Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1924, Page 31

SPORTS MAGNATES MUST PAY OUT ALMOST $1,000,000 YEARLY Board and Lodging for Players Doing Preliminary Work in South and Sums Expended for New Talent Make the Moguls Dig Deep. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW .YORK, January 16—The “big boys” of base ball are unwind- ing the strings from around their wallets and getting ready to spend, in preparation for the 1924 season, practically a million dof- lars=a sum that would have bought both major leagues, barrel, staves and hoops, not so many years ago. . X The scatteration of about half this sum will begin down south in'a few weeks in the form of board and lodging for players in training. and in railroad fares over the fertile fields of Dixie. Florida will get a pocket- ful of money, The golden shower will begin at Jacksonville a d go-south to Sarasota. ms‘ as three teams mosey around that city. will get at least carfare out of it. than brass buttons for the churcl again. The players will not receive a penny of walary, as such, before the season actually’ opens. .'But that -doesn't mean that they, too. will not shower down In the southland. They have of gettin money, dvance touch.” ‘hey thelr first salary Is due In April. Kids al seldom can get an advance it is pretty sure th 'y are 80ing to make good, but the old !‘I.nn‘r‘zas z{al It—sometimes as much X rom each club~perh: $100,000 in all. G Must Pay For New Talent. Another big item for which magnates will have to dig is_the purchase price of new players. More than $300,000 has been promised for new talent. Not all of this money Il go over the counter at once. Some of the trades are made con- tingent upon what the players show in fast company ‘The bushers have to make their les that way very often these days because In the past #0me of them have been known to sell players who were spavined in mind as well as in body. Another reason why all the dough {en’t pald at once.is that not all the big league magnates have It to pay. Some of them have been compelled to borrow all the way up to $10.000 to Btart the season. That gets the club down south, and when it is that far| on the road, Providence is t ted to ook out for it just as Providence provides for fools and stray cows. How the Total Is Figurcd. Training-camix expense lary ad- wvances and pew players account for about $500.000 that the biz league heads must kies good-by shortly. In- oldental expenses amounting to $5,000 per club or so brin, the total close to_the seven-flure mark, But, after all, it's au revoir and ROt x00d-by, for Old Mister Fan will Augusta and Montgomery h collection, ¢re the boys come north more at $4 than he got at times he gets le: It dapénds how the hotel carves the steaks. ;- But all in the spring is ndt. 'de loss. If a team has luck ang ff a town that is base ball dafty far moment, it may make espensed.eve! day that It remalins In shs ; lac There have besn modern egbbiasies in base ball who arranged 8 - tha showed a big o balance, ¥hen the trip was ended, (Copyright, 1934y HARRIS SIGNS; GRIFF LISTS ANOTHER TILT Nationils who are signed to con- tracts for this year now number four and the list of exhibitions to be play- ed in the spring has been incfeased to nineteen, according to an announce« ment emanating from the locAl baser ball headquarters. Bucky Harria'is the athlete who has entered the fold with Peck, Har-. |grave and Wingfield, the ¢aptain and second baseman having accepted terms yesterday just Before entrain- ing with Mike Martih for Tampa, where he will assist. the -traifier in fitting up the camp for aprink work. The added exhibition s with the Indlanapolle club of the _Amertcan Association at Plant City, Fia., Mar The Hooslers will be mi by Donie Bush, last year pilot here, ’;ol this battle should be a lively ar- alr. Another item of Interest to ‘capital |fans is that the Philadelphla - Ath- letics will be the attraction her&'on Tueatay, April 15, the opening 34 begin to shove it back through the |2 e ohampionship campalgn. e wickets on the rartial payment plan |Other ocurtaln rafsers will fna the Rlong ABOUL Apeil 1 |champion Yankeee in Boston, the A PR o M {Cleveland Indians in Detroit and the st ndoars s St. Louis Browns in Chicago. The raE e <. "It f& wun |Season will close in the west on Bun- tment In putting some 500 ball | gor, September 25, and in the east on piavers Into condition o that they |Tucsday. September 30. o' the Waton S | 10SH DEVORE WILL TRY penses of epring training have BASE BALL coME.BACK fncreased by two-thirds in ree ears, ~Rallroad fares still aro up. e hotels give ‘“rates” whic are about llke the high-class rates of s e ol hotels before the war. Ham and heard today that Jouk Devors, ore are T onser two bits'a piate | New York Giant outfielder of a decade in the southern clties. asn; WOUld Loy @ Somd BRek fHis) yant. : Josh has been playing semli-pro Cost of Food Has Doubled. base ball around Marietta, Ohto, for two vears and, feeling that his in- jured leg has recovered, has been ‘The ball player once could be fed lor $2 per diem. Then It went to| $2.50. |angling Tor a job with ab American club. A great howl rose from parsimonious owners when a gener- | Associath ous secrctary advanced eats to $3.| Reports here were that Devore b It climbed from there to $3.50 and {lieved himself cupabl then to $4, and the player géts no |down a major les NOTED ROCHESTER QUINT the not being spends his RILLED to the minute and well conditioned, the Palace: Laundry D basketers are ready to offer the Rochester Centrals-a redshot scrap tonight at the Coliseum, in what promises to be one of the most warmly contested court battles seen here this year. " “The Rochester Centrals have developed the fastest-and most ac- curate passing game in the country,” said J. L. Neiman, manager of the New Orleans will pick up a lot of change, coming and go-|: ‘A And Mobile will have something mofe;|™’ HANS CHAPTER 37—~What to Look. For'in a Game., —_— 5 BY HANS WAGNER. ° K ” HEN 1 began this narrative of base ball as I have seen and studied it, I had no-idea that so many business and professional men would be interested-in what you might call the technique of play. I have received almost as many requests from elderly fans as from amateur players and young professionals for my views on the fine points of the game. = . X will, therefore, devote my concluding articles to a sort of final ex- amination, in the hope that it Will-help build up young teams as well as give the spectators a clearcer appreciation of what the ball ‘players are trying to do on the field. Many of these questions are taken from the examination papers I prepared for-the boys at Carnegie Tech, where I was coachs . In previous articles I have sug- gosted questions on the defensive side af bate ball. These will be on the dftensive side, the side that I like. Straightaway Hiftlag, Do you always play the of game at the . 18 it good policy to hit t! ball now and then? 5 < 8. Is there more straightaway. hit. Ung now than In former years? . . . Do you use straighta: | ting with no ou . . Do wou use stralghtaway :hit-(tention to th: tin wl:?n,, one run behind or. the|lot of help. a tle b5 e, . l;nmhw ot n;. lhlur' ;(“er tingt ’ that has been '108S, of, y:u:nn.m.,“"-" matter, and teview 1t {0 8 many important pointa they Bave Red. ¢ ©*F hope this fs' not t60 teshnical for If he, aven, will try ers 10 these 6. 'If the batter is only s fair hit- ter; is it advisable to dse the bunt and:run instead of the hit and run? But Do They De Itt ‘be enough to give quads . collegs & fow Mot ll{ mOore ex- eurs could dnswer s is not_ to ight, duf gli ok .I;D and n.-;a aying at: e whr S good 18 for t Dall days’ thought. perienced a these: questions. My ide have them “say 'what fs do they do it? 1t they will whetheér the club 1. Do impoy ? 3. Do you usé the sacrifice bunt in cloas gafies with no outs? & Do you ususlly bunt down. third, baxe {lne with a man on firat? With & man on second? 4. Do you eacrifice a man to third ann 80 that he can score on a’long s the average fan. to figure out the afsw questions he will be stand a lot of thin that always have been & m him. Instead of Pagain what may look ljke a stupld play he will appreciate’ the fact that perh: it was a well intended play that ha- Pened to g0 wrang. ' A’ ballplayer should never be critieized fof doing what he knew to be the right play. For instance, nothing looks m stupld than a -squeese pl;( hat faf to go through =~ and ‘nothing givi quite 80 mueh thrill as-ons that works out as planned. There is a marked difference be- tween the sacrifice play-bunting to ‘The Bunt and 1. Po vou conside fun a d play in b 3. Exactly what Is run? Run. the bunt and e ball? the bunt and 3. Do you use the bunt and rup with_a faét man on first base? 4 Do you uke the bunt and in a cloke game? 5. Do you use the bunt and when a couplé of runs ahead? behind? - BIG EDGE TO TUNNEY IN BOUT WITH FOLEY GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., January 16.—Gene Tunney of New York, American light-heavyweight. cham- plon, was credited by newspaper men with ven founds of his ten-round bout with Harry Foley of Hot! Springs, Ark., heré last night. Foley was given a_shade in. two s even. "-‘Efl?.:.?’:ufi?:h.'é'm«y hard in the infighting, forcing his opponent to e enth round Foley was bleeding and tiring fast from body punches and smashes to the head. FIRPO EXPECTS $250,000 FOR FIGHT WITH WILLS BUENOS AIRES. January 16— Hugh Gartland, Firpo's New York representative, who is now en route for Buenos Aires to direct the Ar- gentine’'s training for his matghes with Bpalla and Lodge, will continue as the fighter's permanent trainer when Firpo returns to the Unfted States, Firpo said last night. Ho ‘added that he understgod the offer which Gartland s bringing with him from the National Spofting Club of Newark -for a mateh with Herry ‘'Wills guarantees him $250,000. GREB READY FOR BOUT: PITTEBURGH, Pa., January 16.— Harry (reb, middieweight boxing ehampion, completed training today and left for New Yérk to defend his title’ Friday night against Johnny Wilson in a fifteen-round fight at; Madison Square Garden. Greb welghed 162 pounds, but is expected to make the required 160 pounds for the fight: run "o In golf the refinements, the Mife tie ‘addttions to. the stroke -thaf yield either distapce are accomplished by marrow mar~ A great many playefs get hold of an understanding of u golf fundamental, but fhey find thems’ aelves unnble to apply it sueeéade fully. Thin is slten bécasse they - fail to get an exact anderstanding of it. 2 Players are told to “seissors thelr l-n‘l"‘:l Biry '..l'- ‘N.Qlfl Oyer fust ax they “I fhe Bhall. Try- ing to do that will sexult, almost invarinbly, in theglayer beginning hix scissoring tea SooM, and many | shot will B¢ 1 you conla ke yo wa -’u I 5 VICENTINI GETS OVATIONS: | SANTIAGO, Chile, January 16.— Luls Vicentini, lightweight chgmpion of Chile, who has been in the Unlted veral months, returred yem- He was given ovations both At the point where the clud- Read has reached the pesition mhown — after it has amashed fhrough the BAIL_the left Mand Rolds ¢ight a Rt Ran acinsors over ft. e yon wiil obuerve, has and “the hand 'ball eafe than the; visiting team. teur rules.” Andrew Zazalll, last year's captain of the Georgeétown University five, may be seen in action ton!sht against the Rochester basketers. He s been striving for a regular berth and Maneger Thomas Greene may decide to_use him. The local team will enter the game with victorss over the Wyamn and Hendler teaius of Baltimore and the sturdy City Club five. > Much {nterest is being manifested in the preliminary tlit between the Walter Reed sextet and the Baptiet girls' team. . There will be no intermission to- night, as play-in the main attraction will follow after the first half of the girls game and continue Immedi- ately after the close of the prelim- inary match. Dominlean Lyeceum is to tackle the Arlington Athletic Club in its open- iRg game of the season tonight at 8 o'clock in St. Dominics Hall, 6th and F streets southwest. Walter: Lloyd, Joe Mausden, Fitzgerald, Hickey, Kaufman, Adams, Daly and Brown are in the Lyceum squad. Games with the Dominicans can be arranged by ::;Inlnz Manager Gerardl at Franklin Tossers representing Company F of the Hyattsville National Guard will enoounter the Olymplc Athletic Club Saturday night ifi’the former's ar- mory. ! Interior Department's newly or- ganized quint will make its bow to- morrow night in a game with the Washington Comets on the Congress Meights court. In a preliminary tilt, the Manhattans will battle with the Bilent Five. % Organisation ef the Park View Juniors and the-Mackin Athletic Club into one organization was effected last night. Officers elected were secretary and treasurer. It was de. cided to select a name for the ogani- zation not before March 25. A stirring tilt is anticipated in the Anacostia Eagle-Naval Recelving Station game to be played tonight at 8 o'clock at Hitchcock Hall | Members of the Waverly Athletic Club are to meet tonlgit at 8 o'clock in the McGill bulding. Milan tossers may find the goinz rough tomorrow night when they meet the Company C quint_of the Engineers at the National Guard gymnasium. Two preliminary &ames have been booked, Liberty Athletic Club encountering the De olay team, and Devitt Prep facing @0 opponent to be named tonight. St. Mary’s reserve team Wwas of- fored little opposition when it swamped the Corinthian five, 35 to 4. Groman caged six baskets for th winners, while Hadison played best for the losers. sextet pre- nted a formidable combination when took the measure of the First Bap- tist girls' team, 32 to 18. Totten and [McDowell were the outstanding play- Sumincles foll Defers the sturdy Fifth | “We have beaten the Origifial Ce! ! best goal shots, ics playing under. ama- Perry Athletie Club, 21 to 13. Sheri- @an of the winners accounted for six- teen points. Accurate goal shoothug of Enmgh of the Calvary M. E. quint.énabled his team to down the St. Pau) five, 27 to 17. He obtained eight baskets. The losers entered tho}(&me withaut ‘the rvices of Snub Foster, one of its With Clatterbus, Dyson and Echi fer showing good form, the Fort Humphreys team showed the way to the Walter Reed five, 39 to 20. Pell performed creditably for the losers. Fling of the Silver 8 ofvi Company team flung four basl against the Arab Athlettc Club, five winning, 31 to 16. fo Gt nia Superior teamwork - enabled - the Southends to overcome- the. Olym, Shapiro, gers! and Schaffer shone. e el Navajo bauketers casily disposes the Riverside Athletic Cfl-b. o 11 A strong five-man defense, with Ball and Klein much in evidence, proved too much for the losers. Manaj Jack Mattingly of the winning u“n.{ is booking games at Lincoln™ 9658, A npirited mateh w; tween the Mount Ve the Knights of Columbu: latter winaing, 28 o3 € losers was one of the stats, led the field with six eourt nu-.u‘ A mavage rally in the las g the Independents a 29 to‘l%“v'lu -:; over the Montours. King, Thompson and Small started for the winners. Naval Receiving Station downed Pullman Company team, 32 to 15, "l‘fl’ Hassee and Tomasula pel well. The losers played well in the first half, when they held the service basketers to & 16-to-10 scor: the Tro, nager Balo Dbeen | A challenge has ued b; Ace Midgets. Get In touch with ager Blankenship, at Linceln 3325, Ma R. V. Gardmer of (| Circles wants these members to y port at his ‘home tonight at 7: O'clock: Wright, . Godwin, “Terrett, Baker, Smith, Keppel, Mitchell and Babbington. 'Friday ‘and Saturday Dights the Clrv:dh::;vlll bcchonpond to e Trinity an evy Chase teams, respectively. o Games are wanted b Midgets, according to at Lincoln 44685. Mount Rainjer Juniors are gsames with teams averagl; pounds. Manager Middl phoned at Hyattsville 48 Manager Bul McDevitt® of the’ tm‘:- l"lhmfi“ anes in the Hyattsville ; Games with the Troj be arranged by caliin Ferber at Lincoln 4463, © Emblem At] c Ralnier is booking pound class at -nllmlu'q“!‘n“ gmenlu utel Manhattans want of the city's loullu ¥ or Innlp' atoia bz o8 A game is_wan it d at 1os] Koty reorming | ¥ hers and at Valparaiso, whers he dis- embarked. " - SEEK SIKI FOR SCRAP. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., January 16. .—Battling Siki, the Senégalese boxer, is being sought to headline the next fight card here on January 31. An §!- fort is being made to obtaln uitable light-heavyweight negro opponen! WILL FIGHT FOR LIVING. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, January "16.— Morris Engel of Milwaukee, who won the National A. A. U. flywels ionship, will turn professional after Bis bout with Tony Grayiack at Ocono- mowoe tonight. 3 — RENAULT SPEEDY \UEBEC, Quebéc, January 16.— Renault, Canada’s heavyweight mplon, knocked out Al Benedict of ew York in the first round last night. +|SHOW BRINGS $11,000 '7 FOR MISKE FAMILY 'ST. PAUL, Minn., Janusry 16.—Billy greatest desire—to leavs hia farmlly provided for—was alded to- o| ward fulfiliment here when néari¥: 811,000 w. raised at . testi- imonial boxing program for the behefit widow and three children ¥ 'knowing further prize-ring activity would M disease, from which he dfed™ sar day, fought' several cemgnh‘éq{ replenish the family fortune, Wi had been lost in a business venture.: 8t. Paul writers promoted the benefit. Ticket receipts totaled $9,220, and the amount. was increased $1,300 through done~ tions and the sale of a base ball auto~ phed by Babe Ruth, home-run g. Harry Hellmann, champlon dateman of the American League, auctioned the base ball, which broui $500. Ghamplon Jack Dempsey’ check for $500 was included in the donations. Beveral hundred dollars more axpected from ticket gales in.other parts ot’une country. welght, def City, In the main bout on the card, which included exhibition contests Detw: T Paul welter- ! and Pinkey an ‘waukee boxers. The Gibbons-Delane .f was refereed by Mickey “x ker, ‘wultuwunt champion of e worl & box(ng program began a final “ten count” was sounded for Miske, 'as thousands that filled the auditorium stood with bared heads. AUTO "}-‘nfl' T S aranto & Wasman VE. AV, WIT FTW TUIX & ght cham- |, I3 and Minneapolis ‘sports|. Action at this time can; of course, have mo effeet on the bail. That cad ~would. . be. _{mperfectly slanted against the ball, it (Copyright, Jebs ¥. Dille Co.) |SMITHS BLAZE WAY IN BIG GOLF EVENT LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 16.— dodonald Smith, San Francisco pro- fessional, leads by one stroke the low contestants in the California open golf champlonship which today en- ters the final thirty-six hole grind on ‘WAGNER'S STORY advance a runner with the chamces of the ‘batter being thrown ‘out and the bunt and run play. The bunt and run play is l‘mlher forin of the hit and run with the dif- ference ti the batter bunts In- stead of hitting hard. In other words, the runner starts with the pitcher's swing on the bunt run. On the sactl he may wait to see that the ball 1s Jaid down. The ‘answers to the fifst block of questions are almost obvious. The main thing for an amateur is to bee that they are done. Trke Time Vor Sising Up. All good -ball clubs should play the waiting game at beginning. It gives them a chance to size up the itcher, & chance for Bim to put him- elf In the hole if he happens to be a little wild, At the sa 0 hit upsets the ik 1o an instance, would make me_time it I8 & good first ball now and then. m, Brown, for T suckers out of a whole ball &Jub if they“started out wafting on him and kept it up steadily. e would D that first one right over the plate every time and zut the baiter in the holé. To stop that a team naturally would have to take & crack at the first one often &0 a¥ to make the itcher change his mind. ?g works oth ways, the result depen ng upon which is the smarter, the batter or the pitcher. In past articies I have fraquently referred to pltchers belug won- dets on outguessing the hnfun. A #0084 guesser has his chance when a club starts its walting taetisd. " If he can tell when they will wait and when they won't he ean beat them. ThA} is what I mesn by a good guessing piicher. The question as t6 whether there is more stralghtaway hitting now than fotmerly is merely a matter of ob- servation. Of cour 4 18 m -lfllfhll’ly hited, It is due to the lively ball. Batters have much more chance of hitting that lively have ot foolin, somebody with a nt. a result bunting is not nearly such a highly developed art as it was & few years ago. The same thing can be said of base running. TWO INTERCITY BOWLING ‘MATCHES START TONIGHT H to clash Centralized ofice of-the Shipping Board League captured the _odd game from General Books. Small of the latter team, had a game of 116, and set of 333. Sandaes of the Carry -Ice Cream League, pulled the clean-up act-on the Spring Blossoms.- -Greer had Nigh gume of 111. . St from the Ladies’ Interstate Commerce League fuing the second by a single pin. s Jenson of the Stenos had a game of 120, and a set of 3a6. Statistics won two out of three from the Tariff girls. Waverly won the odd from the Nationals. in the National Capital ue,' by winning the-roll-off of the last game. Mulroe of the Wav- :rl‘yl had a set of 364, and game of 26. phers won ail three games Commissioners, in - the Hilltops of the Mouat Pleasant gue, won two out of three from the Columbias. Lehman had a set of 327, and game of 125. La Fayette of the Masoni¢ League stepped on the gas to outrdll the Sin- gleton quint for the odd game. Inge had best set of 333, and Evans high f 130, game 3 Stansbury won the odd game from the Potomac crew. Lewis had a game of 127 and Stanford a set of 318. s Federal No. 1 grabbed two out of three from King Solomon. ' Wedding had & set of 317 and a game of 122. “y» Community won two, out.- of three from Social in the Hebrew League, then. the latter quint turned on the Mardelle team and swept the the north course of the Los Angeles country club. Smith, known as one of the most consistent players in th @ 144, on the first thirty play Monuz and Tuesdsy. 1 8mith, Pasadena professional fe _stroke wi Me! was fust o behii ‘with Loos, These two, along hlt’n' ranking- Lgs: Angelés profesa- fonal and Abe. Espfnosa of Oaklan are expected. to atttract th e maLlon L prottssiopal asen, lonal - pro! pton, who (,!sg' mur Havers, holder' of“the British open-title, al Are exp to_ recefve congide: B ro cansidered hope- _The:amateu: fébaly out of thE FUARINE-for the title agthe professiémals hold the first thirteen -places. - The sm&teur hold- g the - lo SPEEDY SCORAP IS DRAW. 'Pmmmnfnm}:innry 16.—Roy Moore of Baltimore and Bobby Wol- gast of this city boxed ten fast mm::_ to- a draw last night. Moore welgh 123 pounds, Wolgast 120%. Radiators and Fenders ? w“ne-“ - <WITTSTATT’S B. and 319 13th. Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS $4.:55 ve Save the of entire mew suit, sises, patterns. 605-607 7th St. N.W. ENDLER, Ice Cream Eeague team of Baltimore, clashes with the Carry Ice Cream bowlers tonight on the Recreation alleys. Five games will be rolled tonight, with the second five in the oyster: city next week. There will be music and refreshments. ! The Young Men's Hebrew Association team of this city is scheduled | with the like team of Baltimore tonight in the latter city. A re-: turn match will be rolled at the Recreation Tuesday, February 12. Lasl: year the local team won both matches. Coyyright, 1023, in Usited im-n:"o.-::&in' ou\& spaz asd arts Howspapor Henes. A1 Fignts reserved. As to whether a batter should bunt toward third or first depends largely upon the situation. If there is a run- ner on second he should certainly bunt toward third. That draws the third baseman and puts it up to the shortstop to cover—not an easy job. With a man on first it is optlonal, As a rule it is best to draw tho first baseman off the bag if possible and make it hard to'get the batter. The second baseman would have to cover. Often he also goes after the ball and throws the wholé ‘defense -put of kilter. . Biggest Managers Differ. There is difference of opinion among big league managers as to whether a club should sacrifice when one run behind. Some will play for a tie—others will not. John Me- GQraw, for Instance, would never think of deifberately playing to tie the score. His theory is that a team should always play to win and that working for a tle by sacrificing s a elgn of weakness. In base ball Mc- Graw is a plunger. If a break comes he s willing to stake it all on win- ning out by heavy hitting, or losing. In other words, he is willing to shoot it all on one chance. Other managers are more cautious. Often they gain by it. Personally I be- lteve in taking a shot to win and not working for a tle. Bome managers are cautious and patient enough to work for several innings, getting one run at a time untii they have evened up the game. My advice to college players would be to take & chahce—sock the ball and run the bases. The more hard chances you put up to the opposi- tion the mors chances they will have to_make errors. 1 would like to Jeave the other questions with the young ball play- ers. Lat them think them over and declde for themselves what they think i best. In doing so they will de- valop a lot of team work. It might bo a good idea for the fans also to put some of these In their hats for reference next season. (Tomorrow: What Do You Know‘ of Hit and Run?) bpards. E. Wolf of “Y" led with a set of 343 and game of 125. . Ticket Office wom the odd game from Express in the Terminal “Y" League, and General Freight Office took three games through a forfeit from the Superintendent’'s Office. Mc- Clune of Ticket Office rolled the best set of 314 and also high game of 123. Reglinters won two out of three from the Office team in the Bureau of En- graving League. Sylvester had a set of 320 and a game of 120. ‘There was something of a battle be- tween the Accounts and Insurance teams in the Veterans' Bureau League. Accounts won the opener with 566; Insurance came back with 577. Both rolled 551 in the final. Aec- | counts captured the roll-off. Pass of Accounts had a set of 356, and Watt of the same team had high game of 137, URES HAND. NEW YORK, January 16.—An injury to his right hand sustained in training | will keep Harry Wills, negro heavy- weight, out of the ring for probably three weeks, and force postponement of four bouts for which he is booked within that perfod. | TAYLOR IS EXONERATED. NEW YORK, January 16.—Exonera- tion of Bud Taylor, Terre Haunte, Ind., bantamweight boxer, from blame In connection with the death of Frankie Jerome, who was knocked out by Tay: SPORTS FRANCHISE IS PROCURED * IN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION New Body Is Believed Strong Enough to Control Local Situation—Leaders Here to Attend Convention in Baltimore. C 'VINCED that a local organization controlled by a policy sup- ported by a national association will better ditions in Washington, a representative body of those fostering ndlot base ball con- the diamond sport here has procured a franchise in the National Base Ball Federation and chosen delegates to attend the federation’s annual con- vention in Baltimore on Friday and Saturday. Following the convention, the Washington leagues, clubs and men behind the movement hope to establish sandlot base ball on a basis more firm than in the past. John H. Gourlay, secretary of the federation, which has its head- guarters in Cleveland, on his way to the convention city sto Washington this morning long enough to notify some of t flped off in ose inter-" ested in the matter that the franchise for which the Washington group applied a few days at a recent meeting o business at the conclave. TIGERS WILL STARTLE, SAYS HARRY HEILMANN . ST. PAUL, Minn,, January 18.—The Detroit Tigers will be one of the sei sations of the Ai year, Ha bateman o hero today. “All Ty Cobb needs is & high-class second b the heels of the Yankees. }hn he for & a me In & recent letter ed to close a deal saokr. ? this cause 2 sensation when QUINT SCORES 115 POINTS. PADUCAH, Ky., January 16.—What is thought to be & record ket ball ore, or oné that c¢losely Rmnrhn a record was made when the Tilgh- man High Bchool team of Padu defeated the Fulton High School quint, 115 to 2. ANDERSON MAY PLAY. NEW YORK, Janu 16,—James O. Anderzon, Australian tennis atar, spite his announced retire: international competition tor busin teasons, may agdi’ sebRe antipodes in the 1834 Davis cup eon- test. s r will nnounced.” RED SOX SEEK PLAYER. CINCINNATI, Ohlo, January 16. | Jack Quinn of ‘the Boston Americans has telegraphed Eddle Coons, ama- teur player and former University of Cincinnati star, asking him to accept terms with the Red Sox. Coons has a good poeition here and insists he does not wish to play professional ball. REDS HAVE SMALL SQUAD. CINCINNATI, Ohlo, January 16— Unless some of the recruits are re- leased or other players added to the er of the Cincinnat! Nationals, about twenty-elght men the trip to the Red at Orlando, . Thi as small a contingent as the management has sent south in many years. TWO FIGHTS FOR FIRPO. BUENOS AIRES, January 16— Luis Firpo, Argentine heavyweight, on February 10 will meet Farmer Lodge, the American fighter. On Feb- ning camp | ruary 24 he will fight Erminio Spalla, the Ttalian, hold heavyweight titl —_— e BIG TENNIS ASSIGNMENT: NEW YORK. January 16.—National and sectional ranking of tennis play- ers by the United States Lawn Tennis Association for 1923 Involved analysis of the records of close to 30,000 piay- ers who participated In 350 sanctioned tournaments. of the European U. S. ATHLETES TO ENTER. SEVILLE, Spain, Janury 18.—The United States will be represented at the Spanish-American exposition which is to open here in September. Sporting events between teams from Amerlflc; and Europe are being ar- ranged. _—_— ago had been granted and that delegates appointed i‘und!ouerl here were fully empowered to ‘iganntt Those who will represent the Diitrict at Baltimore are Col. Wait C. Johnson, Er::ldenl of the District of Columbla e Ball Assoclation, controlling body the o ed leagues, and’ 'A. B. Evans, president of the Treasury League and lof ¥ inent Inofldhrt cg‘clel u; . Jam 'Mally, head of the Unlen Printers’ Athletic’ Assodla- tion, will reprewent ashington in- directly, although his main tasl concern & proposed affillation of the In- ternationa! Union Printers' Base Ball League with the National Base Ball Federation. Past Contrelled Oritielascd. Broad eritie! of methods of con- ting city champlonship tournaments here in the past several years has led to the present tentative organisation ot sandiotters, and it is belleved the. new body 18 numerically strong enough to Have control of the local situstion. It s the purpose of the organization, which present atyles itaelf the Washing- ton Amateur Base Hall and Athbetic Assocf tlun. ;‘o luperv!;e llll sandlot 3 among the leagues and the Independents. > e This it would do by formulsting tournament rules for all clas: of teams and protecting bqth leagues and clubs with an sligibillyy. code that would eliminate team-jumping 30 Jprevalent among the sandlotters in the past. It also proposes: to work In el harmony with the Distriot Umpires' Association in an effort to . do away with squabbles and: protests that have marred many recent cham-, pionship ~ tournaments, particulanly those of the several classes of in- dependents as those teams not can- nected with leagues are desi@nated. . The plan has attracted all of: the organized leagues and many of- the more prominent indépendent teams. A number of the latter already ha: arranged to form a league that would do away with loose schedyling . of games. * The Mohawks,. - Knicker- bockers, St. Stephen’s and Patworths —rated high among the big nines here—have declared they are. reagy. to enter such a league and all heart- ily indorse the new city .organiza- tion. Printers Like Federation. There is every liklihood that “the big national Unlon Printers' League :* will join the federation, according to' O'Mally, Washington representative. He stated this morning that the east_ ern commissioners of the league, with whom he is to meet in Baltimore, favor the proposition and unless something unforeseen oceurs ' will recommend an alliance with the' fed- eration when the league , meets at Chicago in the summer. ° LEWIS, WORLD CHAMPION, WRESTLER, COMING HERE ‘Washington mat followers will have the opportunity to see Ed (Strangler) Lewis, heavyweight wrestling champién of the world, in action agairst Jos Or- guski, Austrian grappler, Menday night at_the Coliseum. : There also will be a preliminary caid. Lewis made his last appearance here in March, 1923, when he defeated Jack Rolland. . —— LEWIS THROWS ITALIAN. CHICAGO, January 16.—Ed "Stran- gler” Lewis, world heavywelght wrestling champion, defeated ike Romano, claimant of the Jtalian heavyweight championship, in..two straight falls last night. —_— NEW YORK, January ' 16.~—Harry Nearly the entire population of the | Mason, lightweight of Great Britain, lor last Friday night at Madis Square Garden, has closed official in: vestigation of the case. | [G 606 F Street N.W. Phone Franklin 8399 state of Nevi could find seating accommodations in the mew stadium of the University of California. last night won the judges' decision in a ten-round bout with Harry “Kig" Brown of New York. — ARS You’ll-_like MANUEL ~ Its a splendid cigar The large demand from Manuél smokers and our quick delivery system to dealers ‘mean factory-fresh - cigars for you. Sizes = 10¢ 2forase 1s¢; 2foras¢ size - os - Local Branch "ALLEN R CRESSMAN'S SONS Philadelphia