Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1924, Page 25

MINOR LEAGUES ENJOYING TERM OF PEACEFULNESS « Annual Meeting at Hartford Next Month Will Be In Nature of Celebration—Commissioner Landis Is Expected to Attend. BY GEORGE arc no savage quarrels HERE T to be aired at their annual meeting in December. CHADWICK. among the minor lcagues Hartford will be the scene of the gathering, which will be larzely in the nature of a celebration, for the good old city eve of its semi-centennial in base ba “I don't think Judge Landis will year.” said one of the.minor league with the writer today. “Of course, there.” Only one minor league remains out- | side the draft and chances are that the International has more intep- tion of slipping into the draft column at the present writing than it has of | bidding for the services of Babe Ruth. I. 1. Does Very Well, The Tnternational League did about last seaxon as the circuits for the draft. It discovered that it would have to raise young players to gzet into the base ball market and it appears (o have done as well at the task as some of the others who have howling draft for a lonz time without developing any players. Not all of the minors made @ lot of money last seaxon, but on the whole they did fairly we'l Hartford said to be ations for the 1 ing which will bring men from all over States. And the old reasons to Before minor 1 lez Hartford famous the ball that fell making inor le to it the Unit town has good the zeneration of | kind of | Oaks of | of the most | ball. Among of the best | the hist of the luated asx many ood the Charter Oaks duated from | other guers, harter players zame. They ball playe as proba ny club Pionecers of invited 1 the voung ing their a dinner. preiy place Hartford on map for the he Hartford was a Natic in iarter Oaks are to X to see the old VMI\Q‘ while the minors are and ther talks at the opera onies that will | the base ball | s Yeurs ago League city, Will Keep Open The mayor is going to house for the veterans, and the vis- itors will be reminded that it w here that the Hon. Morgan G. Bulk v, first president o National igue, spe life and both gove State and United States s There has been some of tournamen, Houxe. keop open was talk about ar- sund-robin post- he minors of lass A and Class but it can't hope to be much of u success unless it is played in a central city, and if it were it would miss home en- vironment.. The St. Paul Club to Seattl fruitless meet- ing between champions of the American and the Pacific Coast League ha knocked the | “mixing up” higher than a kite, St Paul went to Washington, got aught in the rain without an um- brella. and had to all the wa back to Minnesota after plaving onl one game If there mu they would better the home folks can home folks support the ging a sort for the Association out ¥ cason series where for the | club. | | Nurse | throng or on the Connecticut River is on the 1. scold us much about the draft this presidents in discssing the meeting we expect the commissioner to be SARAZEN HERE SUNDAY FOR ANOTHER BIG MATCH BY W. R. McCALLUM. S next event of importance on the golfing calen- | dar, and probably the last big cvent of the year hereabouts, is scheduled for next Sunday, when two topliners in national pro- fessional golf will meet two local stars in a 36-hole exhibition match at ASHINGTOND \\% ‘Washington Golf and Country Club. THE HARRIS NOT ON MARKET; GOT RAISE LAST MONTH Manager Stenley Harris of the world champion Nationals will not be on the market when the or- gunized base ball magnatex gath- er for their mid-Winter conclave, despite rumors to the contrary cnanating from Boston and New York. Although Bucky's scrvices were retained by the Washington club under n (wo-year mannzerial contract signe: last February, immedintely after the close of the world series last month President Clark Grifith of the \ationals nigned Harrix to n new contraet that called for a substantial sal- ary inerense. Recent reporty from the North alleged friction between the yoang player who piloted the Nationals to Wasbington's first major league pennant and world laurels and President Grifith, caused by a dir- pute over the managerinl salary, #nd intimated that Harris would be sold during the Winter. Evi- dently there was no foundation for the reports. Gene Sarazen, who appeared yesterday at Congressional Country “lub paired with Jim Barnes in a victorious performance over IFred McLeod of Columbia and James M. Crabb of Congressional, will be one The other will be Johnny star of the East this year. sed by Roland R. MacKenzie of Columbia, amateur champion of the District of Columbia, at Washington Golf and Country Club. to members of clubs about Washington and to specially invited guests of the visiting stars. outstanding medal play They will be oppo MacKenzle, Farrell and Thomson plan to play in the open tournament to be held at Princess Anne Country Club, near Norfolk, next Friday and Saturday. They will arrive in Wash- ington Sunday morning in time to play the match at Washington, while Sarazen will come to the Capital from New York ¥red McLeod and Jim Barnes were the r< of the exhibition match at Congressional yvesterday, held for the benefit of the Instructive Visiting Society which attracted bout 500 people to Wash- ington's largest country club. Barnes, puired With Gene Saruzen, defeated McLeod and Crabb, 3 and 2. in a mateh marked by the brilllant iron play of the Columbia pro and the ac Mcleod and Barnes completed the double circuit of the course In BUSH WILL REMAIN WITH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. November 10.—Donie Bush has accepted terms to manage the Indianapolis club of the American Association again next | year. Bush piloted place in the race for the association pennant last season. A number of deals are pending for sale and purchase of players by the| County Club, defeating Dr. James T. team. Several offers for Pitches Petty and Fitzsimmons are being con- sidered PLUCKY LITTLE ELEVENS PRESS BIG SANDLOTTERS ANDLO' teams adva nen had their fling at foot ball aplenty w wcing in the various S erly grids but they were toppled, a or the 150-pound award for they put up a gallant stand again in losing. 7 to 12. A Mer game on ice. 1t was a winged-foot players. weighed and fighting last, the Apaches we &, until the fatal fourth period pass, Hurd to Levvy to « seored the deciding touchdown. Mor- ton Gooch, former Tech High star, distinguished himself throughout. He hit the sturdy Mercury line frequent- Iy for substantial vardage. Ady's punting also aided the Apaches The superior weight of the Mo- hawks counted against Waverly, but the former battled all the way to emerge the victor. Tke Dreifus gave a good exhibition of broken field running for the Indians. Colliere, Boucher and Murphy re in the limelight for Waverly Mohawks were held scorcless in first and fourth periods. After Dreifus' try for punt was blocked in the third quarter, the Waverly players pushed over their lone touchdown on a p which Quigley caught near the Mo- hawk goal for the ly out-| ar to_the leadinis, 7 to | Then | iney, | narrow escape Gire: The the An old-fashioned fight followed the Geoknicker-Virginia Athletic Club match in Alexandria. which the for- mer won, 11 (o 0. The melee cen- tered around which team should get the ball after the game. Two well executed passes gave the Geoknicks their margin of victory. Not for three long vears had Stan- ton Athletic Club been defeated. Then vesterday came the Argyle team, which upsct the dope by downing the Stantons, 12 to 6. Monk and Chapman played well for the Argyles, | while Jones impressed for the losers. Trinity Midgets took the measure of the St. Stephen’s Club in a well played to-7 match. Burke and Dixon accounted for the Trinity scoring. Corinthian players were offered lit- tle opposition when they scored a 0-t0-0 triumph over Lotus Athletic Club. Delhara did quite well for the vietors. One of the bext wames of the day was plaved between the Mercury Juniors and the Clover players, who were mosed out, 7 to 6. Simpson| kicked the extra point to give the | Mercury; team the game Northern Juniors proved no match for the Argyle Juniors, the latter winning, 32 to 1t was the forth straight victory for the Argyles. 0 Neither team was able to score in TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th &“F| s offered yesterday, with scveral of the title races. The Apaches and Wav- the big guns in the unlimited class, 1d will have to content themselves with trying There is some praise due the Apaches, though, | st the heavier Mercury combination cury forward pass in the last quarter put the The Mohawks trounced Waverly, 21 to 7. Brookland-Clarendon Both elevens played well defensively, but the game was marred by fre- quent penalties. Trinity Athletic Club scored an im- pressive 13-10-0 victory over the St. Stephen’s players. Warren and Cur- tin were the stars for Trinity. ‘With Bush and McCathran leading the way, the Anacostia Eagles downed Rambler Athletic Club in a 22-t0-0 match. The Ramblers could not penetrate the winners' defense. Seat Pleanant players upsct calcu- lations by nosing out the Yosemites, 6 to 0. A long run by Eshbaugh ac- cbunted for the Seat Pleasant touch- down. Southern Prepa claim a forfeit over Fairmont Athletic Club, which failed to appear on the field yesterday. Jordan's all-around playing was a ibig factor in the 8t. Joseph Preps’ 14- t0-3 victory over the Peerless eleven. IcBryan drop-kicked the Peerless Apache Preps made it four in a row by downing Hess Athletic Club, 19 to 0. Ady, Rice and Klein of the win- ners and Henderson and Hughes of the Hess team were the outstanding player§. A menxational 40-yard run by Ryan gave the Wintons a 7-to-0 victory over Mount Rainier Emblems. Dew- hurst played well for the Mount Ralnier team. WIth a 27-t0-0 victory over Hudson Athletic Club tucked away, the Lin- worth Juniors are casting about for sterner oppogition. Challenges are being recelved by Manager Jacobs at Franklin 353. Linworth presented a clever ball carrier in Smith yesterday. TO ERECT HUGE BUILDING FOR EQUESTRIAN SPORTS The Riding Club of Chicago, com- ed of prominent business men and residents of the fashionable “Gold Coast,” immediately will erect the largest and best equipped building in the world devoted _exclusively to cquestrian sports. Do FOOT BALL THIRD CORPS SCOUTING FLEET Baltimore Stadium, Armistice Day W.B. & A. trains every thirty minutes, on the hour and half hour. Round Trip, $3.37 Terminal, New York Ave. & 12th St. | urate and long driving of Barnes. |y, the team to second |McLeod | | tiit vesterday. | his sem | Barnes al Farrell New York, of > d Dave Thomson. professional The exhibition will be open only | | | | | otal of 147, onc while Sarazen was 1 Three up at the round a Barnes, themselves all of the 27th hole, by Crabb. But sliced his second s 10th. got a hirdie 4 a the help of a good mashie pitch and the went into a lead quished McLeod surprised the length of his tee st and his accuracy around the greens. Sar- azen’s game was a little off color. Scores of the match follow stroke ove and Crabb, end of the morn- result of fine golf visiting pros found square at the end| to three birdies | Barnes, who had | ot at the long the hole with break on his New York pros they never relin- par. 156. | ng as »y the le the gallery by Morning Round. ar 6 43 Sarazen Sarazen ' McLeod Crabb Afternoon Round. Out Barnes Sarazen Meleod 643 1 3 1 arazen Crabb Walter M. MeC: pionship of tum won the cham- | Washingion Golf and McClenahan. 2 and 1. in the 36-hole final match, the last 18 holes of which were played yesterday. Dr. McClena- han was 1 up at the conclusion of the first 18 holes, but became erratic off the tee on the second 15. The cards for the last Tow: Out— Par McCalium . McClenaban In— BaT ... McCalium 0000 McClenaban . 18 holes fol- 34 45 4 1 Tom Moore, who won the cham- plonship of Congressional Coun- try Club two weeks ago, in the final of Indian Spring Club’s cham- pionship. He reached the last round yesterday by a 2 and 1 victory over S. R. Speelman He will play Dr. E. R. ey in the final. Tilley won ~final match from Dr. J. R. De Farges, 4 and 3. Results in the other flights follow: Becond flight—J. R. MecCormick defeated R K. Styntz. 2 and 1: J. F. Gehan defeated J. V. Brownell, 2 and 1 Porter defes Knox defeated (. ‘Third flight—J. M. A, ed Dr. Ear' T. Clagett, James A. White, jr., and LI L. Bono are the finalis in Bannockburn Club’s championship. White rezched the final yesterday by a 7 and 6 vie- tory over Glenn McHugh, while Bono defeated Major H. Robb 4 and 2 Mrs, C. H. Warner won the women's championship of the club, defeating Mrs. Middleton Beaman, 9 and 7. Miss Alice Short won the class B women's event, defeating Mrs. James A. White, 3 and 2. Girls’ Hockey Attracts. CHICAGO, November 10.—An all- star team of girl hockey players from Philadelphia defeated a Chicago team, 5 to 0, before a crowd of 5,000. LONDON CIGARLTTLES | Niini | tested claim for Big Ten and possibly A Quarlerfi ]’w l\ starched oollar= i EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, “The Nut’ CHAPTER 1X. BY H. G. SALSINGER. the Spring of 1905 Frank J. Navin, who had for several years served as bookkeeper for the owners of the Detrojt Base Ball Club and who recently had succeed- ed in buying an interest in the franchise, decided to go South and see what ball players did during the Spring training season. The Detroft team was training at Augusta that Spring, and in the hub of Augusta's downtown section stood the old Alblon Hotel, since burned down. Ae Mr. Navin entered the lobby he was met by “Germany" Schaefer, cap- tain and second baseman of the Detroit team, and “Wild BIll' Donovan, star pitcher, bofh of whom have since passed on. The two players called Navin to one side_and Schaefer told him “We've got the richest joke world for you out here. There's a kid playing on the local nine who thinks a ball player. He's just a nut, but scream. Wait till you see this baby run bases! You'll laugh yvoursell sick. But don't let him know he's a Jjoke. We've been having a ewell time just kiddin' him along. 1f you talk to him tell him you think he's a great ball player. Whatever you do, don’t let him get’ wise to what we think about him or yowll kpoil the best laugh we ever had.” in the Hiy Speed Noticed. Navin went out the next day to &ee the “nut” He was not like other Dl Navin noticed that he was ex- fast, that he got a quick start | from the plate, but that he still needed a lot of polish. He had certain ability, but he ran loose, like a wild colt. The new owner met George Leidy FANS STILL TALKING OF BIG TEN UPSETS CHICAGO, November 10.—Waestern Conference campus, fan and expert still were agog today over the amazing up- | set of predictions brought about Satur- | day, when Chicago tied Illinois, 21—21, and thereby blotted the escutcheon of the door of hope through which the had been peering at an uncon national foot ball honors, A. A. Staze, aped Chicago mentor, proclaimed the greatest of all defensive coaches, resorted to a battering ram of fensive rther than a complicated d fenae the almost incomparnble ange and the other sterling Hlinots backfield men Using three powerful turn, mixing their u fullbac stoppable through the line with plunges by Harry | Thomas, who Is bidding for a place in the foot ball hall that of hie famous brother. All-Ameri- can John. the Maroons swept down the field in short lunges. Only occasionall was there an end run or forward p: Offsetting the breath-taking smashes of Chicago, Grange was put to his best «fforts to keep lilinois at the top of the heap in the conference scramble for honors. He was almost perfect in his work, running the nds bril ntly and getting from 5 to 80 yards nearly every time he had the ball, and hurling passes with scored all three and plared a re- game as “safety” man. But slightly less startling than the Chicago upset was the defeat of Ohio State by Indiana. None had expected a Hoosier win after defeats by Chicago and Northwestern. In gaining the 12— victory, Indiana displayed a driving and versatile offensive. The third upset wa noted when Ames of the Missouri Valley Conference held Minnesota of the Big Ten to a T—7 tie. That failure to win placed Minnesota itely alongside Towa in the cate- " of the Western Conference. Jowa won, as had been forecast, but was hard put to eke out a 7-to-0 victory over Butler. Michigan smothered Northwestern, 27—0, simply outclassing the Chicago eleven, The wrecked Wisconein eleven fell an casy vietim of Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Thunderbolts, the South Bend team using substitutes during the last two periods. 22222227 *TIRES $ ON CREDIT “PAY AS YOU RIDE” Small Payment Down Balance Monthly T. 0. PROBEY C0. 2104 Pa. Ave. N.W. Store No. 2 1200 H St, N. * for correct styles. an EARL &. WILSON 9 Schaefer's Joke— { looms | dence of fame alongside | Pig Navin Watches Him— Cobb’s Average Jumps. that afternoon. He happened to men- tion the “queer’” youngster. “I'll_ admit he needs a littla polish- ing.” eaid Leidy, “but as Soon as that boy gets used to a bridle you're going to see the world's greatest ball player and nothing less” Soon after the Detroit squad started back North, playing exhibition games along the way. The players laughed and joked about the “queer one” in Augusta for awhile and then forgot about him. The pennant race was about to star{. Before the Tygers left Augueta, De- troit was expected to pay ground rent for use of the Augusta field, but instead of paying in money the club offered Augusta the use of a player. Detroit had on the pay roll a pitcher named ddie Cicotte. Augusta needed a pitcher and o Cicott was turned over to Thia saved railroad fare on d also saved the money that would have been pald for ground rent. There was alto a clause in the agrec- ment stipulating that if Detroit wanted a player at the end of the scason it | could have any man on the Augusta roster for § Jumps His Average. Detroit plunged into the pennant race, the Augusta deal put aside for several months, and down in Georgla old George laidy continued working on Cobb, nursing the player along He batted .237 in 37 games in 1904 but Leid had convinced Cobb that this was highly satisfactory since Cobb was changing his style at bat and that he would improve con- stantly, Leidy created self-confi- in Cobb and as prophet he proved correct. He played in 103 Kames that season nd his batting | Average was , Just 99 points e| his average for the preceding year.| Leidy also noticed that Cobb's base- | running was taking on form; Cobb | now had a definite purpose when | he did things. It was the same with | his flelding and batting. He was| learning quickly and developing fast. Cleotte was pitching for the same team. He won 15 out of 24 games for Augusta and when the season was drawing near the close the Augusta club asked Detroit to select a man, according to the clause in the agree- ment. Augusta looked like terial, He later came Detroit finally He weighed considerad a pitcher. Few ever cared for her This &y, They has no had sure was to the another player that major league ma- Clyde Engel, who American league. discarded Cicotte. pounds and Detroit much too light for major league clubs | little fellows :|~; 16 & matter of psy- | believe that a bat- respect for a little fel- The batter concludes: “A little #uy like that can’t have nothing,” and he has full confidence at bat. When the batter faces a giant. who big before him, he believes the giant has a great deal of | because “a guy that big can't | have a lot.” There is a great | deal in that. A little fellow ix under A handicap because of his size, a pvitcher holds a psychological | advantage. Confid o the thing at bat Detroit decided Cicotte. He was would be of no help. not respect him. Detroit wrong. (Tomorrow: Deb: ) that ter low. that e s it did not want small. He | Batters would | Histo"y proved | Chapter X — Cobb’ (Copyright, 1924 ada and Great 1 Pimlico Autumn Meeting November 3rd to 15th Admission (including Tax), $1.65 First Race, 1:30 p.m. B. & 0. R. R, Spscial leaves Union Station 11:40 a.m. Fregueat trains via Penma. E. R. and W. B. & A Electric LI ! in the United States Hiritain by No Can- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1924 SOME GOOD SCRAPS ON CARD THIS WEEK NEW YORK, November 10.—The fistlc program for the week contalns several bouts of a minor caliber, the most important of which is Luis An- gelo Firpo's meeting with Charlie Welnert in Newark, N. J., on Wed- nesday night. This will be Firpo's first match since his defeat by Harry Wills at Boyle's Thirty Acres, September 11. Weinert, once knocked out by the Wild Bull during his preliminary work prior to his engagement with Dempsey, 16 expected to offer only teeble resistance to the Argentine, The latter is anxious to regain the pres- tige lost when he fought Wills and reports from his New Jersey camp are that he will knock out the Newark heavyweight as quickly as possible. The second important match of the week will be Paul Berlenbach’s meet- ing with Young Marullo of New Orleans, who recently &prang into prominence when he gained a deci- sion over Billy Britton of Columbus, Kans. Luis Vicentini, Chilean lightweight, will meet Sammy Vogel of New York at the Lenox &. C. tonight. AT U. S. BALL TEAMS PARIS, November 10.—One thousand Americans, fifty Japanese and one hundred Frenchmen ix L'Auto’s analy- sis of the crowd which attended the game between the New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox in the Co- lombes Stadium yesterday. The Giants won, 1 to 0 The paper says the teams seemed to come to Paris for a pleasure trip rather than to fight for the outcome of thelr matches The writer regrets that somebody was not placed near the umpire to | &ive a brief explanation of the game in French, as it is “frightful to think that the Giants have been brought such a distance and yet the un- initiated left with the impression of having grasped nothing of the game.” Scho des Sports, another sporting paper, says: “It Is the mathematical precision produced by the remark- able virtuosity of professionals that gives the game its monotonous as- pect.” SPORTS. ) Rojas, But Latter’ out Quentin Romero-Rojas in then finished the other two rounds s it now. he is summoning human percherons in_his arena. But to get back gomery—in showing thus putting the proposed Romero Firpo battle on the fritz, the Texas walloper did not do either himself or Rickard whole lot of immed #ood. Montgomery is only a pect. yet; has got a lo way come. It remains to be seen whether or not he can make the grade Rickard Gets Fooled. The main | Romero to Sully Mont- up Romero and ate | pros- | as point Jus simply cannot be set a mark for Firpo to wale at. Tex thought Romero would kill off the former Centre College foot ball play- | er, and he guessed wrong. But it was not as bad | pulled when he threw Wills and Firpo into the ring together. Tp to that fight Luis’ great battle against Dempsey made him a million-dollar | attruction, and had he been held in re- serve until the champion was ready | to fight again a record crowd would | have flocked to the arena | But Tex took a money and matched Wills with the pampas porpoise. The result was that Firpo made a showing that was full of funny aspects, hardly serious spot in it, while on the other hand, | Wills' general behavior was so sturdy land skillful that he then and there did himself out of any chance of ever | | stepping into the ring with Jacques Dempsey. And as for Firpo, no one | lin his right mind would pay $27.50 now up_as| the one he chance on quick a Promoter Had Contemplated BY SPARROW EW YORK, November 10.—When Sully Montgomery nearly knocked | who ever stoy 25 All Is Serene in Base Ball Ranks Now : Montgomery Springs Surprise in Ring RICKARD’S PLANS JOLTED BY COLLEGIAN SCRAPPER latching Firpo and Near Defeat by Former Gridiron Star Kills Bout. McGANN. the fourth round of their six-round set-to at the Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night and trong and vertical, Tex Rickard had another crimp put into his promotorial plans. 7 Tex will soon get used to getting bumped on that nob of his head which a phrenologist would call the judgment bump, He may be used to One may suspect he is by the large and free manner in which irom the country wide to do battle to watch him tackle Dempsey his showing against the negro. after The New York Boxing Comminsion, its effort to find a man to fAght Benny leonard for his lightweight title, has opened the way for a new iampionn in that class; for whether unmy Mand Sid Terris, Jack Bernstein or Vicentini wins the right to ghalienge for the lightweight crown, Leonard will, in tite opinion of the wige ones, either have to de- fault or else go into the ring %0 weakened by making the weight as to be easy practically for any good second-rater. 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