste bling. Another y 1d be a better match 3 opinion, the writer thinks would have an easler time Tunney. _Stribling m be able to hurt G but looks fairly certain that the cham .| plon would not do a great deal of | damage to William Lawrence, who. by the way, may forsake his home town, on, because the authorities of the Lanier Latin School do not want him as a student. At least is reported that the school has taken action to bar him Apparently there is nothing against bling's profession. It is merely that his attendance record is bad, as would be the case. he n move Philadelph case he would probabl: school authorities in the: |less insistent upan g attendance than they are in M | | | | i | e | e | not f The first one of our | weights on liable to be murder done. carry on_and cut up did battles—in which usua soundly trounced—while groes than he have to s for cheap bids for their This. of course, i bec color, and 1 is somet | always will to see (Copyright there Siki ¢ and w services : iki two =) t NEWARK OWNER ACCUSED WARK, N. J., January Michael McTighe, one of the | owners of the Club of the t | International Base Ball League, has n arrested here on a warrant new Newarlk s | bes | charzing embezzlement of $4,738 on July 3 McTighe was paroled in the custod of his co el for a r. | hearing on Friday. 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