Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1924, Page 17

S P —— PORTS. " SPORTS. Four D. C. College Quints Play Tonight : Frisch Earning Recognition of Ability TWO OF THEM TO BATTLE IN ONE OF George Washington Visits Maryland, While George- town and Gallaudet Entertain St. Joseph’s and Fort Humphreys, Respectively. OUR basket ball teams of the in games tonight, two of the E At Ryan gymnasium, Georget with St. Joseph's of Philadelph at’ College Park, University of Mar George Washington tossers'at Kendall Green. The Coll will begin at 8 o'clock. That at Geo athol; Univer: only Das acti Maryland's team will be watched closely tanight, for the College Park Institution is playing the game for the first time since the season of 1918-1919, when it was a member of the District The Old Liners were at_basket ball then, being capped by luck of training a That_team used the hall chureh at Berwyn for practice. the squad has use of the spaclous Ritchic gymnasium and Coach Burton Shipley has been tutoring material by no means weak. Georgetown's quint really has not passed the cxperimental Stage, al- though the Hilltoppers are rather confident, of overcoming St. Joseph's tonight. Youch O'Rellly had only two Blue and Gray veterans for a teg nucleus when drills started, but th have heen reinforced b trio experienced hasketers. George Was ington and Gallaudet in early & were not o impressive, but the been sent through brisk workouts this week and ouzht to show mprovement tonight Catholie Unive lent teamwork not so strong ters. ~small aisplaved escel- night in van- quishing Washington College, the quint that last vear nosed out Red and Black in_a brilliant battle at Brookland With Bre: Lawlor leading the attack, Tniversity pasked and way through Washing with neatness and dispateh to get fead carly in the game Washington amassed three points moon after play started, but once th Brooklanders forged to the front they never were headed. Practically all of the goals made by both teams followed sensational shots, although Catholic University as better abls to work itself into fairly favorable scoring positions. INGE BANGS MAPLES AS KING PINS SCORE Sets bettering 1,700 were bowled By “the Rathskellers and the Kinz Tins in their District Duckpin league match at the Petworth alleys ast night, with the latter taking two of the three games. Tho King Pins totaled 1,735 against 1,713 registered by their opponents. Bill Inge of the victors was the star of the evening with a game of 160 and a set of 399. This sat is the third highest of the ssason in the District League, the best figure, 407, being credited to Weldeman of the Manhattans, while 401 has been made by McPhilomy of the Petworths. The score of last night's match follows: 108 6 Petworths, formerly the Royals, of the District League, have been sti ring up things recently. Last ni, they won two out of three from the strong Terminal Ice quint, their games being 534, 598 and 557—1.689. A 641 landed the third game for tl Jeemen. Billheimer of the victors had a set of 371 end game of 147 Internal Revenne wom two out of thres from the Belmont team in the National Capital League. all the ames of both teams being over the; 00 mark. Speer of the winners had a set of 354 Armintus, (n the Masonic Leagme, grabbed two out of three from Pen- talpha; Takcoma did the same to Sin- gleton, and Albert Plke got the odd from Potomac. Washington Loan and Trust yp on the 8 W. and H. Com: /Ae Banker? League; the Lincoln nk did the same trick to Park Savings, and Federal-American won two from the Riggs No. 2 quint. Sparks of tae Lincolns smashed the maples for & game of 143 and set of 367, Thvee matehew were rolled in the Mount Plessant League, 'Columbia winning tha odd from the Senecas, Triumph Cafe grabbingall three from the Savoys and the Chesterfields tak- ing two. from the Savoys. Jollife of the Senecas had a game of 131 Hurley Mator of the Commereial League wor all three games from the Berberich quint, and Goldenberg grab- bed the odd from the Raleigh Haber- dasher team. McBov's 125 was the high game. Interstate Commerce League had Qive battles. Traffic won the odd game from Statistics, Section C_took two from Section B, Valuation No. 1 clean- ed up on Valuation No. 2, the Engin- cers snowed under Correspondence and the Directors won the odd from Finance. Dayton of Section C and Btevenius of the Directors had games of 124, Shops of the Terminal “¥” League won two from the Car Shops quint and Express turned the same trick against Strikes. COLUMBIA DEFEATS PENN FIVE IN LEAGUE OPENER NEW YORK, January 12.—Colum- bla. dofeated Pennsylvania, 26 to 19, last night in the opening Intercol- leglate Basket Ball League game. The Pennsylvanla team, with the exception of Kneass, who scored four of their flve court goals, could not penetrate Columbia’s careful guard- ing. Reitner side ecored a basket during the first ten minutes of play. RICE TO COACH AT PENN. i PHILADELPHIA, January 12.—Se- lection of Jim Rice, former coach of Columbla cfews, as assistant to Coach Wright, has been made by the Unliversity of Pennsylvanla rowing committee. —_— JONES GOES TO TRINITY. IOWA CITY, Towa, January 12.— Howard H, Jones, coach and athletic director of the Unfversity of Iowa, has been released from his contract by the board in-control of athletics that he might accept a position as foot ball coach at Trinity College, Durham, N. C. CENTRE RELEASES MORAN. DANVILLE, Ky., January 12—"Un- sle Charlie” Moran's resignation as oot ball coach at Centre College has heen accepted. Moran had four years to serve on @ flve-year contract. Mo- ran recently signed a three-yean con-, tract to become head foot ball coach at Bucknell College, Gallaudet will be host to the Fort Humphreys n tonight, took the measure of Washington College in a 27-to-18 engagement at’ Brookland last evening. . Intercollegiate League. | andi- | = some | the | THREE GAMES local varsity group are to participate quints for the first time this season. own will make its debut in a contest while in the new Ritchie gymnasium vland wlll open its campaign against lege Park and Kendall Green ga rgetown will get under way at trict varsity quint not slated mes for | | BASKET BALL RESULTS. 1ot New York—Columbia, 26; Penn, | v At New Haven—Vermont, Cale, tiogd 331 Yale, At © M. c. |18 At bura, 24, - - At Nashville—Vanderbilt, 24; Mix- sisxippi Amgien, At mbux, Ohio—Columbux Y. 1 Mexico City Y. M. C. A., nta—~Georgin Tech, 30; Au- | | At Nashville—(Girix) Peabody Col- | leme, 48; Bryson Collexe, 22 At Indianapolis—Indiana Central, 1; North American Gymnastie Union, At Ann Arbor—Michigan, 23; Mich gan Agglew, 19, |SCHOOL FIVES CLASH | | IN PAIR OF CONTESTS i s Business High's tossers were to make their initial appearance in the ¢ high school championship basket ball | {series in a game with Central today | at 3 o'clock at the Coliseum | At the close of this game Tech was | cheduled to take the floor against Swavely Prep tossers fell before the A University freshmen quint | 16 to 9 McCarthy and Kraushur of the frosh and New and | Bstep of Swavely were the outstand- | ting pl | Lightweight performers of Western | High easlly disposed of the Penthon quint. 36 to 13, Marsh and Randall | starred for Western, iwhile Efiat | played best for Penthon. e IS BIG TEN TOPLINER CHICAGO, January 12.—The battle at Towa City tonight between Purdue and JTowa University basket ball teams features the week end Western Conference contests. The big ten title appears to be! headed toward the winner. Indiana and Minnesota play another interesting contest, while Illinois and Ohio meet at Columbus, and Wis- consin plays Northwestern at Evans- ton. Harly season games.show that the conference basket ball Jeams are closely matched in most instances, with Purdue, Wisconsin and Min- nesota displaying the best brand of play. Jowa opens its championship season tonight. CUEISTS WILL PLAY INTERCITY CONTESTS| Competition in the annual intercity | balkline billiard tournament be- tween Washington and Baltimore will get under way Monday at Klein's parlors, In the Oriole city. “Purton 118, Mobile—Tulane, 36; Springhill, | IOWA-PURDUE GAME | P CHAPTER 33. An All-American: League Team. BY HANS WAGNER. ERE is what, in my opinion, would make the best team of | American_League players since that league was organized: Manager—Tris Speaker. Captain—Ty Cobb. First Base—George Sisler. Second Base—Eddie Collins. Third Base—Jimmy Collins. Shortstop—Fred Parent. Extra Infielder—Ray Chapman. Left Field—Ty Cobb. Center Field—Tris Speaker. Right Field—Babe Ruth. Extra Outfielder—Sam Crawford. Catchers—Ray Schalk, Billy Sul- livan, Lou Criger. Pitchers—Ed Walsh, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Red Faber, Rube Waddell. I realize that my club is somewhat different from those selected by other old-timers, but, if such a thing were possible, I would like mighty well to stack mine against any I have seen and bet a hat on the re- sult. I have not stuck to the records, but have picked men who could play ball when counted on. To tell the truth, I| think club spirit and general ag- gressiveness count a lot more than figures in getting together a ball club to_ win. Naturally the ‘manager and captain on this ciub would have a soft job, | but you will notice that I have saved | 2 1ot of meney for the management by hfving both my manager and cap- tain as players in the regular line-up, 1 always liked & playing manager, any- wa, 1 4Also I have considered the throwing | though, they wouldn't need to be such |new | pitcher the fine points of the game are sec- ond nature. All'a manager would have to do would be to lay out a system. He could depend on every one of them knowing what e was talking about and working it out to the best advantage. How Safe Would You Feel? I have selected a team of wonder- ful hitters, base runners and fielders. arms. That is mighty important. The way that team could field, terrible hitters. With that kind of a pitching etaff behind them a couple of runs would look as big as an ordi- nary dozen. How sife would you feel If you had a two-run lead with Rube Waddell or Walter Johnson pitching? The same thing goes for Young, Walsh and Faber. What do you suppose John McGraw. or any other manager, would give for a pitching staff like that today? Many of these players have been placed on my grand all-American team of all time and have been fully dlscussed—notably, - Cy Young, Wi ter Johnson, Jimmy Collins, Ed- dle Collins, Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, Rube Waddell and George Sisler. Maybe you are not familiar with some of the others. Incldentally, it is interesting to me to notice how nearly even the two leagues are In furnishing stars to the grand all- American team. Of course, several of them played in both leagues. Ed Walsh, to my mind, was one of | the game's greatest pitchers. He had wonderful control_and terrific speed. When his speed fell off a little he suddenly turned to the spitball and was a whirlwind with it. He had the brains to take advantage of every wrinkle; studied his business | closely. Walsh had good curves and a remarkable change of pace. He could stand a lot of work and always was willlng to go in. He also was a good hitter and fielder. Urban (Red) Faber is another great who has been overlooked sometimes in picking ball clubs. He was particularly good on locating the weuknes of opposing batters. He had a big assortment of curves and mixed Now there is a ball club to which UTTING the financial returns leagues succumbed to the money lu jeral contests with aggregations in Athletic Union. That tfip brought ington for an inquiry into. local unwarranted interference by the na Although there were enough play- | ers available to form a professional league in the early part of 1908, this was not done because no responsible heads could be found for such an or- | ganization. A few brave spirits, though, determined to try the money game and Sam Shreve, who had been prominent in early basket ball at the Washington Light Infantry, organized a quint to represent that outfit, while Jimmy Shorty Hughes and some oth- ers formed a St. Stephen Institute team. They decided to stage a three-game series in the cage at the old Wash- ington Light Infantry Armary with- out any assurance that the contests would be well enought patronized to make the effort a paying proposition. The first game between these profes- stonal quints was held March 7, 1906, | and The Star of the next day had the | following account of it: First Pro Tit Widrm Afair. i “The first professional basket ball and Powell will be opposed to Crook and Roscoe of Baltimore, respect- tively. Washimgton will entertain Baltl- more _in the second series, January 2%, at the Royal parlors, when Capt. Wold and Capt. Harden of this city will meet Clarkson and Linhard. Baltimore again will be host on February 19, with Wolf encountering Linbard and Hardin taking on Clark- son. Turton will meet Roscoe and Powell will face Crook in the final play, to be staged here February 26. Bach pair of the intercity con- testants will play blocks of 200. HOPPE ADDS TO LEAD | IN CUE TITLE MATC BOSTON, January 12.—Welker Coch- ran of Los Angeles tonight will have the severe task of outscoring Willie Hoppe, veteran Dbilliards champion, 657 points to 500, in"the final block of their 1,500-point match, in his quest for the world 18.2 balk line title. Hoppe, who forged 124 points ahead of the challenger in the opening night's play, increased his margin to 157 points in last night's block, out- scoring Cochran 500 to-467. The gross score for the two blocks stands: Hoppe, 1,000; Cochiran, 843. The ' title holder last night com pleted the 1,000 points with an u finished run ‘of twenty-four, and. to- night will haye the added advantage of starting with the balls strung along the r2il in good position for a gathering shot. The champlon’s average for two nights is 277-9, against 23 5-12 for Cochran. Cochran's high run Is 142 and Hoppe's 123. GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS CLUB TO MEET TONIGHT All men in the city who have at- tended Georgia Tech are expected to meet with the Géorgia Tech Washing- ton Alumnus Club tonight at the Franklin Square Hotel. The session, in charge of W. D. Van Der Burg, will be convened at 7 o'clock. Washington alumni are anxious to have Georgia Tech athletic teams visit this city for contests with local colleges and will discuss plans for such athletic relations tonight. PLANS ATHLETIC PLANT. COLUMBUS, Ga. January 12. recreational center calling for the construction of a concrete stadium and entailing an expenditure of $125,000 is planned for the Unfted States, Infantry School, located at Fort Benning, elght miles from Co- llumbu!. —— MAKES THEM PRACTICE. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., January 12. 1To increase the efficiency of his bas- ket" ball plavers in counting by free throws, Coach Heze Clark of the Rose Poly Technical Institute quintet, has ordered every player to make at least 100 attempts at the basket., game played in this city took place | last night at the armory of the Wash- ington Light Infantry, the quint of which organization defeated the team representing St. Stephen’s Inmstitute by a score of 28 to 27. The game was hotly contested and -at the end of the fArst half both sides had piled up fif- teen points. Capt. Shreve, the captain of the Infantry team, made the win- ning goal in the last minute of play. Hughes and Moffitt of the St. Ste- phen's team did well and Loftus, Robey and Shreve did the best work for the soldie: The series was a heated affair that went four games instead of three. The second engagement ended 28-29, while St. Stephen’s won the third. 2 19, and the fourth, 19-15. Loftus, Taylor, Robey, Shreve, Wallace, Cra- mer and Woodhead sported the colors of the W. L. 1. and Moffitt, Hughes, Helsen, Moriarity, Demar, Barker, Handiboe and Dunn did the 'battling for St. Stephen’s. This serfes was so successful ar- tistically and financially that in the fall of 1906 the Greater Washington Professional Basket Ball League was launched, with Maj. S. Porter House as president and Lieut. J. B. Baker as secretary-treasurer. Four teams— Commissioners, Light Infantry, East- ern Athletic Club and Ordway Rifles— were given franchises and a thirty- slx game schedule started October 24. They played the game early and late in those days. " Plasned “Good Clean” Game. In’ announcing the organization of the league in the newspapers, the officers said: ; “This {s the first professional bas- ket ball league ever organized in this city and the players engaged by the four teams in this league are the best players in this city, as it is the intention of this league to fur- | nish a good, clean exhibition of the game as it should be played, and not as it has been played by amateur teams heretofore.” “That was high_sounding stuff and not very complimentary to tie ama- teurs, but the league meant well and dfd provide much entertainment dur- ing the winter of 1906-07. As to “good, clean” exhibitions, cotempo- rary newspaper reperts are not In accord with the "league announce- ment. Games were bitterlMcontested and frequently boydered on free-for- all affairs. Spectators were violently partisan, too, and often police de- talls were necessary at important engagements. . The race for the league champion- ship soon narrowed to one between the Ordway Rifles and the Commis- sioners, and these tesms came down %o the last month of the season with ten wins and five losses each. Then the OrdWways spurted and took a pair of contests, beating the Light Infan- try and Eastern. Finally came the Commissioners’ turn to meet the In- fantry. The soldiers surprisingly won and that ended the league season abruptly, for the Commissioners were ‘through.” Pros. Really Helped Sport. According to an_account in.The Star, that 441 to 32% victory oyer the Commissioners was not earned. It states that “considerable roughness marked the contest, mostly in the last half, wh!'n'; player ;{ each team yas. put put o seme forun- falr t,nvougm. w. L manage- meut. 'Iu.w’ fusplsh & suballs PRO BASKET BALL LEAGUE HAD HECTIC SEASON HERE Police Prominent at Bitterly Contested Games At- tended by Violently Partisan Fans in 1906- 1907, But the Sport W as Benefited. game itself has dashed many an athlete against the rocks of pro- fessionalism, and even in the early days of basket bail in the District it scems that a number of players in supposedly amateur lof professionalism against the court game here until a Washington i Light Infantry team went on a jaunt to/Atlantic City and engaged in sev- hurled into the midst of the 1905-06 season, ¢ out of the A. A. U, and other players, resenting what they considered with the outlaws. Thus was professional basket ball born in the District. them up well. Faber went around ARTICLE 1V.—Washington's Professional Backet Ball. of a game above the sport of xhc‘ re. However, there was no charge poor standing with ¢he Amateur A. A. U. agents hot-foot to Wash- conditions, and a bombshell was Many “amateurs” were cast tional sports agency, cast their lot tute and both teams finished the gante with four men.” That was the end of professional basket ball here, but the season of it v neficfal. Tt opened the eves of the amateur quints to the possibilities of the game, for the pros played a much better brand of basket ball than the simon-pures had been providing. | They improved upon the passing game brought here by the Corcorans, who had learned it on northern tours, and gave It as much attention as goal- throwing. A better defense, too, was | developed by the pald plavers, and all | of this advance in play was absorbed by the amateur clubmen. But none of the professionals be- came “wealthy” as a result of their efforts in the one season they staged here. (Tomorrow—Development of | Coaches in District.) BUFFALO A. C. TO MEET. Members of the Buffalo Athletic Club, which has placed a formidable colored team on the floor this season, will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Lovejoy School, 12th and D streets. northeast. the world as an extra pitcher with the Giants, though he really belonged to the White Sox. There's an odd story about that. Mr. Comiskey had sent him back to Des Moines, but when the Glants and White Sox were short of pitchers for the trip it was decided to take Faber along as s sort of helper out. After seeing him work a few times McGraw told Comiskey that he had rather have Faber than any man on the White Sox staff. They Oalled Him Back. “If 'you mean that, Jokn, I'll-recall him from Des Moines and give him another chance next season.’ He did that, and Faber turned out to be Chicago's great winning pitcher in capturing the American League pennant. Sam Crawford came pretty close to getting _on my grand All-America team. He certainly belongs on the All-American League outfit. There was & boy who could crash the old apple. Not only could he hit, but he could field. Crawford was the best of them all in handling ground balls in the outfield. It was mighty hard to take an extra base on him. I always thought that Crawford would have made a marvelous first baseman, He now is running a school for ball play- ers and is turning out some mighty good prospects. Fred Parent is another grand ball player who never got all the credit he deserved for some reason. He was a_ graceful player who made hard plays look easy. I think Parent the greatest shortstop I ever saw in starting and finishing double plays and also at breaking up the double steal. Fred simply loved to play ball. He was a good hitter.and base runner as well as a fielder. He had a great throwing arm and could peg the ball from any position as accurately as a rifie shot. Parent was especially good fll(’dllbsg'lnz bage runners wiien they slid. Ray Chapman, who was accidently killed when hit by a pitched ball, un- doubtedly would have made one of the greatest ball players the game ever knew had he lived longer. There is no play known to the game that he couldn't make well. He was a Basket Ball Tips What is onc cffectsve, quick scoring play to be used from the jump-off? : Answered by * EARL WIGHT, Coach, University ot California, the “siege gun” of west coast basket ball Originntor of many new plays and formations which teams throughout the country have adopted. * % 2w The ball is tapped to the right, and slightly to the rear, by the cen- ter, who runs to the left side of the court and approaches the basket from that angle. The ball is re- ceived by the right guard who passes either to the left forward, who relays it to the right forward, or it may be passed directly to the right forward, who makes the shot. The ball is handled very fast, ‘the men involved scarcely catching the ball in relaying it from one to an- other. (Copyright, 1024, Associated Editors.) ALOYSIUS CLUB TOSSERS TO GET TEST TOMORROW watch the champion 1923 W against the formidable Wyman quint of Baltimore. start at 3 ‘o’clock on the Gonzaga Hall court. ASHINGTON basket ball follswers will have the opportunity to Aloysius team in action tomorrow Play will Considerable interest is being manifested in the game, as the Palace Laundry five, formerly the Washington Yankees, recently showed the way to_the Oriole basketers. Aloysius’ performance against the Baltimore combination will give local fans-a_direct line on the loca! fives. Coach George Collifiower -probably will use his entire squad in tomor- row's game. Three newcomers, Tommy Ford, one of the stars of the 1923 Yankee team; Farrell, who has had wide experience with the Boston College quint, and Casey, luminary of last year's Catholioc University freshman team, are expected to dis- play their wares for Aloysius. Oth- ers _in the squad are Jim and Frank Duffy, Paul Collins, Thomas Augus- tine, Lee Fitzgerald, Sam Boyd, Al and Rob Folllard and Farley. ; Palace Laundry five displayed its strength last night against the sturdy Hendler Ice Cream team-of Baltimore. The local tossers were victors, 23 to 22, but they had tc battle every Inch of the way. At half . time ~the Marylanders were leading: 16 to 13. Gitlits, 'Zazallll and Ingley opened several drives.in the last half that pushed their team to the front. Congress ights Oyeclomes took the measure of the Trinity Athletic Club, 21 to 10. The winners have been setting: a rapld pace this year and they are confident of making an impressive record in the 115-120- pound class. ! Three basket-ball teams of the Boys' Club showed the way to foes yester- day. The Yankees beat the Avon five, 38 to 8, while the Celtics downed thé Herdic Athletic Club, 51 to 14. In the other game the Flashes took the scalp of the Noel House team, 24 to 12. Elliot Junior performers were of- fered little opposition when they trounced the Tremont team, 30 to 17. Chapple played best for the losers. He registered elght field goals. Opening a spirited drive in the last half, the Park View team scored a 14-t0-10 victory over the Rialto Ath- letic Club. Smith and Jermaine each obtained five' baskets for the winners. Prinity tessers fell before the Olym- pla basketers, 14 to 10. ~Schafer of the ‘winners and Boteler of the Olympias played creditably. p: !lxllitol"ln mll:ly Midgets :]?. s e the flfih ST, R e S lag, 5 - 5 In a prelimirary tilt, the Princess | Athletic Club Midgets will meet some fast midget team yet to be selected. With Kirchner and Simons display- ing their wares to good effect, the Im- maculate Conception Preps trounced the~Yosemites, 27 to 18. Woodward and Simops did well for the losers. Mount Vern ldgets flashed to the limelight When they defeated the Friend School Midgets, 31 to 6. The winning quint was champion In the midget class of the Sunday schools last year. Exhibiting game, much ‘in _evidence, the quifit crushed the Walter Reed tos- sers, 33 to 16. Joe Blanken of the winners. tossed seven fleld goals: Y. M. C. A. first string tossers proved too strong for the Day School team, winning, 18 to 5. St. Patrick’s tossers "took both ends of a double-header, downing the Sacred Heart team, 8 to 1, and the ‘Trenton quint, 12 to 4. Desmond of the winners starred. Comets’ team ed another victim to {ts list “when it easily disposed of the Silent Five, 34 to 13. O'Nell and Sawyer of the winners and Seltzer and Johnston of the Silents were outstanding players. Encouraged by their 28-to-18 vic- tory “over the scholastic team, the Circle Athletic Club will encountér the Argyle Juniors tonight at 7:30 7 o'clock on the Congress Helghts court. mecurate shootin Manhattan teams 'swamped the Naval Recelving Station five, 43 to 19. Hutchinson accounted for eight bgskets from the floor. The winning quint will battle, the Fort Washing- ton. tossers tonight at 8 o'clock on the latter's court. Players of the local team are to leave the Washing- ton barracks wharf.at 6 o’clock. A double-header will be staged on the Peck court tonight, the Peck Memorial Club meeting the Arlington Athletic Club and _the Peck Reserves encountering the Cavalry Baptist In- dej nts. Business Manager Frank Athey of the Peckmen s booking ” games at West 1497 altar ¢ giclooks with Schwartz and_ Dennis ! Kanawha ¢ good hitter and a very smart base runper. It was worth a lot to the Cleveland team to get him on base. Ray always would start some kind of a rally. No inflelder was better than Chapman on tagging out a base runner. Those who have not played big league ball may not realize How difficult a trick that is—touching a sliding runner with the ball and then getting out of the way of his spikes. It must be done in a skillful manner 80 that the umpires can see clearly that the runner is out. The umpire often will miss a clumsy or awkward tag of the runner. Chapman had no fear at all. He was extremely aggres- sive and very confident. It is too bad that he had to pass away as he did. All ball players loved Ray. Sullivan a Flywheel. Billy Sullivan was one of the very great old-time catchers. He was a ‘wonderful man to pitch to, always keeping the pitchers cool and deliberate. In fact, nobody ever got exclted with Sullivan behind the bat. He seemed to keep the whole club on an_cven balance. Sulllvan always gave the infleld confidence by calling the plays for them to make. He aléo was sure that they got the pitching signs. Billy could hit, field and run bases and never was bothered by any kind of pitching. In other words, Billy Sulllvan was a great catcher. Lou Criger was another old star that I would want on my ball club. He liked the game and knew every fine point. He was cool and de- liberate and had an arm like a whip. I think Criger wds as good a catcher as 1 ever saw on breaking up the double steal. He seemed to have a knack of knowing when the runner would start and whether the man on third was really coming in or was merely making a bluff at it. He picked off many a one of them. Criger was a good hitter and base runner. Yes, T think that would be a win- ning All-American League team. No { doubt of it (Tomorrow: The Most Spectacular Cateh on Record.) U. S. MAY NOT SEND SKIERS TO OLYMPICS NEW YORK, January 12.—Whether substitutes will be named to com- plete the American skiing team for | the Olympic games, or the entry withdrawn entirely, probably will be decided tods Frederick W. Rubien, secrétary of | the Amerlcan Oly committee, | and Mavor George E. Leach of Min~ neapolis, manager of the team, | planned to hold a conference to reach | a decision this afternoon. They expected to receive by that time a reply from the French Olym- ple committee, which was asked yes- terday to grant the privilege of en- tering three American skiiers to take the places of Hanson, Haughen and Omtvedt, who wera dropped from the eligible list. The names of three men have been advanced unofficlally as possible sub- stitutes. They are Harry Liehn, {Julius Blegen and Barney Riley i Sigurd Overby of St. Paul is the only Imember of the originallly appointed {team who is eligible. Wl Fight Ruling. | CHICAGO, January 12.—Ragnar ! Omtvedt, Chicago, and Anders Hugen, | Minneapolis, deciared “ineligible for alleged professionallsm, will make a fight to —regain their places on the American skl team, which will com- Dete in the Olymplc games in France. Both ski stars contend the charges of professionalism have not been proved and that money they have taken never has been in excess of their expenses. REAL ESTATE DEALERS ARE AIDING RACE TRACK CULVER CITY, Callf., January 12.— Enterprising real estate subdividers have assumed the role of “Angel” for betless horse racing, which opened here Christmas day and then closed down thirteen days later after a run of slim patronage, which caused pro- moters of the track to claim heavy losses. | According to Dick Ferris, one of the promoters and the original manager of the track, a deal has been com- pleted with a Los Angeles real estate firm that will enable the ponies to start running agsein January 26. If at the end of originally planned ninety days of racing the track man- agement still is unable to satisfy creditors, the subdividers will assume the obligations for the privilege of making the land occupled by the track into lots, Ferris sald. TUNNEY MAY BOX STRIBLING. MACON, Ga., January 12.—Negotia- tions are under way to bring about a match between Gene Tunney, light heavyweight champlon of America, and Young Stribling, in New Orleans, February 15. GORMAN AND SHADE EVEN. KALAMAZOO, Mich., January 12— Bud Gorman of Neenah, Wis., and Billy Shade of New York fought ten rounds to a draw here.last might. SIKI ON FIGHT SCENE. MEMPHIS, Tenn., January 12. “Battling” Siki, the singular Sencgal- ese pugilist, arrived here last night with his manager and began laying plans for his elght-round bout with Young Norfolk, New Orleans negro heavyweight, at the Southern Ath- letic Club Monday night. J CHANEY AND CUBAN DRAW. TAMPA, Fla, January 12.—Joe Chaney of Baltimore and Aramis del Pino of Havana, lightwelghts, battled ten hard-fought rounds to a draw last night. FULTON STOPS HERMAN. MINNEAPOLIS, January 12.—Fred Fulton, ~ Minnedpolis ' heavyweight, knocked out Tiny Herman of Omaha in ‘the sevond round of their sched- uled ten-round bout last night. KIVIAT TO RUN AGAIN. NEW YORK, January 12.—Abel R. Kiviat, former mile running cham- plon and member of the 1912 Ameri- can~Olympic_team, plans to try out for this year’s Olympic squad, Kiviat started a come-back a year dgo with fair sucoess, and hopes, with the ben- efit of several months of indoor com- petition this winter, to be in excellent condition by spring. —_— Gleasen, Beall and Casadsa of the Olmplc_Mlidgets starred when their team beat the Hillsdale Athletic Club, 39 to 10. Mount Vermon team is making a strong bid for the 135-pound’ laurels this year. Games can be arranged by calling the manager at Franklin 1507-W. St. Mary’s Junior team is_anxious to arrange games with the National Athletic Club. and the Junior and Columbla: quints, according to Man- r Louis' Latham at Alexandria 1102. Ome of the best games of the sea- son is expected 'in the Comet-Pet- worth -Athletic Club contest tonight on the Congress Heights floor. To, ™ the Comets will journey to Fort Humphreys for a tiit with thé EVER By the Associated Press. N than any ever paid a Giant. It was SIGNS AT HIGHEST SALARY GIVEN GIANT PLAYER Will Be Captain of McGrawmen and Draw Close to $18,000 a Year—Fordham Flash Ranks Among - Greatest Stars in Game Today. EW YORK, January 12—Frank Frisch, the Fordham flash, star sec- ond baseman of the New York National League club, has signed a contract for the 1924 season at a salary reported to be greater authoritatively reported Frisch next season would captain the Giants, succeeding Dave Bancroft, who recently was traded to Boston. Frisch, whose individual work was the sensation of the 1923 world series, was reported to have signed $18,000. It was understood that he received $12.500 last year. ing the contract Frisch expressed great satis he had received at the hands of Man: for this year at a salary close te After sign- faction with the treatment ager John McGraw. Frisch has jtaken rank as one of the outstanding performers oi ¢ FIRPO-WILLS BOUT IS BEING PLANNED NEW YORK, January 12—The 1924 heavyweight fistic tourney, fn which {prizes are opportunities to tilt with Jack Dempsey, today appeared to| provide engagements for all con- tenders with the announcement by Tex Rickard yesterday of preliminary negotiations for a bout here early in July between Harry Wills, negro challenger, and Luls Angel Firpo, South American giant, who last e changed fisticuffs with the champlon. Rickard declared that he had sub- Imitted a proposal for a bout at the |Polo Grounds, the winner to meet Dempsey on Labor day in some local present-day bas arena. He conferred with Wills and his manager, Paddy Mullins, who, he | sald, promised to answer the proposi- tion’ some time next week. Mullins asserted he probably would accept the fight if he found it were impossible to get a crack at the champion without taking on the Ar- gentine first. Rickard's declaration followed closely his announcement that he had practically closed negotiations for u return heavyweight champlonship bout between Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons, who lasted fifteen roun with the champion at Shelby, Mont., |last summer. The fight, it was said, would be held in the metropolitan area in May or June. Two other in the field. champion, rminlo Spalla, European is on his way to South America, where next month he will attempt to brush the mighty Luis out of the path of his'championship uspirations. Jack Renault of Canada; also a likely opponent for the “wild bul MIAMI, Fla. January 12.—Tommy | Gibbons 'of St. Paul, who probabls | will meet Jack Dempsey In a return | match for the world heavywelght title next May or June, is signed to meet Chuck Wiggins of Indianapolis in Miamt January 31. WESTERN FIGHTERS JOLT EASTERN PAIR NEW TYORK, January 12—Two pugilistic flashes from west of the Alleghenies, Bud Taylor, a cyclonic Hoosler bantamweight from Terre Haute, and Sammy, Mandell, a clever Junior glightweight from Rockford, 11, 1a% night provided fodder for a double sensation in Madison Square Garden. Taylor, a fighter with tactics and grit that took fans back to the old days when champlons fought on the drop of a hat for grub stakes, knock- ed out ¥rankie Jerome, one of New York's greatest bantams, in the twelfth and last round of a thrilling engagement. Jerome went down in an eleventh- round mix-up under a stinging right | to the jaw, staggered to his feet at the count of eight and was saved | by the bell. In the twelfth he rau into a barrage to the body and went | down for the full count after 43 sec- | onds of punching. It took ten min- | utes to revive him and he was ried to the dressing room. Mandell, fighting from the fifth to the fifteenth rounds of a slugging. chipping engagement with Jack Bernstein of Yonkers, former junior lightweight champion. earned a draw in the opinion of tHe judges. The spectators seemed to think he had won. He is in line now for a bout with Johnny Dundee for the junior lightwelght title. GIVES $10,000 TROPHY. NEW YORK; January 12.—A $10,000 trophy has been offered as a prize in motor boat racing by Horace E. Dodge of Detroit. The new_ cup will be known as the Horace E. Dodge me- morial trophy, which is to be com- peted for in memory of the donors father. The first contest for the tro- phy will not be sailed until 1925. RICH BOXING itla contenders are also | ar- | | ball in all-around play. Though some students may mot rate the “Fordham Flash” as quite the equal of Babe Ruth or Rogers Horns- by, there is little doubt that these three top the modern list, replacing the old triumvirate of Eddfe Collins, Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb. John McGraw, manager of the Giants, rates Frisch the greates' player of the day. He asserted he would not exchange his infleld star for Hornsby “even up.” Comparison of the Rivals. A comparison of the rivals for all- around honors shows that Hornsby iS a better hitter than Frisch, but cannot equal him In second base play or in speed and cunning on the paths. Frisch, too, is just as good at third as he is at the keystone bag. Ruth is more formidable on offense than either of the two Nationa! eaguers, but {8 not as valuable as cither in defense. He does not com- pare with Frisch as a base runner although lie is better on the paths than Hornsby. Frisch’s temperament. keen intel- ligence and the fact that he alway |takes good care of himself are i portant factors in his favor. His 19 world series play was the most spe. tacular Individual work of that color- ful event. Close {nspeotion of Frisch's record last season strengthens his clalms to greatness. He made moro base hits than any other man in his leagus, and only his teammate, Young, led him in runs scored. He made thirty.two triples, ten doubles and twelve ho runs. ‘He {s a consistent batter and an uncauny bunter. on his record so far, onstrated Lis right to make a -t of that famous trio of second Collins, Nap Lajoic has e & Ruether and Vance, Brooklyn flingers as the deadllest pitchers he has faced. “Frank will be a rich man some raid McGraw, “for he invests his money well and has good busi- ness sen: PIRATES ANGLING FOR RING. NEW YORK, January 12—The Piratcs are trying to get Jimmis Ring, leading pitcher of the Phila- deipitia_club, and are said to have offered Walter Maranville, shortstop, and several lesser players jn ex- change for him. & MACKMEN START MARCH 1. PHILADELPHIA, Januvary 12—The Athletics will start the spring training at Montgemery, Ala., ou March 1, ing to Manager Con- nie Mack, who says he will not send pitchers and” catchers south a k ahead in previous years. HAHN SEILP];O PILOT. NCINNATI, January 12.—Frank odles” Hahn, who pitched for Cin- nnati Reds for many vears probably will play and manage a semi-pro club in the Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio League next season. OAKLAND GETS G. FOSTER. OAKLAND, alif., January 12.—The Oakland, Pacific Coast League, base ball club, has signed George KFoster, former Boston Red Sox pitcher, who plaved with the Vernon Pacific Coast League club in 18 SAINTS CLING TO MARKLE. ST. PAUL, January 12.—John W. Norton, president of the $t. Paul club of the American Association, has re- fused an offer from the New York ants for Pitcher CUff Markle. Nor- ton refused tc make publictthe sum offered. but said he would not part with Markle for $100,000. SCoUT DOYI.E GRAVELY ILL. CHICAGO, January 12—Jack Dovle yeteran scout for the Chicago Cubs apd former major league star, today 1s in a serious condition after an op- eration for gall stones. Physicians said poisoning had developed. GIANTS WA!;T EPPA RIXEY. . January 12 Y printed here the New ants will make an effort at oming schedule meeting in New trade Outficlder Billy South ‘itgher Eppa Rixey of the ub. Accord Cincinnati FIELD OPEN TO TEX IN PHILADELPHIA BY FAIR PLAY. N to blame but themselves. vania, local sporting men have been EW YORK, January 12—If Tex Rickard does enter Philadelphix and gain a foothold there, promoters of that city will have no one Wi ith decisions ‘permitted in Pennsyl- wondering why steps haven’t been taken in the big city on the Schuylkill to profit by the opportunity Jimmy Dougherty of Lieperviile, according to the story, has at last come forward _with a plan to ally himself with Rickard and do some- thing big for Philly. 1f this is true, and it has every appearance of truth, then New York may expect some serious rivalry in the near future, for, whereas in New York Rickard is sup- posed to be pocketed by such promi- nent fighters as Dempsey, Benny Leonard, Harry Greb and the rest, in Philadelphia he would have a free swing and a wide fleld. S Whether or not Jack Kearns and Eddle Kane have promised Jimmy Dougherty to put on Dempsey and Gibbons in Philly—Dougherty, of course, acting In conjunction with Rickard—the prospects for something big for Penn town In the not distant future appear to be excellent. Jack Britton may be a has-been, but there is no boxer in the ring to- day who put up so beautiful an exhibition of boxing as he. Were the fans as keen on science as they are on_walloping ability, the former welter king would be in constant de- mand. The battle between Harry Wills and Bartley Madden has been sét back from January 28 to February 4 at ‘Wills' request. Promoters of fighting at the Newark armory, where the bout will be held, are not displeased at the postponement, as it will give them additional opportunities to sell tickets. The present outlook Is that the bout will be a sell-out. Tex Rickard wanted this fight and offered Paddy. Mullins a.big .cut, but Paddy is off Rickard because of his attitude as to Dempsey and Wills. e g1 BRITISH AND AMERICANS PLAN MODEL YACHT RACE NEW YORK, January 12.—An in4 ternativnal model yacht race between America and Great Britain is in pros- pect for 1924. If arranged, the event probably will be contested abroad and for the inter- national trophy donated in 1922 by the publication Yachting and won that year by the Polkadot, American craft, which defeated the British boat En- deavor in three straight races in a series off Bayside, Long Island. ‘DELAY IN SHOCKER CASE. CHICAGO, January —Another delay In.the Urban Shocker case has been announced by mmissioner Landis, wha_has notified counsel that the hearing to take further testi- mony would be postponed until Janu- ary 21, at St. Louls. OPEN YOST FIELD HOUSE. ANN ARBOR, Mich., January 12.— Playing its first game in the Yost field house last night, Michigan's bas- ket ball team defeated the Michigan Agricultural College, 23 to 19. The first half ended 13 to 13, 3 i ,I,h tors and Fenders ANY m’h! DI! “P{:nn- ~_Cores installed in w ‘make WITTSTATT'S R, and 7. WORKS P 13w, I 6418, 1486 B, 2. 748,